Patent ID: 8359366
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information handling system (IHS) for providing a desktop boot image to a remote client, the system comprising: a storage device; a communication network; and a management server associated with the storage device configured to establish, via the communication network, data communication between the storage device and the remote client device, wherein: the remote client device communicates with the management server and, in response, the management server allocates resources on the storage device to the remote client device; the management server creates a thin clone on the storage device to provide a write space for the remote client device; the remote client device is configured to boot directly from the thin clone using a boot process; the boot process includes at least one communication through a local area network (LAN) or a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface; and the boot process communication occurs only between the storage device and the remote client device.