Method and System for Integrated Management of Converged Heterogeneous Resources in Software-Defined Infrastructure
First Claim
1. An integrated SDI management system for providing converged heterogeneous resources to external entities, said system comprising an SDI manager to control and manage the resources using a resource controller and a topology manager, where:
- a. said converged heterogeneous resources are composed of virtual resources and physical resources;
b. said SDI management system provides general resource management functions for the converged heterogeneous resources to the external entities;
c. said external entities can be applications, users, and high-level management systems;
d. said external entities use the SDI resource management system for a variety of purposes, including resource requests, resource status monitoring/measurement, and resource availability;
e. said SDI manager performs coordinated and integrated resource management for converged heterogeneous resources through the resource controller and the topology manager;
f. said topology manager maintains a list of the resources, their relationships, and monitoring and measurement data for the resources;
g. said resource controller manages physical resources and virtual resources.
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Abstract
A method and system for integrated management of converged heterogeneous resources is disclosed. The method includes: defining a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) by separating data, control, and management for converged heterogeneous resource provisioning, creating an integrated resource manager using interfaces for one or more cloud controllers, Software-Defined Network (SDN) controllers, or general-resource controllers, enabling external entities to request and use the resources through interfaces, storing topology information and utilizing it for integrated resource management, and monitoring and measuring the converged heterogeneous resources. An integrated management system includes an SDI manager configured to provide integrated resource control and management functions, a cloud controller, an SDN controller, a general resource controller, a topology manager, northbound interfaces of an SDI manager for external entities to request resources and check the status of resources, and all inter-relations between an SDI manager, a cloud controller, an SDN manager, a general resource manager and a topology manager.
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1. An integrated SDI management system for providing converged heterogeneous resources to external entities, said system comprising an SDI manager to control and manage the resources using a resource controller and a topology manager, where:
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a. said converged heterogeneous resources are composed of virtual resources and physical resources; b. said SDI management system provides general resource management functions for the converged heterogeneous resources to the external entities; c. said external entities can be applications, users, and high-level management systems; d. said external entities use the SDI resource management system for a variety of purposes, including resource requests, resource status monitoring/measurement, and resource availability; e. said SDI manager performs coordinated and integrated resource management for converged heterogeneous resources through the resource controller and the topology manager; f. said topology manager maintains a list of the resources, their relationships, and monitoring and measurement data for the resources; g. said resource controller manages physical resources and virtual resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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