Infrastructure Component Remediation Device for Converged Baseline Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Updating or remediating infrastructure resource components in data facility areas to achieve a converged infrastructure baseline configuration is challenging due to the independent operation of silo resources and lack of awareness or cooperation among them.
Innovation Solution
An infrastructure component remediation (ICR) device is interfaced with infrastructure resource components to assess their configuration states, identify disparities, and remediate them to logically operate as a converged infrastructure system, using a self-contained device with management software, physical connections, and mobile broadband capabilities to update and align components with a CI configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If infrastructure resource components operate as independent silo resources, then each component can be managed individually with simple configuration, but the system lacks convergence and coordination among components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component (convergence manager or remediation device) that acts as a mediator between individual infrastructure components and the centralized configuration management system. This intermediary collects configuration data from silo resources, compares it against baseline convergence requirements, and coordinates remediation actions, thereby enabling converged infrastructure capability without requiring direct complex interactions between all components.
Solution Approach 2:
The configuration management function is segmented into distributed agents on individual infrastructure components and a centralized convergence manager. Each agent handles local configuration assessment and reporting, while the convergence manager performs global coordination and baseline enforcement. This segmentation allows the system to achieve converged infrastructure capability while maintaining relatively simple local configurations.
2Reliability
If centralized configuration management is implemented to achieve converged infrastructure baseline, then system-wide compliance and coordination are improved, but the complexity of deployment and operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service capabilities where infrastructure components automatically assess their own configuration states, report discrepancies to the convergence manager, and execute remediation actions locally based on guided instructions. This automated self-service approach ensures configuration compliance while reducing the manual operational burden on administrators.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary assessment and identification of configuration disparities before executing remediation actions. The convergence manager pre-evaluates which components deviate from baseline convergence requirements and prepares remediation plans in advance, making the actual remediation deployment simpler and more predictable.
3Productivity
If infrastructure components are remediated to achieve baseline convergence, then system coordination and collective functionality are improved, but the time and resources required for assessment and remediation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous configuration monitoring and assessment mechanisms where infrastructure components continuously report their state to the convergence manager, which continuously evaluates compliance against baseline requirements. This continuous action enables the system to maintain converged infrastructure functionality while minimizing remediation time by addressing deviations as they occur rather than through periodic batch processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes feedback loops where configuration assessment results are immediately fed back to the convergence manager, which then triggers appropriate remediation actions. This rapid feedback mechanism ensures that configuration deviations are quickly identified and corrected, maintaining high collective infrastructure functionality while minimizing the time components remain non-compliant.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for logically remediating infrastructure resource components are disclosed. According to one example, the method includes interfacing an infrastructure component remediation (ICR) device to a plurality of infrastructure resource components located at a data facility area in order to assess a configuration state for each of the plurality of infrastructure resource components. The method further includes identifying, via the interfaced ICR device, a disparity existing between a converged infrastructure baseline configuration and the assessed configuration states associated with the infrastructure resource components, and remediating, via the interfaced ICR device, the plurality of infrastructure resource components to logically operate as a converged infrastructure that complies with the converged infrastructure baseline configuration.