Port pooling
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions cause a virtual server manager to;
group a plurality of gateway ports, located on two or more gateway devices, into a plurality of port pools, wherein each port pool of the plurality of port pools includes ports located on at least two of the two or more gateway devices;
generate a pool listing that specifies a set of the gateway ports associated with in two or more of the plurality of port pools, available for access by a virtual server, of a plurality of virtual servers, that connects to a plurality of network devices through one or more of plurality of port pools;
associate, based on the pool listing, a given virtual server of the plurality of virtual servers with one or more of the plurality of port pools, wherein the plurality of port pools defines available gateway ports for access by the given virtual server; and
cause transmission of a configuration instruction that causes the given virtual server to communicate with one or more of the plurality of network devices through the gateway ports of one or more port pool associated with the given virtual server.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, methods and systems for port pooling are described. An interface may communicate with at least one physical server. The at least one physical server may host a plurality of virtual servers and be connectable via a plurality of gateway ports to a storage area network (SAN). A virtual server manager configured to arrange the plurality of gateway ports in a plurality of port pools, define a virtual server group including a plurality of virtual servers, associate each virtual server with one or more port pools, the one or more port pools defining available gateway ports for access by the particular virtual server; and provide configuration instructions to allow the particular virtual server to communicate with the SAN through the available gateway ports.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions cause a virtual server manager to; group a plurality of gateway ports, located on two or more gateway devices, into a plurality of port pools, wherein each port pool of the plurality of port pools includes ports located on at least two of the two or more gateway devices; generate a pool listing that specifies a set of the gateway ports associated with in two or more of the plurality of port pools, available for access by a virtual server, of a plurality of virtual servers, that connects to a plurality of network devices through one or more of plurality of port pools; associate, based on the pool listing, a given virtual server of the plurality of virtual servers with one or more of the plurality of port pools, wherein the plurality of port pools defines available gateway ports for access by the given virtual server; and cause transmission of a configuration instruction that causes the given virtual server to communicate with one or more of the plurality of network devices through the gateway ports of one or more port pool associated with the given virtual server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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grouping, by a processor a computing device, a plurality of gateway ports, located on at least two of two or more gateway devices, into a plurality of port pools, wherein each port pool of the plurality of port pools includes ports located on at least two of the two or more gateway devices; generating, by the processor, a pool listing that specifies a set of the gateway ports associated with two or more of the plurality of port pools, available for access by a virtual server, of a plurality of virtual servers, that connects to a plurality of network devices through one or more of plurality of port pools; associating, by the processor, based on the pool listing, a given virtual server from the plurality of virtual servers with one or more of the plurality of port pools, wherein the plurality of port pools defines available gateway ports for access by the given virtual server; and causing, by the processor, transmission of a configuration instruction that causes the given virtual server to communicate with one or more of the plurality of network devices through gateway ports of one or more port pool associated with the given virtual server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions, cause a processor of a computing device to:
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group a plurality of gateway ports, located on at least two of two or more gateway devices, into a plurality of port pools, wherein each port pool of the plurality of port pools includes ports located on at least two of the two or more gateway devices; generate a pool listing that specifies a set of the gateway ports associated with two or more of the plurality of port pools, available for access by a virtual server, of a plurality of virtual servers, that connects to a plurality of network devices through one or more of plurality of port pools; associate based on the pool listing, a given virtual server from the plurality of virtual servers with one or more of the plurality of port pools, wherein the plurality of port pools defines available gateway ports for access by the given virtual server; and cause transmission of a configuration instruction that causes the given virtual server to communicate with one or more of the plurality of network devices through gateway ports of one or more port pool associated with the given virtual server.
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