Method and system for composing systems using resource sets

1. A device for managing composition of composed information handling systems (IHSs), comprising:

persistent storage; and

a computer processor (CP) programmed to:

obtain, from a user, a composition request (CR) for a composed IHS of the composed IHSs;

make a determination that the CR is an intent based request, wherein the intent based request specifies a set of predetermined characteristics that the user wants to have in the composed IHS without specifying makes, types, and quantities of computing resources to be allocated to the composed IHS,

wherein the set of predetermined characteristics comprises a first characteristic that the composed IHS executes a workload, a second characteristic that the composed IHS provides a service, and a third characteristic that the composed IHS employs a security model,

wherein, based on a lookup table, the CP heuristically converts the intent based request into required computing resources, wherein the required computing resources specifies makes, types, and quantities of computing resources required to be allocated to the composed IHS to satisfy the set of predetermined characteristics;

in response to the determination:

identify, based on the required computing resources, a physical compute resource set of a first IHS,

wherein, based on the first identification, the CP sends a first request to a first system control processor of the first IHS to allocate the physical compute resource set for the composed IHS;

identify, based on the required computing resources, a physical hardware resource set of a second IHS,

wherein, based on the second identification, the CP sends a second request to a second system control processor of the second IHS to allocate the physical hardware resource set for the composed IHS;

identify, based on the required computing resources, a physical control resource set of a third IHS,

wherein, based on the third identification, the CP sends a third request to a third system control processor of the third IHS to allocate the physical control resource set for the composed IHS; and

instantiate the composed IHS based on the physical compute resource set, the physical hardware resource set, and the physical control resource set, wherein the physical control resource set supports an in-band connection to assist the composed IHS for servicing the user and an out-of-band connection to manage the composed IHS.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the physical control resource set comprises the third system control processor adapted to provide virtualization services for a physical hardware resource of the third IHS set when providing management services.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the third system control processor is further adapted to provide, while providing the management services, emulation services to a physical compute resource set of the third IHS using the physical hardware resource set of the third IHS.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the virtualization services and the emulation services are transparent to all applications executing using the physical compute resource set of the instantiated composed IHS.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting up management services for the physical hardware resource set using a physical control resource set of the second IHS to obtain logical hardware resources further comprises:

making a second determination that, based on a workload type, redundancy is required; and

in response to the second determination:

allocating redundant hardware resources for redundant performance of the workload type while the logical hardware resources are presented to a physical compute resource set of the second IHS as the bare metal resources.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein allocating the redundant hardware resources causes, when a workload of the workload type is being performed by the instantiated composed IHS, two instances of the workload to be performed by the respective redundant hardware resources when only a single instance of the workload is requested to be performed.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein allocating the redundant hardware resources further causes output of one of the two instances of the workloads to be provided to the physical compute resource set of the second IHS as the output of the of the single instance of the workload requested to be performed.

8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the redundant hardware resources are allocated by programming the physical control resource set of the second IHS to, without notifying the physical compute resource set of the second IHS, instantiate duplicative copies of a workload that has been requested to be performed using the physical hardware resource set of the second IHS.

9. The device of claim 5 , wherein redundant performance of the workload type comprises:

obtaining a first output of one of the redundant workloads from a first hardware resource set of the physical hardware resource set of the second IHS;

obtaining a second output a second of the redundant workloads from a second hardware resource set of the physical hardware resource set of the second IHS;

making a third determination, based on the first output and the second output, that one of the first hardware resource set and the second hardware resource set is a failed hardware resource set;

in response to the third determination:

discard one of the first output and the second output based on the failed hardware resource set to identify a correct output; and

provide the correct output to the physical compute resource set of the instantiated composed IHS to satisfy the workload type.

10. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first IHS and the second IHS are distinct devices operably connected to each other and an external resource via one or more networks.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the physical hardware resource set comprises first hardware resources that are distinct from second hardware resources of a physical hardware resource set of the first IHS.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein at least a first portion of the physical hardware resource set is exclusively utilized by the composed IHS, wherein at least a second portion of the physical hardware resource set is exclusively utilized by a second composed IHS of the composed IHSs, wherein first portion of the physical hardware resource set and the second portion of the physical hardware resource set are different from each other.

13. A method for dynamically instantiating composed information handling systems (IHSs), comprising:

obtaining, from a user, a composition request (CR) for a composed IHS of the composed IHSs;

making a determination that the composition request is an intent based request, wherein the intent based request specifies a set of predetermined characteristics that the user wants to have in the composed IHS without specifying makes, types, and quantities of computing resources to be allocated to the composed IHS,

wherein the set of predetermined characteristics comprises a first characteristic that the composed IHS executes a workload, a second characteristic that the composed IHS provides a service, and a third characteristic that the composed IHS employs a security model,

wherein, based on a lookup table, a computer processor (CP) heuristically converts the intent based request into required computing resources, wherein the required computing resources specifies makes, types, and quantities of computing resources required to be allocated to the composed IHS to satisfy the set of predetermined characteristics;

in response to the determination:

identifying, based on the required computing resources, a physical compute resource set of a first IHS,

wherein, based on the first identification, the CP sends a first request to a first system control processor of the first IHS to allocate the physical compute resource set for the composed IHS;

identifying, based on the required computing resources, a physical hardware resource set of a second IHS,

wherein, based on the second identification, the CP sends a second request to a second system control processor of the second IHS to allocate the physical hardware resource set for the composed IHS;

identifying, based on the required computing resources, a physical control resource set of a third IHS,

wherein, based on the third identification, the CP sends a third request to a third system control processor of the third IHS to allocate the physical control resource set for the composed IHS; and

instantiating the composed IHS based on the physical compute resource set, the physical hardware resource set, and the physical control resource set, wherein the physical control resource set supports an in-band connection to assist the composed IHS for servicing the user and an out-of-band connection to manage the composed IHS.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the physical control resource set comprises the third system control processor adapted to provide virtualization services for a physical hardware resource set of the third IHS when providing management services.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the third system control processor is further adapted to provide, while providing the management services, emulation services to a physical compute resource set of the third IHS using the physical hardware resource set of the third IHS.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the virtualization services and the emulation services are transparent to all applications executing using the physical compute resource set of the instantiated composed IHS.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

setting up management services for the physical hardware resource set using a physical control resource set of the second IHS to obtain logical hardware resources comprises:

making a second determination that, based on a workload type, redundancy is required; and

in response to the second determination:

allocating redundant hardware resources for redundant performance of the workload type while the logical hardware resources are presented to a physical compute resource set of the second IHS as the bare metal resources.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein allocating the redundant hardware resources causes, when a workload of the workload type is being performed by the instantiated composed IHS, two instances of the workload to be performed by the respective redundant hardware resources when only a single instance of the workload is requested to be performed.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein allocating the redundant hardware resources further causes output of one of the two instances of the workloads to be provided to the physical compute resource set of the second IHS as the output of the of the single instance of the workload requested to be performed.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for dynamically instantiating composed information handling systems (IHSs), the method comprising:

obtaining, from a user, a composition request (CR) for a composed IHS of the composed IHS s;

making a determination that the composition request is an intent based request, wherein the intent based request specifies a set of predetermined characteristics that the user wants to have in the composed IHS without specifying makes, types, and quantities of computing resources to be allocated to the composed IHS,

wherein the set of predetermined characteristics comprises a first characteristic that the composed IHS executes a workload, a second characteristic that the composed IHS provides a service, and a third characteristic that the composed IHS employs a security model,

wherein, based on a lookup table, a computer processor (CP) heuristically converts the intent based request into required computing resources, wherein the required computing resources specifies makes, types, and quantities of computing resources required to be allocated to the composed IHS to satisfy the set of predetermined characteristics;

in response to the determination:

identifying, based on the required computing resources, a physical compute resource set of a first IHS,

wherein, based on the first identification, the CP sends a first request to a first system control processor of the first IHS to allocate the physical compute resource set for the composed IHS;

identifying, based on the required computing resources, a physical hardware resource set of a second IHS,

wherein, based on the second identification, the CP sends a second request to a second system control processor of the second IHS to allocate the physical hardware resource set for the composed IHS;

identifying, based on the required computing resources, a physical control resource set of a third IHS,

wherein, based on the third identification, the CP sends a third request to a third system control processor of the third IHS to allocate the physical control resource set for the composed IHS; and

instantiating the composed IHS based on the physical compute resource set, the physical hardware resource set, and the physical control resource set, wherein the physical control resource set supports an in-band connection to assist the composed IHS for servicing the user and an out-of-band connection to manage the composed IHS.