Patent ID: 9596135
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a processing device executing a unified storage manager (USM), a connection of a machine to the USM; invoking a provisioning component of the USM to initiate a provisioning process for the machine; utilizing, by the processing device via the provisioning process, an external provisioning service to cause a bootstrapping process to execute on the machine, the bootstrapping process to install an operating system (OS) on the machine and to execute a kickstart file on the machine; responsive to execution of the kickstart file, performing, by the processing device, a handshake process with the machine to establish a communication channel between the USM and the machine; and receiving, via the established communication channel, an availability status of the machine as a storage node for storage services managed by the USM.