Switch board of blade server and port configuring method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9813360-B2
Application number	US-201715590724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	Jun 21, 2012
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A switch board that includes a port configuring unit and a plurality of ports, where the port configuring unit is configured to divide the switch board into more than one virtual sub-switch-board, allocate the ports to the virtual sub-switch-boards, and configure each port of each virtual sub-switch-board to a first-type port or a second-type port, where the first-type port and the second-type port have different bandwidth; and each of the ports is configured to connect a server blade according to a configuration on the port configuring unit. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can meet a requirement for flexible port bandwidth configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A switch board configured to couple to at least one first server blade and at least one second server blade in a blade server, wherein the switch board comprises:
a plurality of first ports, wherein the first ports are configured to couple the switch board to the first server blade;
a plurality of second ports, wherein the second ports are configured to couple the switch board to the second server blade; and
a processor coupled to the first ports and the second ports, wherein the processor is configured to:
divide the switch board into a first virtual sub-switch-board and a second virtual sub-switch-board;
allocate the first ports to the first virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the first ports have a first bandwidth equivalent to a bandwidth of the first server blade; and
allocate the second ports to the second virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the second ports have a second bandwidth equivalent to a bandwidth of the second server blade, and wherein the first bandwidth is different than the second bandwidth.

2. The switch board according to claim 1 , wherein a number of virtual sub-switch-boards is the same as a sum of the first server blades and the second server blades.

3. The switch board according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first ports and the second ports is identified using a port identifier, wherein the port identifier comprises a sub-switch-board sequence number that is used for identifying the first virtual sub-switch-board or the second virtual sub-switch-board to which each of the first ports or the second ports belong, respectively, and wherein the sub-switch-board sequence number is the same as or corresponds to a slot number of the first server blade or the second server blade coupled to the first virtual sub-switch-board or the second virtual sub-switch-board, respectively.

4. The switch board according to claim 3 , wherein the port identifier further comprises one or more of the following: a port type identifier used for identifying each of the first ports and the second ports as a first-type port or a second-type port, respectively, a switch board slot number used for identifying the switch board, or a port sequence number used for identifying a sequence number of the first ports and the second ports in the first virtual sub-switch-board and the second virtual sub-switch-board, respectively.

5. The switch board according to claim 4 , wherein the first-type port is a 10 gigabit Ethernet (GE) port, and wherein the second-type port is a 40 GE port.

6. The switch board according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive configuration instruction information for instructing port configuration on the first virtual sub-switch-board;
simulate a power-off process of the first virtual sub-switch-board to delete original port configuration data of the first virtual sub-switch-board after receiving configuration instruction information for instructing port configuration on the first virtual sub-switch-board; and
simulate a power-on process of the first virtual sub-switch-board to configure, according to the configuration instruction information, each of the first ports of the first virtual sub-switch-board, and
wherein simulating the power-off process and simulating the power-on process does not affect any configuration of the second ports.

7. A port configuring method implemented by a switch board that is coupled to at least one first server blade and at least one second server blade in a blade server, wherein the switch board comprises a plurality of first ports, a plurality of second ports, and a processor coupled to the first ports and the second ports, wherein the first ports are configured to couple the switch board to the first server blade, wherein the second ports are configured to couple the switch board to the second server blade, and wherein the method comprises:
dividing the switch board into a first virtual sub-switch-board and a second virtual sub-switch-board;
allocating the first ports to the first virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the first ports have a first bandwidth equivalent to a bandwidth of the first server blade; and
allocating the second ports to the second virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the second ports have a second bandwidth equivalent to a bandwidth of the second server blade, and wherein the first bandwidth is different than the second bandwidth.

8. The port configuring method according to claim 7 , wherein a number of virtual sub-switch-boards is the same as a sum of the first server blades and the second server blades.

9. The port configuring method according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first ports and the second ports is identified using a port identifier, wherein the port identifier comprises a sub-switch-board sequence number that is used for identifying the first virtual sub-switch-board or the second virtual sub-switch-board to which each of the first ports or the second ports belong, respectively, and wherein the sub-switch-board sequence number is the same as or corresponds to a slot number of the first server blade or the second server blade coupled to the first virtual sub-switch-board or the second virtual sub-switch-board, respectively.

10. The port configuring method according to claim 9 , wherein the port identifier further comprises one or more of the following: a port type identifier used for identifying each of the first ports and the second ports as a first-type port or a second-type port, respectively, a switch board slot number used for identifying the switch board, or a port sequence number used for identifying a sequence number of the first ports and the second ports in the virtual first sub-switch-board and the second virtual sub-switch-board, respectively.

11. The port configuring method according to claim 10 , wherein the first-type port is a 10 gigabit Ethernet (GE) port, and wherein the second-type port is a 40 GE port.

12. The port configuring method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
simulating a power-off process of the first virtual sub-switch-board to delete original port configuration data of the first virtual sub-switch-board after receiving configuration instruction information for instructing port configuration on the first virtual sub-switch-board; and
simulating a power-on process of the first virtual sub-switch-board to configure, according to the configuration instruction information, each of the first ports of the first virtual sub-switch-board.

13. A method, comprising:
dividing a switch board into a first virtual sub-switch-board and a second virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the switch board comprises a plurality of first ports and a plurality of second ports;
allocating the first ports to the first virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the first ports have a first bandwidth equivalent to a bandwidth of at least one first server blade; and
allocating the second ports to the second virtual sub-switch-board, wherein the second ports have a second bandwidth equivalent to a bandwidth of at least one second server blade, and wherein the first bandwidth is different than the second bandwidth.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the switch board is coupled to the first server blade and the second server blade in a blade server, wherein the first ports are configured to couple the switch board to the first server blade, and wherein the second ports are configured to couple the switch board to the second server blade.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein each of the first ports and the second ports is identified using a port identifier, wherein the

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lu Shengwen

Classifications

• H01H59/0009

  making use of micromechanics · CPC title

• H01P1/15

  by semiconductor devices · CPC title

• H01P5/12

  Coupling devices having more than two ports (H01P5/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01P1/127

  Strip line switches · CPC title

• H04L49/352 Primary

  Gigabit ethernet switching [GBPS] · CPC title