Granted Patent B2

US 12,493,457 · App. 18/122,677 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventors: Eden Adogla (Seattle, WA); Thomas Werner Kuehnel (Seattle, WA)

Assignee: Oracle International Corporation

G06F8/65

Abstract

Claims (61)

1 . A method, comprising:

configuring, by a manager service, computing devices of a first data center for transmission by:

implementing, by the manager service of a second data center, a seed server at a computing device of the computing devices, the seed server comprising a virtual bootstrap environment; and

implementing, by the manager service, a software resource repository at the seed server, the software resource repository comprising software resources associated with cloud services executed on the computing devices; and

during transmission of the computing devices to a target site, deploying, by the seed server and using the virtual bootstrap environment, a portion of the software resources associated with the cloud services to the computing devices.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

during transmission of the computing devices to the target site:

establishing a network connection between the computing devices and the manager service of the second data center;

receiving, by the seed server from the manager service, an updated software resource; and

storing the updated software resource in the software resource repository.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising deploying the updated software resource to the computing devices.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

during transmission of the computing devices to the target site:

establishing a network connection between the computing devices and the manager service of the second data center; and

deploying, by the manager service, an updated software resource to the computing devices.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein deploying the portion of the software resources comprises deploying an instance of a cloud service to the computing devices.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the seed server, that a deployment duration corresponding to the deployment of the software resources will exceed a transmission duration; and

prior to completion of the transmission of the computing devices and based at least on the determination that the deployment duration will exceed the transmission duration, configuring, by the seed server, the computing devices to resume deployment of the software resources after the computing devices are installed at the target site by storing a status information for the deployment of the portion of the software resources.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining, by the seed server using the stored status information, a second portion of the software resources; and

deploying, by the seed server and after the computing devices are installed at the target site, a second portion of the software resources from the software resource repository.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

after the computing devices are installed at the target site, establishing a network connection between the computing devices and the second data center;

sending, by the seed server to the manager service, the stored status information; and

deploying, by the manager service using the status information, additional software resources to the computing devices.

9 . A system, comprising:

a containment enclosure configured to mount physical computing resources of a data center;

a networking device of the physical computing resources positionable in the containment enclosure;

a power supply positionable in the containment enclosure and electrically connected to the networking device; and

a plurality of computing devices of the physical computing resources positionable in the containment enclosure, communicatively connected to the networking device, and electrically connected to the power supply, a seed server device of the plurality of computing devices configured to host a virtual bootstrap environment and to deploy software resources to the plurality of computing devices using the virtual bootstrap environment during a transmission operation of the containment enclosure.

10 . The system of claim 9 , further comprising a cooling system connected to the containment enclosure and configured to maintain an ambient operating temperature of the containment enclosure during the transmission operation.

11 . The system of claim 9 , further comprising a networking fabric having a set of networking cables and characterized by a static network fabric topology, the set of networking cables configured to terminate at a location of the plurality of computing devices positioned in the containment enclosure, the plurality of computing devices configured to form a region network when communicatively connected to the set of networking cables according to a connection plan.

12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a cable terminal protection apparatus comprising:

a frame positionable at the location of the plurality of computing devices; and

a plurality of ports arranged on a face of the frame, each of the plurality of ports configured to accept a cable termination connector corresponding to a networking cable of the networking fabric.

13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the containment enclosure comprises a shipping container configured to be transported by a truck during the transmission operation.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the containment enclosure comprises a portion of an aircraft chassis.

15 . A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:

configure computing devices of a first data center for transmission by:

implementing a seed server at a computing device of the computing devices, the seed server comprising a virtual bootstrap environment; and

implementing a software resource repository at the seed server, the software resource repository comprising software resources associated with cloud services executed on the computing devices; and

during transmission of the computing devices to a target site, deploy a portion of the software resources associated with the cloud services to the computing devices using the virtual bootstrap environment of the seed server.

16 . The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more memories store additional instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to further:

during transmission of the computing devices to the target site:

establish a network connection between the computing devices and a manager service;

receive, from the manager service, an updated software resource; and

store the updated software resource in the software resource repository.

17 . The computing system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more memories store additional instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to further deploy the updated software resource to the computing devices.

18 . The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more memories store additional instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to further:

during transmission of the computing devices to the target site:

establish a network connection between the computing devices and a manager service; and

deploy an updated software resource to the computing devices.

19 . The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more memories store additional instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to further:

determine that a deployment duration corresponding to the deployment of the software resources will exceed a transmission duration; and

prior to completion of the transmission of the computing devices and based at least on the determination that the deployment duration will exceed the transmission duration, configure the computing devices to resume deployment of the software resources after the computing devices are installed at the target site by storing a status information for the deployment of the portion of the software resources.

20 . The computing system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more memories store additional instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to further:

determine, using the stored status information, a second portion of the software resources; and

deploy, after the computing devices are installed at the target site, a second portion of the software resources from the software resource repository.

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