Cloud network mechanism driver migration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11805012-B2
Application number	US-202117513293-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2021
Priority date	Oct 28, 2021
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

A method includes updating a cloud networking environment from a first network mechanism driver to a second network mechanism driver and identifying a configuration of one or more resources of the cloud networking environment associated with the first network mechanism driver. The method further includes determining one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources that are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver and updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
updating a cloud networking environment from a first network mechanism driver to a second network mechanism driver;
identifying a configuration of one or more resources of the cloud networking environment associated with the first network mechanism driver;
determining, by a processing device, one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources that are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver; and
updating, by the processing device, the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources comprises:
providing one or more suggestions for updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources; and
in response to receiving an instruction to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, updating the one or more features.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources comprises:
in response to determining that the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver, automatically performing changes to the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver comprises:
determining that the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are different from a networking configuration associated with the second network mechanism driver.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration of the one or more resources of the cloud networking environment comprises at least one of:
a maximum transmission unit, networking tunneling protocol, or network topology.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration of the one or more resources of the cloud networking environment comprises:
an operating system level networking configuration.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the one or more features of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver is performed in response to updating the cloud networking environment from the first network mechanism driver to the second network mechanism driver.

8. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
update a cloud networking environment from a first network mechanism driver to a second network mechanism driver;
identify a configuration of one or more resources of the cloud networking environment associated with the first network mechanism driver;
determine one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources that are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver; and
update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, the processing device is to:
provide one or more suggestions for updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources; and
in response to receiving an instruction to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, update the one or more features.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, the processing device is to:
in response to determining that the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver, automatically perform changes to the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein to determine that one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver, the processing device is to:
determine that the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are different from a networking configuration associated with the second network mechanism driver.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the configuration of the one or more resources of the cloud networking environment comprises at least one of:
a maximum transmission unit, networking tunneling protocol, or network topology.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the configuration of the one or more resources of the cloud networking environment comprises:
an operating system level networking configuration.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein updating the one or more features of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver is performed in response to updating the cloud networking environment from the first network mechanism driver to the second network mechanism driver.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
update a cloud networking environment from a first network mechanism driver to a second network mechanism driver;
identify a configuration of one or more resources of the cloud networking environment associated with the first network mechanism driver;
determine, by the processing device, one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources that are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver; and
update, by the processing device, the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources to be compatible with the second network mechanism driver.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, the processing device is to:
provide one or more suggestions for updating the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources; and
in response to receiving an instruction to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, update the one or more features.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein to update the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources, the processing device is to:
in response to determining that the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver, automatically perform changes to the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein to determine that one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are incompatible with the second network mechanism driver, the processing device is to:
determine that the one or more features of the configuration of the one or more resources are different from a networking configuration associated with the second network mechanism driver.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the configuration of the one or more resources of the cloud networking environment comprises at least one of:

Assignees

• Red Hat Inc

Inventors

• Kuris Eran
• Bregman Arie

Classifications

• H04L41/0813 Primary

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title

• H04L12/4641

  Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] (LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272) · CPC title

• H04L41/082 Primary

  the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality · CPC title

• H04L41/085

  Retrieval of network configuration; Tracking network configuration history · CPC title

• H04L41/0869

  Validating the configuration within one network element · CPC title