Establishing an initial configuration of a hardware inventory
US10120725B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/087
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for automatically configuring an inventory of hardware to interact seamlessly with a datacenter are provided. Initially, customer-specific specifications are collected from a user, which are automatically supplemented with platform-specific specifications. These specifications are used to select the hardware inventory from a set of predefined hardware clusters, where each of the predefined hardware clusters represents compatible configurations of hardware assets and logical assets that have been demonstrated to function congruently. A cluster-configuration file is derived from data held within a stock-keeping unit (SKU) that describes the selected hardware inventory. The cluster-configuration file is populated with abstract symbolic representations that act as placeholders for expected values that are presently unknown. Network resources are assigned by automated conversion of the abstract symbolic representations into concrete values. The cluster-confirmation file is merged with previous versions of datacenter inventory to create an updated version of the datacenter inventory.
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