Patent · US Active

Centralized management, provisioning and monitoring of cloud infrastructure

US12153945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Chandragupta Ganguly · San Jose, US
Om Prakash Suthar · Naperville, US
Alec Hothan · Sacramento, US
Vivek Agarwal · Campbell, US
John W. Wu · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
Ajay Kalambur · Fremont, US
Devendra Kumar Vishwakarma · North Chelmsford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2020
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first virtual machine executing on a centralized management node provides a first image file to a first computing entity arranged within a first point of delivery. The first image file includes a first boot configuration file or a first ramdisk file. A second virtual machine provides a second image file to a second computing entity arranged within a second point of delivery different from the first point of delivery. The second image file includes a second boot configuration file or a second ramdisk file. The first virtual machine provides a third image file to the first computing entity. The third image file comprises a first operating system installation file. The second virtual machine provides a fourth image file to the second computing entity. The fourth image file comprises a second operating system installation file.

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