Data center asset remote workload execution via a connectivity management workload orchestration operation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11943124-B2
Application number	US-202217875682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2022
Priority date	Jul 28, 2022
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module and a host operating system agent; establishing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a service mesh proxy; exchanging information between the data center asset and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset and the connectivity management system; and, remotely executing a workload on the data center asset via a workload orchestration operation, the service mesh proxy communicating with the host operating system agent when performing the workload orchestration operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center connectivity management operation, comprising:
providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module and a host operating system agent;
establishing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator and a service mesh proxy, the establishing the connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system establishing the connectivity management system client in a trusted and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication between the data center asset and the connectivity management system is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset can be authenticated and bound to a user;
exchanging information between the data center asset and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset and the connectivity management system; and,
remotely executing a workload on the data center asset via a workload orchestration operation, the service mesh proxy communicating with the host operating system agent when performing the workload orchestration operation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the data center asset includes a baseboard management controller; and,
the data center asset client module is installed on the baseboard management controller.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the connectivity management system communicates with a workload orchestrator.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the workload orchestrator comprises a repository of workloads.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the workload orchestrator comprises a workload scheduler, the workload scheduler providing workload schedule information to the service mesh proxy, the service mesh proxy communicating with the data center asset client module based upon the workload schedule information when performing the workload orchestration operation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the data center asset comprises a universal serial bus network interface controller (USB NIC) interface; and,
the workload orchestration operation remotely controls at least one of the USB NIC interface and the host operating system agent.

7. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor;
a connectivity management system client; and,
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module and a host operating system agent;
establishing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator and a service mesh proxy, the establishing the connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system establishing the connectivity management system client in a trusted and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication between the data center asset and the connectivity management system is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset can be authenticated and bound to a user;
exchanging information between the data center asset and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset and the connectivity management system; and,
remotely executing a workload on the data center asset via a workload orchestration operation, the service mesh proxy communicating with the host operating system agent when performing the workload orchestration operation.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the data center asset includes a baseboard management controller; and,
the data center asset client module is installed on the baseboard management controller.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the connectivity management system communicates with a workload orchestrator.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the workload orchestrator comprises a repository of workloads.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the workload orchestrator comprises a workload scheduler, the workload scheduler providing workload schedule information to the service mesh proxy, the service mesh proxy communicating with the data center asset client module based upon the workload schedule information when performing the workload orchestration operation.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the data center asset comprises a universal serial bus network interface controller (USB NIC) interface; and,
the workload orchestration operation remotely controls at least one of the USB NIC interface and the host operating system agent.

13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module and a host operating system agent;
establishing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator and a service mesh proxy, the establishing the connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system establishing the connectivity management system client in a trusted and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication between the data center asset and the connectivity management system is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset can be authenticated and bound to a user;
exchanging information between the data center asset and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset and the connectivity management system; and,
remotely executing a workload on the data center asset via a workload orchestration operation, the service mesh proxy communicating with the host operating system agent when performing the workload orchestration operation.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the data center asset includes a baseboard management controller; and,
the data center asset client module is installed on the baseboard management controller.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the connectivity management system communicates with a workload orchestrator.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein:
the workload orchestrator comprises a repository of workloads.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein:
the workload orchestrator comprises a workload scheduler, the workload scheduler providing workload schedule information to the service mesh proxy, the service mesh proxy communicating with the data center asset client module based upon the workload schedule information when performing the workload orchestration operation.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the data center asset comprises a universal serial

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Sharma Anurag
• Brown Michael E
• Prunier Dominique
• Williams Eric

Classifications

• H04L43/0811 Primary

  by checking connectivity · CPC title

• H04L67/56 Primary

  Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) · CPC title

• H04L41/046

  comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor · CPC title