System and article of manufacture for executing initialization code to configure connected devices

• US 7,853,728 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2008
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Vageline, Michael P., Lovrien, Kurt Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): Kindred; Alford W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abad; Farley J
• Application Number:
  US12/187,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20080313490A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 710/8, 714/2, 709220-223
• US Class Current: 710/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1415 at system level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2089 Redundant storage control functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50

Abstract

Provided are a system and article of manufacture for executing initialization code to configure connected devices. A plurality of segments are provided to configure at least one connected device, wherein each segment includes configuration code to configure the at least on connected device. The segments are executed according to a segment order by executing the configuration code in each segment to perform configuration operations with respect to the at least one connected device. Completion of the segment is indicated in a memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium having code capable of being used to configure at least one device connected to a system and to communicate with a memory, wherein the code causes operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

providing a plurality of segments in the computer readable storage medium to configure at least one connected device, wherein each segment includes configuration code to configure the at least one connected device;

executing the segments according to a segment order by executing the configuration code in each segment to perform configuration operations with respect to the at least one connected device;

indicating completion of the segment in a memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment;

determining from the memory a last completed segment in the segment order in response to recovery from a failure, wherein the failure occurred while executing a failed segment following the last completed segment in the segment ordering;

determining whether execution can continue from the failed segment; and

executing the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether there is a clean-up routine associated with the failed segment; and

executing the determined clean-up routine in response to determining that there is the clean-up routine to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to beginning execution of the failed segment, wherein the configuration code in the failed segment is executed in response to executing the clean-up routine.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether a retry value exceeds a retry limit in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment;

incrementing a retry value before executing the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that the retry value does not exceed the retry limit; and

failing the recovery without retrying in response to determining that the retry value exceed the retry limit.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether there is a clean-up routine associated with the failed segment and all segments preceding the failed segment in response to determining that execution cannot continue from the failed segment; and

executing each determined clean-up routine in an order reverse of the segment order to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to execution of the configuration code.

5. The article of manufacture of claim 4, wherein a different clean-up routine is associated with different segments to perform a clean-up specific to the segment configuration code.

6. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the code is executed by a first and second clusters, wherein the code causes the first and second clusters to execute the segments and further perform:

signaling, by the first cluster, the second cluster in response to executing one segment, wherein indicating completion of one segment in the memory further comprises indicating the first or second cluster that executed the configuration code in the completed segment; and

executing, by the second cluster, the segment executed by the first cluster in response to receiving the signal to configure the at least one connected device for use by the second cluster.

7. The article of manufacture of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

indicating, by the first and second clusters, completion of the segment in the memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment; and

signaling, by the second cluster, the first cluster in response to executing one segment, wherein the first cluster executes a next segment in response to the signal.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting, by the first cluster, a failure during configuration;

determining, by the first cluster, from the memory a last completed segment in response to detecting the failure, wherein the failure occurred by the first or second cluster executing a failed segment following the last completed segment in the segment ordering;

determining, by the first cluster, whether execution can continue from the failed segment; and

executing, by the first and second cluster, the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 8, wherein the first cluster determines from the memory the last completed segment and determines whether execution can continue from the failed segment, and wherein the first cluster further performs:

determining whether there is a clean-up routine associated with the failed segment and all segments preceding the failed segment in response to determining that execution cannot continue from the failed segment;

executing each determined clean-up routine in an order reverse of the segment order to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to execution of the configuration code; and

signaling the second cluster to cause the second cluster to execute each determined clean-up routine in the order reverse of the segment order to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to execution of the configuration code.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 6, further comprising:

failing the configuration in response to determining that either the first or second cluster cannot access the memory before executing the segments.

11. A system having connected devices, comprising

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor;

a computer readable storage medium including a plurality of segments to configure at least one connected device, wherein each segment includes configuration code to configure the at least one connected device and including code executed by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

executing the segments according to a segment order by executing the configuration code in each segment to perform configuration operations with respect to the at least one connected device;

indicating completion of the segment in a memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment;

determining from the memory a last completed segment in the segment order in response to recovery from a failure, wherein the failure occurred while executing a failed segment following the last completed segment in the segment ordering;

determining whether execution can continue from the failed segment; and

executing the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether there is a clean-up routine associated with the failed segment; and

executing the determined clean-up routine in response to determining that there is the clean-up routine to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to beginning execution of the failed segment, wherein the configuration code in the failed segment is executed in response to executing the clean-up routine.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether a retry value exceeds a retry limit in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment;

incrementing a retry value before executing the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that the retry value does not exceed the retry limit; and

failing the recovery without retrying in response to determining that the retry value exceed the retry limit.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether there is a clean-up routine associated with the failed segment and all segments preceding the failed segment in response to determining that execution cannot continue from the failed segment; and

executing each determined clean-up routine in an order reverse of the segment order to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to execution of the configuration code.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein a different clean-up routine is associated with different segments to perform a clean-up specific to the segment configuration code.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor, memory, and computer readable medium comprise a first cluster, further comprising:

a second cluster, wherein the first cluster signals the second cluster in response to executing one segment, wherein the second cluster executes the segment executed by the first cluster in response to receiving the signal to configure the at least one connected device for use by the second cluster, and wherein the first and second clusters indicate completion of executing one segment in the memory by indicating the first or second cluster that executed the configuration code in the completed segment.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

indicating, by the first and second clusters, completion of the segment in the memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment; and

signaling, by the second cluster, the first cluster in response to executing one segment, wherein the first cluster executes a next segment in response to the signal.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the first and second cluster further perform:

detecting, by the first cluster, a failure during configuration;

determining, by the first cluster, from the memory a last completed segment in response to detecting the failure, wherein the failure occurred by the first or second cluster executing a failed segment following the last completed segment in the segment ordering;

determining, by the first cluster, whether execution can continue from the failed segment; and

executing, by the first and second cluster, the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first cluster determines from the memory the last completed segment and determines whether execution can continue from the failed segment, and wherein the first cluster further performs:

determining whether there is a clean-up routine associated with the failed segment and all segments preceding the failed segment in response to determining that execution cannot continue from the failed segment;

executing each determined clean-up routine in an order reverse of the segment order to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to execution of the configuration code; and

signaling the second cluster to cause the second cluster to execute each determined clean-up routine in the order reverse of the segment order to return the configuration of the at least one connected device to a state prior to execution of the configuration code.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

failing the configuration in response to determining that either the first or second cluster cannot access the memory before executing the segments.