MANAGEMENT OF A DATA NETWORK OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20120110155A1
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Adlung, Ingo, Baitinger, Friedemann, Driever, Patricia G., Frey, Jeffrey A., Huynh, Lap T., Kassimis, Constantinos, Macchiano, Angelo, Ratcliff, Bruce, Stevens, Jerry W., Valley, Stephen R., Bailey, Kimberly T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,253,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1042 using topology management mechanisms

Abstract

An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.

Claims

1. A computer program product for managing networks of a computing environment, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

coupling a first computing system of the computing environment with a second computing system of the computing environment via a management network, the management network used to provide management controls to the first computing system and the second computing system; and

using a resource manager coupled to the management network to manage a data network of the computing environment, the data network being independent and secure from the management network, and used for customer applications of the computing environment.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first computing system and the second computing system are within one node of the computing environment, wherein the first computing system is of one system architecture and the second computing system is of another system architecture.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the first computing system comprises a processing system and the second computing system comprises a blade extension.

4. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises managing the data network across an ensemble of nodes using a federation of management networks.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first computing system is of a first system architecture and the second computing system is of a second system architecture different from the first system architecture.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises using the data network to connect one or more components of the first computing system with one or more components of the second computing system, and wherein the using the resource manager to manage the data network comprises managing access to the data network, the managing access to the data network comprising initiating by the resource manager creation of one or more virtual servers to control access to one or more virtual networks of the data network.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data network is pre-configured removing responsibility for configuring the data network from users of the computing environment.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises providing one or more virtual local area networks on the data network, the providing controlled by the resource manager.

9. A computer system for managing networks of a computing environment, said computer system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, said method comprising;

coupling a first computing system of the computing environment with a second computing system of the computing environment via a management network, the management network used to provide management controls to the first computing system and the second computing system; and

using a resource manager coupled to the management network to manage a data network of the computing environment, the data network being independent and secure from the management network, and used for customer applications of the computing environment.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the first computing system and the second computing system are within one node of the computing environment, wherein the first computing system is of one system architecture and the second computing system is of another system architecture, and wherein the first computing system comprises a processing system and the second computing system comprises a blade extension.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises managing the data network across an ensemble of nodes using a federation of management networks.

12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the first computing system is of a first system architecture and the second computing system is of a second system architecture different from the first system architecture.

13. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises using the data network to connect one or more components of the first computing system with one or more components of the second computing system, and wherein the using the resource manager to manage the data network comprises managing access to the data network, the managing access to the data network comprising initiating by the resource manager creation of one or more virtual servers to control access to one or more virtual networks of the data network.

14. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the data network is pre-configured removing responsibility for configuring the data network from users of the computing environment.

15. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises providing one or more virtual local area networks on the data network, the providing controlled by the resource manager.

16. A method of managing networks of a computing environment, said method comprising:

coupling a first computing system of the computing environment with a second computing system of the computing environment via a management network, the management network used to provide management controls to the first computing system and the second computing system; and

using a resource manager coupled to the management network to manage a data network of the computing environment, the data network being independent and secure from the management network, and used for customer applications of the computing environment.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first computing system and the second computing system are within one node of the computing environment, wherein the first computing system is of one system architecture and the second computing system is of another system architecture, and wherein the first computing system comprises a processing system and the second computing system comprises a blade extension.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising managing the data network across an ensemble of nodes using a federation of management networks.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising using the data network to connect one or more components of the first computing system with one or more components of the second computing system, and wherein the using the resource manager to manage the data network comprises managing access to the data network, the managing access to the data network comprising initiating by the resource manager creation of one or more virtual servers to control access to one or more virtual networks of the data network.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising providing one or more virtual local area networks on the data network, the providing controlled by the resource manager.