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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Santosh Kumar Bidaralli, Round Rock, TX (US);
Lokesh Krishna Bangera, Round Rock, TX (US);
Chandrasekhar Mugunda, Austin, TX (US);
Yogesh Prabhakar Kulkarni, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes a processor of a first node, which is one of a plurality of nodes governed by a group policy. The processor is operable to transmit, using an interface, a first request to receive information associated with the plurality of nodes and receive, using the interface, sets of configuration information associated with the plurality of nodes after a change has occurred regarding the plurality of nodes. The processor is further operable to compare the sets of configuration information associated with the plurality of nodes to the configuration information associated with the first node and determine a difference. In response, the processor is operable to determine, based on the group policy, to configure the first node. The processor is additionally operable to determine a second node that stores a set of files to configure the first node and configure the first node using the set of files.