Patent ID: 8688838
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A profile management system for first and second servers on a network, comprising: a profile manager executing on a computer to manage a first profile that uniquely identifies the first server on the network; an administrator executing on a computer to issue a command to the profile manager instructing the profile manager to migrate the first profile such that the first profile is no longer associated with the first server, and such that the first profile uniquely identifies the second server on the network, wherein the second server is a conjoined server that includes third and fourth servers, wherein the profile manager, when migrating the first profile, assigns a part of the first profile to the third server, and assigns another part of the first profile to the fourth server; and an enclosure manager configured to manage distribution of power to the first, third, and fourth servers, wherein, when the profile manager migrates the first profile, the enclosure manager denies power-on requests from the third and fourth servers until after the profile manager assigns the part of the first profile to the third server and the another part of the first profile to the fourth server.