Network deployment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299276-B2
Application number	US-201816017200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2018
Priority date	Mar 14, 2017
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

Example implementations relate to network deployment of devices. For example, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource can determine a plurality of deployment thresholds of a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of deployment thresholds are associated with a type of the plurality of devices. The instructions can cause the processing resource to monitor deployment data associated with the plurality of devices to identify a device with a deployment outlier. The device with the deployment outlier is a device with deployment data that is outside a deployment threshold of the device. The instructions can cause the processing resource to adjust the deployment threshold of the device based on the monitoring.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method for network deployment, comprising:
monitoring a plurality of deployment times, including a deployment time of a first network device, for a plurality of network devices, including the first network device, that are deployed in the network;
determining that the deployment time is greater or less than an initial time threshold for the first network device based on an average of the plurality of deployment times, and the initial time threshold;
determining a secondary time threshold based on the determination that the deployment time is greater or less than the initial time threshold; and
deploying a second network device in the network using the secondary time threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the second network device is of the device type.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the second network device is of a different device type than the device type.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
removing the first network device from the network; and
re-deploying the first network device in the network using the secondary time threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the deployment time is less than the initial time threshold, and wherein the secondary time threshold is less than the initial time threshold.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the initial time threshold based on a type of server in the network.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the initial time threshold based on a type of the network.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
determining the initial time threshold based on an average amount of time to deploy a plurality of network devices of a device type of the first network device in the network.

9. An apparatus for network deployment, comprising:
a processing resource; and
a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to:
monitor a deployment time of a first network device that is deployed in a network;
determine that the deployment time is greater or less than an initial time threshold for the first network device based on the deployment time, and the initial time threshold;
determine a secondary time threshold based on the determination that the deployment time is greater or less than the initial time threshold;
deploy a second network device in the network using the secondary time threshold;
remove the first network device from the network; and
re-deploy the first network device in the network using the secondary time threshold.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the second network device is of the device type.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the second network device is of a different device type than the device type.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the machine-readable instructions cause the processing resource to determine the initial time threshold based on an average amount of time to deploy a plurality of network devices of the device type in the network.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the deployment time is less than the initial time threshold, and wherein the secondary time threshold is less than the initial time threshold.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the machine-readable instructions cause the processing resource to determine the initial time threshold based on a type of the network.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the machine-readable instructions cause the processing resource to:
determine the initial time threshold based on an average amount of time to deploy a plurality of network devices of a device type of the first network device in the network.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
determine an initial time threshold for deploying a first network device of a device type in a network based on an average amount of time to deploy a plurality of network devices of the device type in the network;
monitor a deployment time of the first network device in the network;
determine that the deployment time is greater or less than the initial time threshold based on the deployment time and the initial time threshold;
determine a secondary time threshold for the device type based on the determination that the deployment time is greater or less than the initial time threshold;
deploy a second network device in the network using the secondary time threshold, wherein the second network device is of the device type;
remove the first network device from the network; and
re-deploy the first network device in the network using the secondary time threshold.

17. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the deployment time is less than the initial time threshold, and wherein the secondary time threshold is less than the initial time threshold.

18. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine the initial time threshold based on a type of the network.

19. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the second network device is of the device type.

20. The medium of claim 16 , wherein the first network device is of a device type, and wherein the second network device is of a different device type than the device type.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp

Inventors

• Sugatoor Manaswini Lakshmikanth
• Rehman Ataur
• Agarwal Gopal
• Yadav Brijesh Kumar
• Sharma Manas
• Mishra Abhishek

Classifications

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04L41/0803 Primary

  Configuration setting · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L41/145

  involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network · CPC title