公开(公告)号：US12020038B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17246559

申请日：2021-04-30

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Alphonse Kurian ,  Arpan Kumar Asthana ,  Amit Kumar Saraff ,  Chandrasekhar Pasupuleti ,  Paul Karam

IPC: G06F9/4401 ,  H04L9/40

CPC classification number: G06F9/4416 ,  G06F9/4406 ,  H04L63/0272 ,  H04L63/166

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for peer booting server nodes on an edge zone. For example, an edge zone may include data plane devices capable of hosting virtual machines and other cloud-based services thereon that provide low-latency services to customers of a cloud computing system. Systems described herein implement an operating system (OS) provisioning system that, in combination with a peer booting system on a server node, facilitates instantiation of an OS on the server node as well as enabling the server node to act as an OS provider service to other server nodes on the edge zone. The systems disclosed herein facilitate fast installation of OS services without overutilizing limited bandwidth resources of a virtual network that connects the server nodes with control plane devices remotely maintained at a datacenter.

公开(公告)号：US11824922B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17954247

申请日：2022-09-27

Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

Inventor： Alphonse Kurian ,  Pushpraj Agrawal ,  Arpan Kumar Asthana ,  Chandrasekhar Pasupuleti

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L67/10 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50 ,  H04L41/0659 ,  H04L41/50 ,  H04L67/1097

CPC classification number: H04L67/10 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  G06F9/5072 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/5083 ,  H04L41/0659 ,  H04L41/5096 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: Health and usage data are monitored for storage devices of a remote computing environment that is remote from a computing service provider. The remote computing environment comprises a subset of computing systems of a computing service provider that manages the remote computing environment. Based on the monitored health data, it is determined that one of the storage devices has failed. In response, it is determined whether a computing device of the remote computing environment that is associated with the failed storage device should be marked unhealthy or continue to operate at a reduced capacity. When it is determined that the computing device associated with the failed storage device should continue to operate at a reduced capacity, the computing device is reprovisioned with available storage devices and the computing device is operated at the reduced capacity.

公开(公告)号：US11477267B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17093553

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

Inventor： Alphonse Kurian ,  PushpRaj Agrawal ,  Arpan Kumar Asthana ,  Chandrasekhar Pasupuleti

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L67/10 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50 ,  H04L41/0659 ,  H04L41/50 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: Health and usage data are monitored for storage devices of a remote computing environment that is remote from a computing service provider. The remote computing environment comprises a subset of computing systems of a computing service provider that manages the remote computing environment. Based on the monitored health data, it is determined that one of the storage devices has failed. In response, it is determined whether a computing device of the remote computing environment that is associated with the failed storage device should be marked unhealthy or continue to operate at a reduced capacity. When it is determined that the computing device associated with the failed storage device should continue to operate at a reduced capacity, the computing device is reprovisioned with available storage devices and the computing device is operated at the reduced capacity.

公开(公告)号：US12212456B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-28

申请号：US18280431

申请日：2022-03-03

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Paul Karam ,  Humayun Mukhtar Khan ,  Arpan Kumar Asthana ,  Alphonse Kurian ,  Amit Kumar Saraff ,  Chandrasekhar Pasupuleti ,  Rohan Matthew Augustus ,  Run Fang

IPC: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/08 ,  H04L41/0895

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for pre-provisioning server nodes of a server rack and causing the pre-provisioned server node to be deployed on an edge zone of a cloud computing system. In particular, systems described herein involve identifying server nodes based on a customer hardware deployment request and performing a series of pre-provision acts to the server nodes in accordance with the received hardware deployment request. For example, systems described herein pre-provision the hardware by configuring hardware and software on the server nodes, establishing communication with one or more control planes on a datacenter, and bringing the server nodes to a return to web (RTW) state. By pre-provisioning the hardware, the server hardware may be delivered and transitioned to a live state in an efficient manner and without jeopardizing security on the cloud.

公开(公告)号：US11620137B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16929041

申请日：2020-07-14

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Alphonse Kurian ,  Chandrasekhar Pasupuleti ,  Arpan Kumar Asthana ,  Anatoliy Panasyuk ,  Monika Machado Santacruz ,  PushpRaj Agrawal

IPC: G06F9/44 ,  G06F1/32 ,  G06F9/4401 ,  G06F1/3209

Abstract: A system and method executed by a computer server include determination that the computer server has lost network connectivity and, in response to the determination that the computer server has lost network connectivity, disabling of power to a volatile memory of the computer server. Determining that the computer server has lost network connectivity may include transmission of data to an external system and determination that a response to the data was not received from the external system. Disabling of power to the volatile memory may include transmission of a request to an operating system of the system to initiate a power-down sequence of the system.