Centralized storage-connected switch port auto-configuration system
A centralized storage-connected switch port auto-configuration system includes an SDN controller device that receives, from an SDN switch device subsequent to a storage device being connected to a switch port on the SDN switch device, discovery information and uses it to identify the switch port. The SDN controller device then provides SDN communications to the SDN switch device that include a port packet data unit size configuration, a port traffic suppression configuration, and a port loop prevention configuration. The SDN switch device applies the port packet data unit size configuration to configure a packet data unit size transmittable via the switch port, the port traffic suppression configuration to configure the amount of bandwidth of the switch port that will be available to transmit at least one type of data traffic, and the port loop prevention configuration to configure loop prevention designations that will be available for the switch port.
1. A centralized storage-connected switch port auto-configuration system, comprising:
a storage device that is configured to cause discovery information to be transmitted from the storage device in response to connection of the storage device to a switch port;
a Software Defined Networking (SDN) switch device that is configured to receive the discovery information from the storage device in response to the storage device being connected to the switch port on the SDN switch device; and
an SDN controller device that is coupled to the SDN switch device and that is configured to:
create a data traffic flow between the SDN switch device and the SDN controller device, wherein the data traffic flow causes the SDN switch device to forward the discovery information received from the storage device to the SDN controller device;
receive, from the SDN switch device subsequent to the storage device being connected to the switch port on the SDN switch device and via the data traffic flow, the discovery information;
identify, using the discovery information, the switch port on the SDN switch device that is connected to the storage device;
provide, to the SDN switch device via SDN protocol communications, a port packet data unit size configuration, a port traffic suppression configuration, and a port loop prevention configuration, wherein the SDN switch device is configured to:
apply the port packet data unit size configuration to the switch port to configure a packet data unit size that will be transmitted via the switch port;
apply the port traffic suppression configuration to the switch port to configure the amount of bandwidth of the switch port that will be available to transmit at least one type of data traffic; and
apply the port loop prevention configuration to the switch port to configure loop prevention designations that will be available for the switch port.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the port packet data unit size configuration is a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size configuration that provides for the transmission of a maximize MTU size via the switch port.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the port traffic suppression configuration is a unicast storm control configuration that disables unicast storm control on the switch port to enable unicast data traffic to utilize any of the available bandwidth of the switch port.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the port loop prevention configuration is a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration that disables STP on the switch port to prevent STP designations from being applied to the switch port.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the discovery information is included in one or more Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) packets.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the SDN controller device is configured to:
provide, for display on a management device, management information that includes identifiers for the storage device and the port.
7. An information handling system (IHS), comprising:
a processing system; and
a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that include instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller engine that is configured to:
create a data traffic flow between the SDN switch device and the SDN controller engine, wherein the data traffic flow causes the SDN switch device to forward the discovery information received from storage devices to the SDN controller engine;
receive, from an SDN switch device subsequent to a storage device being connected to a switch port on the SDN switch device and via the data traffic flow, discovery information that the storage device causes to be sent from the storage device to the SDN switch device and forwarded to the SDN controller engine upon connection of the storage device to the switch port on the SDN switch device;
identify, using the discovery information, the switch port on the SDN switch device that is connected to the storage device; and
provide, to the SDN switch device via SDN protocol communications, each of:
a port packet data unit size configuration that defines a packet data unit size that will be transmitted via the switch port;
a port traffic suppression configuration that defines the amount of bandwidth of the switch port that will be available to transmit at least one type of data traffic; and
a port loop prevention configuration that defines loop prevention designations that will be available for the switch port.
8. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the port packet data unit size configuration is a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size configuration that provides for the transmission of a maximize MTU size via the switch port.
9. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the port traffic suppression configuration is a unicast storm control configuration that disables unicast storm control on the switch port to enable unicast data traffic to utilize any of the available bandwidth of the switch port.
10. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the port loop prevention configuration is a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration that disables STP on the switch port to prevent STP designations from being applied to the switch port.
11. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the SDN controller engine is configured to:
provide, for display on a management device, management information that includes identifiers for the storage device and the port.
12. A method for centralized storage-connected switch port auto-configuration, comprising:
creating, by a Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller device, a data traffic flow with a SDN switch device that causes the SDN switch device to forward discovery information received from storage devices to the SDN controller device;
receiving, by the SDN controller device from the SDN switch device subsequent to a storage device being connected to a switch port on the SDN switch device and via the data traffic flow, discovery information that the storage device causes to be sent from the storage device to the SDN switch device and forwarded to the SDN controller engine upon connection of the storage device to the switch port on the SDN switch device;
identifying, by the SDN controller device using the discovery information, the switch port on the SDN switch device that is connected to the storage device; and
providing, by the SDN controller device to the SDN switch device via SDN protocol communications, each of:
a port packet data unit size configuration that, when applied by the SDN switch device to the switch port, provides a packet data unit size that will be transmitted via the switch port;
a port traffic suppression configuration that, when applied by the SDN switch device to the switch port, provides the amount of bandwidth of the switch port that will be available to transmit at least one type of data traffic; and
a port loop prevention configuration that, when applied by the SDN switch device to the switch port, provides loop prevention designations that will be available for the switch port.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the port packet data unit size configuration is a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size configuration that provides for the transmission of a maximize MTU size via the switch port.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the port traffic suppression configuration is a unicast storm control configuration that disables unicast storm control on the switch port to enable unicast data traffic to utilize any of the available bandwidth of the switch port.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the port loop prevention configuration is a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration that disables STP on the switch port to prevent STP designations from being applied to the switch port.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the discovery information is included in one or more Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) packets.
17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
providing, by the SDN controller device for display on a management device, management information that includes identifiers for the storage device and the port.