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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anjaneya Prasad Gondi, Fremont, CA (US);
Mukund Gunti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alok Kumar Sinha, Fremont, CA (US);
Nikitha Kandru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yuedong Mu, San Jose, CA (US);
Aravinda Haryadi, Bangalore, IN;
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of validating a desired image of a virtualization software and a firmware package to be installed in a host against a hardware compatibility list (HCL) includes: acquiring a bill of materials for the host that lists hardware devices of the host; for each of the hardware devices, searching for firmware and a driver thereof in the HCL; for each driver included in the desired image that corresponds to one of the hardware devices, determining whether or not the driver is compatible according to the HCL; for each firmware included in the firmware package that corresponds to one of the hardware devices, determining whether or not the firmware is compatible according to the HCL; and validating the desired image of the virtualization software and the firmware package to be installed in the host if each of the hardware devices has a compatible driver and a compatible firmware.