Patent ID: 11861412
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A system for managing deployment of a converged infrastructure, the system comprising:
a converged infrastructure (CI) node operatively connected to a network device and a CI deployment client device, and comprising a processor, memory, a storage device; and
a deployment wizard, executing on the CI node, and configured to:
receive, from the CI deployment client device, a request to initiate a converged infrastructure (CI) deployment;
obtain, in response to the request, a CI information set, wherein the CI information set comprises relevant details for a plurality of hardware devices included in the CI deployment, and wherein the plurality of hardware devices includes the network device;
create a CI deployment file using the CI information set;
render a deployment user interface (UI) screen comprising a first UI selection mechanism for configuring the network device and a second UI selection mechanism for configuring a CI cluster;
receive a first user selection via the first UI selection mechanism to configure the network device;
render, in response to the receiving the first user selection, a plurality of network device configuration screens to obtain network device configuration information;
add the network device configuration information to the CI deployment file;
re-render, after adding the network device configuration information to the CI deployment file, the deployment UI screen comprising the first UI selection mechanism and the second UI selection mechanism;
receive a second user selection via the second UI selection mechanism to configure the CI cluster;
render, in response to the receiving the second user selection, a plurality of CI cluster configuration screens to obtain CI cluster configuration information,
wherein a first CI cluster configuration screen of the CI cluster configuration screens comprises a selection of a list of CI nodes,
wherein a second CI cluster configuration screen of the CI cluster configuration screens comprises a selection of CI clusters to join an existing virtualization environment,
wherein the CI cluster is specified in the selection of CI clusters, and
wherein a third CI cluster configuration screen of the CI cluster configuration screens is for configuring optional features of the CI deployment;

add the CI cluster configuration information to the CI deployment file; and
deploy the CI using the CI deployment file.