Transportable private cloud computing platform and associated method of use

• US 9,420,039 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MicroTechnologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Micro Technologies LLC
• Inventors: Guzman, Alfredo Cesar, Kirsch, Robert A. II, Channing, Roger Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Hieu
• Application Number:
  US14/866,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014197A1
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: 709221-223
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/161 Computing infrastructure, e.g. computer clusters, blade chassis or hardware partitioning casings, cabinets, racks or drawers for data centers H05K5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• 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

Abstract

The present invention is a transportable private cloud computing platform, having a rack, several servers, a system management server, an interface device, a network switch, a power supply circuit, and a transit case. The present invention also includes a method for initializing the transportable private cloud computing platform, and a method for migrating software applications to the transportable private cloud computing platform.

Claims

1. A method of initializing a transportable private cloud computing platform, the method comprising:

applying power to a power supply circuit of a transportable private cloud computing platform, which also includes a rack, an interface device, a plurality of servers, at least one cloud computing operating system, and at least one network switch;

activating a graphical user interface on the interface device;

utilizing the interface device to provide queries to a system administrator so that a particular cloud computing operating system may be selected from the at least one cloud computing operating systems;

starting the selected cloud computing operating system that operates as a private cloud;

utilizing the interface device to request required keys from a system administrator;

initiating a cloud operating system virtualizer;

utilizing the interface device to allow the system administrator to enter a IP range of addresses, each of the IP addresses representing one of the plurality of servers, to be integrated into the private cloud;

locating and initializing, if not already initialized, each system administrator-selected server with the selected cloud computing operating system;

incorporating physical resources of each server of the plurality of servers into the private cloud;

utilizing the interface device to provide queries to the system administrator so that virtual server information is entered; and

creating the virtual servers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the system administrator authenticates with the transportable private cloud computing platform.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the system administrator is presented with a list of IP addresses, each of the IP addresses representing one of the plurality of servers, to be integrated into the private cloud.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface device allows the system administrator to add or remove available transportable private cloud computing platform resources.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising housing the power supply circuit, the rack, the interface device, the plurality of servers, the at least one cloud computing operating system and the at least one network switch in a transit case.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising housing the power supply circuit, the rack, the interface device, the plurality of servers, the at least one cloud computing operating system and the at least one network switch in a mobile transit case.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising housing the power supply circuit, the rack, the interface device, the plurality of servers, the at least one cloud computing operating system and the at least one network switch in a resizeable transit case.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising housing the power supply circuit, the rack, the interface device, the plurality of servers, the at least one cloud computing operating system and the at least one network switch in a hardened transit case.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising housing the power supply circuit, the rack, the interface device, the plurality of servers, the at least one cloud computing operating system and the at least one network switch in a ruggedized transit case.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface device includes at least one of a keyboard, a video display, a mouse (KVM) switch, and a graphical user interface.