SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN MANAGED NETWORK HAVING HARDWARE-BASED AND VIRTUAL RESOURCES

• US 20100306566A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Laska, James A., DEHAAN, Michael Paul, Peck, William F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,201,485 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/330
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/177 Initialisation or configuration control processor initialisation G06F9/4405
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4401 Bootstrapping security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4418 Suspend and resume; Hibernate and awake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for power management in a managed network having hardware-based and virtual resources. A network management platform can host a power management engine to configure and manage the power operations of a mixed set of hardware-implemented and virtual machines. The virtual machines can be instantiated, for instance, via a mainframe platform and/or a cloud computing environment. The power management engine can maintain a power management settings indicating power management rules or preferences for the managed network. The power management settings can contain rules or commands, for instance, to sequence the power-on or power-off order between different hardware-implemented or virtual machines, based for instance on dependency orders or predetermined schedules.

Claims

1. A method of managing power usage in a network, comprising;

accessing a connection between a power management engine and a managed network, the managed network comprising a set of hardware-implemented machines and a set of virtual machines;

accessing a power management settings associated with the set of hardware-implemented machines and the set of virtual machines; and

generating a set of power management commands via the power management engine to configure at least a sequencing of power cycling operations between the set of hardware-implemented machines and the set of virtual machines based on the power management settings.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the power management settings comprises at least one of a dependency order and a power cycling schedule.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising capturing power status data from the managed network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the power management settings comprises at least a dependency order, and the power cycling operations are configured to dynamically vary based at least on the power status data captured from the managed network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the power status data captured from the managed network comprises at least one of a power-on status, a power-off status, or a power cycling status for the set of virtual machines and the set of hardware-implemented machines.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one virtual machine in the set of virtual machines comprises an image of at least one machine in the set of hardware-implemented machines.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of virtual machines comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines hosted via a mainframe platform and a set of virtual machines instantiated in a cloud computing environment.

14. The platform of claim 1, wherein the set of virtual machines comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines hosted via a mainframe platform and a set of virtual machines instantiated in a cloud computing environment.

8. A network management platform, comprising:

an interface to a managed network, the managed network comprising a set of hardware-implemented machines and a set of virtual machines; and

a power management engine, communicating with the managed network via the interface, the power management engine being configured to-access

a connection between a power management engine and a managed network, the managed network comprising a set of hardware-implemented machines and a set of virtual machines,

access a power management settings associated with the set of hardware-implemented machines and the set of virtual machines, and

generate a set of power management commands via the power management engine to configure at least a sequencing of power cycling operations between the set of hardware-implemented machines and the set of virtual machines based on the power management settings.

9. The platform of claim 8, wherein the power management settings comprises at least one of a dependency order and a power cycling schedule.

10. The platform of claim 9, further comprising capturing power status data from the managed network.

11. The platform of claim 10, wherein the power management settings comprises at least a dependency order, and the power cycling operations are configured to dynamically vary based at least on the power status data captured from the managed network.

12. The platform of claim 11, wherein the power status data captured from the managed network comprises at least one of a power-on status, a power-off status, or a power cycling status for the set of virtual machines and the set of hardware-implemented machines.

13. The platform of claim 8, wherein at least one virtual machine in the set of virtual machines comprises an image of at least one machine in the set of hardware-implemented machines.

15. A managed network, the managed network comprising a set of hardware-implemented machines and a set of virtual machines and having power operations controlled according to a method comprising:

accessing a connection between a power management engine and the managed network,;

accessing a power management settings associated with the set of hardware-implemented machines and the set of virtual machines; and

generating a set of power management commands via the power management engine to configure at least a sequencing of power cycling operations between the set of hardware-implemented machines and the set of virtual machines based on the power management settings.

16. The managed network of claim 15, wherein the power management settings comprises at least one of a dependency order and a power cycling schedule.

17. The managed network of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises capturing power status data from the managed network.

18. The managed network of claim 17, wherein the power management settings comprises at least a dependency order, and the power cycling operations are configured to dynamically vary based at least on the power status data captured from the managed network.

19. The managed network of claim 18, wherein the power status data captured from the managed network comprises a power-on status, a power-off status, or a power cycling status for the set of virtual machines and the set of hardware-implemented machines.

20. The managed network of claim 15, wherein at least one virtual machine in the set of virtual machines comprises an image of at least one machine in the set of hardware-implemented machines.

21. The managed network of claim 15, wherein the set of virtual machines comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines hosted via a mainframe platform and a set of virtual machines instantiated in a cloud computing environment.