MONITORING AND POLICY CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED DATA AND CONTROL PLANES FOR VIRTUAL NODES

    公开(公告)号:US20230308358A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18327518

    申请日:2023-06-01

    CPC classification number: H04L41/14 H04L41/22 G06F3/0481

    Abstract: A computing system includes a computing device configured to execute a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines configured to provide control plane functionality for at least a different respective subset of forwarding units of a network device, the computing device distinct from the network devices. The computing system also includes a policy agent configured to execute on the computing device. The agent is configured to determine that a particular virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines provides control plane functionality for one or more forwarding units of the network device; determine control plane usage metrics for resources of the particular virtual machine; and output, to a policy controller, data associated with the control plane usage metrics and data associating the particular virtual machine with the one or more forwarding units for which the particular virtual machine provides control plane functionality.

    Policy controller for distributed virtualization infrastructure element monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11240128B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-01

    申请号:US17120420

    申请日:2020-12-14

    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for monitoring, scheduling, and performance management for virtualization infrastructures within networks. In one example, a computing system includes a plurality of different cloud-based compute clusters (e.g., different cloud projects), each comprising a set of compute nodes. Policy agents execute on the compute nodes to monitor performance and usage metrics relating to resources of the compute nodes. Policy controllers within each cluster deploy policies to the policy agents and evaluate performance and usage metrics from the policy agents by application of one or more rulesets for infrastructure elements of the compute cluster. Each of the policy controllers outputs data to a multi-cluster dashboard software system indicative of a current health status for the infrastructure elements based on the evaluation of the performance and usage metrics for the cluster. The multi-cluster dashboard software system data outputs, as single user interface screen, the current health status for each of the cloud-based compute clusters.

    USER INTERFACE-BASED DATA CENTER FABRIC DESIGN

    公开(公告)号:US20240175170A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18478521

    申请日:2023-09-29

    CPC classification number: D03C19/005

    Abstract: Techniques are described by which a fabric designer system provides a user interface (UI) to enable a user to design a data center fabric. For example, a fabric designer system comprises processor(s) and a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the one or more processors to: generate data representative of a user interface (UI) for display on a display device, the data representative of the UI comprising UI elements representing one or more fabric design requirements receive, via the UI on the display device, an indication of a user input selecting one or more of the UI elements representing the one or more fabric design requirements; generate a model for a data center fabric based on the one or more fabric design requirements and a catalog of network devices; and generate UI elements representing fabric design specifications of the model for the data center fabric.

    VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERLAY NETWORK PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20230011736A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17933405

    申请日:2022-09-19

    Abstract: A variety of different graphical user interfaces are generated that when displayed provide a visual and interactive representation of one or more performance metrics associated with the operation of a computer network. The graphical user interfaces may be used to monitor the underlay computer network for a virtualization infrastructure, as one example. Aspects include grouping the servers of a computer network into a plurality of aggregates, each aggregate comprising one or more servers. A set of probes are configured that are issued by an agent of a server in one aggregate and sent through the computer network to one or more agents in the server(s) of a different aggregate. Responses and other measurements taken based on the issuance of the probes is gathered and analyzed to generate metrics that are then used to generate, at least in part, the information provided in the graphical user interfaces.

    Virtualization infrastructure underlay network performance measurement and monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11451454B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16948339

    申请日:2020-09-14

    Abstract: A variety of different graphical user interfaces are generated that when displayed provide a visual and interactive representation of one or more performance metrics associated with the operation of a computer network. The graphical user interfaces may be used to monitor the underlay computer network for a virtualization infrastructure, as one example. Aspects include grouping the servers of a computer network into a plurality of aggregates, each aggregate comprising one or more servers. A set of probes are configured that are issued by an agent of a server in one aggregate and sent through the computer network to one or more agents in the server(s) of a different aggregate. Responses and other measurements taken based on the issuance of the probes is gathered and analyzed to generate metrics that are then used to generate, at least in part, the information provided in the graphical user interfaces.

    Dashboard for graphic display of computer network topology

    公开(公告)号:US11206200B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US16947230

    申请日:2020-07-23

    Abstract: A policy controller executes algorithms to operate on a list of devices forming a computer network to generate outputs including one or more graphic user interfaces. The graphic user interfaces, when displayed on a display device, provide various versions of a visual representation of a network topology for the actual computer network or a computer network being modeled. The graphic user interfaces include graphic symbols representative of various devices included in the computer network that are arranged into one or more radial arrangements. The graphic user interfaces include graphic lines indicative of the physical interconnections between the devices, the graphic lines extending across the radial arrangement(s) and extending between the graphic symbols representative of devices to provide a visual representation of the interconnections that communicatively couple the devices. Additional graphic symbols and graphic lines represent interconnections between the devices and one or more compute nodes included in the computer network.

    Network dashboard with multifaceted utilization visualizations

    公开(公告)号:US11070452B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US16752519

    申请日:2020-01-24

    Abstract: Techniques for presenting information about a network, virtualization infrastructure, cluster, or other computing environment, which may involve presentation of user interfaces that may enable nuanced, unique, and/or comprehensive insights into how infrastructure elements, instances, and/or computing resources are being used and information about patterns of usage and/or utilization. Techniques for communicating, within a computing system, information used to create, update, and/or modify the user interfaces that present information about a network, virtualization infrastructure, cluster, or other computing environment. Techniques in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure may involve use of separate interfaces for collecting or accessing data used to draw a user interface that presents information about a network, and for collecting or receiving data used to update the user interface as changes occur to the utilization of infrastructure elements represented within the user interface.

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