Application deployment system and method for a computing infrastructure

An application deployment method comprising:

• storing, using instructions stored on a non-transitory medium and executed on at least one processor, customized application configuration information in a portable memory structure, wherein the portable memory structure is physically coupled to a converged infrastructure prior to deployment, the converged infrastructure comprising a plurality of independently functioning computing devices, the customized application configuration information comprising an indication of at least two different application to be deployed in the converged infrastructure on each of the computing devices;
• when the converged infrastructure is at a deployment site, receiving, using the instructions, the stored customized application configuration information from a portable communication device that has obtained the stored customized application configuration information from the portable memory structure, the portable communication device separate and distinct from the converged infrastructure;
• establishing, using the instructions, a communication link between the converged infrastructure and a server having the at least two different applications to be installed in the converged infrastructure according to the received customized application configuration information, the communication link including the portable communication device;
• and obtaining, using the instructions, for each of the independently functioning computing devices the converged infrastructure, the at least two different applications as indicated in the application configuration information for that at least two of the independently functioning computing devices from the server using the communication link including the portable communication device to the computing device infrastructure for customizing the at least two independently functioning computing devices by installing the applications on the at least two independently functioning computing devices.

A portable communication device comprising:

• at least one memory unit for storing a user application;
• and at least one processor that executes the user application to:
• when the converged infrastructure is at a deployment site, read customized application configuration information from a portable memory structure that has been physically coupled to a converged infrastructure prior to deployment, the converged infrastructure comprising a plurality of independently functioning computing devices, the customized application configuration information comprising an indication of at least two different applications to be deployed in the converged infrastructure on each of the computing devices, the portable communication device separate and distinct from the plurality of independently functioning computing devices;
• transmit the customized application configuration information to an application deployment server;
• when establish a communication link between the converged infrastructure and a server having the at least two different applications to be installed in the converged infrastructure according to the received customized application configuration information, the communication link including the portable communication device;
• and obtain, for each computing device in the plurality of independently functioning computing devices in the converged infrastructure, the at least two different application as indicated in the application configuration information for that at least two of the independently functioning computing devices from the server using the communication link including the portable communication device to the converged infrastructure for customizing the at least two independently functioning computing devices by installing the applications on the at least two independently functioning computing devices.