Method and system for centralized management of network resources

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and system for centralized management of network resources. For one or more servers centrally installed in the entire cabinet, the network resource allocation module allocates the required network adaptation modules to the servers from various types of network adaptation modules according to the network interface required by each server . The control connection module connects the circuit between the bus interface of the server and the assigned network adapter module through the logic control circuit according to the identification information of the server, so that the server sends data to the assigned network adapter module through the bus interface, The data is sent to the switching module through the network adaptation module for data forwarding. The method and system for centralized management of network resources provided by the present invention are based on the framework of the whole cabinet server system, and realize flexible and dynamic unified allocation and centralized management of network resources required by servers.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computer networks, in particular to a method and system for centralized management of network resources. Background technique [0002] Many organizations reduce the challenges and costs associated with fragmented management through physical server consolidation, application or data consolidation. Currently, two solutions, rack-mounted servers and blade servers, are commonly used. [0003] Rack servers typically replace "bloated" tower servers with 1U or 2U rack servers to save space and make management easier for administrators. However, each server requires separate equipment, including power cables, Ethernet, system management, power, keyboard, video, and mouse interfaces. A standard 42U high cabinet, if filled with 42 1U servers, will have hundreds of cables spread throughout it. Not only does it make it difficult to troubleshoot quickly when a problem occurs, it also makes it inconvenient to install and repl...

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Problems solved by technology

Some servers require optical fiber network card interfaces, some servers require RJ-45 network card interfaces, etc., and the quantity requirements are also different, which makes it difficult for the number and type of interfaces configured on the connection board to meet the needs of specific servers, or cause waste of resources

[0007] In addition, the bandwidth of the network card can easily become the bottleneck of bandwidth allocation

Most of the existing equipment can support bandwidth allocation technologies such as differentiated service model and RSVP. However, with the development of cloud computing and other technologies, the demand for bandwidth of computers has increased significantly, and the bandwidth requested by a single server is greater than that of the server network card. When the maximum bandwidth is carried, the network card becomes the bottleneck and cannot be adjusted in real time to meet the needs of users

[0008] It can be seen that in the existing server integration scheme, the network resources required by the server, including network interface resources and bandwidth resources, are managed in a decentralized and independent manner, which increases the maintenance cost of the server and the entire cabinet equipment, and cannot meet the flexible and diverse network requirements of the server. Resource requirements, or causing waste of allocated resources

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