Host connectivity templates to configure host of virtual machines

• US 9,553,767 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat Israel Ltd. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Asayag, Mordechay, Kolesnik, Michael, Vernia, Lior
• Primary Examiner(s): WASEL, MOHAMED A
• Application Number:
  US14/188,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20150244582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates

Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed for configuring hosts of virtual machines. The system and method include receiving, by a management server, a network configuration of a first host, wherein the first host is associated with a network identified by a network label, storing the network configuration of the first host in a template record, in response to a request to configure a second host, determining if the second host is to join the network identified by the network label, and configuring the second host using the template record.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a management server, a network configuration data of a first host, wherein the first host is associated with a network segment identified by a network identifier, and wherein the network segment is a part of a cluster identified by a cluster identifier;

storing the network configuration data in a template record;

receiving a request to configure a second host;

determining that the second host is allowed to join the network segment in view of the cluster identifier;

configuring, by a processing device of the management server, the second host using the template record; and

joining the second host to the network segment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network identifier comprises an alpha-numeral string.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network configuration data stored in the template record comprises a configuration data associated with a network interface card (NIC) of the first host.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the configuration data associated with the NIC comprises at least one of a name of the first host, identifiers of networks attached to the NIC, a boot protocol, or a quality of service.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the configuration data associated with the NIC comprises bonding information to one of a slave NIC or a master NIC.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the template record further comprises at least one of a power management parameter or a safety parameter to configure the first host.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

editing the template record before configuring the second host.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a storage device; and

a processing device, communicatively coupled to the storage device, to;

receive, by a management server associated with the processing device, a network configuration data of a first host, wherein the first host is associated with a network segment identified by a network identifier, and wherein the network segment is a part of a cluster identified by a cluster identifier;

store the network configuration data in a template record;

receive a request to configure a second host;

determine that the second host is allowed to join the network segment in view of the cluster identifier;

configure the second host using the template record; and

join the second host to the network segment.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the network identifier comprises an alpha-numeral string.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the network configuration data stored in the template record comprises a configuration data associated with a network interface card (NIC) of the first host.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the configuration data associated with the NIC comprises at least one of a name of the first host, identifiers of networks attached to the NIC, a boot protocol, or a quality of service.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the configuration data associated with the NIC comprises bonding information to one of a slave NIC or a master NIC.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the template record further comprises at least one of a power management parameter or a safety parameter to configure the first host.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing device is further to edit the template record before to configure the second host.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive, by a management server, a network configuration data of a first host, wherein the first host is associated with a network segment identified by a network identifier, and wherein the network segment is a part of a cluster identified by a cluster identifier;

store the network configuration data in a template record;

receive a request to configure a second host;

determine that the second host is allowed to join the network segment in view of the cluster identifier;

configure, by the processing device of the management server, the second host using the template record; and

join the second host to the network segment.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the network identifier comprises an alpha-numeral string.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the network configuration data stored in the template record comprises a configuration data associated with a network interface card (NIC) of the first host.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the configuration data associated with the NIC comprises at least one of a name of the first host, identifiers of networks attached to the NIC, a boot protocol, or a quality of service.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the template record further comprises at least one of a power management parameter or a safety parameter to configure the first host.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to:

edit the template record before configuring the second host.