Programmatic instantiation, and provisioning of servers
First Claim
1. A method including the steps of:
- accessing a networked computing system template;
automatically instantiating a networked computing system according to the template; and
whereinthe template includes a hardware manifest of required hardware primitives, andthe hardware manifest includes a description of a required number of partitions of a plurality of partitionable symmetric multiprocessors.
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Abstract
A networked computing system is taught that may be operated as one or more provisioned servers, each of the provisioned servers including capabilities as identified by a corresponding set of specifications and attributes, according to various embodiments. Typically the specifications (or constraints) and attributes are specified with a Server Configuration File. The networked computing system may be provisioned into any combination and number of servers according to needed processing and I/O capabilities. Each of these servers may include distinct compute, storage, and networking performance. Provisioned servers may be managed similar to conventional servers, including operations such as boot and shutting down.
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1. A method including the steps of:
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accessing a networked computing system template; automatically instantiating a networked computing system according to the template; and wherein the template includes a hardware manifest of required hardware primitives, and the hardware manifest includes a description of a required number of partitions of a plurality of partitionable symmetric multiprocessors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a process comprising; accessing a networked computing system template; automatically instantiating a networked computing system according to the template; and
whereinthe template includes a hardware manifest of required hardware primitives, and the hardware manifest includes a description of a required number of partitions of a plurality of partitionable symmetric multiprocessors. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer-readable memory device storing a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a process comprising:
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accessing a networked computing system template; automatically instantiating a networked computing system according to the template; and
whereinthe template includes a hardware manifest of required hardware primitives, and the hardware manifest includes a description of a required number of partitions of a plurality of partitionable symmetric multiprocessors. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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