BARE METAL PROVISIONING OF SOFTWARE DEFINED INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20180060051A1
• Filed: 08/26/2016
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Megatrends International, LLC
• Original Assignee: American Megatrends Incorporated
• Inventors: Ramalingam, Muthukkumaran, Rathineswaran, Chandrasekar, Inbaraj, Joseprabu
• Granted Patent: US 11,132,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45541 Bare-metal, i.e. hypervisor runs directly on hardware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. A first BMC of the computer system sends hardware information of a first host of the first BMC. The first BMC receives information of at least one program for installation on the first host. The first BMC emulates a media device to the first host. The first BMC requests the first host to install the at least one program provided through the emulated media device. The first BMC transfers the at least one program to the first host through the emulated media device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a computer system, comprising:

sending, at a first baseboard management controller (BMC) of the computer system, hardware information of a first host of the first BMC;

receiving, at the first BMC, information of at least one program for installation on the first host;

emulating a media device to the first host;

requesting the first host to install the at least one program provided through the emulated media device; and

transferring the at least one program to the first host through the emulated media device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring the at least one program to the first host comprises:

redirecting the at least one program located on a remote device to the first host through the emulated media device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one program includes an operating system (OS) image and one or more software packages.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

discovering, at a first device of the computer system and remote to the first BMC, the first BMC on a communication link out-of-band of a network of machines; and

requesting the first BMC to send hardware information of the first host of the first BMC.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, at the first device, the hardware information of the first host of the first BMC;

selecting, based on the received hardware information, the at least one program from a repository;

sending information of the at least one program to the first BMC; and

requesting the first BMC to redirect the at least one program to the first host.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first BMC is one of a plurality of BMCs discovered out-of-band by the first device, the method further comprising:

receiving, at the first device, hardware information of a host of each of the plurality of BMCs other than the first BMC;

obtaining information of a type of a target machine to be added in the network of machines; and

selecting, based on the type of the target machine and hardware information of the hosts of the plurality of BMCs, the first host from the hosts of the plurality of BMCs to build the target machine, wherein the target machine in built by the installing the at least one program on the first host.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising adding the target machine built on the first host to the network of machines.

8. A computer system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

send, at a first baseboard management controller (BMC) of the computer system, hardware information of a first host of the first BMC;

receive, at the first BMC, information of at least one program for installation on the first host;

emulate a media device to the first host;

request the first host to install the at least one program provided through the emulated media device; and

transfer the at least one program to the first host through the emulated media device.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein to transferring the at least one program to the first host, the at least one processor is further configured to:

redirect the at least one program located on a remote device to the first host through the emulated media device.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the at least one program includes an operating system (OS) image and one or more software packages.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

discover, at a first device of the computer system and remote to the first BMC, the first BMC on a communication link out-of-band of a network of machines; and

request the first BMC to send hardware information of the first host of the first BMC.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, at the first device, the hardware information of the first host of the first BMC;

select, based on the received hardware information, the at least one program from a repository;

send information of the at least one program to the first BMC; and

request the first BMC to redirect the at least one program to the first host.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the first BMC is one of a plurality of BMCs discovered out-of-band by the first device, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, at the first device, hardware information of a host of each of the plurality of BMCs other than the first BMC;

obtain information of a type of a target machine to be added in the network of machines; and

select, based on the type of the target machine and hardware information of the hosts of the plurality of BMCs, the first host from the hosts of the plurality of BMCs to build the target machine, wherein the target machine in built by the installing the at least one program on the first host.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to add the target machine built on the first host to the network of machines.

15. A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for operating a computer system, comprising code to:

send, at a first baseboard management controller (BMC) of the computer system, hardware information of a first host of the first BMC;

receive, at the first BMC, information of at least one program for installation on the first host;

emulate a media device to the first host;

request the first host to install the at least one program provided through the emulated media device; and

transfer the at least one program to the first host through the emulated media device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein to transferring the at least one program to the first host, the code is further configured to:

redirect the at least one program located on a remote device to the first host through the emulated media device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the at least one program includes an operating system (OS) image and one or more software packages.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the code is further configured to:

discover, at a first device of the computer system and remote to the first BMC, the first BMC on a communication link out-of-band of a network of machines; and

request the first BMC to send hardware information of the first host of the first BMC.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the code is further configured to:

receive, at the first device, the hardware information of the first host of the first BMC;

select, based on the received hardware information, the at least one program from a repository;

send information of the at least one program to the first BMC; and

request the first BMC to redirect the at least one program to the first host.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first BMC is one of a plurality of BMCs discovered out-of-band by the first device, wherein the code is further configured to:

receive, at the first device, hardware information of a host of each of the plurality of BMCs other than the first BMC;

obtain information of a type of a target machine to be added in the network of machines;

select, based on the type of the target machine and hardware information of the hosts of the plurality of BMCs, the first host from the hosts of the plurality of BMCs to build the target machine, wherein the target machine in built by the installing the at least one program on the first host; and

add the target machine built on the first host to the network of machines.