Datacenter workload deployment using cross-fabric-interconnect global service profiles and identifiers

• US 10,491,449 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2018
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mittal, Shailesh, Chen, Zhong, Andersson, B. A. Roger, Kothandaraman, Vijayakumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Murray, Daniel C.
• Application Number:
  US15/922,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20180205605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/781 Centralised allocation of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

At least two domains of a datacenter are registered. Each of the domains comprises at least one server. A global pool of identifiers is generated by the global management module. A logical configuration is generated by a global management module. The logical configuration takes the form of a global profile and allows for a workload to be processed at one or more the servers. A global identifier from the global pool of identifiers is associated with the global profile. The global profile is assigned to a server in a first of the at least two domains.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

registering a plurality of servers, wherein one of the plurality of servers communicates via a first fabric interconnect and another of the plurality of servers communicates via a second fabric interconnect;

generating a global pool of server identifiers to uniquely identify servers that communicate via either of the first fabric interconnect or the second fabric interconnect;

generating a global profile configured to allow a workload at one or more of the plurality of servers to be processed;

associating a server identifier from the global pool of server identifiers with the global profile; and

assigning the global profile to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising migrating services assigned to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect to the server that communicates via the second fabric interconnect.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein migrating the services assigned to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect comprises reassigning the global profile from the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect to the server that communicates via the second fabric interconnect.

4. The method claim 1, wherein generating the global pool of server identifiers comprises generating a global pool of media access control (MAC) addresses.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the global profile comprises generating a global template and assigning identifiers from the global pool of server identifiers to the global template.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a global pool of resources.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein generating the global pool of resources comprises generating a global pool of servers.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein assigning the global profile comprises assigning the global profile to the global pool of servers.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a network interface unit configured to enable communication over a network; and

a processor coupled to the network interface unit and configured to;

register a plurality of servers, wherein one of the plurality of servers communicates via a first fabric interconnect and another of the plurality of servers communicates via a second fabric interconnect;

generate a global pool of server identifiers to uniquely identify servers that communicate via either of the first fabric interconnect or the second fabric interconnect;

generate a global profile configured to allow a workload at one or more of the plurality of servers to be processed;

associate a server identifier from the global pool of server identifiers with the global profile; and

assign the global profile to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to migrate services assigned to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect to the server that communicates via the second fabric interconnect.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to migrate the services assigned to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect by reassigning the global profile from the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect to the server that communicates via the second fabric interconnect.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to generate the global pool of server identifiers by generating a global pool of media access control (MAC) addresses.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to generate a global template and assign identifiers from the global pool of server identifiers to the global template.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate a global pool of servers, and

assign the global profile to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect by assigning the global profile to the global pool of servers.

15. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:

register a plurality of servers, wherein one of the plurality of servers communicates via a first fabric interconnect and another of the plurality of servers communicates via a second fabric interconnect;

generate a global pool of server identifiers to uniquely identify servers that communicate via either of the first fabric interconnect or the second fabric interconnect;

generate a global profile configured to allow a workload at one or more of the plurality of servers to be processed;

associate a server identifier from the global pool of server identifiers with the global profile; and

assign the global profile to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 15, further comprising instructions operable to migrate services assigned to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect to the server that communicates via the second fabric interconnect.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the instructions operable to migrate the services assigned to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect comprise instructions operable to reassign the global profile from the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect to the server that communicates via the second fabric interconnect.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the instructions operable to generate the global pool of server identifiers comprise instructions operable to generate a global pool of media access control (MAC) addresses.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 15, further comprising instructions operable to generate a global template and assign identifiers from the global pool of server identifiers to the global template.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 15, further comprising instructions operable to:

generate a global pool of servers, and

assign the global profile to the server that communicates via the first fabric interconnect by assigning the global profile to the global pool of servers.