Patent ID: 8219792
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information handling system comprising: a chassis; plural components disposed in the chassis and operable to cooperate to process information under an operating system; boot firmware stored on a processing component, the boot firmware operable to boot the operating system; a service processor disposed in the chassis and interfaced with the boot firmware, the service processor operable to lock and unlock boot of the operating system; and a boot authorization module operable to execute on the service processor, the boot authorization module operable at power-on of the service processor to query an authentication service through a network for authorization to boot the operating system and to unlock boot of the operating system if authorization is received from the authentication service; wherein a determination of authorization to boot the operating system is made at the authentication service and communicated through the network to the boot authorization module.