Method and a system for automating an enterprise network optimization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10361909-B2
Application number	US-201313846228-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2013
Priority date	Mar 26, 2012
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A method and system for optimizing a distributed enterprise information technology (IT) network infrastructure is disclosed, wherein the IT infrastructure comprises at least one server, at least one storage element, and at least one network element. The method comprises collecting data and arranging the collected data pertaining to an existing state of the information technology network infrastructure in a first set of templates. The method further comprises mapping the existing state and a new state of at least one of the at least one server and at least one storage element with an existing set of network elements using the first set of templates to form a second set of templates, wherein the method further comprises of planning the new state of the IT network infrastructure for transformation using the first set of templates and the second set of templates, the new state being an optimized state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for optimizing distributed enterprise information technology (IT) network infrastructure, the method comprising:
collecting data pertaining to an existing state of the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure and arranging the collected data in a first set of templates, wherein the first set of templates comprises information pertaining to a wide area network bandwidth and critical parameters associated with a plurality of servers;
analyzing the collected data pertaining to the existing state of the critical parameters wherein the critical parameters comprise throughput, connectivity, port availability and wide area network bandwidth, wherein analysis of the critical parameters comprises calculating average and peak of the wide area network bandwidth, calculating throughput, determining connectivity, determining port availability;
mapping the analyzed data pertaining to the existing state to a new state of the plurality of servers, using the first set of templates to form a second set of templates, wherein the second set of templates comprise information about mapping of the plurality of servers with critical parameters;
optimizing and transforming the new state based on constraints defined by quality of service (OOS) and quality of experience (OoE), wherein the at least one of optimizing and transforming is enabled by reducing number of data centers by a consolidation strategy and reducing server sprawl of the at least one server;
planning the new state based on the consolidation strategy of the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure for transformation using the first set of templates and the second set of templates, wherein the new state being one of an optimized state and a transformed state of the IT network infrastructure, wherein the consolidation strategy enables consolidation within the data center to enable generation of a template pertaining to the new state, and wherein consolidation of a set of data centers associated with the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure enables capturing information and generation of a report containing number of data centers after consolidation;
planning post optimized state and transformed state of the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure by verifying whether the existing state of the critical parameters match with the values determined in the analyzing step; and
modifying the critical parameters and determining bottlenecks when existing value of the critical parameters is different from the analytical derivative of a required value of the critical parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimized state is measured by at least one of QoS, QoE, cost, complexity, and space of the IT Network infrastructure and the optimized IT Network Infrastructure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of templates further includes information pertaining to network components, storage devices, applications, switches, port connectivity, and data centers.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the information pertaining to network components includes at least one of slots per component, ports per slot, ports bandwidth, and connectivity information.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the information pertaining to applications includes at least one type of the application, protocols used for communication, number of users supported, and bandwidth per user.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprises extracting said information from a report or a log pertaining to the network components or applications when the information is not available directly and filling suitable assumptions is case of missing information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of templates includes analyzed data pertaining to the at least network component with their respective critical parameters.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the critical parameters include at least one of throughput, ports availability, and ports bandwidth.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein consolidating strategy further includes information relating to ports classification and assessment, throughput assessment, industry best network design practices, and network infrastructure planning captured for the new state of the IT network infrastructure.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collecting data pertaining to an existing state of the information technology network infrastructure includes one or more of IP traffic pattern, Data traffic pattern, existing network topology, information about number of applications/services running, protocols used for communication, Quality of Service (QoS) requirement of applications, number of users accessing the applications/services, and Quality of Experience (QoE) in the current network.

11. A system for transforming and optimizing distributed enterprise information technology (IT) network infrastructure, the system comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a memory storing instructions, the hardware processor configured by the instructions to:
collect data pertaining to an existing state of the distributed enterprise IT network and arrange said collected data in a first set of templates, wherein the first set of templates comprises information pertaining to a wide area network bandwidth and critical parameters associated with a plurality of servers;
analyze the collected data pertaining to the existing state of the critical parameters wherein the critical parameters comprise throughput, connectivity, port availability and wide area network bandwidth, wherein analysis of the critical parameters comprises calculating average and peak of the wide area network bandwidth, calculating throughput, determining connectivity, determining port availability;
map the analyzed data pertaining to the existing state to a new state of the plurality of servers using the first set of templates to form a second set of templates, wherein the second set of templates comprises information about mapping of the plurality of servers with critical parameters;
optimizing and transforming the new state based on constraints defined by quality of service (OOS) and quality of experience (OoE), wherein the at least one of optimizing and transforming is enabled by reducing number of data centers by a consolidation strategy and reducing server sprawl of the at least one server,
plan the new state based on the consolidation strategy of the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure for transformation using the first set of templates and the second set of templates, wherein the new state being one of an optimized state and a transformed state of the IT network infrastructure, wherein the consolidation strategy enables consolidation within the data center to enable generation of a template pertaining to the new state, and wherein consolidation of a set of data centers associated with the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure enables capturing information and generation of a report containing number of data centers after consolidation;
plan post optimized state and transformed state of the distributed enterprise IT network infrastructure by verifying whether the existing state of the critical parameters match with the values determined in the analyzing step; and
modify the critical parameters and determining bottlenecks when existing value of the critical parameters is different from the analytical derivative of a required value of the critical parameters.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the distributed information technology network infrastructure includes storage devices, and network devices.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage mediu

Assignees

• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Inventors

• Nadaf Shameemraj M
• Rath Hermant Kumar
• Simha Anantha

Classifications

• H04L41/145

  involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network · CPC title

• H04L41/08 Primary

  Configuration management of networks or network elements (address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title

• H04L41/0823 Primary

  characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability (for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02) · CPC title