Converged Infrastructure Coordinator for Multi-CITI Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing communication with multiple Converged IT Infrastructures (CITIs) is burdensome due to the need for individual communication sessions, consuming computer resources and requiring significant administrative effort, especially for large organizations with hundreds or thousands of CITIs.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a Converged Infrastructure Coordinator (CIC) that allows clients to access information from any CITI in a group by communicating with a single CITI, which then contacts other CITIs within the group to gather and process requested information, reducing the burden on clients and optimizing data processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If individual communication sessions are maintained with each CITI to access information, then complete and accurate CITI-specific information can be obtained, but computer resources are consumed and administrative burden increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a CITI manager as an intermediary component that maintains communication sessions with multiple CITIs. Instead of administrators directly communicating with each CITI, the CITI manager acts as a mediator that receives information requests, queries the appropriate CITIs through maintained communication sessions, and returns the collected information to administrators. This resolves the contradiction by preserving complete information access while significantly reducing administrative burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The CITI manager is designed as a universal component that can manage communication with multiple different CITIs through a single interface. It performs multiple functions including maintaining communication sessions, querying various CITI types (storage, compute, network), and presenting unified information access. This multi-functionality allows complete information retrieval across diverse CITIs without increasing administrative complexity.
2Reliability
If multiple communication sessions are maintained with numerous CITIs for monitoring and control, then comprehensive monitoring capability is achieved, but available computer resources are quickly consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monitoring function by separating communication session management from information retrieval. The CITI manager segment handles maintaining communication sessions with multiple CITIs, while administrators only need to interact with the CITI manager for information requests. This segmentation enables comprehensive monitoring capability while reducing overall computer resource consumption by consolidating session management overhead.
Solution Approach 2:
The CITI manager performs self-service by automatically maintaining communication sessions with CITIs and proactively managing the connections. Once established, the communication sessions continue without requiring continuous administrator intervention or resource allocation. The CITI manager autonomously manages the sessions, updating and refreshing connections as needed, which reduces ongoing computer resource requirements while maintaining reliable monitoring capability.
3Measurement precision
If administrators directly access multiple CITIs to compare performance information, then detailed performance data can be obtained, but considerable administrative effort is required
Solution Approach 1:
The CITI manager serves as an intermediary that administrators use to access detailed performance data from multiple CITIs. Administrators submit performance query requests to the CITI manager, which then queries the relevant CITIs through maintained communication sessions and returns consolidated performance information. This approach preserves access to detailed performance data while eliminating the time-consuming effort of administrators directly accessing and comparing data from multiple CITIs individually.
4Ease of operation
If a single CITI is accessed to obtain information about multiple CITIs through a representative, then communication burden is reduced, but additional system complexity is introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces CITI managers as intermediary representatives for each CITI. Instead of administrators directly accessing multiple CITIs, they communicate with a single CITI manager that represents the group. The CITI manager maintains communication sessions with individual CITIs and translates administrator requests into appropriate CITI-specific queries. This intermediary layer reduces communication burden by providing a unified access point while managing the underlying complexity of multiple CITI connections.
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AI summary
A technique for communicating with multiple Converged IT Infrastructures (CITIs) includes accessing any CITI that is part of a group of multiple CITIs by accessing a single CITI within the group. In an example, each CITI has a representative converged infrastructure coordinator (CIC), which stores information about the respective CITI. When any CITI in the group receives a request from a client for information about any other CITI in the group, the CIC of the CITI receiving the request contacts the CIC of the other CITI and obtains the requested information about the other CITI from its CIC. In some examples, the CIC also acts to aggregate, filter, and/or analyze information gathered from multiple CITIs in the group, and thus allows clients to receive processed data pertaining to many CITIs in response to simple commands.