METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVISION CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORK ELEMENTS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a selection of a cloud networking template from a client, wherein the virtual machine template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type;
configuring a virtual machine on a host server based on the cloud networking template;
configuring a data center connector based on the data center connector type;
configuring a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type; and
coupling the wide area network connector to the data center connector and coupling the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server to enable the client to access the virtual machine.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provision cloud computing network elements are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a selection of a cloud networking template from a client, wherein the cloud networking template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type, configuring a virtual machine on a host server based on the cloud networking template, configuring a data center connector based on the data center connector type, configuring a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type, and coupling the wide area network connector to the data center connector and coupling the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server to enable the client to access the virtual machine.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a selection of a cloud networking template from a client, wherein the virtual machine template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type; configuring a virtual machine on a host server based on the cloud networking template; configuring a data center connector based on the data center connector type; configuring a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type; and coupling the wide area network connector to the data center connector and coupling the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server to enable the client to access the virtual machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a first server to receive a selection from a client of a cloud networking template, wherein the cloud networking template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type; a second server to configure a virtual machine on a host server based information received from the client; and a third server to; configure a data center connector based on the data center connector type; configure a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type; and couple the wide area network connector to the data center connector and couple the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server to enable the client to access the virtual machine. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible machine-accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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receive a selection of a cloud networking template from a client, wherein the virtual machine template includes a data center connector type and a wide area network connector type; configure a virtual machine on a host server based on the cloud networking template; configure a data center connector based on the data center connector type; configure a wide area network connector based on the wide area network connector type; and provision the virtual machine for the client by coupling the wide area network connector to a network of the client and to the data center connector and coupling the data center connector to the virtual machine within the host server. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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