Automated deployment of operating system and data space to a server
First Claim
1. A method for deploying a server attached to a network comprising:
- designating a stored server instance be deployed to a processing element, the stored server instance indicating locations of an operating system image and a data disk;
providing a program to configure the processing element to access the operating system image;
configuring the network to allow the processing element to communicate with the indicated locations of the operating system image and data disk; and
directing the processing element to access the operating system image for booting tasks.
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Abstract
A server instance, which is a collection of LUNs, containing an operating system, any applications and data storage. A processing element is the physical hardware. The combination is a server as normally understood. Templates are used to define server instances and server types to simplify deploying a server instance to a processing element. A graphical user interface provides the templates where the particular storage groups are identified and then server instances are created from lists of operating systems, applications, and available storage. The management service processor is a PXE server and provides the necessary software to identify the components of the processing element and correlate between the processing element and a server instance. The management service processor then automatically provides software to the processing element to allow it correctly boot. The management service processor manages the interconnection of the processing element and the relevant LUNs.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for deploying a server attached to a network comprising:
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designating a stored server instance be deployed to a processing element, the stored server instance indicating locations of an operating system image and a data disk;
providing a program to configure the processing element to access the operating system image;
configuring the network to allow the processing element to communicate with the indicated locations of the operating system image and data disk; and
directing the processing element to access the operating system image for booting tasks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A machine readable medium having embodied there upon instructions executable by a machine to perform the following method steps:
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designating a stored server instance be deployed to a processing element, the stored server instance indicating locations of an operating system image and a data disk;
providing a program to configure the processing element to access the operating system image;
configuring the network to allow the processing element to communicate with the indicated locations of the operating system image and data disk; and
directing the processing element to access the operating system image for booting tasks. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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