Automatic server configuration using a switch
AssigneeLenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorVivek Kashyap
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Abstract
Automatic server configuration by a switch may include determining, by a firmware interface application of the switch, a configuration pattern for a plurality of servers; generating, by a network caching application of the switch, a network cache; receiving, based on the configuration pattern, a solution stack; storing the solution stack in the network cache; and providing, from the network cache, the solution stack to the plurality of servers.
Claims20
A method of automatic server configuration by a switch, the method comprising:
- during a boot process of the switch:
- determining, by a firmware interface application of the switch, a configuration pattern for a plurality of servers;
- generating, by a network caching application of the switch, a network cache;
- receiving, based on the configuration pattern, a solution stack requested by the switch;
- storing the solution stack in the network cache;
- providing, from the network cache, the solution stack to the plurality of servers;
- providing, by the switch, a network caching application copy to an operational server of the plurality of servers;
- disabling the network caching application of the switch;
- and
- enabling networking switching operation of the switch.
An apparatus for automatic server configuration by a switch, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to perform steps comprising:
- during a boot process of the switch:
- determining, by a firmware interface application of the switch, a configuration pattern for a plurality of servers;
- generating, by a network caching application of the switch, a network cache;
- receiving, based on the configuration pattern, a solution stack requested by the switch;
- storing the solution stack in the network cache;
- providing, from the network cache, the solution stack to the plurality of servers;
- providing, by the switch, a network caching application copy to an operational server of the plurality of servers;
- disabling the network caching application of the switch;
- and
- enabling networking switching operation of the switch.
A computer program product for automatic server configuration by a switch, the computer program product comprising a non-volatile computer readable medium and computer program instructions stored on the non-volatile computer readable medium, the computer program instructions configured to, when executed, cause the switch to perform steps comprising:
- during a boot process of the switch:
- determining, by a firmware interface application of the switch, a configuration pattern for a plurality of servers;
- generating, by a network caching application of the switch, a network cache;
- receiving, based on the configuration pattern, a solution stack requested by the switch;
- storing the solution stack in the network cache;
- providing, from the network cache, the solution stack to the plurality of servers;
- providing a network caching application copy to an operational server of the plurality of servers;
- disabling the network caching application of the switch;
- and
- enabling networking switching operation of the switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.