Client/server network environment setup method and system

• US 9,525,592 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2013
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Tung, Kuang-Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Edward
• Application Number:
  US14/078,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/202, 709/203, 709/208, 709/209, 709/220, 709/221, 709/222
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0876 Aspects of the degree of configuration automation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0879 Manual configuration through operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0883 Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities

Abstract

A setup method of a client/server network environment is provided. The client/server network environment includes a controller node and a compute node. The controller node and the compute node are respectively predefined with a specific device function. In the method, a master node recording a plurality of components and a configuration file of each of the components is provided, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address is respectively assigned to the master node, the controller node, and the compute node. When the master node receives a setup request from a device to be set up between the controller node and the compute node, an auto-shell is generated according to the setup request and transmitted to the device to be set up. The auto-shell is executed by the device to be set up to automatically accomplish the setup for realizing the specific device function corresponding to the device to be set up.

Claims

1. A setup method of a client/server network environment, wherein the client/server network environment comprises a controller node and a compute node, and the controller node and the compute node are respectively predefined with a specific device function, the setup method comprising:

providing a master node, wherein the master node stores a plurality of components and a configuration file corresponding to each of the components;

respectively assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the master node, the controller node, and the compute node;

providing, by the master node, a file sharing mechanism between the master node and the controller node and the compute node according to the IP addresses of the controller node and the compute node;

after the master node receives a setup request from a device to be set up of the controller node or the compute node, generating an auto-shell according to the setup request, and transmitting the auto-shell to the device to be set up,

wherein the setup request comprises a configuration table, and the device to be set up generates the configuration table according to the specific device function which is predefined in the device to be set up;

executing the auto-shell by the device to be set up to automatically download at least one specific component from one of the master node and an external network according to the auto-shell; and

after downloading the at least one specific component, installing the at least one specific component to the device to be set up by the device to be set up in order to accomplish a setup for realizing the specific device function corresponding to the device to be set up,

wherein the step of generating the auto-shell according to the IP address of the device to be set up and the setup request and transmitting the auto-shell to the device to be set up after the master node receives the setup request from the device to be set up comprises;

when the setup request is completely received from the device to be set up, scanning the configuration table;

when an error is occurred during scanning the configuration table, generating a scan error record indicating that the error is occurred during scanning the configuration table and allowing the device to be set up to obtain the scan error record through the file sharing mechanism; and

when the configuration table is completely scanned, generating the auto-shell according to the configuration table.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the master node receives the setup request from the device to be set up when the device to be set up connects to an Internet.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

when the configuration table is completely scanned, after the step of generating the auto-shell according to the configuration table, further comprises:

determining whether the auto-shell is successfully transmitted to the device to be set up through the file sharing mechanism; and

when the auto-shell is not successfully transmitted to the device to be set up, generating a transmission error record, and allowing the device to be set up to obtain the transmission error record through the file sharing mechanism.

4. The method according to claim 3 further comprising:

when an error is occurred during the master node receiving the setup request from the device to be set up, generating a request error record by the master node, and allowing the device to be set up to obtain the request error record through the file sharing mechanism.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of executing the auto-shell by the device to be set up to automatically install the at least one specific component to the device to be set up according to the auto-shell in order to accomplish the setup for realizing the specific device function corresponding to the device to be set up comprises:

executing the auto-shell to obtain the at least one specific component for realizing the specific device function among the components stored in the master node through the file sharing mechanism, and/or downloading the at least one specific component for realizing the specific device function through an external network; and

automatically installing the at least one specific component to the device to be set up.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the auto-shell comprises the configuration file of each of the at least one specific component, and the step of automatically installing the at least one specific component to the device to be set up comprises:

for each of the at least one specific component, executing an installation procedure of the specific component according to the configuration file of the specific component.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the step of automatically installing the at least one specific component to the device to be set up, the method further comprises:

when the installation procedure of each of the at least one specific component is completed, generating a installation success message by the device to be set up, and allowing the master node to obtain the installation success message through the file sharing mechanism; and

when the installation procedure of one of the at least one specific component is not completed, generating a installation failure message by using the device to be set up, and allowing the master node to obtain the installation failure message through the file sharing mechanism.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client/server network environment is a cloud computing environment, and the specific device function predefined in the controller node is different from the specific device function predefined in the compute node.

9. A setup system of a client/server network environment, comprising:

a controller node, predefined with a first specific device function;

a compute node, predefined with a second specific device function; and

a master node, storing a plurality of components and a configuration file corresponding to each of the components,

wherein after the master node, the controller node, and the compute node are respectively assigned to an Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the master node provides a file sharing mechanism between the master node and the controller node and the compute node according to the IP addresses of the controller node and the compute node,

when the master node receives a setup request from a device to be set up of the controller node or the compute node, the master node generates an auto-shell according to the setup request and transmits the auto-shell to the device to be set up, wherein the setup request comprises a configuration table, and the device to be set up generates the configuration table according to the specific device function which is predefined in the device to be set up,

the device to be set up executes the auto-shell to automatically download at least one specific component from one of the master node and an external network according to the auto-shell,

after downloading the at least one specific component, the device to be set up installs the at least one specific component to the device to be set up in order to accomplish a setup for realizing a specific device function corresponding to the device to be set up, wherein the specific device function is the first specific device function or the second specific device function,

wherein when the master node completely receives the setup request from the device to be set up, the master node scans the configuration table,

when an error is occurred during scanning the configuration table, the master node generates a scan error record indicating that the error is occurred during scanning the configuration table and allows the device to be set up to obtain the scan error record through the file sharing mechanism,

when the configuration table is completely scanned, the master node generates the auto-shell according to the configuration table.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the master node receives the setup request from the device to be set up when the device to be set up connects to an Internet.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein

after the operation of the master node generates the auto-shell according to the configuration table,

the master node determines whether the auto-shell is successfully transmitted to the device to be set up through the file sharing mechanism,

when the auto-shell is not successfully transmitted to the device to be set up, the master node generates a transmission error record and allows the device to be set up to obtain the transmission error record through the file sharing mechanism.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein when an error is occurred during the master node receiving the setup request from the device to be set up, the master node generates a request error record and allows the device to be set up to obtain the request error record through the file sharing mechanism.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein the device to be set up executes the auto-shell to obtain the at least one specific component for realizing the specific device function among the components stored in the master node through the file sharing mechanism and/or downloads the at least one specific component for realizing the specific device function through an external network, and the device to be set up automatically installs the at least one specific component to the device to be set up.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the auto-shell comprises the configuration file corresponding to each of the at least one specific component, and the device to be set up executes an installation procedure of each of the at least one specific component according to the configuration file of each of the at least one specific component.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein when the device to be set up completes the installation procedure of each of the at least one specific component, the device to be set up generates an installation success message and allows the master node to obtain the installation success message through the file sharing mechanism,

When the device to be set up does not complete the installation procedure of one of the at least one specific component, the device to be set up generates an installation failure message and allows the master node to obtain the installation failure message through the file sharing mechanism.

16. The system according to claim 9, wherein the client/server network environment is a cloud computing environment, and the first specific device function is different from the second specific device function.