Validation of asset data for component assemblies

• US 9,037,912 B1
• Filed: 08/23/2012
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Klein, Matthew D., Marr, Michael David
• Primary Examiner(s): Schell, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/592,468
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• Field of Search: 714/36, 705/28, 705/29, 705/26.5, 717/170, 717/171
• US Class Current: 714/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2205 using arrangements specific to the hardware being tested
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/263 Generation of test inputs, e.g. test vectors, patterns or sequences ; with adaptation of the tested hardware for testability with external testers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments of a computing device for acquiring a shipment manifest for a component assembly, the shipment manifest including expected asset data associated with the component assembly and a component of the component assembly. The computing device serves, via a network interface, a boot image executable by the component of the component assembly, the component including a processor. Empirical asset data associated with the component is obtained, via the network, by the computing device, the empirical asset data being supplied by the boot image. The computing device determines a validation response for the component assembly based at least upon a comparison of the empirical asset data with expected asset data.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, comprising:

code that acquires a shipment manifest for a component assembly, the shipment manifest specifying expected asset data associated with the component assembly and a component of the component assembly;

code that serves, via a network interface of the computing device, a boot image executable by the component of the component assembly, the boot image comprising a plurality of diagnostic tests;

code that obtains, via the network interface of the computing device, empirical asset data associated with the component, the empirical asset data being supplied by the boot image and comprising a network identifier of the component;

code that obtains, via a console interface of the computing device, further empirical asset data comprising a console configuration of the component;

code that determines a delivery response for the component assembly based at least in part upon a comparison of the empirical asset data with the expected asset data; and

code that generates a report of the comparison of the empirical asset data and the expected asset data.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program is executable in a virtual machine, the virtual machine executable in the computing device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the program further comprises code that generates a notice to a user of the computing device in response to a discrepancy specified by the report.

4. A computing device, comprising:

a processor circuit having at least one processor and a memory;

a network interface; and

a resource manager executable by the at least one processor, the resource manager comprising;

logic that supplies a boot image executable by a component of a component assembly, the boot image being supplied to the component via the network interface;

logic that obtains empirical asset data associated with the component, the empirical asset data being supplied by the boot image; and

logic that determines a validation response for the component assembly based at least in part upon a comparison of the empirical asset data with expected asset data associated with an invoice for the component assembly.

5. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the comparison is performed prior to an installation of the component assembly.

6. The computing device of claim 4, further comprising a virtual machine executable by the at least one processor, the resource manager being executable by the virtual machine.

7. The computing device of claim 6, wherein the virtual machine is replaced according to a schedule.

8. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the component assembly is one of a plurality of component assemblies selected based at least in part upon a statistical sampling of the component assemblies.

9. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the validation response is further based at least in part upon the comparison meeting at least one pre-defined component threshold, the at least one pre-defined component threshold being associated with a subset of the empirical asset data matching the expected asset data.

10. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the resource manager further comprises logic that generates a report of the comparison of the empirical asset data and the expected asset data.

11. The computing device of claim 4, wherein the component assembly comprises an identifier, the identifier identifying the component assembly in the invoice.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the resource manager further comprises logic that generates an exception based at least in part upon the invoice for the component assembly not including the component.

13. A method, comprising:

acquiring, in a computing device, a shipment manifest for a component assembly, the shipment manifest comprising expected asset data associated with the component assembly and a computing device of the component assembly, the computing device comprising a processor;

obtaining, via a first network interface of the computing device, empirical asset data associated with the computing device, the empirical asset data being supplied by a boot image executable by the computing device; and

determining, in the computing device, a delivery response for the component assembly based at least in part upon a comparison of the empirical asset data with the expected asset data.

14. The method of claim 13, the shipment manifest being acquired, via a second network interface of the computing device, from a resource management system, the resource management system storing a plurality of shipment manifests for a plurality of component assemblies.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting, in the computing device, an update to the resource management system, the update associated with the delivery response for the component assembly.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the second network interface is a wireless network interface.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising obtaining, via a console interface of the computing device, further empirical asset data comprising a console configuration of the computing device.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the computing device is one of a plurality of computing devices of the component assembly.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the delivery response is further based at least in part upon a composite comparison meeting a pre-defined assembly threshold, the composite comparison comprising the comparison for each of the computing devices of the component assembly.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the delivery response is further based at least in part upon the comparison meeting at least one pre-defined component threshold, the at least one pre-defined component threshold being associated with a subset of the empirical asset data matching the expected asset data.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating, in the computing device, a remediation report based at least in part upon a discrepancy between the empirical asset data and the expected asset data.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising generating, in the computing device, a notice to a user of the computing device in response to the remediation report.

23. A computing device, comprising:

a processor circuit having at least one processor and a memory; and

a resource manager executable by the at least one processor, the resource manager comprising;

logic that obtains, via a first network interface, data encoding a user interface, a portion of the data encoding the user interface being supplied by a resource management system, the resource management system comprising expected asset data associated with a component of a component assembly;

logic that acquires, via a second network interface, empirical asset data associated with the component of the component assembly, the empirical asset data being supplied by a boot image executable by the component;

logic that forwards, via the second network interface, the boot image from the resource management system to the component; and

logic that obtains, via the first network interface, data encoding a validation response in the user interface, the validation response based at least in part upon a comparison of the empirical asset data with the expected asset data.

24. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the resource manager further comprises logic that obtains, via the first network interface, a report of the comparison of the empirical asset data and the expected asset data.

25. The computing device of claim 24, wherein the user interface has a region permitting a user to print the report.

26. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the resource manager further comprises logic that generates, via the first network interface, an exception based at least in part upon an invoice for the component assembly not including the component.