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US 9,781,000 · App. 14/578,582 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Storage mobility using locator-identifier separation protocol

Inventors: Suresh Kumar (Sunnyvale, CA); Kenneth Durazzo (San Ramon, CA); Xiaohong Qin (Saratoga, CA)

Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC

H04L41/0813 H04L67/42

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Quick Facts

Patent No.: US 9,781,000
App. No.: 14/578,582
Filed: Dec 22, 2014
Granted: Oct 3, 2017
Kind: B1
Examiner: KHAN, ATTA
Art Unit: 2449
USPC: 709/203

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Abstract

A processing device such as a router or other network device implements a locator-identifier mapping system associating identifiers of respective endpoints with respective locators in accordance with a locator-identifier separation protocol. A first one of the endpoints comprises a storage server associated with a storage array. In conjunction with reconfiguration of the storage server, the locator-identifier mapping system updates a particular one of the locators corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server. The reconfiguration of the storage server may comprise, for example, a migration of the storage server within a given data center, or from a first data center to a second data center. The locator of the storage server illustratively specifies a subnet of the storage server. The processing device may comprise a router operating as at least one of an ingress tunnel router and an egress tunnel router in accordance with the locator-identifier separation protocol.

Claims (86)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

the processing device implementing a locator-identifier mapping system configured to associate identifiers of respective endpoints with respective locators in accordance with a locator-identifier separation protocol;

wherein a first one of the endpoints comprises a storage server associated with a storage array;

wherein in conjunction with a reconfiguration of the storage server, the locator-identifier mapping system updates a particular one of the locators corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server;

wherein the locator-identifier mapping system comprises a mapping database having a plurality of entries each comprising one of the endpoint identifiers in association with one of the locators;

wherein each of at least a subset of the entries of the mapping database further comprises a tenant identifier and corresponding tenant profile information;

wherein the tenant identifier in a given one of the entries of the mapping database identifies a tenant of cloud infrastructure that uses a storage server identified by the endpoint identifier in the given one of the entries of the mapping database;

wherein the tenant profile information in the given one of the entries of the mapping database is utilized to control implementation of one or more policies relating to at least one of service level and security level for the tenant having the tenant identifier in the given one of the entries of the mapping database;

wherein the given one of the entries of the mapping database further comprises a weight value utilized in controlling implementation of at least one of the one or more policies relating to at least one of service level and security level for the tenant having the tenant identifier in the given one of the entries of the mapping database;

wherein associating identifiers of respective endpoints with respective locators further comprises:

receiving a first subscription request from the storage server, the subscription request specifying the endpoint identifier of the storage server and a current subnet of the storage server; and

associating the endpoint identifier of the storage server with a locator specifying the current subnet of the storage server; and

wherein updating the particular one of the locators further comprises:

responsive to the reconfiguration, locking the storage server to prevent writes by any associated storage clients;

receiving a second subscription request from the storage server, the second subscription request specifying the endpoint identifier of the storage server and an updated subnet of the storage server;

updating the locator corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server to specify the updated subnet of the storage server; and

unlocking the storage server to allow writes by any associated storage clients.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reconfiguration of the storage server comprises at least one of a migration of the storage server within a given data center and a migration of the storage server from a first data center to a second data center.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the processing device comprises a router configured to operate as at least one of an ingress tunnel router and an egress tunnel router in accordance with the locator-identifier separation protocol.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the locator-identifier separation protocol comprises Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP).

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the identifiers comprise respective LISP EIDs and the locators comprise respective LISP RLOCs.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tenant profile information comprises a profile identifier and the profile identifier identifies a level of service to be provided to the tenant identified by the tenant identifier.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first endpoint comprising the storage server is configured to communicate with a second one of the endpoints having an associated storage client.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the storage server and the storage client are configured to utilize at least one of block, object, file and multimedia storage types.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is implemented in a processing platform comprising a plurality of processing devices.

10. A method comprising:

associating identifiers of respective endpoints with respective locators in accordance with a locator-identifier separation protocol; and

in conjunction with a reconfiguration of a first one of the endpoints comprising a storage server associated with a storage array, updating a particular one of the locators corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server;

wherein the associating and updating are performed by a locator-identifier mapping system implemented by at least one processing device, said at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;

wherein the locator-identifier mapping system comprises a mapping database having a plurality of entries each comprising one of the endpoint identifiers in association with one of the locators;

wherein each of at least a subset of the entries of the mapping database further comprises a tenant identifier and corresponding tenant profile information;

wherein the associating further comprises:

receiving a first subscription request from the storage server, the subscription request specifying the endpoint identifier of the storage server and a current subnet of the storage server; and

associating the endpoint identifier of the storage server with a locator specifying the current subnet of the storage server; and

wherein the updating further comprises:

responsive to the reconfiguration, locking the storage server to prevent writes by any associated storage clients;

receiving a second subscription request from the storage server, the second subscription request specifying the endpoint identifier of the storage server and an updated subnet of the storage server;

updating the locator corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server to specify the updated subnet of the storage server; and

unlocking the storage server to allow writes by any associated storage clients.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the associating further comprises maintaining the mapping database.

12. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory causes said at least one processing device:

to associate identifiers of respective endpoints with respective locators in accordance with a locator-identifier separation protocol; and

in conjunction with a reconfiguration of a first one of the endpoints comprising a storage server associated with a storage array, to update a particular one of the locators corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server;

wherein the associating and updating are performed by a locator-identifier mapping system implemented by said at least one processing device;

wherein the locator-identifier mapping system comprises a mapping database having a plurality of entries each comprising one of the endpoint identifiers in association with one of the locators;

wherein each of at least a subset of the entries of the mapping database further comprises a tenant identifier and corresponding tenant profile information;

wherein the associating further comprises:

receiving a first subscription request from the storage server, the subscription request specifying the endpoint identifier of the storage server and a current subnet of the storage server; and

associating the endpoint identifier of the storage server with a locator specifying the current subnet of the storage server; and

wherein the updating further comprises:

responsive to the reconfiguration, locking the storage server to prevent writes by any associated storage clients;

receiving a second subscription request from the storage server, the second subscription request specifying the endpoint identifier of the storage server and an updated subnet of the storage server;

updating the locator corresponding to the endpoint identifier of the storage server to specify the updated subnet of the storage server; and

unlocking the storage server to allow writes by any associated storage clients.

13. An information processing system comprising:

a plurality of endpoints implemented on respective processing devices; and

at least one additional processing device coupled to the endpoints and implementing a locator-identifier mapping system configured to associate identifiers of respective ones of the endpoints with respective locators in accordance with a locator-identifier separation protocol;