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US 9,430,295 B1Granted
Internet protocol address management (IPAM) integration with a plurality of virtualization tiers in the virtual cloud
AssigneeInfoblox Inc.
InventorsSoheil Eizadi, Steven Whittle, Chuan Wang
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Abstract
Processing infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud is disclosed. Infrastructure metadata information is collected. The collected metadata information is about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud. A storage of infrastructure metadata information is updated. The updating of the storage of infrastructure metadata information is performed using the collected information.
Claims20
A method of processing infrastructure metadata information, comprising:
- collecting infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud, wherein collecting the infrastructure metadata information includes using an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol message, collecting the infrastructure metadata information includes collecting information about the virtual resource, the virtual cloud includes a virtual switch, and the infrastructure metadata information includes information about a plurality of virtualization tiers that the virtual resource belong to, and collecting information about the virtual resource includes collecting from a hypervisor, information about a first tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers pertaining to a physical layer of the virtual resource, collecting information from an infrastructure manager that manages the hypervisor about a second tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers, the information about the second tier includes an identifier of the virtual switch that has been automatically discovered, and collecting information from a cloud manager that manages the infrastructure manager about a third tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers;
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- updating a storage of infrastructure metadata information using the collected information.
A system for processing infrastructure metadata information, comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive collected infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud, wherein the collected infrastructure metadata information was collected using an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol message, the collected infrastructure metadata information includes information about the virtual resource, the virtual cloud includes a virtual switch, and the infrastructure metadata information includes information about a plurality of virtualization tiers that the virtual resource belong to, and collecting information about the virtual resource includes collecting from a hypervisor, information about a first tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers pertaining to a physical layer of the virtual resource, collecting information from an infrastructure manager that manages the hypervisor about a second tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers, the information about the second tier includes an identifier of the virtual switch that has been automatically discovered, and collecting information from a cloud manager that manages the infrastructure manager about a third tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers;
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- a processor configured to update a storage of infrastructure metadata information using the collected information.
A computer program product for processing infrastructure metadata information, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- collecting infrastructure metadata information about a virtual resource of a virtual cloud, wherein collecting the infrastructure metadata information includes using an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol message, collecting the infrastructure metadata information includes collecting information about the virtual resource, the virtual cloud includes a virtual switch, and the infrastructure metadata information includes information about a plurality of virtualization tiers that the virtual resource belong to, and collecting information about the virtual resource includes collecting from a hypervisor, information about a first tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers pertaining to a physical layer of the virtual resource, collecting information from an infrastructure manager that manages the hypervisor about a second tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers, the information about the second tier includes an identifier of the virtual switch that has been automatically discovered, and collecting information from a cloud manager that manages the infrastructure manager about a third tier of the plurality of virtualization tiers;
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- updating a storage of infrastructure metadata information using the collected information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.