Discovering and onboarding edge devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12250126-B2
Application number	US-202318202434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2023
Priority date	May 26, 2023
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

Solutions for discovering and onboarding edge devices at scale include: receiving, by a device aggregator, edge device state information including state information for a first edge device; based on at least the state information for the first edge device, configuring the first edge device to perform as a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) node; based on at least the edge device state information, determining a first device profile for the first edge device; and transmitting the first device profile to a workload manager. In some examples, the edge device state information includes state information for a second edge device; the second edge device is configured to perform as an SD-WAN node; and a second device profile is determined for the second edge device and transmitted to the workload manager. The workload manager allocates an SD-WAN workload among the first edge device and the second edge device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a device aggregator, edge device state information, the edge device state information including state information for a first edge device;
based on at least the state information for the first edge device, configuring the first edge device to perform as a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) node;
based on at least the edge device state information, determining a first device profile for the first edge device, the first device profile indicating availability of the first edge device to perform as an SD-WAN node; and
transmitting the first device profile to a workload manager.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edge device state information includes state information for a second edge device; and
wherein the method further comprises:
based on at least the state information for the second edge device, configuring the second edge device to perform as an SD-WAN node;
based on at least the edge device state information, determining a second device profile for the second edge device, wherein the second device profile differs from the first device profile; and
transmitting the second device profile to the workload manager.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the first edge device, resource management software, wherein configuring the first edge device comprises configuring execution parameters for the resource management software on the first edge device; and
transmitting, to the second edge device, the resource management software, wherein configuring the second edge device comprises configuring execution parameters for the resource management software on the second edge device.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
based on at least the first device profile and the second device profile, allocating, by the workload manager, an SD-WAN workload among the first edge device and the second edge device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
based on at least allocating the SD-WAN workload, transmitting, by the workload manager, to the first edge device, a first workload;
based on at least allocating the SD-WAN workload, transmitting, by the workload manager, to the second edge device, a second workload;
executing, by the first edge device, the first workload; and
executing, by the second edge device, the second workload.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
based on at least a change in the edge device state information, changing at least one of the first device profile and the second device profile; and
transmitting the changed first device profile and/or the changed second device profile to the workload manager.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
based on at least the changed first device profile and/or the changed second device profile, allocating, by the workload manager, an SD-WAN workload among the first edge device and the second edge device.

8. A computer system comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code executable by the processor, the program code causing the processor to:
receive, by a device aggregator, edge device state information, the edge device state information including state information for a first edge device;
based on at least the state information for the first edge device, configure the first edge device to perform as a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) node;
based on at least the edge device state information, determine a first device profile for the first edge device, the first device profile indicating availability of the first edge device to perform as an SD-WAN node; and
transmit the first device profile to a workload manager.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the edge device state information includes state information for a second edge device; and
wherein the program code is further operative to:
based on at least the state information for the second edge device, configure the second edge device to perform as an SD-WAN node;
based on at least the edge device state information, determine a second device profile for the second edge device, wherein the second device profile differs from the first device profile; and
transmit the second device profile to the workload manager.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the program code is further operative to:
transmit, to the first edge device, resource management software, wherein configuring the first edge device comprises configuring execution parameters for the resource management software on the first edge device; and
transmit, to the second edge device, the resource management software, wherein configuring the second edge device comprises configuring execution parameters for the resource management software on the second edge device.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the program code is further operative to:
based on at least the first device profile and the second device profile, allocate, by the workload manager, an SD-WAN workload among the first edge device and the second edge device.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the program code is further operative to:
based on at least allocating the SD-WAN workload, transmit, by the workload manager, to the first edge device, a first workload;
based on at least allocating the SD-WAN workload, transmit, by the workload manager, to the second edge device, a second workload;
execute, by the first edge device, the first workload; and
execute, by the second edge device, the second workload.

13. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the program code is further operative to:
based on at least a change in the edge device state information, change at least one of the first device profile and the second device profile; and
transmit the changed first device profile and/or the changed second device profile to the workload manager.

14. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the program code is further operative to:
based on at least the changed first device profile and/or the changed second device profile, allocate, by the workload manager, an SD-WAN workload among the first edge device and the second edge device.

15. A non-transitory computer storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a processor, the program code embodying a method comprising:
receiving, by a device aggregator, edge device state information, the edge device state information including state information for a first edge device;
based on at least the state information for the first edge device, configuring the first edge device to perform as a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) node;
based on at least the edge device state information, determining a first device profile for the first edge device, the first device profile indicating availability of the first edge device to perform as an SD-WAN node; and
transmitting the first device profile to a workload manager.

16. The computer storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the edge device state information includes state information for a second edge device; and
wherein the program code method further comprises:
based on at least the state information for the second edge device, configuring the second edge device to perform as an SD-WAN node;
based on at least the edge device state information, determining a second device profile for the second edge device, wherein the second device profile differs from the first device profile; and
transmitting the second device profile to the workload manager.

17. The compu

Assignees

• VMware LLC

Inventors

• Singwi Raunak Ravindra
• Beveridge Daniel James
• Aygar Erol
• Veeraswamy Sairam

Classifications

• H04L41/122 Primary

  of virtualised topologies, e.g. software-defined networks [SDN] or network function virtualisation [NFV] · CPC title

• G06F9/5077 Primary

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title