User interface for modifying rows associated with virtual machines

• US 10,243,808 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Vernia, Lior
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spratt, Beau D
• Application Number:
  US14/188,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20150244584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,856 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities

Abstract

A graphical user interface may be provided. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface may include a plurality of rows. A first row may include a first entry field and a first visual indicator and a second row may include a second entry field and a second visual indicator. The first entry field may be assigned a first profile. A selection of a second profile for the second entry field may be received and a selection of the second visual indicator may be received. A third row may be added in response to the selection of the second visual indicator after the selection of the second profile to be assigned to the second entry field.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, by a processing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of rows representing virtual hardware resources of a virtual machine, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows comprises a first entry field with an assigned first profile and a first visual indicator adjacent to the first entry field, and wherein a second row of the plurality of rows comprises a second entry field and a second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field;

receiving a selection of the second entry field;

in response to the selection of the second entry field of the second row that represents a particular virtual hardware resource of the virtual machine, providing a menu at the second entry field in the GUI to identify a plurality of network interfaces that are available for the virtual machine, wherein each of the plurality of network interfaces corresponds to one or more settings for a type of resource available to the virtual machine;

receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows;

receiving a selection of the second visual indicator of the second row of the plurality of rows;

adding, by the processing device, a third row to the GUI in response to the selection of the second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field after the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows, wherein the adding of the third row in response to the selection of the second visual indicator of the second row corresponds to an adding of an additional network interface to the virtual machine; and

in response to the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to the virtual machine, providing the selected at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to the virtual machine.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field, changing a state of the second visual indicator from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is an inactive state and the second state allows the selection of the second visual indicator.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the third row comprises a third entry field and a third visual indicator, and wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are placed in a first state in response to the adding of the third row and the third visual indicator is in a second state.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the first visual indicator in the first state; and

in response to the selection of the first visual indicator in the first state, removing the first row.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first entry field and the second entry field is a drop down menu.

6. A system comprising:

a memory to store data associated with a graphical user interface (GUI); and

a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory, to;

provide the GUI comprising a plurality of rows representing virtual hardware resources of a virtual machine, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows comprises a first entry field with an assigned first profile and a first visual indicator adjacent to the first entry field, and wherein a second row of the plurality of rows comprises a second entry field and a second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field;

receive a selection of the second entry field;

in response to the selection of the second entry field of the second row that represents a particular virtual hardware resource of the virtual machine, provide a menu at the second entry field in the GUI to identify a plurality of network interfaces that are available for the virtual machine, wherein each of the plurality of network interfaces corresponds to one or more settings for a type of resource available to the virtual machine;

receive a selection of at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows;

receive a selection of the second visual indicator of the second row of the plurality of rows;

add a third row to the GUI in response to the selection of the second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field after the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows, wherein the adding of the third row in response to the selection of the second visual indicator of the second row corresponds to an adding of an additional network interface to the virtual machine; and

in response to the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to the virtual machine, provide the selected at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to the virtual machine.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processing device is further to:

in response to the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field, change a state of the second visual indicator from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is an inactive state and the second state allows the selection of the second visual indicator.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the third row comprises a third entry field and a third visual indicator, and wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are placed in a first state in response to the adding of the third row and the third visual indicator is in a second state.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a selection of the first visual indicator in the first state; and

in response to the selection of the first visual indicator in the first state, remove the first row.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the first entry field and the second entry field is a drop down menu.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising data that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

provide, by the processing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of rows representing virtual hardware resources of a virtual machine, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows comprises a first entry field with an assigned first profile and a first visual indicator adjacent to the first entry field, and wherein a second row of the plurality of rows comprises a second entry field and a second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field;

receive a selection of the second entry field;

in response to the selection of the second entry field of the second row that represents a particular virtual hardware resource of the virtual machine, provide, by the processing device, a menu at the second entry field in the GUI to identify a plurality of network interfaces that are available for the virtual machine, wherein each of the plurality of network interfaces corresponds to one or more settings for a type of resource available to the virtual machine;

receive a selection of at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows;

receive a selection of the second visual indicator of the second row of the plurality of rows;

add a third row to the GUI in response to the selection of the second visual indicator that is adjacent to the second entry field after the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field of the second row of the plurality of rows, wherein the adding of the third row in response to the selection of the second visual indicator of the second row corresponds to an adding of an additional network interface to the virtual machine; and

in response to the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to the virtual machine, provide the selected at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to the virtual machine.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the processing device is further to:

in response to the selection of the at least one of the plurality of available network interfaces to be assigned to the second entry field, change a state of the second visual indicator from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is an inactive state and the second state allows the selection of the second visual indicator.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the third row comprises a third entry field and a third visual indicator, and wherein the first visual indicator and the second visual indicator are placed in a first state in response to the adding of the third row and the third visual indicator is in a second state.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a selection of the first visual indicator in the first state; and

in response to the selection of the first visual indicator in the first state, remove the first row.