CPC G06F 9/468 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for managing a set of information handling systems, the method comprising:
initiating, by a stackable system role (SSR) manager of an information handling system of the set of information handling systems, a boot sequence;
making a first determination that the boot sequence does not specify a SSR of the information handling system; and
based on the first determination:
performing a hardware evaluation to determine a SSR for the information handling system;
broadcasting the SSR to the set of information handling systems;
obtaining, in response to the broadcasting, SSR responses from each information handling system in the set of information handling systems;
making a second determination, based on the SSR responses, that an SSR agreement between the set of information handling systems is obtained;
based on the second determination, determining a final SSR; and
continuing the boot sequence using the final SSR.
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