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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason Ye, Shanghai, CN;
Tianming Zhang, Brighton, MA (US);
Carl Shi, Shanghai, CN;
Jia Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed systems and methods may retrieve a base image of a plugin for a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform and create a Docker image for an HCI platform plugin based, in part, on the base image. The HCI platform plugin enables an extended function not native to the HCI platform. Disclosed methods may include registering the Docker image within an HCI platform instance running on an HCI appliance associated with a customer, and saving the Docker image to a Docker image repository within the HCI platform instance. The extended HCI platform function may be any suitable function including, as an illustrative example, a function for provisioning a third party storage device within the HCI platform. Disclosed method steps may be performed by an independent third party developer that lacks authorized access to an HCI platform instance.