Patent ID: 8650271

Claim:
Compute clustering software embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and operable to provide a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI operable to: present a selection area for illustrating a plurality of receptors in a chassis, each receptor configured to couple to a network device, wherein the selection area conveys a physical location of each of the plurality of receptors; receive information from a user to create a defined cluster by pointing and clicking on a portion of the plurality of receptors illustrated in the selection area; present an image selection window with a plurality of software image choices; receive a selection in the image selection window for each of one or more receptors in the defined cluster; indicate if a network device is presently coupled to a respective receptor of the defined cluster; and receive input to indicate if a network device that is later coupled to a currently unoccupied receptor is to be automatically configured; and wherein the software is operable to detect presence of a particular network device coupled to a receptor in the defined cluster that was previously unoccupied, and install a particular software image for the particular network device automatically only if automatic configuration was indicated by the received input.