Datacenter workload deployment using cross-domain global service profiles and identifiers

• US 9,973,380 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mittal, Shailesh, Chen, Zhong, Andersson, B. A. Roger, Kothandaraman, Vijayakumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Murray, Daniel C.
• Application Number:
  US14/502,313
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 709220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/781 Centralised allocation of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

At least two domains of a datacenter are registered. Each of the domains comprises at least one server. A global pool of identifiers is generated by the global management module. A logical configuration is generated by a global management module. The logical configuration takes the form of a global profile and allows for a workload to be processed at one or more the servers. A global identifier from the global pool of identifiers is associated with the global profile. The global profile is assigned to a server in a first of the at least two domains.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

registering at least two domains, each domain comprising at least one server;

generating a global pool of server identifiers to uniquely identify servers across the at least two domains;

generating a logical configuration in the form of a global profile, the global profile being configured to allow a workload at one or more of the servers to be processed;

associating a server identifier from the global pool of server identifiers with the global profile; and

assigning the global profile to a server in a first domain of the at least two domains.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising migrating services assigned to the server in the first domain of the at least two domains to a server in a second domain of the at least two domains.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein migrating the services assigned to the server in the first domain comprises reassigning a global profile from the server in the first domain of the at least two domains to the server in the second domain of the at least two domains.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein reassigning the global profile comprises reassigning server identifiers associated with the server in the first domain to the server in the second domain.

5. The method claim 1, wherein generating the global pool of server identifiers comprises generating a global pool of media access control (MAC) addresses.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the global profile comprises generating a global template and assigning identifiers from the global pool of server identifiers to the global template.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a global pool of resources.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein generating the global pool of resources comprises generating a global pool of servers.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein assigning the global profile comprises assigning the global profile to the global pool of resources and selecting a server from the global pool of resources.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting resource usage across the at least two domains.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a network interface unit configured to enable communication over a network; and

a processor coupled to the network interface unit to;

register at least two domains, each domain comprising at least one server;

generate a global pool of server identifiers to uniquely identify servers across the at least two domains;

generate a logical configuration in the form of a global profile, the global profile being configured to allow a workload at one or more of the servers to be processed;

associate a server identifier from the global pool of server identifiers with the global profile; and

assign the global profile to a server in a first of the at least two domains.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor migrates services assigned to the server in the first domain of the at least two domains to a server in a second domain of the at least two domains.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor migrates the services by reassigning a global profile from the server in the first domain of the at least two domains to the server in the second domain of the at least two domains.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor reassigns the global profile by reassigning server identifiers associated with the server in the first domain to the server in the second domain.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor generates the global server pool of identifiers by generating a global pool of media access control (MAC) addresses.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor generates the global profile by generating a global template and assigning identifiers from the global pool of server identifiers to the global template.

17. The apparatus of the claim 11, wherein the processor generates a global pool of resources.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor generates the global pool of resources by generating a global pool of servers.

19. One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:

register at least two domains, each domain comprising at least one server;

generate a global pool of server identifiers to uniquely identify servers across the at least two domains;

generate a logical configuration in the form of a global profile, the global profile being configured to allow a workload at one or more of the servers to be processed;

associate a server identifier from the global pool of server identifiers with the global profile; and

assign the global profile to a server of a first of the at least two domains.

20. The computer readable storage media of claim 19, further comprising instructions operable to migrate services assigned to the server in the first domain of the at least two domains to a server in a second domain of the at least two domains.

21. The computer readable storage media of claim 20, wherein the instructions operable to migrate services are operable to migrate the services by reassigning a global profile from the server in the first domain of the at least two domains to the server in the second domain of the at least two domains.

22. The computer readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the instructions operable to reassign the global profile are operable to reassign server identifiers associated with the server in the first domain to the server in the second domain.

23. The computer readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the instructions operable to generate the global pool of server identifiers are operable to generate a global pool of media access control (MAC) addresses.

24. The computer readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the instructions operable to generate the global profile are operable to generate a global template and assign identifiers from the global pool of server identifiers to the global template.

25. The computer readable storage media of claim 19, further comprising instructions operable to generate a global pool of resources.

26. The computer readable storage media of claim 25, wherein the instructions operable to generate the global pool of resources are operable to generate a global pool of servers.