Abstract: A representation of network resources and relationships among the network resources is established. The network resources include network resources of a tenant and network resources of a plurality of clouds. Input specifying at least one network resource of the tenant, at least one network resource of each of two of the plurality of clouds, and an action directed to the specified network resources is received in the representation. A multi-cloud extension is configured in accordance with the input. The multi-cloud extension extends to network resources of the tenant and the plurality of clouds, and is isolated from network resources of other tenants.

Abstract: An example method includes setting up a secure channel between a blade and a provisioning server in a network environment, downloading an image of a virtual machine monitor (VMM) from the provisioning server to the blade through the secure channel, and booting the image to instantiate the VMM on the blade. The blade and the provisioning server are mutually authenticated and authorized with a plurality of parameters. Booting the image may include loading the image on a memory element of the blade and transferring control to the image. In some embodiments, booting the image includes modifying a root file system of the image by adding the daemon such that an agent is included in the root file system. The agent can download another image corresponding to an operating system of a virtual machine.

Abstract: A representation of network resources and relationships among the network resources is established. The network resources include network resources of a tenant and network resources of a plurality of clouds. Input specifying at least one network resource of the tenant, at least one network resource of each of two of the plurality of clouds, and an action directed to the specified network resources is received in the representation. A multi-cloud extension is configured in accordance with the input. The multi-cloud extension extends to network resources of the tenant and the plurality of clouds, and is isolated from network resources of other tenants.

Abstract: An example method includes setting up a secure channel between a blade and a provisioning server in a network environment, downloading an image of a virtual machine monitor (VMM) from the provisioning server to the blade through the secure channel, and booting the image to instantiate the VMM on the blade. The blade and the provisioning server are mutually authenticated and authorized with a plurality of parameters. Booting the image may include loading the image on a memory element of the blade and transferring control to the image. In some embodiments, booting the image includes modifying a root file system of the image by adding the daemon such that an agent is included in the root file system. The agent can download another image corresponding to an operating system of a virtual machine.