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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Terrence Ladd Yoder, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Dante Vitale, Colfax, CA (US);
Ali Ezzet, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Terrence Ladd Yoder, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Dante Vitale, Colfax, CA (US);
Ali Ezzet, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for enabling a plurality of software appliances to be dynamically loaded onto a blade is described. During run-time and in response to receiving one or more sets of appliance loading instructions corresponding to one or more appliances, the one or more appliances is downloaded. Each appliance has a capability different from each other. The one or more appliances that are downloaded are stored at a first set of locations on a data store. Each of the first set of locations is different from each other. A first appliance of the one or more appliances that are stored is then installed at a second location on the data store. Then, the first appliance that is installed is booted on the blade.