Patent ID: 8473590

Claim:
An information handling system, comprising: an external button that can be toggled between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position corresponds to a first state of the information handling system, and the second position corresponds to a second state of the information handling system; an external indicator associated with one of the first state and the second state; wherein placement of the button in the first position causes the information handling system to enter the first state, wherein entering the first state causes the information handling system to automatically request and be assigned a temporary Internet Protocol address for a remote configuration of the information handling system; and wherein placement of the button in the second position causes the information handling system to enter the second state in which: the information handling system does not have the temporary Internet Protocol address; the information handling system is not remotely configurable; and the information handling system operates based, at least in part, on the remote configuration set when the information handling system is in the first state.