Patent ID: 8756298
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a new server lacking both a server farm network address and a service assignment being added to a group of networked servers in a server farm, the method comprising: intercepting, at a load balancer, a network configuration request message sent to a network configuration device, the load balancer being disposed between the network configuration device and the group of networked servers; determining that the network configuration request message was sent by the new server lacking both a server farm network address and a service assignment; forwarding the network configuration request message to the network configuration device to obtain an IP address for the new server; determining a pool of networked servers within the group of networked servers, the determination including: monitoring a health state of constituent services among multiple constituent services operating within the pool of network servers; determining, based on monitoring the health state, a highest priority service operating on at least one server within the pool of network servers from among the multiple constituent services operating within the pool of networked servers; designating a configuration for the new server which is based on the highest priority service; and automatically configuring the new server for the highest priority service and with the IP address of the new server.