Aggregation Switch Simplifies IPTV Network Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing IPTV networking technology faces complexity and inefficiency due to increasing numbers of blade servers, network cables, and storage requirements, leading to difficulties in managing network failures and ensuring adequate storage capacity.
Innovation Solution
A networking method and device that configures and manages networking information to unify network management, utilizing a configuration module to set switching module attributes like VLAN IDs and tags, and a detection module to monitor and adjust external interfaces in real-time, reducing network complexity and improving failure tolerance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the number of blade servers is increased to improve streaming media capacity, then the streaming media server capability is improved, but the number of external interfaces and network cables increases, leading to increased device complexity and networking complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple external interfaces of blade servers into a single aggregation switch. Multiple network cables from different blade servers are combined and connected to the aggregation switch through trunk ports, which then connect to the service switch through a single uplink. This consolidation reduces the number of network cables and service switch ports required, directly addressing the networking complexity issue while maintaining the capability to support increased blade server capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The aggregation switch serves as an intermediary device between the blade servers and the service switch. It introduces a new network layer that simplifies the connection topology by providing a single point of aggregation, thereby reducing the complexity of network cable management and service switch port allocation while supporting scalable blade server deployment.
2Productivity
If the number of network cables is increased to connect more blade servers, then the streaming media capacity is improved, but failure points increase and difficulty in detecting and measuring network failures worsens
Solution Approach 1:
By consolidating multiple network cable connections into a single uplink through the aggregation switch, the patent reduces the total number of failure points in the network. The aggregation switch becomes a single point of failure detection, making it easier to identify and diagnose network issues without having to troubleshoot numerous individual cable connections across multiple service switch ports.
3Quantity of substance
If local storage capability is improved to meet increasing storage requirements, then the storage capability is improved, but the improvement speed cannot keep up with the continuous increase of media data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a storage area network with storage arrays that provide universal, shared storage resources accessible by multiple blade servers. This multi-functional storage infrastructure can dynamically allocate storage capacity across different blade servers as needed, enabling the system to scale storage capability independently and more rapidly than improving local storage on each individual blade server.
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AI summary
Provided are a networking method and a networking device. The method is applied to the networking device, and the networking device is connected with at least one service switch and at least one streaming media server respectively. The method includes that a configuration module in the networking device configures networking configuration information of the at least one streaming media server, a control module in the networking device acquires the networking configuration information, and the control module sets a switching module through a setting interface of the switching module on the basis of the networking configuration information. According to the disclosure, the technical problem of complexity in a networking mode in the existing technology can be solved, and unified network management and configuration can be realized.