Hiearchical Advertisement of Data Center Capabilities and Resources
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- in a computing system comprising a plurality of data centers, each data center comprising a plurality of compute, storage and service node devices, generating data center level capabilities summary data that summarizes the capabilities of the data center;
sending messages advertising the data center level capabilities summary data from a designated device of each data center to a designated device at a provider edge network level of the computing system; and
at the designated device at the provider edge network level, generating provider edge network level capabilities summary data that summarizes capabilities of compute, storage and network devices for each data center as a whole and without exposing individual compute, storage and service node devices in each data center.
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Abstract
A cloud computing system is provided comprising a plurality of data centers, each data center comprising a plurality of pods each of which comprises network, compute, storage and service node devices. At a designated device of a data center, data center level capabilities summary data is generated that summarizes the capabilities of the data center. Messages advertising the data center level capabilities summary data is sent from a designated device of each data center to a designated device at a provider edge network level of the computing system. At the designated device at the provider edge network level, provider edge network level capabilities summary data is generated that summarizes capabilities of compute, storage and network devices for each data center as a whole and without exposing individual compute, storage and service node devices in each data center.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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in a computing system comprising a plurality of data centers, each data center comprising a plurality of compute, storage and service node devices, generating data center level capabilities summary data that summarizes the capabilities of the data center; sending messages advertising the data center level capabilities summary data from a designated device of each data center to a designated device at a provider edge network level of the computing system; and at the designated device at the provider edge network level, generating provider edge network level capabilities summary data that summarizes capabilities of compute, storage and network devices for each data center as a whole and without exposing individual compute, storage and service node devices in each data center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:
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generate data center level capabilities summary data that summarizes the capabilities of a data center in a computing system comprising a plurality of data centers; and send messages advertising the data center level capabilities summary data to a designated device at a provider edge network level of the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a network interface unit configured to communicate over a network; a processor configured to; generate data center level capabilities summary data that summarizes the capabilities of a data center in a computing system comprising a plurality of data centers, each data center comprising compute, storage and service node devices; and send messages advertising the data center level capabilities summary data to a designated device at a provider edge network level of the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a plurality of data centers, each data center comprising a plurality of compute, storage and service node devices; and a designated device of each data center configured to; generate data center level capabilities summary data that summarizes the capabilities of the data center; send messages advertising the data center level capabilities summary data to a designated device at a provider edge network level that is in communication with the designated devices for the respective data centers; the designated device at the provider edge network level configured to; generate provider edge network level capabilities summary data that summarizes capabilities of compute, storage and network devices for each data center as a whole and without exposing individual compute, storage and service node devices in each data center. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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