AUTOMATIC REMOTE INSTALLATION OF A VIRTUALIZATION HOST

• US 20110055824A1
• Filed: 08/27/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Benari, Amos
• Granted Patent: US 8,650,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines

Abstract

Techniques for automatic remote installation of a virtualization host are described herein. A logical network is configured at a management server to be associated with a network interface card (NIC) of a remote host, where the logical network is identified by a network identifier. The management server installs a software bridge within the remote host, where the software bridge is associated with a bridge identifier that is identical to the network identifier. The software bridge is configured to allow a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) hosted by the remote host to access the logical network via the NIC of the remote host.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

configuring, at a management server, a logical network to be associated with a network interface card (NIC) of a remote host, the logical network being identified by a network identifier; and

installing, by the management server, a software bridge within the remote host, the software bridge being associated with a bridge identifier that is identical to the network identifier, the software bridge to allow a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) hosted by the remote host to access the logical network via the NIC of the remote host.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the NIC of the remote host is coupled to the software bridge as a bridge interface, wherein the NIC is a physical network interface device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising for each of the VMs coupled to the software bridge, installing a virtual network interface card (VNIC) to couple each VM to the software bridge, wherein the VNIC enables a respective VM to access the software bridge.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising causing a VNIC associated with each of the VMs to be coupled to the software bridge as a bridge interface.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the software bridge is configured to allow the VMs can communicate with each other via their respective VNICs.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the remote host is a virtual desktop server (VDS) of a graphics remoting system and the management server is a virtual desktop control server (VDC) associated with the graphics remoting system.

7. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

configuring, at a management server, a logical network to be associated with a network interface card (NIC) of a remote host, the logical network being identified by a network identifier; and

installing, by the management server, a software bridge within the remote host, the software bridge being associated with a bridge identifier that is identical to the network identifier, the software bridge to allow a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) hosted by the remote host to access the logical network via the NIC of the remote host.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the NIC of the remote host is coupled to the software bridge as a bridge interface, wherein the NIC is a physical network interface device.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises for each of the VMs coupled to the software bridge, installing a virtual network interface card (VNIC) to couple each VM to the software bridge, wherein the VNIC enables a respective VM to access the software bridge.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises causing a VNIC associated with each of the VMs to be coupled to the software bridge as a bridge interface.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the software bridge is configured to allow the VMs can communicate with each other via their respective VNICs.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the remote host is a virtual desktop server (VDS) of a graphics remoting system and the management server is a virtual desktop control server (VDC) associated with the graphics remoting system.

13. A system, comprising:

a network configuring unit to configure a logical network to be associated with a network interface card (NIC) of a remote host, the logical network being identified by a network identifier; and

a remote installation unit coupled to the network configuration unit to install a software bridge within the remote host, the software bridge being associated with a bridge identifier that is identical to the network identifier, the software bridge to allow a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) hosted by the remote host to access the logical network via the NIC of the remote host.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the NIC of the remote host is coupled to the software bridge as a bridge interface, wherein the NIC is a physical network interface device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein for each of the VMs coupled to the software bridge, the remote installation unit is configured to install a virtual network interface card (VNIC) to couple each VM to the software bridge, wherein the VNIC enables a respective VM to access the software bridge.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote installation unit is configured to cause a VNIC associated with each of the VMs to be coupled to the software bridge as a bridge interface.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the software bridge is configured to allow the VMs can communicate with each other via their respective VNICs.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the remote host is a virtual desktop server (VDS) of a graphics remoting system and the management server is a virtual desktop control server (VDC) associated with the graphics remoting system.