# US 9,882,826 B2 · Software defined infrastructures that encapsulate physical server resources into logical resource pools > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,882,826 B2 - Document ID: US9882826B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/199,950 - Filed: 2016-06-30 - Published: 2016-10-27 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-12 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: James J. Fall; Tammy L. Van Hove - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882826B2 ## CPC - H04L 41/22: comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] - G06F 8/60: Software deployment - G06F 9/44505: {Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files} - G06F 9/45558: {Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects} - G06F 9/50: Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU] - G06F 9/5077: {Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455)} - H04L 12/4633: {Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling} - H04L 41/20: {Network management software packages} - H04L 41/5019: Ensuring fulfilment of SLA - H04L 47/70: Admission control; Resource allocation - G06F 9/45533: {Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors} - G06F 11/203: {using migration} - G06F 2009/45583: {Memory management, e.g. access or allocation} - G06F 2209/5011: Pool - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A software defined infrastructure (SDI) makes available a subset of a computer server's resources to a cloud solution or workload. Multiple subsets of resources can be combined in a SDI to provide a logical resource pool. This allows cloud administrators to create software defined infrastructures derived from the partial capacity of a collection of systems. The resources defined across the physical boundaries of a computer server can then be made available to host deployment of cloud workloads. The infrastructure resource pool can be selected upon deployment of a cloud workload. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for creating and managing a software defined infrastructure (SDI), the method comprising: creating the SDI, wherein the SDI comprises a logical resource pool having resources from a plurality of physical servers including a subset of physical resources available from each of the plurality of physical servers to provide the logical resource pool to a workload in a cloud computing environment; identifying physical servers to provide compute resources to the SDI; identifying unallocated resources from the physical servers; selecting unallocated resources for the SDI from the identified unallocated resources; allocating at least one of the unallocated resources to the SDI; and wherein the logical resource pool comprises a plurality of license entitlement pools including at least one license entitlement pool from a plurality of physical servers where the at least one license entitlement pool from the plurality of physical servers comprises a subset of the license entitlement pools available on the physical server where the license entitlement pools of the physical server are divided into more than one SDI. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the logical resource pool comprises at least one virtual input/output server (VIOS). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the logical resource pool comprises a plurality of virtual input/output servers (VIOS) located on a plurality of physical servers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising deploying workloads to the SDI, wherein the workloads use the subset of resources. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 wherein the subset of resources comprises at least one logical partition for provisioning client workloads. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5 wherein the logical partition is a dynamic logical partition that can be dynamically managed to meet a service level agreement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the SDI includes a definition that includes a name and metadata that defines SDI characteristics, wherein the metadata includes an SDI category, quality of service, and resource consumption constraints. ### Claim 8 A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for creating and managing a software defined infrastructure (SDI), the method comprising: creating the SDI, wherein the SDI comprises a logical resource pool having resources from a plurality of physical servers including a subset of physical resources available from each of the plurality of physical servers to provide the logical resource pool to a workload in a cloud computing environment; identifying physical servers to provide compute resources to the SDI; identifying unallocated resources from the physical servers; selecting unallocated resources for the SDI from the identified unallocated resources; allocating at least one of the unallocated resources to the SDI; deploying workloads to the SDI, wherein the workloads use the subset of resources wherein the logical resource pool comprises a plurality of license entitlement pools including at least one license entitlement pool from a plurality of physical servers where the at least one license entitlement pool from the plurality of physical servers comprises a subset of the license entitlement pools available on the physical server where the license entitlement pools of the physical server are divided into more than one SDI; and wherein the SDI includes a definition that includes a name and metadata that defines SDI characteristics, wherein the metadata includes an SDI category, quality of service, and resource consumption constraints. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 wherein the logical resource pool further comprises at least one virtual input/output server (VIOS). ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 wherein the logical resource pool further comprises a plurality of virtual input/output servers (VIOS) located on a plurality of physical servers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 wherein the subset of resources comprises at least one logical partition for provisioning client workloads. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 wherein the logical partition is a dynamic logical partition that can be dynamically managed to meet a service level agreement. ### Claim 13 A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for creating and managing a software defined infrastructure (SDI), the method comprising: creating the SDI, wherein the SDI comprises a logical resource pool having resources from a plurality of physical servers including a subset of physical resources available from each of the plurality of physical servers to provide the logical resource pool to a workload in a cloud computing environment; identifying physical servers to provide compute resources to the SDI; identifying unallocated resources from the physical servers; selecting unallocated resources for the SDI from the identified unallocated resources; allocating at least one of the unallocated resources to the SDI; deploying workloads to the SDI, wherein the workloads use the subset of resources; wherein the logical resource pool comprises a plurality of license entitlement pools including at least one license entitlement pool from a plurality of physical servers where the at least one license entitlement pool from the plurality of physical servers comprises a subset of the license entitlement pools available on the physical server where the license entitlement pools of the physical server are divided into more than one SDI; wherein the SDI includes a definition that includes a name and metadata that defines SDI characteristics, wherein the metadata includes an SDI category, quality of service, and resource consumption constraints; and wherein the logical resource pool further comprises at least one virtual input/output server (VIOS). ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein the logical resource pool further comprises a plurality of virtual input/output servers (VIOS) located on a plurality of physical servers. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein the subset of resources comprises at least one logical partition for provisioning client workloads. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein the logical partition is a dynamic logical partition that can be dynamically managed to meet a service level agreement.