Network Resources Management by a Cloud Consumer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016112339-A1
Application number	US-201414516640-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cloud service provider hypervisor server, which supports a cloud service provider hypervisor, receives a cloud consumer's management information base (MIB) from a cloud consumer. The cloud consumer's MIB is a portable MIB that is capable of being loaded into multiple cloud service provider hypervisors. A trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server receives a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap from a resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB. The SNMP trap is an SNMP message, from the resource, that describes an event in the resource. The SNMP trap bypasses the cloud service provider hypervisor, such that the cloud service provider hypervisor server transfers the SNMP trap to the cloud consumer without any interpretation of the SNMP trap by the cloud service provider hypervisor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for managing network resources by a cloud consumer, the method comprising:
receiving, by a cloud service provider hypervisor server that supports a cloud service provider hypervisor, a cloud consumer's management information base (MIB) from a cloud consumer, wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is a portable MIB that is capable of being loaded into multiple cloud service provider hypervisors; receiving, by a trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap from a resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB, wherein the SNMP trap is an SNMP message, from the resource, that describes an event in the resource, and wherein the SNMP trap bypasses the cloud service provider hypervisor; and transferring, by the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the SNMP trap to the cloud consumer without any interpretation of the SNMP trap by the cloud service provider hypervisor.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the cloud consumer's MIB in the cloud service provider hypervisor server.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
removing the cloud consumer's MIB from the cloud service provider hypervisor server, wherein said removing the cloud consumer's MIB disables the cloud consumer from monitoring the resource.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
storing a hypervisor's MIB in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, wherein the hypervisor's MIB comprises the cloud consumer's MIB in order to enable a cloud service provider hypervisor to independently manage the resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB without directions from the cloud consumer.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is generated by the cloud consumer.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cloud consumer is a set of one or more computing devices.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, by an alert generator on the resource, an alert that describes information from the SNMP trap; and transmitting, via the trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the alert to the cloud consumer.

8 . A computer program product for managing network resources by a cloud consumer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving, by a cloud service provider hypervisor server that supports a cloud service provider hypervisor, a cloud consumer's management information base (MIB) from a cloud consumer, wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is a portable MIB that is capable of being loaded into multiple cloud service provider hypervisors; receiving, by a trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap from a resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB, wherein the SNMP trap is an unsolicited SNMP message, from the resource, that describes an event in the resource, and wherein the SNMP trap bypasses the cloud service provider hypervisor; and transferring, by the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the SNMP trap to the cloud consumer without any interpretation of the SNMP trap by the cloud service provider hypervisor.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
storing the cloud consumer's MIB in the cloud service provider hypervisor server.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
removing the cloud consumer's MIB from the cloud service provider hypervisor server, wherein said removing the cloud consumer's MIB disables the cloud consumer from monitoring the resource.

11 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
storing a hypervisor's MIB in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, wherein the hypervisor's MIB comprises the cloud consumer's MIB in order to enable a cloud service provider hypervisor to independently manage the resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB without directions from the cloud consumer.

12 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is generated by the cloud consumer.

13 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the cloud consumer is a set of one or more computing devices.

14 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
generating, by an alert generator on the resource, an alert that describes information from the SNMP trap; and transmitting, via the trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the alert to the cloud consumer.

15 . A hardware device comprising:
a hardware processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium; first program instructions to receive, by a cloud service provider hypervisor server that supports a cloud service provider hypervisor, a cloud consumer's management information base (MIB) from a cloud consumer, wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is a portable MIB that is capable of being loaded into multiple cloud service provider hypervisors; second program instructions to receive, by a trap receiver in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap from a resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB, wherein the SNMP trap is an unsolicited SNMP message, from the resource, that describes an event in the resource, and wherein the SNMP trap bypasses the cloud service provider hypervisor; and third program instructions to transfer, by the cloud service provider hypervisor server, the SNMP trap to the cloud consumer without any interpretation of the SNMP trap by the cloud service provider hypervisor; and wherein
the first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.

16 . The hardware device of claim 15 , further comprising:
fourth program instructions to store the cloud consumer's MIB in the cloud service provider hypervisor server; and wherein
the fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.

17 . The hardware device of claim 16 , further comprising:
fifth program instructions to remove the cloud consumer's MIB from the cloud service provider hypervisor server, wherein said removing the cloud consumer's MIB disables the cloud consumer from monitoring the resource; and wherein
the fifth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.

18 . The hardware device of claim 15 , further comprising:
fifth program instructions to store a hypervisor's MIB in the cloud service provider hypervisor server, wherein the hypervisor's MIB comprises the cloud consumer's MIB in order to enable a cloud service provider hypervisor to independently manage the resource described by the cloud consumer's MIB without directions from the cloud consumer; and wherein
the fifth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium and executed by the processor via the computer readable memory.

19 . The hardware device of claim 15 , wherein the cloud consumer's MIB is

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cheemalapati Srinivas
• Douglas Clinton
• Lutz Rebecca E
• Robinson Todd D

Classifications

• H04L47/70 Primary

  Admission control; Resource allocation · CPC title

• H04L41/0686

  Additional information in the notification, e.g. enhancement of specific meta-data · CPC title

• H04L41/40 Primary

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• G06F2009/45595

  Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title