Enhancing container workload visibility in data center environments with blade switches

    公开(公告)号:US11956126B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US18104446

    申请日:2023-02-01

    CPC classification number: H04L41/122 H04L41/22

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein may comprise: determining, by a network controller, physical network topology of a data center network; collecting, by the network controller, virtual machine related network topology of the data center network from a virtual machine manager for the data center network; collecting, by the network controller, virtual ethernet flow mapping information of the data center network from a blade system management software for the data center network; collecting, by the network controller, container workload information of the data center network from a container orchestrator for the data center network; and generating, by the network controller, an integrated correlated visualization mapping of containers and associated network attachment points in the data center network based on the physical network topology, the virtual machine related network topology, the virtual ethernet flow mapping information, and the container workload information.

    CONSTRAINT-BASED UNDERLAY TREE ALLOCATION FOR DATA CENTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230130631A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17858215

    申请日:2022-07-06

    Abstract: In an example method, a head node connected to a source device transmits a multicast data flow from the source device to receiving devices connected to tail nodes using Default MDT. The example method further includes determining that requirements have been met to begin transmitting the multicast data flow using Data MDT. The method may further include determining whether the tail nodes are able to receive the multicast data flow using Data MDT. In response to determining that all the tail nodes are able to receive the multicast data flow using Data MDT, switch to transmitting the multicast data flow to the tail nodes using Data MDT. In response to determining that at least one of the tail nodes is unable to receive the multicast data flow using the Data MDT, continue transmitting the multicast data flow using Data MDT

    COMPUTER NETWORK CONTROLLER WITH SWITCH AUTO-CLAIM

    公开(公告)号:US20240073099A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18119172

    申请日:2023-03-08

    CPC classification number: H04L41/12

    Abstract: Techniques for automatically claiming switches of a tenant computer network by a remote, cloud-based network controller. A first seed switch is manually claimed by a user by implementing the remote, cloud-based network controller. After claiming the seed switch a set of switches immediately connected with the seed switch are identified by Device Connector logic in the seed switch and immediately connected switches. Switches directly connected to those switches are then identified using Device Connector logic of the switches. This process is performed iteratively by identifying immediately connected switches until all of the switches are identified. All or a subset of the identified switches can then be claimed by the remote, cloud-based controller based on a response from the tenant network user.

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