Increased resource usage efficiency in providing updates to distributed computing devices
US12086581B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Servers at a data center having similar hardware configurations are grouped together; a leader server is determined from members of the group. A remote network management console discovers the leader without necessarily discovering each particular server and provides a firmware update to only the leader via a communication network over which the systems management console/application and the group of servers can communicate. The leader receives the firmware update and distributes the update to the other group members. In a cluster environment where servers of a group are substantially identical to one another, a leader of the cluster may use a discovery protocol to determine a catalog of current firmware versions of cluster members and their respective peripherals. Based on the catalog, the systems management console/application determines a custom firmware update that will normalize each member of the cluster to one another and forwards the custom update to the cluster leader.
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