Portal Manager for Automated Virtual Data Center Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Provisioning a virtual data center remains a complex and technical task unsuitable for direct customer interaction, despite existing component provisioning systems and IT tools like Configuration Management Databases, as it requires coordination of multiple resources and validation checks.
Innovation Solution
A user-friendly portal manager facilitates Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) configuration through a drag-and-drop interface, performing validation checks for physical capacity, user privileges, and component compatibility, compiling a provisioning manifest for automated provisioning across multiple customers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated provisioning systems are implemented, then provisioning efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portal manager as an intermediary component that sits between the user interface and the underlying provisioning infrastructure. This portal manager abstracts the complexity of resource coordination, validation checks, and component provisioning into a unified automated process, thereby improving provisioning efficiency without exposing the underlying system complexity to end users.
2Ease of operation
If user-friendly interfaces are provided for data center provisioning, then ease of operation is improved, but validation and coordination complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service capabilities where the portal manager automatically performs validation checks for physical capacity, user privileges, and component compatibility without requiring user intervention. The drag-and-drop interface enables users to provision resources intuitively while the system autonomously handles the complex validation and coordination requirements.
3Reliability
If multiple validation checks are performed for resource provisioning, then reliability is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The portal manager performs validation checks for physical capacity, user privileges, and component compatibility as preliminary actions during the design phase, before actual resource provisioning commences. This advance validation ensures provisioning reliability while minimizing processing time during the actual deployment by preventing rework and conflicts later in the process.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for a multi-tenant and fully automated Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) provisioning. Examples include user interfaces for drag-and-drop configuration of a customer/user/tenant's network, validation checks on design choices, and automated provisioning of validated designs. The tenant may specify certain Quality of Service (QoS) choices along with the design structure, and various physical components and partitions of available and/or shared resources may be provisioned automatically for the tenant/customer.