Patent ID: 8027992

Claim:
A system for verifying the installation of a plurality of selected software applications onto a selected modular information handling system comprising: a bar file database stored in physical storage media including bar files associated with each of a plurality of information handling systems; at least one software installation database stored in physical storage media; and a software validation module in communication with the at least one software installation database, the software validation module operable to: receive a scanned service tag for a selected information handling system including a plurality of blades; determine that the selected information handling system including a plurality of blades is a modular information handling system; access from the bar file database a bar file including a listing of selected software installation requirements associated with the modular information handling system using the scanned service tag, the selected software installation requirements including software applications for installation on the modular information handling system; and query the at least one software installation database to determine whether each software installation requirement for each of the plurality of blades in the modular information handling system has been satisfied.