Patents by Inventor Jaspal Singh Dhillon

Jaspal Singh Dhillon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11159367
    Abstract: Examples described herein includes initialization of a computing node cluster. An example method providing a query request from an initialization application/service of a computing node for a default configuration management server identifier via a network, and receiving, from a network management server, an internet protocol address associated with the default configuration management server identifier. The example method further includes providing a configuration request from the computing node to the internet protocol address requesting configuration information, and receiving the configuration information at the computing node from a configuration management server associated with the internet protocol address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Finn, Jan Olderdissen, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Mengyang Li, Sragdhara Datta Chaudhuri, Toms Varghese
  • Patent number: 10972350
    Abstract: Examples described herein include imaging servers which may support asynchronous imaging of one or more computers (e.g., computing nodes). The imaging server may use out-of-band communication to install requested images on one or more computing nodes. The imaging server may support multiple concurrent installation sessions, and may maintain a log specific to each session. This may facilitate session-specific status reporting. In this manner, operating systems, hypervisors, or other software may be installed on computing nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Toms Varghese, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Raghu Rapole, Avi Bhandari
  • Patent number: 10782992
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for managing communication connections in a virtualization environment includes (1) a first host machine implementing a virtualization environment based on a first platform, wherein the first host machine includes a first hypervisor, at least one virtual machine, and one or more virtual infrastructure elements and (2) a virtual disk including a plurality of storage devices. A management module for the system may perform steps to convert the first host machine to a second platform by installing (on the first host machine) a second hypervisor associated with the second platform, disabling the first hypervisor, capturing a configuration describing elements of a virtual infrastructure associated with the first hypervisor, registering the captured configuration with the second hypervisor, creating elements of the captured configuration in the context of the second platform and in association with the second hypervisor, and then enabling the second hypervisor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Cui, Aroosh Sohi, Srinivas Bandi Ramesh Babu, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Gaurav Poothia, Pulkit Yadav, Supreeth Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20200106669
    Abstract: Examples described herein may include transition of a distributed computing system to using a segmented network configuration. An example method includes receiving a network segmentation request at a distributed computing system. In response to the network segmentation request and during normal operation of the distributed computing system, the method includes allocating IP addresses to computing nodes of the distributed computing system based on a number of segmented networks, and applying firewall rules to open service ports of the computing nodes. Further in response to the network segmentation request and during normal operation, the method includes updating network configuration information of the computing nodes. For a computing node of the computing nodes, the method further includes publishing the allocated IP addresses, and restarting services of the computing node. The method further includes applying the firewall rules to open a subset of the service ports of the computing nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Simon Mijolovic, Sragdhara Datta Chaudhuri
  • Publication number: 20190356541
    Abstract: Examples described herein includes initialization of a computing node cluster. An example method providing a query request from an initialization application/service of a computing node for a default configuration management server identifier via a network, and receiving, from a network management server, an internet protocol address associated with the default configuration management server identifier. The example method further includes providing a configuration request from the computing node to the internet protocol address requesting configuration information, and receiving the configuration information at the computing node from a configuration management server associated with the internet protocol address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Finn, Jan Olderdissen, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Mengyang Li, Sragdhara Datta Chaudhuri, Toms Varghese
  • Publication number: 20190334765
    Abstract: Examples described herein may include management of a ROBO site. An example method includes detecting a first configuration of a first computing node cluster of a computing system over a first network, and detecting a second configuration of a second computing node cluster of the computing system over a second network. The example method further includes receiving a request to update a configuration of the computing system. The update includes an update of the first configuration of the first computing node cluster. The example method further includes determining whether the update of the first configuration of the first computing node cluster is compatible with the second configuration of the second computing node cluster, and in response to the update of the first configuration of the first computing node cluster being incompatible with the second configuration of the second computing node cluster, denying the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: AMIT JAIN, JASPAL SINGH DHILLON, KARAN GUPTA, PAVAN KUMAR KONKA
  • Publication number: 20190149414
    Abstract: Examples described herein include imaging servers which may support asynchronous imaging of one or more computers (e.g., computing nodes). The imaging server may use out-of-band communication to install requested images on one or more computing nodes. The imaging server may support multiple concurrent installation sessions, and may maintain a log specific to each session. This may facilitate session-specific status reporting. In this manner, operating systems, hypervisors, or other software may be installed on computing nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: NUTANIX, INC.
    Inventors: Toms Varghese, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Raghu Rapole, Avi Bhandari
  • Patent number: 10019252
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deploying and managing virtual machine clusters. A method commences upon launching, on a subject processor instance that is running a first operating system, an installation hypervisor that forms a RAM disk comprising an installation boot image and respective one or more scripts. A bootable portion of the RAM disk is exposed to a virtual machine so as to serve as a virtual boot device that comprises the installation boot image and its one or more scripts. Next, a physical boot device is exposed to the virtual machine so as to initiate a boot operation that causes the virtual machine to boot. A subsequent boot operation is initiated to cause transfer of instruction execution to a low-level I/O subsystem entry point such that the target boot image is booted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Miao Cui, Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Jan Ralf Alexander Olderdissen
  • Patent number: 6843589
    Abstract: A low profile lighting system for military or other heavy equipment vehicles that includes a high intensity discharge (HID) headlight, and light emitting diode (LED) turn signals and running light. A microprocessor controller is included to interface to the vehicle lighting control system. An electromechanical actuator lifts and holds the light unit in place. The light unit is mounted on a hidden hinge in an armored and signature managed housing. The unique hinge design allows for electromechanical actuation of the lights from a micro-controller. The special hinge enables the external surfaces of the vehicle to be generally planar, and thereby ready to accept further signature management treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: United Defense LP
    Inventors: Jaspal Singh Dhillon, Valent Horvatich, James Robert Turner, Marco Albert Middione