NETWORK MANAGEMENT

• US 20150074250A1
• Filed: 04/25/2012
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Chang, Jichuan, Ranganathan, Parthasarathy
• Granted Patent: US 10,270,652 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/022 Multivendor or multi-standard integration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0226 Mapping or translating multiple network management protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0654 using network fault recovery ring fault isolation or reconfiguration in loop networks without recovery actions by a network management system H04L12/437
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0659 by isolating or reconfiguring faulty entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0661 by reconfiguring faulty entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/344 Out-of-band transfers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements

Abstract

A system and method for network management are described herein. The system includes a number of servers and a first network coupling the servers to each other and configured to connect the servers to one or more client computing devices. The system also includes a second network coupling the servers to each other, wherein data transferred between the servers is transferred though the second network. Network management requests for configuring the second network are communicated to the servers through the first network.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of servers;

a first network coupling the plurality of servers to each other and configured to connect the plurality of servers to one or more client computing devices; and

a second network coupling the plurality of servers to each other, wherein data transferred between the plurality of servers is transferred though the second network;

wherein network management requests for configuring the second network are communicated to the plurality of servers through the first network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first network is an Ethernet network and the second network is a PCIe network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of servers comprises a driver configured to receive the network management requests, translate the network management requests into actions to be performed on the second network, and issue the actions to one or more components of the second network.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising a network management agent coupled to the first network and configured to issue the network management requests.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein a network management request comprises a request to notify a switch of the second network to include a rebooted server as part of the second network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a network management request comprises a data-flow control request to be implemented on the second network.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising a network monitoring agent configured to monitor the first network and the second network and issue network management requests.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving a network management request through a first network;

translating the network management request into an action to be performed on a second network; and

issuing the action to one or more components of the second network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first network is an Ethernet network and the second network is a PCIe network.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising issuing a confirmation through the first network, the confirmation indicating that the network management request was successfully implemented.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising monitoring the second network to determine whether the action issued to one or more components of the second network successfully implemented a management function corresponding to the network management request.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising automatically issuing an additional network management request if the action issued to one or more components of the second network did not successfully implement the management function.

13. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable instructions that direct a processor to:

receive a network management request through a first network, and determine that the network management request is directed to a second network;

translate the network management request into an action to be performed on the second network; and

issuing the action to one or more components of the second network.

14. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the action changes a data rate of data exchanged between servers on the second network.

15. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the action instructs a switch of the first network to include a rebooted server on the second network.