A method for providing a dormant state for content management servers is provided. Client devices are allowed to conduct transactions with servers when the servers are active. However, in a dormant state, the servers are not allowed to accept new transactions. Thus, by utilizing the dormant state, software upgrades can be made to one server at a time. Alternatively, all servers can be taken down for major upgrades, with the servers still operated in a read-only mode based on a file image from a point in time just prior to the shutdown. When the upgrade is completed, the servers can be returned to the active state.

A system includes a processor of a first node, which is one of a plurality of nodes governed by a group policy. The processor is operable to transmit, using an interface, a first request to receive information associated with the plurality of nodes and receive, using the interface, sets of configuration information associated with the plurality of nodes after a change has occurred regarding the plurality of nodes. The processor is further operable to compare the sets of configuration information associated with the plurality of nodes to the configuration information associated with the first node and determine a difference. In response, the processor is operable to determine, based on the group policy, to configure the first node. The processor is additionally operable to determine a second node that stores a set of files to configure the first node and configure the first node using the set of files.

A processor initiates an execution of a network driver in a first node comprising a master node of a plurality of nodes in a switchless network. The network driver configures the plurality of nodes and service level in the switchless network by transmitting management datagrams from the master node, wherein the management datagrams include an attribute that allows the management datagrams to be propagated among the plurality of nodes of the switchless network without being terminated at host channel adapters of the plurality of nodes.

A reception electric field intensity or a transmission delay time in wireless communication between each of multiple apparatuses connected to one and the same network and a portable terminal device is measured. Degrees of nearness, where a degree of nearness indicates a nearness between each of the multiple apparatuses and the portable terminal device in a numerical value are calculated based on a measurement result. One apparatus is selected from among the multiple apparatuses as a candidate target apparatus based on the degrees of nearness calculated. The candidate target apparatus selected is requested to execute a predetermined. A decision on whether or not to approve the candidate target apparatus selected is received from the user, and the candidate target apparatus is identified as a work-target apparatus intended by the user when the user has approved.

A method and apparatus to configure a plurality of network elements is described. In an exemplary embodiment, an automation controller receives a plurality of labels for the plurality of network elements. Each of the plurality of labels is associated with a different configlet and each of the different configlets includes a configuration command. The automation controller further assembles the plurality of configlets into separate configurations corresponding to each of the plurality of network elements. In addition, the automation controller configures each of the plurality of network elements using the separate configuration corresponding to that network element.

A client device for use with a router having a radio, a first configurable feature, and a second configurable feature, the client device comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: generate a first instruction to configure the first configurable feature; generate a second instruction to configure the second configurable feature; and transmit a queued-configuration signal, including the first instruction and the second instruction, to the router so as to reconfigure the first configurable feature, reconfigure the second reconfigurable feature, and turn off and restart the radio.

According to certain embodiments, a provisioning manager comprises an interface and processing circuitry. The interface is configured to obtain provisioning data from a provisioning database. The processing circuitry is configured to prepare one or more configuration files based on the provisioning data. The configuration file(s) indicate how to provision one or more service instances. The processing circuitry is further configured to commit the configuration file(s) to one or more repositories in order to make the configuration file(s) available to at least one of the service instances. The processing circuitry is further configured to send one or more notifications indicating to one or more of the service instances that the configuration file(s) have been committed to the one or more repositories.

A configuration interface is provided. Hardware settings are obtained for a target server's networked environment through the configuration interface. Microservices are selected with configuration settings through the configuration interface. An installation package is created having an Operating System (OS), the selected microservices, the hardware settings, and the configuration settings. The installation package is uploaded to a blade server. Upon detection by the blade server of the presence of the target server's networked environment, a bootstrap operation is processed and the OS with the selected microservices are loaded and initiated on the blade server. The microservices are provided over the target server's network as a self-contained microservice platform from the blade server. The microservices interact with transaction devices over the network and user-operated devices through a portal interface provided with the installation package.

Some embodiments provide a managed network for implementing a logical network for a tenant. The managed network includes a first set of host machines and a second set of host machines. The first set of host machines is for hosting virtual machines (VMs) for the logical network. Each of the first set of host machines operates a managed forwarding element that implements a first logical router for the tenant logical network and a second logical router to which the first logical router connects. The implementation of the second logical router is for processing packets entering and exiting the tenant logical network. The second set of host machines is for hosting L3 gateways for the second logical router. The L3 gateways connect the tenant logical network to at least one external network.

A network configuration method for an IoT device is implemented by a terminal device. The method includes receiving attribute information broadcasted by N IoT devices, N being an integer greater than 1; determining a target IoT device from the N IoT devices based on at least one of: whether the attribute information broadcasted by the N IoT devices includes a selected identifier, or a first selection instruction input by a user; establishing a first communication connection with the target IoT device; sending a query request to the target IoT device to have the target IoT device return a network list corresponding to the target IoT device; determining a target network from the network list; and sending configuration information of the target network to the target IoT device so that the target IoT device performs network configuration based on the configuration information of the target network.