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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Chandragupta Ganguly, San Jose, CA (US);
Om Prakash Suthar, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Alec Hothan, San Rafael, CA (US);
Vivek Agarwal, Chelmsford, MA (US);
John Wei-I Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ajay Kalambur, Campbell, CA (US);
Devendra Kumar Vishwakarma, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A first virtual machine executing on a centralized management node provides a first image file to a first computing entity arranged within a first point of delivery. The first image file includes a first boot configuration file or a first ramdisk file. A second virtual machine provides a second image file to a second computing entity arranged within a second point of delivery different from the first point of delivery. The second image file includes a second boot configuration file or a second ramdisk file. The first virtual machine provides a third image file to the first computing entity. The third image file comprises a first operating system installation file. The second virtual machine provides a fourth image file to the second computing entity. The fourth image file comprises a second operating system installation file.