Patent ID: 7080134

Claim:
A system, comprising: a client device, the client transmitting a request for an operating system utilizing the BOOTP protocol and setting an indicator identifying that this boot sequence is being made to a management server, a first virtual local area network (VLAN) including the client device; a pre-boot execution environment (PXE) agent device, the PXE agent device located on a first local area network with the client device, to receive the BOOTP request for the operating system, to open a hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) session, to convert the BOOTP request for the operating system to a HTTP request for the operating system; and to transmit the HTTP request for the operating system; and a pre-boot execution environment (PXE) server, the PXE server being located on a second local area network separated by at least one router from the first local area network and a second VLAN, distinct from the first VLAN, including the PXE server, to receive the converted HTTP request for the operating system, to retrieve the operating system requested in the converted HTTP request, and to transmit the retrieved operating system via HTTP, wherein the PXE agent device receives the retrieved operating system via HTTP, converts the HTTP protocol to the BOOTP protocol, and transmits the retrieved operating system to the client device utilizing the BOOTP protocol, wherein the client sets an indicator identifying that this boot sequence is being made to a PXE server.