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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
William Michael Mccardle, Spring, TX (US);
Ronald Alan Neyland, Spring, TX (US);
John Paul Campbell, The Woodlands, TX (US);
William Michael McCardle, Spring, TX (US);
Ronald Alan Neyland, Spring, TX (US);
John Paul Campbell, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Compute clustering software embodied in a computer-readable medium and operable to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided, the GUI operable to present a selection area for illustrating a plurality of receptors in a chassis, each receptor configured to couple to a network device, wherein the selection area conveys a physical location of each of the plurality of receptors, receive information from a user to create a defined cluster by pointing and clicking on a portion of the plurality of receptors illustrated in the selection area, present an image selection window with a plurality of software image choices, receive an image selection for each of one or more selected receptors in the defined cluster, and wherein the software is operable to associate each logical address of the defined cluster with a not necessarily same selected one of the plurality of images.