Patent ID: 7917743

Claim:
A remote boot system, comprising: an information handling system (IHS) including a memory input/output (I/O) hub running active management technology (AMT) software, wherein the memory I/O hub includes a management engine and a storage device; and an AMT remote server coupled to the IHS over a network, wherein the AMT remote server is operable to: force a remote reset of the IHS over the network; select a serial peripheral interface (SPI) boot image file; and enable SPI redirection on the memory I/O hub over the network; and wherein the IHS is operable to: use the management engine, in response to the AMT remote server enabling SPI redirection, to redirect SPI accesses to the AMT remote server selected SPI boot image file over the network; boot using the AMT remote server selected SPI boot image file; turn off the SPI redirection; and update a real SPI boot image on the storage device.