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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Wes David Hayutin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bradford E. Hinson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brandon D. Perkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Wes David Hayutin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bradford E. Hinson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brandon D. Perkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of enhanced capabilities in provisioning on computing machines in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a software vendor deploys a centralized server to an internal network of a customer. The provisioning capabilities of a centralized server are extended to support an additional type of platform by downloading a set of kickstart files associated with the additional type of platform from a software vendor. The centralized server may provision on a computing machine coupled to the centralized server within the internal network based on a type of a platform of the computing machine using one or more of the plurality of kickstart files.