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Granted Patent B2
US 12,135,893 · App. 18/162,069 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Dynamic node cluster with storage array

Inventors: Tianming Zhang (Brighton, MA); Jason Ye (Suzhou, CN); Shangyu Li (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06F3/0647G06F3/0622G06F3/067
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Patent No.
US 12,135,893
App. No.
18/162,069
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information handling system may include at least one processor; and a storage resource having an element manager stored thereon. The information handling system may be configured to: establish, via the element manager, an information handling system cluster, wherein the information handling system cluster includes the information handling system as a first node and at least one other information handling system as a second node; configure the first node and the second node to communicatively couple to a storage array via a network and use the storage array as a primary storage volume for the information handling system cluster; and migrate the element manager to execute from the storage array.

Claims (30)

1. An information handling system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a storage resource having an element manager stored thereon;

wherein the information handling system is configured to:

establish, via the element manager, an information handling system cluster, wherein the information handling system cluster includes the information handling system as a first node and at least one other information handling system as a second node;

configure the first node and the second node to communicatively couple to a storage array via a network and use the storage array as a primary storage volume for the information handling system cluster; and

migrate the element manager to execute from the storage array.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the information handling system cluster is a compute cluster.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the storage resource is a boot drive.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the storage array is an NVMe/TCP storage array.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the element manager is configured to restrict access to at least one sensitive operation prior to the migration.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein the element manager is configured to allow access to the at least one sensitive operation subsequent to the migration.

7. A method comprising:

at an information handling system including a storage resource having an element manager stored thereon, establishing, via the element manager, an information handling system cluster, wherein the information handling system cluster includes the information handling system as a first node and at least one other information handling system as a second node;

configuring the first node and the second node to communicatively couple to a storage array via a network and use the storage array as a primary storage volume for the information handling system cluster; and

migrating the element manager to execute from the storage array.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information handling system cluster is a compute cluster.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the storage resource is a boot drive.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the storage array is an NVMe/TCP storage array.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the element manager is configured to restrict access to at least one sensitive operation prior to the migration.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the element manager is configured to allow access to the at least one sensitive operation subsequent to the migration.

13. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions thereon that are executable by a processor of an information handling system, wherein the information handling system includes a storage resource having an element manager stored thereon, the instructions executable for:

establishing, via the element manager, an information handling system cluster, wherein the information handling system cluster includes the information handling system as a first node and at least one other information handling system as a second node;

configuring the first node and the second node to communicatively couple to a storage array via a network and use the storage array as a primary storage volume for the information handling system cluster; and

migrating the element manager to execute from the storage array.

14. The article of claim 13 , wherein the information handling system cluster is a compute cluster.

15. The article of claim 13 , wherein the storage resource is a boot drive.

16. The article of claim 13 , wherein the storage array is an NVMe/TCP storage array.

17. The article of claim 13 , wherein the element manager is configured to restrict access to at least one sensitive operation prior to the migration.

18. The article of claim 17 , wherein the element manager is configured to allow access to the at least one sensitive operation subsequent to the migration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: ZHANG, TIANMING; YE, JASON; LI, SHANGYU
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 062545/0874 →
Continuity (1)
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