Patent ID: 9191275
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of provisioning a computer, comprising: embedding a provisioning service identification in a network interface device, the provisioning service identification identifying a remotely located first provisioning server maintaining software to provision the computer; configuring the network interface device to receive a network configuration from a configuration server upon startup, the network configuration including an identification of a second provisioning server that is different from the remotely located first provisioning server; further configuring the network interface device to alter the network configuration in response to receiving the network configuration from the configuration server by substituting the embedded provisioning service identification in place of the identification of the second provisioning server; further configuring the network interface device to initiate provisioning from the remotely located first provisioning server that is identified by the embedded provisioning service identification included in the altered network configuration; and installing the network interface device in the computer prior to startup of the computer.