Correlating a unique identifier of an independent server node with a location in a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorsWit Riewrangboonya, Michael R. MACFADEN, Dave SHANLEY
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Abstract
A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure includes a first independent server node at a first location comprising a first server node unique identifier, a second independent server node at a second location comprising a second server node unique identifier. The first server node unique identifier correlates to the first location. The second server node unique identifier correlates to the second location such that an exact location of the first or second independent server node are determined within the pre-configured hyper-converged computing device.
Claims15
A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure comprising:
- a first independent server node at a first location comprising a first server node unique identifier;
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- a second independent server node at a second location comprising a second server node unique identifier, wherein said first server node unique identifier correlates to said first location, and said second server node unique identifier correlates to said second location such that an exact location of said first or second independent server node are determined within said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device.
A computer-implemented method for correlating a unique identifier of an independent server node with a location in a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, said computer-implemented method comprising:
- assigning a unique identifier to each of plurality of independent server nodes in a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device;
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- correlating said unique identifier of each of said plurality of independent server nodes with a respective location of each of said plurality of independent server nodes.
A computer-implemented method for determining a location of an independent server node in a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, said computer-implemented method comprising:
- accessing a unique identifier associated with one of a plurality of independent server nodes in a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, wherein said unique identifier correlates to a location of said one of a plurality of independent server nodes;
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- determining a location of one of a plurality of an independent server nodes in said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device based on said unique identifier.
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