ROUTING CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ROUTING CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20150334019A1
• Filed: 05/06/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: KUSAMA, Kazuhiro, SAITO, Ryuichi, NAKAMURA, Mitsuru
• Application Number:
  US14/705,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/745 Address table lookup; Address filtering

Abstract

In a network in which a plurality of communication terminals and at least one server are connected through at least one router, when a network controller, configured to control the network and having a control function of routing of the at least one router in the network and routing information of the at least one router the network, receives an event which changes a destination address of the at least one server, the network controller primarily controls routing information which does not affect a communication being connected and after the processing of changing the destination address has been completed, controls routing information which affects a communication during connecting.

Claims

1. A routing control method in a network in which a plurality of communication terminals and at least one server are connected through at least one router, the method comprising:

receiving, by a network controller, an event which changes a destination address of the at least one server, the network controller being configured to control the network and having routing information of the at least one router in the network and a function to control the routing information of the at least one router in the network;

in response to receiving the event, primarily controlling, by the network controller, routing information which does not affect a communication being connected; and

after processing of changing the destination address has been completed, controlling, by the network controller, routing information which affects the communication being connected.

2. The routing control method according to claim 1, wherein the routing information is controlled by using a broadcast mechanism.

3. The routing control method according to claim 1, wherein a destination of the plurality of communication terminals is a virtual machine on a server and the event which changes the destination address is accompanied by moving the virtual machine on the server to another server or by newly constructing a server.

4. The routing control method according to claim 1, wherein

when receiving the event which changes the destination address, the network controller primarily sets routing information of a downstream route which does not affect a communication being connected and sets, to routing information of an upstream route, the routing information in which the destination address has been changed such that the routing information is not received, and

after processing of changing the destination address has been completed, the network controller controls a state capable of receiving the routing information, in which the destination address has been changed, of the upstream route.

5. The routing control method according to claim 1, wherein the event which changes the destination address is issued based on a timing controlled by a scheduler.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a routing control program for causing a computer to execute:

being executed by a device, causing the device to perform a routing control in a network in which a plurality of communication terminal and at least one server are connected through at least one router, the device having routing information of the at least one router in the network and a function to set and monitor the routing information of the at least one router in the network;

receiving an event which changes a destination address of the at least one server;

primarily controlling routing information which does not affect a communication being connected; and

after processing of changing the destination address has been completed, controlling routing information which affects the communication being connected.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing the routing control program according to claim 6, wherein the routing information is set and monitored by using a broadcast.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a routing control program for causing a computer to execute:

being executed by a device, causing the device to perform a routing control in a network in which a plurality of communication terminal and at least one server are connected through at least one router, the device having routing information of the at least one router in the network and a function to set and monitor the routing information of the at least one router in the network;

receiving an event which changes a destination address of the at least one server;

primarily controlling routing information of a downstream route which does not affect a communication being connected;

setting, to routing information of an upstream route, the routing information in which the destination address has been changed such that the routing information is not received; and

after processing of changing the destination address has been completed, controlling a state capable of receiving the routing information, in which the destination address has been changed, of the upstream route.