Protocol independent storage discovery and enablement
First Claim
1. A method for Ethernet protocol independent storage device discovery comprising:
- emulating, with a manager node, a plurality of undiscovered nodes within a network by broadcasting a plurality of data frames according to respective different Ethernet protocols to each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes, each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes operable within the network according to one Ethernet protocol upon being discovered by the manager node;
discovering one or more nodes, with the manager node, by receiving a reply frame from one or more of the undiscovered nodes;
requesting from the discovered one or more nodes, with the manager node, information associated with one or more storage devices communicatively connected to the discovered one or more nodes; and
determining, with the manager node, whether to enable the one or more storage devices within the network.
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Abstract
A manager node provides discovery, translation, and mapping services for supported Ethernet protocol layers. The manager node discovers other nodes within the cloud environment and issues commands to each of the discovered nodes to obtain storage device specific information associated to storage devices communicatively connected to the discovered nodes. The storage device information obtained may include such things as device function (initiator or target), device model number, device capacity, and available storage (free), etc. When the manager node has gathered the storage device specific information it may create a list of all feasible storage devices that could be utilized within the cloud environment. The manager node may determine which of the discovered storage devices will be enabled. Subsequently, the manager node map may serve as an address translator and/or a gateway between protocols.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for Ethernet protocol independent storage device discovery comprising:
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emulating, with a manager node, a plurality of undiscovered nodes within a network by broadcasting a plurality of data frames according to respective different Ethernet protocols to each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes, each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes operable within the network according to one Ethernet protocol upon being discovered by the manager node; discovering one or more nodes, with the manager node, by receiving a reply frame from one or more of the undiscovered nodes; requesting from the discovered one or more nodes, with the manager node, information associated with one or more storage devices communicatively connected to the discovered one or more nodes; and determining, with the manager node, whether to enable the one or more storage devices within the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for Ethernet protocol independent storage device discovery, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable to cause a manager node to:
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emulate a plurality of undiscovered nodes within a network by broadcasting a plurality of data frames according to respective different Ethernet protocols to each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes, each of the plurality of undiscovered nodes operable within the network according to one Ethernet protocol upon being discovered by the manager node; discover one or more nodes by receiving a reply frame from one or more of the undiscovered nodes; request from the discovered one or more nodes information associated with one or more storage devices communicatively connected to the discovered one or more nodes; and determine whether to enable the one or more storage devices within the network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A data handling network comprising:
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a manager node and a plurality of undiscovered nodes communicatively connected to the manager node by a network, each undiscovered node communicatively connected to one or more storage devices and each undiscovered node operable within the network according to one Ethernet protocol upon being discovered by the management node; wherein the management node emulates the plurality of undiscovered nodes by broadcasting a plurality of data frames according to respective different Ethernet protocols to each of the plurality of undiscovered cloud nodes, discovers one or more of the plurality of undiscovered cloud nodes by receiving a reply frame from one or more of the undiscovered cloud nodes, requests from the discovered one or more nodes information associated with one or more storage devices communicatively connected to the discovered one or more nodes, and determines whether to enable one or more storage devices within the network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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