ROUTER, ROUTING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING VIRTUAL MACHINE

• US 20110191492A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Imai, Yuji
• Application Number:
  US13/016,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20110191492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/00 Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

A method of constructing a virtual machine includes receiving information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus to be provided from a router connected through a virtual private network to an external apparatus connected through the router; constructing a virtual machine satisfying the processing power specified by the information; and transmitting information regarding the virtual machine to the router.

Claims

1. A router comprising:

a routing unit performing routing between a virtual private network and an external apparatus;

a reading unit reading, from a recording medium, information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus communicating with the external apparatus through the virtual private network; and

a requesting unit transmitting the information read by the reading unit and requesting provision of an information processing apparatus satisfying the specification of the processing power.

2. The router according to claim 1,

wherein when the reading unit starts accessing a portable recording medium, the reading unit reads the information recorded on the portable recording medium.

3. The router according to claim 1,

wherein the requesting unit transmits the information to an apparatus having a predetermined network address, and the apparatus having received the information constructs a virtual machine satisfying the processing power specified by the information in order to provide the virtual machine as the information processing apparatus.

4. The router according to claim 1,

wherein hardware resources held by the information processing apparatus and an operating system executed by the information processing apparatus are specified as the processing power.

5. The router according to claim 2,

wherein hardware resources held by the information processing apparatus and an operating system executed by the information processing apparatus are specified as the processing power.

6. The router according to claim 3,

wherein hardware resources held by the information processing apparatus and an operating system executed by the information processing apparatus are specified as the processing power.

7. A method of routing, comprising:

reading, from a recording medium, information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus communicating with an external apparatus through a virtual private network;

transmitting the read information and requesting provision of an information processing apparatus satisfying the specification of the processing power; and

performing routing between the virtual private network and the external apparatus to relay communication between the external apparatus and the information processing apparatus.

8. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to perform processing comprising:

reading, from a recording medium, information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus communicating with an external apparatus through a virtual private network;

transmitting the read information and requesting provision of an information processing apparatus satisfying the specification of the processing power; and

performing routing between the virtual private network and the external apparatus to relay communication between the external apparatus and the information processing apparatus.

9. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit receiving information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus to be provided from a router connected through a virtual private network to an external apparatus connected through the router;

a virtual-machine managing unit constructing a virtual machine satisfying the processing power specified by the information; and

a transmission unit transmitting information regarding the virtual machine to the router.

10. A method of constructing a virtual machine, comprising:

receiving information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus to be provided from a router connected through a virtual private network to an external apparatus connected through the router;

constructing a virtual machine satisfying the processing power specified by the information; and

transmitting information regarding the virtual machine to the router.

11. A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a program causing a computer to perform processing comprising:

receiving information specifying processing power of an information processing apparatus to be provided from a router connected through a virtual private network to an external apparatus connected through the router;

constructing a virtual machine satisfying the processing power specified by the information; and

transmitting information regarding the virtual machine to the router.