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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Sumeet Kochar, Cary, NC (US);

Gregory B. Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);

Robert R. Wolford, Strongsville, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/42 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes running servers to provide computer services to client devices and storing a hardware profile for each of a plurality of server models, wherein each hardware profile identifies hardware components that should be enabled to implement the server model on one of the servers. A request is received from a client device to provide computer services on one or more of the servers using a selected server model and applying the hardware profile for the selected server model to configure the hardware components of the one or more of the servers to use the identified hardware components without manually reconfiguring the one or more of the servers. Still further, the method includes providing computer services to the client device using the one or more of the servers that has been configured using the hardware profile for the selected server model.


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