Network configuration auto-deployment

• US 9,825,817 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2014
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• 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: Liu, Hao, Zhang, Yumei, Cheng, Lihao
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamza, Faruk
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lindenbaum, Alan
• Application Number:
  US14/769,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006623A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,310 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5048 Automatic or semi-automatic definitions, e.g. definition templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5058 Service discovery by the service manager
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level

Abstract

According to an example of the present disclosure, a service template providing a service may be found according to type of the service. A resource zone matching the service template may be found from a resource pool. A network resource matching a service unit in the service template may be found from the resource zone. A network parameter configured for the service unit may be sent to the network resource.

Claims

1. A network configuration auto-deployment method, comprising:

locating, by a processing device, a service template providing a service according to a type of the service;

locating a resource zone matching the service template from a resource pool;

locating a network resource matching a service unit in the service template from the resource zone; and

sending a network parameter for the service unit to the network resource, including;

in response to a determination that a network of the network resource is a physical network, sending the network parameter for the service unit to the network resource,

in response to a determination that the network is a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network, converting the network parameter for the service unit into a flow table rule, and sending the flow table rule to a controller, wherein the controller is to send the flow table rule to the network resource, and

in response to a determination that the network is a virtual network, sending the network parameter for the service unit to the network resource via calling an interface of the network resource or an interface provided by a management system managing the virtual network.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating a network model with a network role;

applying the service unit to the network role in the network model to generate the service template applied to the network model;

performing a pooling operation for the network resource in the network to generate the resource pool, dividing the network resource in the resource pool into the resource zone and allocating the network model to the resource zone.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein locating the resource zone matching the service template from the resource pool comprises:

identifying the network model, to which the service template applies;

locating the resource zone corresponding to the network model, to which the service template applies, from the resource pool; and

taking the resource zone as that matching the service template.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

locating a network, role location and function of which matches that of the network resource from the network model corresponding to the resource zone according to the location and function of the network resource in the resource zone;

wherein locating the network resource matching the service unit in the service template from the resource zone comprises;

identifying the network role of the service unit in the service template, locating network resources with the network role from the resource zone and locating the network resource, location and function of which matches with that of the service unit from the network resources.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining a discovery scope of the network resource;

searching for all nodes and links via topology in the discovery scope; and

forming the network resource in the resource with the nodes and links.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein allocating the network model to the resource zone comprises:

determining a network model comprising a network role, location and function of which matches that of the network resource in the resource zone; and

allocating the network model to the resource zone.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the service unit is a virtual object and the virtual object comprises:

a vNet, a vDev, a vController, a vLink, a vPort, a vIP service, a vSecurity resource, a vHost or a vApp resource.

8. A network configuration auto-deployment device, comprising:

a processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

locate a service template providing a service according to a type of the service;

locate a resource zone matching the service template from a resource pool;

locate a network resource matching a service unit in the service template from the resource zone;

send a network parameter for the service unit to the network resource;

determine a network model comprising a network role, a location and a function that matches a function of the network resource in the resource zone; and

allocate the network model to the resource zone.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein, to allocate the network model to the resource zone, the instructions are to cause the processor to:

apply the service unit to the network role in the network model to generate the service template applied to the network model; and

perform a pooling operation for the network resource in a network to generate the resource pool, divide the network resource in the resource pool into the resource zone and allocate the network model to the resource zone.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

identify the network model, to which the service template applies,

locate the resource zone corresponding to the network model, to which the service template applies, from the resource pool, and

take the resource zone as that matching the service template.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

locate a network role, location and function of which matches that of the network resource, from the network model corresponding to the resource zone according to the location and function of the network resource in the resource zone; and

identify the network role of the service unit in the service template, locate network resources with the network role from the resource zone and locate the network resource, location and function of which matches with that of the service unit from the network resources.

12. The device according to claim 9, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

determine a discovery scope of the network resource, locate all nodes and links via topology in the discovery scope and form the network resource in the resource pool with the nodes and links.

13. The device according to claim 9, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

send the network parameter for the service unit to the network resource when the network is a physical network,

convert the network parameter for the service unit into a flow table rule and send the flow table to a controller, which stores the flow table rule or sends the flow table rule to the network resource, in a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network when the network is the SDN network, and

send the network parameter for the service unit to the network resource via calling an interface of the network resource or an interface provided by a management system managing a virtual network when the network is the virtual network.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

locate a service template providing a service according to a type of the service;

locate a resource zone matching the service template from a resource pool;

locate a network resource matching a service unit in the service template from the resource zone; and

send a network parameter for the service unit to the network resource,

wherein to locate the network resource matching the service unit in the service template from the resource zone, the instructions are to cause the processor to;

identify a network role of the service unit in the service template, and

from the resource zone, locate the network resource, a location and a function that matches a function of the network role of the service unit in the service template.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

generate a network model with a network role;

apply the service unit to the network role in the network model to generate the service template applied to the network model; and

perform a pooling operation for the network resource in a network to generate the resource pool, divide the network resource in the resource pool into the resource zone, and allocate the network model to the resource zone.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

determine a discovery scope of the network resource, locate all nodes and links via topology in the discovery scope and form the network resource in the resource pool with the nodes and links.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

send the network parameter for the service unit to the network resource when the network is a physical network,

convert the network parameter for the service unit into a flow table rule and send the flow table to a controller, which stores the flow table rule or sends the flow table rule to the network resource, in a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network when the network is the SDN network, and

send the network parameter for the service unit to the network resource via calling an interface of the network resource or an interface provided by a management system managing a virtual network when the network is the virtual network.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein, to allocate the network model to the resource zone, the instructions are to cause the processor to:

determine a network model comprising a network role, a location and a function that matches a function of the network resource in the resource zone, and

allocate the determined network model to the resource zone.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions are to cause the processor to:

identify the network model, to which the service template applies;

locate the resource zone corresponding to the network model from the resource pool; and

utilize the resource zone found in the resource pool for the service template.