US 11,915,038 B2
Method and system for collectively-determining stackable system roles in an information handling system environment
Lucas Avery Wilson, Cedar Park, TX (US); and Dharmesh M. Patel, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,939.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342694 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/468 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.