Patent ID: 8412769

Claim:
A system for configuring a server to image clients using a network map and at least one image identified by an image reference, the server comprising a memory component, a processor, a network map identifying a role of at least one client, and an assignment set specifying at least one assignment of a role to the server, the system comprising: a client management determining component stored in the memory component that, when executed on the processor, upon receiving an imaging query from a client: determine, according to the network map, the role of the client; and determine whether the server is assigned to manage the client by determining, according to the assignment set, whether the server is assigned to manage clients associated with the role of the client; a client image determining component stored in the memory component of the that, when executed on the processor: upon the client management determining that the server is assigned to manage the client, determine, according to the network map, whether the client is directed to apply an image identified by an image reference; and upon determining that the server is not assigned to manage the client, refraining from sending the image reference to the client; and a client image applying component stored in the memory component that, when executed on the processor: upon the client image determining component determining that the client is directed to apply an image, send the image reference to the client; and upon the client image determining component determining that the client is not directed to apply an image, refrain from sending the image reference to the client.