Discovering, validating, and configuring hardware-inventory components

One or more computer-readable storage devices having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for discovering, configuring, and validating an inventory of hardware, the method comprising:nestablishing communication from a user device to the hardware inventory, wherein the hardware inventory includes a plurality of internal devices that are interconnected via network communication channels and out-of-band communication channels;selecting at least one of the plurality of internal devices for conducting a discovery process thereon, wherein the discovery process comprises:(a) listening for a signal from an expected out-of-band port predetermined to be associated with the at least one selected device;(b) receiving a first network identifier via an out-of-band communication channel coupled with the expected out-of-band port;(c) listening for a signal from an expected network port predetermined to be associated with the at least one selected device; and(d) receiving a second network identifier via a network communication channel coupled with the expected network port;comparing the first network identifier that is received from the out-of-band communication channel against the second network identifier that is received from the network communication channel in order to verify the at least one selected device is properly interconnected;determining that the at least one selected device is properly interconnected when the first network identifier and second network identifiers match;validating the interconnection of the at least one selected device; andotherwise, determining that the at least one selected device is not properly interconnected when the first network identifier and second network identifiers do not match; andinitiating one or more remedial measures with respect to the at least one selected device.

A computerized method for executing discovery, validation, and configuration tools on a server of an inventory of hardware, the method comprising:ninitiating execution of at least one tool residing locally on the server within the hardware inventory, wherein the at least one tool is configured to access the one or more internal components of the server;using the at least one tool to perform a scan of the one or more internal components in order to verify a configuration of the server, wherein the scan comprises:(a) discovering the one or more internal components as existing on the server;(b) abstracting properties of the discovered one or more internal components; and(c) updating a hardware list with the abstracted properties, wherein the hardware list maintains a record of the discovered one or more internal components;accessing a hardware schema that exposes criteria for determining whether a configuration of the server is acceptable for deployment within a data center;comparing the hardware schema that exposes criteria for determining whether the configuration of the server is acceptable for deployment against corresponding abstracted properties of the hardware list discovered in the one or more internal components;when the abstracted properties fail to satisfy the criteria, issuing a notification that indicates the configuration of the server is unexpected; andwhen the abstracted properties meet the criteria, storing results of the comparison within a user device.