Methods and systems for virtualization of storage services in an integrated chassis
View Patent ↗In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a chassis, one or more chassis management controllers housed in the chassis, and a switch management controller. The chassis may be configured to receive a plurality of modular information handling systems. The one or more chassis management controllers may be configured to receive a storage management command, encapsulate the storage management command in a first datagram, and communicate the first datagram to a switch management controller housed in the chassis. The switch management controller may be configured to extract the storage management command from the first datagram, identify a storage controller associated with the storage management command, and communicate an input/output control request to the storage controller based on the storage management command.
1. A system comprising a switch management controller configured to:
receive a first datagram having encapsulated therein a storage management command;
extract the storage management command from the first datagram;
identify a storage controller associated with the storage management command; and
communicate an input/output control request to the storage controller based on the storage management command.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the switch management controller is housed in a chassis, and the first datagram is received by the switch management controller from a chassis management controller housed in the chassis.
3. A system according to claim 2 , the switch management controller configured to receive the first datagram from the chassis management controller via a private network internal to the chassis.
4. The system of claim 2 , the command originating from a management console communicatively coupled to the chassis management controller.
5. The system of claim 1 , the first datagram comprising an Ethernet frame.
6. The system of claim 1 , the switch management controller configured to receive the first datagram via Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
7. The system of claim 1 , the switch management controller configured to communicate the input/output control request to the storage controller via a switch.
8. The system of claim 7 , the switch compliant with Peripheral Component Interconnect Express.
9. The system of claim 1 , the switch management controller further configured to:
receive a reply to the input/output control request from the storage controller;
encapsulate the reply in a second datagram; and
communicate the second datagram to an information handling resource from which the first datagram was received.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the switch management controller is housed in a chassis, and the information handling resource comprises a chassis management controller housed in the chassis.
11. A method comprising:
receiving a first datagram at a switch management controller;
extracting a storage management command from the first datagram;
identifying a storage controller associated with the storage management command; and
communicating an input/output control request from the switch management controller to the storage controller based on the storage management command.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the switch management controller is housed in a chassis and wherein receiving the first datagram comprises receiving the first datagram from a chassis management controller housed in the chassis.
13. The method of claim 12 , the command originating from a management console communicatively coupled to the chassis management controller.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein receiving the first datagram comprises receiving the first datagram via a private network internal to the chassis.
15. The method of claim 11 , the first datagram comprising an Ethernet frame.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the first datagram comprises receiving the first datagram via Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein communicating the input/output control request comprises communicating the input/output control request to the storage controller via a switch.
18. The method of claim 17 , the switch compliant with Peripheral Component Interconnect Express.
19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving a reply to the input/output control request from the storage controller;
encapsulating the reply in a second datagram; and
communicating the second datagram to an information handling resource from which the first datagram was received.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the switch management controller is housed in a chassis, and the information handling resource comprises a chassis management controller housed in the chassis.