Abstract: A method, and a corresponding system, provide for configuring nodes in a computer system according to a user's intent. The computer system includes one or more nodes. The method includes receiving a configuration command from a user, including an identification of one or more of the nodes to be configured; determining available programs for configuring the one or more nodes; determining requirements for applying the available programs to the one or more nodes and displaying the requirements to the user for selection; receiving user selections from the displayed requirements; and executing the requirements to configure the one or more nodes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2009
Date of Patent:
December 29, 2015
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Inventors:
Edgar Circenis, Bryan Joseph Jacquot, Toran K. Kopren, Kathleen L. Gannon