Pre-configured hyper-converged computing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665235-B2
Application number	US-201414230808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure includes a first independent server node comprising a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device includes a pre-configured software module that comprises a graphical user-interface module for managing the pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, a hypervisor for managing virtual machines hosted by said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and a storage block integrated with the hypervisor. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is offered for sale as a single stock keeping unit (SKU).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure comprising:
a first independent server node comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage, wherein said first independent server node is configured to deploy and host a plurality of workloads subsequent to acceptance of a single end-user license agreement (EULA) provided by a single entity; and

a pre-configured software module supporting said virtualization infrastructure, said pre-configured software module comprising:
a graphical user-interface module for managing said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and for facilitating creation and management of the plurality of workloads;
a hypervisor for managing said plurality of workloads hosted by said first independent server node of said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device; and
a storage block integrated with said hypervisor, wherein said storage block is a logical partition of said storage;
wherein said pre-configured software module is proprietary software of said single entity; and

a single rackable enclosure comprising said first independent server node and said pre-configured software module;
wherein said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is offered for sale as a single stock keeping unit (SKU).

2. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second independent server node;
a third independent server node; and
a fourth independent server node, each comprising: a CPU, memory and storage.

3. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 1 , wherein said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is a 2 rack unit-4 node (2U/4N) device.

4. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 1 , wherein said hypervisor comprises:
an ESX hypervisor.

5. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 1 , wherein said storage block comprises:
a virtual storage area network (VSAN).

6. A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure comprising:
a plurality of independent server nodes each comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage;
wherein said plurality of independent server nodes is configured to deploy and host a plurality of workloads; and

a pre-configured software module supporting said virtualization infrastructure, said pre-configured software module comprising:
a graphical user-interface module for managing said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and for facilitating creation and management of the plurality of workloads;
a hypervisor for managing said plurality of workloads hosted by said plurality of independent server nodes of said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device; and
a storage block integrated with said hypervisor, wherein said storage block is a logical partition of said storage;
wherein said pre-configured software module is proprietary software of a single entity; and

a single rackable enclosure comprising said plurality of independent server nodes and said pre-configured software module;
wherein said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is operational to deploy a first workload of said plurality of workloads in said virtualization infrastructure subsequent to acceptance of a single end-user license agreement (EULA) provided by said single entity, and wherein said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is offered for sale as a single stock keeping unit (SKU).

7. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a second independent server node;
a third independent server node; and
a fourth independent server node, each comprising: a CPU, memory and storage.

8. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 6 , wherein said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is a 2 rack unit-4 node (2U/4N) device.

9. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 6 , wherein said hypervisor comprises:
an ESX hypervisor.

10. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device of claim 6 , wherein said storage block comprises:
a virtual storage area network (VSAN).

11. A computing system for supporting a virtualization infrastructure comprising:
a first pre-configured hyper-converged computing device comprising:
a first plurality of independent server nodes configured to deploy and host a plurality of workloads, each independent server node comprising a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage; and
a first pre-configured software module supporting said virtualization infrastructure, said first pre-configured software module comprising:
a hypervisor for managing said plurality of workloads hosted by said first plurality of independent server nodes of said first pre-configured hyper-converged computing device;
a graphical user-interface module for managing said first pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and for facilitating creation and management of the plurality of workloads; and
a storage block integrated with said hypervisor, wherein said storage block is a logical partition of said storage;
wherein said first pre-configured software module is proprietary software of a single entity; and

a first single rackable enclosure comprising said first plurality of independent server nodes and said first pre-configured software module; and

a second pre-configured hyper-converged computing device comprising:
a second plurality of independent server nodes configured to deploy and host a plurality of workloads, each independent server node comprising a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage; and
a second pre-configured software module supporting said virtualization infrastructure, said second pre-configured software module comprising:
a hypervisor for managing said plurality of workloads hosted by said second plurality of independent server nodes of said second pre-configured hyper-converged computing device;
a graphical user-interface module for managing said second pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and for facilitating creation and management of the plurality of workloads; and
a storage block integrated with said hypervisor, wherein said storage block is a logical partition of said storage;
wherein said second pre-configured software module is proprietary software of said single entity; and

a second single rackable enclosure comprising said second plurality of independent server nodes and said second pre-configured software module;

wherein said first and second pre-configured hyper-converged computing devices are each offered for sale as a single stock keeping unit (SKU).

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein said first and second pre-configured hyper-converged computing devices are each operational to deploy a first workload in said virtualization infrastructure subsequent to acceptance of a single end-user license agreement (EULA) provided by said single entity.

13. A computer-implemented method for deploying a workload via a pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, comprising:
providing instructions to display a single end-user license agreement (EULA) of a single entity prior to initial operation of said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device comprising:
a first independent server node comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage, wherein said first independent server node is configured to deploy and host a plurality of workloads; and

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Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Van Der Walt Mornay
• Shanley Dave

Classifications

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F3/0608

  Saving storage space on storage systems · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title

• H04L41/0803

  Configuration setting · CPC title