Virtualized computing architecture having multiple realms

• US 8,004,974 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Issued: 08/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pavlick, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferris; Derrick W
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S
• Application Number:
  US11/382,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20070263534A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,932 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230, 370/235, 370/412
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

An architecture and method for implementing a nodal complex (NC) supporting multiple quality of service (QoS) realms is provided. The disclosed architecture includes: a first set of extended enterprise service bus (EESB) rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub-second QoS realm; a second set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a millisecond QoS realm; a third set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a microsecond QoS realm; and a fourth set of EESB rules for communicating data and sharing compute capability amongst nodes operating in different QoS realms by using an inter-bus communication pattern that is super-ordinate to the first, second and third sets of EESB rules.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a nodal complex (NC) having an architecture that supports multiple quality of service (QoS) realms, comprising:

providing a first set of extended enterprise service bus (EESB) rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub-second QoS realm using a computer;

providing a second set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a millisecond QoS realm using a computer;

providing a third set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a microsecond QoS realm using a computer;

wherein the first, second and third sets of EESB rules each define a set of acceptable communication protocols for an associated QoS realm;

communicating data and sharing compute capability amongst nodes operating in different QoS realms by using an inter-bus communication pattern that is super-ordinate to the first, second and third sets of EESB rules; and

aggregating nodes in a same QoS realm to provide an aggregated service over the nodal complex.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising the step of making a node nodal complex-ready by incorporating an EESB into the node.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising the further step of defining a subnode for a node that communicates with the node in accordance with one of the first, second and third set of EESB rules.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising the step of having a first node operating in a first QoS realm access services from a second node operating in a second QoS realm.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the nodal complex comprises a military warfare network that includes a plurality of platforms, wherein each platform includes nodes operating in different QoS realms.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a microsecond QoS realm are stricter and provide a higher QoS relative to the EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a millisecond QoS realm; and

the EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub-second QoS realm are more flexible and provide a lower QoS relative to the EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a millisecond QoS realm.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program executed by a processor to participate in a nodal complex that has an architecture that supports multiple quality of service (QoS) realms, wherein the computer program comprises the following:

program code configured for providing an extended enterprise service bus (EESB) defined from a rule set selected from the group consisting of;

a first set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub-second QoS realm, a second set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a millisecond QoS realm, and a third set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a microsecond QoS realm;

wherein the first, second and third sets of EESB rules each define a set of acceptable communication protocols for an associated QoS realm; and

program code configured for providing a fourth set of rules for communicating data and sharing compute capability amongst nodes operating in different QoS realms by using an inter-bus communication pattern that is super-ordinate to the first, second and third sets of EESB rules;

wherein the EESB includes program code configured for aggregating with other nodes in a same QoS realm to provide an aggregated service over the nodal complex.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the EESB includes program code configured for communicating with a subnode in accordance with the selected rule set.

9. A method for implementing a nodal complex having an architecture that supports multiple quality of service (QoS) realms, comprising:

associate an extended enterprise service bus (EESB) to the node, wherein the EESB is defined from a rule set selected from the group comprising;

a first set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub-second QoS realm using a computer, a second set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a millisecond QoS realm using a computer, and a third set of EESB rules for supporting nodes operating in a microsecond QoS realm using a computer;

wherein the first, second and third sets of EESB rules each define a set of acceptable communication protocols for an associated QoS realm; and

wherein the EESB allows the node to communicate data and share compute capability with other nodes in the network operating in different QoS realms by using a fourth set of EESB rules that provides an inter-bus communication pattern that is super-ordinate to the first, second and third sets of EESB rules;

wherein a plurality of nodes in a same QoS realm are aggregated to provide an aggregated service over the nodal complex.