19005743. PRE-PROVISIONING SERVER HARDWARE FOR DEPLOYMENT ON AN EDGE NETWORK (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)

PRE-PROVISIONING SERVER HARDWARE FOR DEPLOYMENT ON AN EDGE NETWORK

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

Paul Karam of Kirkland WA US

Humayun Mukhtar Khan of Issaquah WA US

Arpan Kumar Asthana of Bothel WA US

Alphonse Kurian of Bellevue WA US

Amit Kumar Saraff of Seattle WA US

Chandrasekhar Pasupuleti of Issaquah WA US

Rohan Matthew Augustus of Bothel WA US

Run Fang of Shanghai CN

PRE-PROVISIONING SERVER HARDWARE FOR DEPLOYMENT ON AN EDGE NETWORK

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19005743 titled 'PRE-PROVISIONING SERVER HARDWARE FOR DEPLOYMENT ON AN EDGE NETWORK

Original Abstract Submitted

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for pre-provisioning server nodes of a server rack and causing the pre-provisioned server node to be deployed on an edge zone of a cloud computing system. In particular, systems described herein involve identifying server nodes based on a customer hardware deployment request and performing a series of pre-provision acts to the server nodes in accordance with the received hardware deployment request. For example, systems described herein pre-provision the hardware by configuring hardware and software on the server nodes, establishing communication with one or more control planes on a datacenter, and bringing the server nodes to a return to web (RTW) state. By pre-provisioning the hardware, the server hardware may be delivered and transitioned to a live state in an efficient manner and without jeopardizing security on the cloud.