Abstract: A system includes a plurality of agents to control managed equipment of a geographically distributed data center. A controller communicates management data with the plurality of agents via a management network. The controller and the plurality of agents are configured in a hierarchical topology. A first subset of the plurality of agents relay management data on behalf of a second subset of the plurality of agents. The controller is further configured to: communicate with a new agent to be provisioned into the plurality of agents; generate reconfiguration instructions that indicate an allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents to be associated with the new agent; and facilitate a provisioning of the new agent in accordance with the reconfiguration instructions, to connect the new agent to the allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents via the management network and disconnect the new agent from the controller.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of agents to control managed equipment of a geographically distributed data center. A controller communicates management data with the plurality of agents via a management network. The controller and the plurality of agents are configured in a hierarchical topology. A first subset of the plurality of agents relay management data on behalf of a second subset of the plurality of agents. The controller is further configured to: communicate with a new agent to be provisioned into the plurality of agents; generate reconfiguration instructions that indicate an allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents to be associated with the new agent; and facilitate a provisioning of the new agent in accordance with the reconfiguration instructions, to connect the new agent to the allocated parent agent of the plurality of agents via the management network and disconnect the new agent from the controller.

Abstract: A hosting platform includes a main server layer and an auxiliary server layer. The main server layer includes one or more servers and a server of the one or more servers is designated to process requests for one or more hosts. The auxiliary server layer may be removably coupled to and in communication with the main layer. The auxiliary layer may process the request redirected from the main layer when the designated server of the main layer is overloaded.