Patents by Inventor Kumaraguru Shanmugam

Kumaraguru Shanmugam 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).

  • Method and system for tracking progress and providing fault tolerance in automated upgrade of a network virtualization platform
    Patent number: 10268470
    Abstract: A method of upgrading nodes of a network virtualization platform is provided. The method receives a definition of an upgrade plan to upgrade a group of upgrade units. Each upgrade unit includes a set of nodes of the network virtualization platform. The plan groups sets of upgrade units into one or more upgrade groups and specifies a set of parameters for upgrading each upgrade unit. The method sends upgrade instructions to each upgrade unit to trigger upgrade for the upgrade unit. The method receives upgrade status from the upgrade units. The method aggregates and displays the status for the upgrade units of each upgrade group. When upgrade is in paused state, the method allows modifications to the upgrade plan. The method re-computes the upgrade plan before starting or resuming the upgrade. The upgrade plan is persisted by storing a portion of the upgrade plan needed to re-compute the upgrade plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Amita Savagaonkar, Makarand Gawade, Amit Sangodkar, Kumaraguru Shanmugam
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING PROGRESS AND PROVIDING FAULT TOLERANCE IN AUTOMATED UPGRADE OF A NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180060061
    Abstract: A method of upgrading nodes of a network virtualization platform is provided. The method receives a definition of an upgrade plan to upgrade a group of upgrade units. Each upgrade unit includes a set of nodes of the network virtualization platform. The plan groups sets of upgrade units into one or more upgrade groups and specifies a set of parameters for upgrading each upgrade unit. The method sends upgrade instructions to each upgrade unit to trigger upgrade for the upgrade unit. The method receives upgrade status from the upgrade units. The method aggregates and displays the status for the upgrade units of each upgrade group. When upgrade is in paused state, the method allows modifications to the upgrade plan. The method re-computes the upgrade plan before starting or resuming the upgrade. The upgrade plan is persisted by storing a portion of the upgrade plan needed to re-compute the upgrade plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Amita Savagaonkar, Makarand Gawade, Amit Sangodkar, Kumaraguru Shanmugam