SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATING USE OF A DATA INTEGRITY ROUTINE WITHIN A NETWORK

• US 20090059915A1
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Baker, Matthew W.
• Application Number:
  US11/846,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20090059915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

A system and method of automating use of a data integrity routine within a network. In one form, a method of managing network communication can include initiating a first network quality inquiry within a packet-based communication protocol network using a network quality check routine of a packet-based communication protocol. The method can also include receiving a first network quality value in response to the first network quality inquiry. The method can further include activating a data integrity routine in response to comparing the first network quality value to a first network quality specification value. In another aspect, an information handling system can be operable to carry out the method.

Claims

1. A method of managing a network communication comprising:

initiating a first network quality inquiry within a packet-based communication protocol network using a network quality check routine of a packet-based communication protocol;

receiving a first network quality value in response to the first network quality inquiry; and

activating a data integrity routine in response to comparing the first network quality value to a first network quality specification value.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining use of the data integrity routine over a period of time;

reevaluating the packet-based communication protocol network; and

altering use of the data integrity routine in response to the reevaluating.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a table including the first network quality specification value;

comparing the first network quality value to the first network quality specification value; and

initiating activation of the data integrity routine in response to the comparison.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling a use of a first data integrity routine at a source in response to the first network quality value;

enabling a use of second data integrity routine at a destination in response to the first network quality value;

communicating an information packet using the first data integrity routine within the packet-based protocol network; and

wherein the information packet includes a network digest reference that can be processed using to the second data integrity routine at the destination.

5. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising:

activating an Internal Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ping function at a source coupled to the packet-based protocol network;

receiving a ICMP ping value in response to the ICMP ping function, the ICMP ping value communicated from the destination; and

comparing the ICMP ping value to a latency specification value stored within an activation table at the source.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

activating an ICMP trace route function at the source;

receiving an ICMP trace route value in response to the ICMP trace route function, the ICMP trace route value communicated from a first destination within the packet-based protocol network; and

comparing the ICMP trace route value to a trace route specification value within the activation table at the source.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining the ICMP trace route value is greater than the trace route specification value;

determining the ICMP ping values is greater than the latency specification; and

initiating activation of the data integrity routine.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

communicating a data integrity routine reference with a login value from the source to the destination;

enabling access to the destination using the login value; and

activating use of the data integrity routine using the data integrity routine reference at the destination.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a policy including a reference to initiate the first network quality check inquiry; and

activating the first network quality check inquiry using the policy.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving the policy at a source, wherein the policy is maintained external to the source; and

updating a table within a memory of the source, wherein the table includes at least one network quality specification value.

11. An information handling system comprising:

a first communication module operable to communicate across a network using a packet-based communication protocol;

an information source coupled to the first communication module and operable to output information including a first unit size value operable to be greater than a packet size limit of the packet-based communication protocol; and

a network performance detection module operably coupled to the communication module, wherein the network performance detection module is operable to determine a network quality of the network to communicate the information over the network using the packet-based communication protocol and a data integrity routine.

12. The information handling system of claim 11, further comprising:

a first source including the first communication module;

a first destination including a second communication module; and

wherein the first communication module and the second communication module are operable to communicate the information using the data integrity routine.

13. The information handling system of claim 12, further comprising:

wherein the first communication module includes a first iSCSI enabled communication module; and

wherein the data source includes an iSCSI enabled data source.

14. The information handling system of claim 12, further comprising the source operable to:

disable the data integrity routine in response to detecting a second unit size value that is less than the first unit size value;

communicate the information without using the data integrity routine;

detect an increased unit size greater than the second unit size value communicated from of a second information source;

determine the network quality exceeds a network quality specification value; and

activate the data integrity routine.

15. The information handling system of claim 11, further comprising:

wherein the first communication module is operable to be coupled to a destination via a wide area network (WAN) operable to employ the packet-based communication protocol; and

wherein the network performance detection module is operable to determine a latency and a hop count between the first communication module and the destination.

16. The information handling system of claim 15, further comprising the network performance detection module operable to initiate use of the data integrity routine at the destination in response to determining the latency and the hop count.

17. The information handling system of claim 11, further comprising:

wherein the first communication module is operable to be connected to the information source via a local area network (LAN); and

a destination operable to be coupled to the first communication module via the LAN to access the information source.

18. A method of communicating information using a network comprising:

communicating a login value from a source to a destination;

receiving a response at the source to an ICMP function communicated from the source to the destination;

activating a data integrity routine at the source and the destination in response to an ICMP value received at the source;

communicating information between the source and the destination using a packet-based communication protocol;

receiving the information at the destination; and

processing the information using the data integrity routine.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

validating the information using the data integrity routine at the destination;

requesting additional information in response to a first portion of the information being invalid; and

communicating the first portion of the information from the source to the destination in response to the request.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

communicating an ICMP trace route function between the source and the destination;

communicating an ICMP ping function between the source and the destination;

initiating the data integrity routine in response to comparing a returned ICMP trace route value to a trace route specification value; and

initiating the data integrity routine in response to comparing a returned ICMP ping value to a latency specification.