US 2017/0289016 A1Published application

Method of monitoring and warning for configuring routing in a cluster comprising static communication links and computer program implementing that method

AssigneeBull SAS

InventorsJean-Vincent FICET, Sébastien DUGUE, Jean-Olivier GERPHAGNON

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Abstract

The method relates to the monitoring of at least one routing parameter for a cluster including nodes and switches, static communication links connecting nodes and switches. Each switch includes several output ports. After having selected at least one switch, a number of routes per port is calculated for each port of each switch selected, routes being defined during a routing step for each connecting one node to another. A mean number of routes per port is then calculated for the at least one selected switch. Each number of routes per port calculated is then compared with the mean number of routes per port calculated and, in response to this comparison, a potential imbalance of routing of the cluster is notified.

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Dependent claims

A computer method for monitoring at least one routing parameter of a cluster comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of switches, static communication links linking nodes and switches of said pluralities of nodes and switches, each switch comprising a plurality of output ports, the method comprising:

selecting at least one switch from said plurality of switches;
computing a number of routes per port for each port of each selected switch, routes being defined at a routing step for each to link one node to another;
computing an average number of routes per port for the at least one selected switch;
performing comparison of each computed number of routes per port with the computed average number of routes per port;
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in response to said comparison, providing notification of a potential routing imbalance of said cluster.

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