Granted Patent B1

US 11,201,785 · App. 15/929,859 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Inventors: Arkady Kanevsky (Cedar Park, TX); John H. Terpstra (Austin, TX); Mark S. Sanders (Roanoke, VA); Joseph LaSalle White (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: Dell Products L.P.

H04L41/0843G06F16/27H04L41/0806H04L41/12H04L67/34

Abstract

Claims (72)

1. A method of cluster deployment and management, comprising:

discovering, by a first switch device included in a cluster system, each of a plurality of node devices that are included in the cluster system and that are coupled to the first switch device;

validating, by the first switch device, each of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system using a cluster profile;

configuring, by the first switch device, each of the plurality of node devices according to the cluster profile;

deploying, by the first switch device, one or more applications and data to at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices;

performing, by the first switch device, network switch functionality on data traffic transmitted between the plurality of node devices and a network;

receiving, by the first switch device and subsequent to the transmission of data traffic between the plurality of node devices and the network, a lifecycle management operation that is to-be performed to the first switch device and that will cause the first switch device to restart; and

performing, by the first switch device, the lifecycle management operation on the first switch device without restarting or reconfiguring any of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, by the first switch device, lifecycle management operations on at least one of the node devices.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning, by the first switch device, a role to at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices;

allocating, by the first switch device, storage resources in at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices to at least one application deployed on that node device; and

deploying, by the first switch device and prior to the deploying the one or more applications and the data to the at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices, a container infrastructure on the at least one of the node devices to which the storage resources were allocated, wherein the one or more applications are deployed on containers included in the container infrastructure.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initializing, by the first switch device and when power is provided to the first switch device, the first switch device that is preconfigured and includes a validated operating system.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

starting, by the first switch device, a container that includes a cluster deployment and management engine on an operating system running on the first switch device; and

initializing, by the first switch device, the cluster deployment and management engine that performs the discovering, validating, configuring, and deploying.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

electing, by the first switch device, a cluster deployment and management engine, using election information received from a second switch device; and

synchronizing, by the first switch device, cluster deployment and management engine data with the second switch device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

passing, by the first switch device, control of the cluster system to a redundant cluster deployment and management engine on the second switch device using the cluster deployment and management engine data when the lifecycle management operation is performed on the first switch device.

8. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

a processing system; 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 cluster deployment and management engine that is configured to:

discover each of a plurality of node devices in a cluster system;

validate each of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system using a cluster profile;

configure each of the plurality of node devices according to the cluster profile;

deploy one or more applications and data to at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices;

perform network switch functionality on data traffic transmitted between the plurality of node devices and a network;

receive, subsequent to the transmission of data traffic between the plurality of node devices and the network, a lifecycle management operation that is to-be performed on the IHS and that will cause IHS to restart; and

perform the lifecycle management operation on the IHS without having to restart or reconfigure any of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system.

9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the cluster deployment and management engine is configured to:

perform lifecycle management operations on at least one of the node devices.

10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the cluster deployment and management engine is configured to:

assign a role to at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices;

allocate storage resources in at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices to at least one application deployed on that node device; and

deploy, prior to the deploying the one or more applications and the data to the at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices, a container infrastructure on the at least one of the node devices to which the storage resources were allocated, wherein the one or more applications are deployed on containers included in the container infrastructure.

11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the cluster deployment and management engine is configured to:

elect a cluster deployment and management engine, using election information received from a redundant switch device; and

synchronize the cluster deployment and management engine data with the redundant switch device.

12. The IHS of claim 11 , wherein the cluster deployment and management engine is configured to:

pass control of the cluster system to a redundant cluster deployment and management engine on the redundant switch device using the cluster deployment and management engine data when the lifecycle management operation is performed on the IHS.

13. A cluster deployment and management system, comprising:

a cluster system including a plurality of node devices; and

a first switch device that is included in the cluster system and that is coupled to a network and to each of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system, wherein the first switch device is configured to:

discover each of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system;

validate each of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system using a cluster profile;

configure each of the plurality of node devices according to the cluster profile;

deploy one or more applications and data to at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices;

perform network switch functionality on data traffic transmitted between the plurality of node devices and a network;

receive, subsequent to the transmission of data traffic between the plurality of node devices and the network, a lifecycle management operation that is to-be performed on the first switch device and that will cause the first switch device to restart; and

perform the lifecycle management operation on the first switch device without having to restart and reconfigure any of the plurality of node devices in the cluster system.

14. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 13 , wherein the first switch device is configured to:

perform lifecycle management operations on at least one of the node devices.

15. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 13 , wherein the first switch device is configured to:

assign a role to at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices;

allocate storage resources in at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices to at least one application deployed on that node device; and

deploy, prior to the deploying the one or more applications and the data to the at least one of the node devices included in the plurality of node devices, a container infrastructure on the at least one of the node devices to which the storage resources were allocated, wherein the one or more applications are deployed on containers included in the container infrastructure.

16. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 13 , wherein the first switch device is configured to:

initialize, when power is provided to the first switch device, the first switch device that is preconfigured and includes a validated operating system.

17. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 13 , wherein the first switch device is configured to initialize a cluster deployment and management engine that performs the discovering, validating, configuring, and deploying, and wherein the initializing the cluster deployment and management engine includes:

starting a container that includes the cluster deployment and management engine on an operating system running on the first switch device.

18. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 13 , further comprising:

a second switch device that is included in the cluster system and that is coupled to the network, the first switch device, and the cluster system, wherein the first switch device is configured to:

elect the first switch device, using election information from the second switch device, to initialize a cluster deployment and management engine that performs the discovering, validating, configuring, and deploying; and

synchronize the cluster deployment and management engine data with the second switch device.

19. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 18 , wherein the second switch device is configured to:

detect that the first switch device is no longer available, and in response, initialize a redundant cluster deployment and management engine on the second switch device using the cluster deployment and management engine data.

20. The cluster deployment and management system of claim 19 , wherein the first switch device is no longer available because the lifecycle management operation is being performed on the first switch device.

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