System and method for managing distributed cluster identity
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsThi D. Huynh, Marshal F. Savage, Cyril Jose, Yee Ja
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing distributed group identity may involve exchanging, at a node in a group, node identifiers with another node in the group, sorting the node identifiers, selecting an identifier from the sorted identifier, proposing the selected identifier as a persistent group name, setting the persistent group name based on the proposed identifier, setting a user administered name based on the proposed identifier, determining that the user administered name is consistent across the group, and updating the user administered name to resolve the inconsistency. The persistent group name is common across the group.
Claims20
A method for managing distributed group identity, comprising:
- exchanging, at a node in a group, node identifiers with another node in the group;
- sorting the node identifiers;
- selecting an identifier from the sorted identifiers;
- proposing the selected identifier as a persistent group name;
- setting the persistent group name based on the proposed identifier, wherein the persistent group name is common across the group;
- setting a user administered name based on the proposed identifier;
- determining that the user administered name is inconsistent across the group;
- and
- updating the user administered name to resolve the inconsistency.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a processor subsystem having access to a first memory;
- a management controller comprising a secondary processor having access to a second memory, the second memory including an embedded storage partition and the second memory storing instructions executable by the secondary processor to:
- exchange, at a node in a group, node identifiers with another node in the group;
- sort the node identifiers;
- select an identifier from the sorted identifiers;
- propose the selected identifier as a persistent group name;
- set the persistent group name based on the proposed identifier, wherein the persistent group name is common across the group;
- set a user administered name based on the proposed identifier;
- determine that the user administered name is inconsistent across the group;
- and
- set the user administered name to resolve the inconsistency.
A management controller for an information handling system having a primary processor and a primary memory, the management controller comprising:
- a secondary processor having access to a second memory, the second memory including an embedded storage partition and the second memory storing instructions executable by the secondary processor to:
- exchange, at a node in a group, node identifiers with another node in the group;
- sort the node identifiers;
- select an identifier from the sorted identifiers;
- propose the selected identifier as a persistent group name;
- set the persistent group name based on the proposed identifier, wherein the persistent group name is common across the group;
- set a user administered name based on the proposed identifier;
- determine that the user administered name is inconsistent across the group;
- and set the user administered name to resolve the inconsistency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.