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US 10,095,540 B2Granted
Virtual network provisioning prior to virtual machine manager launch by loading a partitioned network device with attribute data
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMukund P. Khatri, Sudhir V. Shetty
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a deployment template at a host system, partitioning a networking device of the host system with a virtual network partition based upon the deployment template, receiving attribute data that includes a first attribute associated with the first virtual network partition, loading the networking device with the attribute data, launching a virtual machine manager on the host system, reading the attribute from the networking device, and assigning a virtual network interface of a virtual switch associated with the virtual machine manager to the virtual network partition in response to reading the attribute.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a management controller of a host system, a deployment template from a management system coupled to the management controller, wherein the deployment template is received out of band from a processing device of the host system, and wherein the deployment template includes a first virtual network interface card definition for a first virtual network interface card for use by a first virtual machine instantiated on the host system;
- partitioning, by the host system, a first networking device of the host system with a first virtual network partition based upon the deployment template prior to launching a virtual machine manager on the host system, wherein the first virtual network partition is associated with the first virtual network interface card definition;
- receiving, at the management controller, attribute data, wherein the attribute data includes a first virtual local area network (VLAN) associated with the first virtual network interface card;
- loading, by the management controller, the first networking device with the attribute data prior to launching the virtual machine manager, wherein the attribute data preconfigures the first networking device to implement the first VLAN on the first virtual network partition;
- launching, by the first processing device, the virtual machine manager on the host system;
- querying, by the virtual machine manager, the first network device to determine if the first network device includes the attribute data;
- reading, by the virtual machine manager, the attribute data from the first networking device;
- assigning, by the host system, the first VLAN to the first virtual network partition;
- and
- configuring a virtual switch associated with the virtual machine manager to associate the first virtual machine with the first virtual network interface card.
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A host system comprising:
- a processor;
- a first networking device;
- and
- a management controller to:
- receive a deployment template out of band from the processing device, wherein the deployment template includes a first virtual network interface card definition for a first virtual network interface card for use by a first virtual machine instantiated on the host system;
- partition the first networking device with a first virtual network partition based upon the deployment template prior to launching a virtual machine manager on the host system, wherein the first virtual network partition is associated with the first virtual network interface card definition;
- receive attribute data, wherein the attribute data includes a first virtual local area network (VLAN) associated with the first virtual network interface card;
- and
- load the first networking device with the attribute data prior to launching the virtual machine manager, wherein the attribute preconfigures the first networking device to implement the first VLAN on the first virtual network partition;
- wherein the processor is operable to launch the virtual machine manager to:
- query the first network device to determine if the first network device includes the attribute data;
- read the attribute data from the first networking device;
- assign the first virtual network interface card to the first virtual network partition;
- and
- configure a virtual switch associated with the virtual machine manager to associate the first virtual machine with the first virtual network interface card.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a management controller of a host system, a deployment template from a management system coupled to the management controller, wherein the deployment template is received out of band from a processing device of the host system, and wherein the deployment template includes a first virtual network interface card definition for a first virtual network interface card for use by a first virtual machine instantiated on the host system;
- partitioning, by the host system, a first networking device of the host system with a first virtual network partition based upon the deployment template prior to launching a virtual machine manager on the host system, wherein the first virtual network partition is associated with the first virtual network interface card definition;
- receiving, at the management controller, attribute data, wherein the attribute data includes a first virtual local area network (VLAN) associated with the first virtual network interface card;
- loading, by the management controller, the first networking device with the attribute data prior to launching the virtual machine manager, wherein the attribute data preconfigures the first networking device to implement the first VLAN on the first virtual network partition;
- launching, by the first processing device, the virtual machine manager on the host system;
- querying, by the virtual machine manager, the first network device to determine if the first network device includes the attribute data;
- reading the attribute data from the first networking device;
- assigning, by the host system, the first VLAN to the first virtual network partition;
- and
- configuring a virtual switch associated with the virtual machine manager to associate the first virtual machine with the first virtual network interface card.
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