Patent ID: 8117432

Claim:
A method for controlling a boot sequence of a server, suitable for a management server to control a boot sequence of a target server through a rewritable removable storage device, comprising: creating a boot image for booting an operating system of the target server, and placing a first proxy server program into the boot image, wherein the first proxy server program is used to communicate with the management server; restoring the boot image containing the first proxy server program on a rewritable removable storage device, so that the rewritable removable storage device is enabled to boot the target server; installing and executing a second proxy server program in an operating system of the target server booted from a hard disk, wherein the second proxy server program is used to communicate with the management server; setting a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the target server, wherein the target server selects to be booted from the rewritable removable storage device first, and if the booting operation from the rewritable removable storage device fails, the target server is then booted from a hard disk thereof; and receiving a boot instruction from the management server by the first proxy server program or the second proxy server program, so as to select to boot the target server from the rewritable removable storage device or from the hard disk of the target server when the target server is booted next time.