Methods for copying information handling system configuration settings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110207-A1
Application number	US-201414515286-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 15, 2014
Priority date	Oct 15, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Copying information handling system (IHS) configuration settings between information handling devices may include a first logic unit of a first IHS generating an encoded Quick Response (QR) code corresponding to one or more information handling system configuration settings of the first IHS. A display connected to the first IHS may display the QR code. A camera connected to a second IHS may read an image of the QR code. A second logic unit of the second IHS may decode the information handling system configuration settings from the QR code. The second logic unit may adjust the information handling system configuration settings of the second IHS to match the information handling system configuration settings from the first IHS. In one embodiment the camera may read the image of the QR code from a display of a mobile device held within a field of view of the camera by a user.

First claim

1 . A method of copying information handling system configuration settings between information handling devices comprising:
generating, with a first logic unit of a first information handling device, an encoded Quick Response (QR) code corresponding to one or more information handling system configurations settings of the first information handling device; and displaying the QR code on a display coupled to the first information handling device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more information handling system configuration settings comprise Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) settings.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more information handling system configuration settings comprise Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) settings.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more information handling system configuration settings comprise modular server management controller settings.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising refreshing, with the first logic unit, the QR code in real time in response to changes in the one or more information handling system configuration settings of the first information handling device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, with the first logic unit, the QR code in response to a scan of configuration data from a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) database.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising entering a configuration mode in a second information handling device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising reading, with a camera coupled to the second information handling device, an image of the QR code.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising decoding, with a second logic unit of the second information handling device, the one or more information handling system configuration settings from the first information handling device based on the QR code.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising comparing, with the second logic unit, each of the one or more information handling system configuration settings from the first information handling device to one or more current information handling system configuration settings of the second information handling device.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising adjusting, with the second logic unit, the one or more current information handling system configuration settings of the second information handling device to match applicable information handling system configuration settings from the first information handling device.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising sending, with the second logic unit, a signal to reboot the second information handling device.

13 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising reading, with the camera, the image of the QR code from a display of a mobile device held within a field of view of the camera by a user.

14 . An apparatus for copying information handling system configuration settings between information handling devices comprising:
a first logic unit configured to generate an encoded Quick Response (QR) code corresponding to one or more information handling system configuration settings of the first information handling device; and an output interface coupled to the first logic unit, the output interface configured to generate an output comprising the QR code.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first logic unit refreshes the QR code in real time in response to changes in the one or more information handling system configuration settings of the first information handling device.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first logic unit generates the QR code in response to a scan of configuration data from a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) database.

17 . An apparatus for copying information handling system configuration settings between information handling devices comprising:
a camera configured to read an image of a QR code, wherein the QR code corresponds to one or more information handling system configuration settings of a first information handling device, wherein the QR code is generated by a first logic unit in the first information handling device; and a second logic unit configured to decode the one or more information handling system configuration settings from the QR code, wherein the second logic unit adjusts information handling system configuration settings of the second information handling device to match the one or more information handling system configuration settings of the first information handling device.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the camera reads the image of the QR code from a display of a mobile device held within a field of view of the camera by a user.

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Herzi Dirie N

Classifications

• G06F9/44505 Primary

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