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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2008
Michael Paul Dehaan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Adrian Karstan Likins, Durham, NC (US);
Seth Kelby Vidal, Durham, NC (US);
Michael Paul DeHaan, Morrisville, NC (US);
Adrian Karstan Likins, Durham, NC (US);
Seth Kelby Vidal, Durham, NC (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A provisioning server can remotely determine target machines, requiring a hardware update, and remotely provide the hardware updates to the target machines. The provisioning server can identify hardware updates for target machines in a network it serves. The provisioning server can operate in conjunction with a network management server in order to identify the target machines, requiring the hardware update. The provisioning server can generate the hardware update for the target machines and provide the hardware update to the target machines.