Ring control data exchange system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system that includes one or more processors;
• and
• a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a ring control data exchange engine that is configured to:
• identify a plurality of first control data packets;
• perform a hashing operation on each of the plurality of first control data packets to generate respective first control data hash values;
• transmit the plurality of first control data packets out of a first datacenter to a first networking device included in a second datacenter;
• identify, subsequent to generating the respective first control data hash values, a plurality of second control data packets;
• perform the hashing operation on each of the plurality of second control data packets to generate respective second control data hash values;
• determine that the respective second control data hash values match the respective first control data hash values and, in response, perform the hashing operation on the respective first control data hash values or the respective second control data hash values to generate a first consolidated control data hash value;
• transmit the first consolidated control data hash value out of the first datacenter to the first networking device included in the second datacenter while not transmitting the plurality of second control data packets to the first networking device;
• receive a plurality of third control data packets from the first networking device;
• perform the hashing operation on each of the plurality of third control data packets to generate a respective third control data hash values;
• perform the hashing operation on the respective third control data hash values to generate a second consolidated control data hash value;
• and
• receive the second consolidated control data hash value from the first networking device and, in response to determining that the second consolidated control hash value received from the first networking device matches the second consolidated control hash value generated by the ring control data exchange engine, generate a no ring change communication.

A method for exchanging control data in a ring configuration, comprising:

• identifying, by a first networking device that includes a processor, a plurality of first control data packets;
• performing, by the first networking device, a hashing operation on each of the plurality of first control data packets to generate respective first control data hash values;
• transmitting, by the first networking device, the plurality of first control data packets out of a first datacenter to a second networking device included in a second datacenter;
• identifying, by the first networking device subsequent to generating the respective first control data hash values, a plurality of second control data packets;
• performing, by the first networking device, the hashing operation on each of the plurality of second control data packets to generate respective second control data hash values;
• determining, by the first networking device, that the respective second control data hash values match the respective first control data hash values and, in response, performing the hashing operation on the respective first control data hash values or the respective second control data hash values to generate a first consolidated control data hash value;
• transmitting, by the first networking device, a first consolidated control data hash value out of the first datacenter to the second networking device included in the second datacenter while not transmitting the plurality of second control data packets to the second networking device;
• receiving, by the first networking device, a plurality of third control data packets from the second networking device;
• performing, by the first networking device, the hashing operation on each of the plurality of third control data packets to generate a respective third control data hash values;
• performing, by the first networking device, the hashing operation on the respective third control data hash values to generate a second consolidated control data hash value;
• and
• receiving, by the first networking device, the second consolidated control data hash value from the second networking device and, in response to determining that the received second consolidated control hash value received from the second networking device matches the second consolidated control hash value generated by the first networking device, generating a no ring change communication.