Network resource management system utilizing physical network identification for converging operations

摘要

The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a remote direct memory access (RDMA) enabled network interface controller (RNIC) converging IHS. An RNIC converging tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database. The RNIC converging tool may utilize the hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, to enable the RNIC converging IHS to communicate over a network with RDMA protocols.

主权项

1. A converging information handling system (IHS) comprising:
a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including a hypervisor that is configured to:
receive from another IHS, via a network, a hardware configuration management (HCM) database that includes configuration information including physical network identifier (PNet IDs) entries and respective associated physical adapter type entries and respective associated logical partition (LPAR) access information entries;transmit the HCM database to a remote direct memory access network interface controller (RNIC) converging tool in the memory;wherein the RNIC converging tool extracts configuration information from the HCM database, the configuration information including PNet IDs entries and respective associated physical adapter type entries and respective associated logical partition (LPAR) access information entries, thus providing extracted RNIC converging configuration information;wherein the RNIC converging tool groups on a per PNet ID basis particular physical adapter types from the extracted RNIC converging configuration information to form a converged RNIC adapter comprising a first physical adapter having an RNIC adapter type and a second physical adapter, wherein the first physical adapter and the second physical adapter connect to a same physical network and wherein the first physical adapter and the second physical adapter function together to perform RDMA communications over the same physical network; andwherein the RNIC converging tool determines if the converging IHS and the another IHS include the particular physical adapter types to initiate an RDMA communication, and wherein the RNIC converging tool initiates an RDMA connection between the converging IHS and the another IHS if it is determined that the converging IHS and the another IHS include the particular physical adapter types to initiate an RDMA communication.