Address extraction of a cluster configuration inception point
US10374877B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/265
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An initial node deployment to form a cluster involves execution of program code to begin discovering other nodes on a LAN that will constitute the cluster. A node initially starts processes to obtain information to transition from an unconfigured state to a configured state. The nodes on the LAN can execute a discovery process that facilitates forming and configuring of the cluster, but the discovered information is confined within the LAN. This effectively blocks cluster configuration until someone locally connects to a host and retrieves a node address. To remove this obstacle, a node image can include program code to detect a compliant target device and extract to the target device an address of a discovered node that is valid for remote cluster configuration. The target device can then be used to convey the extracted address to allow commencement of cluster configuration remotely.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.