Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110299537 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SCALING A CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORK - Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture of scaling a cloud computing network are disclosed. A virtual switch receives a data packet from a virtual machine. The virtual machine and the virtual switch can be implemented on the same host device. The virtual switch can remove the virtual MAC address from the data packet. The virtual switch can then include a physical MAC address or a synthetic MAC address of a target host. A synthetic MAC address can be utilized for multicast traffic where want to associate a separate MAC with each tenant of the host. The data packet can be sent to a target host. | 12-08-2011 |
20130103880 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING INTER-PROCESS AND INTER-MODULE COMMUNICATIONS IN SERVERS AND SERVER CLUSTERS - Pluggable modules communicate via a switch fabric dataplane accessible via a backplane. Various embodiments are comprised of varying numbers and arrangements of the pluggable modules in accordance with a system architecture that provides for provisioning virtual servers and clusters of servers from underlying hardware and software resources. The system architecture is a unifying solution for applications requiring a combination of computation and networking performance. Resources may be pooled, scaled, and reclaimed dynamically for new purposes as requirements change, using dynamic reconfiguration of virtual computing and communication hardware and software. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107872 | Processor-memory module performance acceleration in fabric-backplane enterprise servers | 05-02-2013 |
20130111048 | FULL MESH OPTIMIZATION FOR SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL | 05-02-2013 |
20130111095 | MULTI-CHASSIS FABRIC-BACKPLANE ENTERPRISE SERVERS | 05-02-2013 |
20130117426 | PROGRAMMATIC INSTANTIATION, AND PROVISIONING OF SERVERS - A networked computing system is taught that may be operated as one or more provisioned servers, each of the provisioned servers including capabilities as identified by a corresponding set of specifications and attributes, according to various embodiments. Typically the specifications (or constraints) and attributes are specified with a Server Configuration File. The networked computing system may be provisioned into any combination and number of servers according to needed processing and I/O capabilities. Each of these servers may include distinct compute, storage, and networking performance. Provisioned servers may be managed similar to conventional servers, including operations such as boot and shutting down. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117621 | SCSI TRANSPORT FOR SERVERS - A Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) transport for fabric backplane enterprise servers provides for local and remote communication of storage system information between storage sub-system elements of an ES system and other elements of an ES system via a storage interface. The transport includes encapsulation of information for communication via a reliable transport implemented in part across a cellifying switch fabric. The transport may optionally include communication via Ethernet frames over any of a local network or the Internet. Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) and Direct Data Placement (DDP) protocols are used to communicate the information (commands, responses, and data) between SCSI initiator and target end-points. A Fibre Channel Module (FCM) may be operated as a SCSI target providing a storage interface to any of a Processor Memory Module (PMM), a System Control Module (SCM), and an OffLoad Module (OLM) operated as a SCSI initiator. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117766 | Fabric-Backplane Enterprise Servers with Pluggable I/O Sub-System - A Cost-Reduced Enterprise Server (CRES) system includes a flexible resource-efficient server having a plurality of Processor Memory Boards (PMBs) coupled to an Input/Output Module (IOM). The IOM provides all networking and storage interfaces for the server. The IOM is implemented as a field-replaceable pluggable module, and thus all Input/Output (I/O) capabilities or resources of a CRES system may be upgraded via replacement of the IOM. Each PMB is dividable into a pair of Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP) complexes, and each complex is coupled to a respective portion of the I/O resources provided by the IOM. Each portion of the IOM provides a pair of I/O daughter-module connectors compatible with standard I/O interfaces, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-X and PCI-Express. One or more CRES systems may be coupled to one or more Enterprise Server (ES) systems to form a multi-chassis server managed collectively as one or more provisioned servers. | 05-09-2013 |
20130151646 | STORAGE TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION VIA A SWITCH FABRIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH A VLAN - A plurality of SMP modules and an IOP module communicate storage traffic via respective corresponding I/O controllers coupled to respective physical ports of a switch fabric by addressing cells to physical port addresses corresponding to the physical ports. One of the SMPs executes initiator software to partially manage the storage traffic and the IOP executes target software to partially manage the storage traffic. Storage controllers are coupled to the IOP, enabling communication with storage devices, such as disk drives, tape drives, and/or networks of same. Respective network identification registers are included in each of the I/O controller corresponding to the SMP executing the initiator software and the I/O controller corresponding to the IOP. Transport of the storage traffic in accordance with a particular VLAN is enabled by writing a same particular value into each of the network identification registers. | 06-13-2013 |
20140258537 | Storage Management of a Storage System - A method for storage management in a storage system, such as a storage area network (SAN). A selection of a first target level of storage service quality (e.g., bronze, silver, gold, platinum) for a storage repository to be created in the SAN is received. The first target level of storage service quality represents a level of storage service quality for the storage repository along a first dimension (e.g. performance, availability) of storage service quality. A first set of storage configuration properties associated with the first level of desired storage service quality is determined. One or more storage components of the SAN are allocated to the storage repository based on at least one storage configuration property in the first set of storage configuration properties. | 09-11-2014 |