Method to map an inventory management system to a configuration management system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAnna M. Zara, Sharad Singhal
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Abstract
The invention includes a method, system, and article to automatically soft configure a node, such as a compute node, in a data center. The data center may have several racks and a unit may be installed in one of the racks as the node. Each rack may be identified by a unique rack location. The data center may include various servers, devices, and rack locations tied together through a Local Area Network (LAN) mechanism. A new unit deployed within the data center may be discovered. A configuration template for the discovered unit may then be found. Based on the configuration template, software automatically may be installed no the discovered unit.
Claims45
A method to automatically soft configure a node in a data center having a plurality of racks, where each rack is identified by a unique rack location, where the node is a rack-mountable node, and where the data center further includes various servers, devices, and rack locations, the method comprising:
- tying together the various servers, devices, and rack locations of the data center through a Local Area Network (LAN) mechanism;
- discovering a new unit deployed within the data center;
- finding a configuration template for the discovered unit;
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- automatically installing software on said discovered unit based upon said configuration template.
A system to automatically soft configure a node in a data center having a plurality of racks, where each rack is identified by a unique rack location, where the node is a rack-mountable node, and where the data center further includes various servers, devices, and rack locations, the system comprising:
- a data center deployable unit (node) connectable to a network;
- a Local Area Network (LAN) mechanism configured to tie together the various servers, devices, and rack locations of the data center;
- a management system server configured to manage a database of asset records, one of said asset records corresponding to said node, said management system server maintaining and updating state information about said node in its corresponding asset record, said management system server connected to said network;
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- a software configuration system server configured to automatically install software on said node once said node is deployed and connected to said network, said software configuration system server connected to said network.
An article to automatically soft configure a node in a data center having a plurality of racks, where each rack is identified by a unique rack location, where the node is a rack-mountable node, and where the data center further includes various servers, devices, and rack locations, the article comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed cause:
- tying together the various servers, devices, and rack locations of the data center through a Local Area Network (LAN) mechanism;
- discovering a new unit deployed within the data center;
- finding a configuration template for the discovered unit;
- and
- automatically installing software on said discovered unit based upon said configuration template.
A method to automatically soft configure a node in a data center having a plurality of racks, where each rack is identified by a unique rack location and where the node is a rack-mountable node, the method comprising:
- presenting a node as a set of components installed in a given rack, where the given rack is identified by a predetermined rack location and where at least one component of the set of components is characterized by at least one component attribute;
- compiling a network request from the unique rack location of the given rack and the at least one component attribute;
- providing power to the node, where providing power to the node automatically results in sending the network request from the node;
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- in response to sending the network request, automatically installing at least one application on the node to soft configure the node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.