Abstract: Systems and methods relating to auto-configuring and completely managing nodes of a networked environment, wherein a system controller automatically identifies, analyzes, configures, and manages a collective in a networked environment. A fully managed computer system is disclosed in which computing nodes are fully initialized, controlled, installed and configured by a system controller. The system controller manages all respects of the nodes including configuration, installation, health, optimization, load balancing, etc. Accordingly, no manual configuration at the nodes themselves is needed. As a system administrator gives tasks for the system controller to implement, the system controller decides which node is appropriate for each given task. If not enough information is known to make the decision, the system controller asks the system administrator one or more questions about the specifics of the task.