Modified Service Discovery Protocol for Server Node Data Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data center management systems face inefficiencies in quickly configuring new server nodes due to redundant management data storage across management servers, leading to increased system overhead and reduced efficiency.
Innovation Solution
Implementing modified service discovery protocol (SDP) messages to request and distribute required management data across management servers on a management network, eliminating redundant data storage and simplifying communication between servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If management data is stored redundantly across all management servers, then data availability is improved, but system overhead and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments management data storage across multiple management servers in a distributed manner. Instead of duplicating complete management data sets on every server, each server stores specific portions or types of management data, creating a segmented storage architecture that reduces redundancy while maintaining availability through selective data distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The Service Discovery Protocol messages are designed to serve multiple functions: they enable management servers to locate available management data across the network, facilitate automatic data retrieval, and support dynamic data distribution. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate dedicated data location and retrieval mechanisms, reducing system overhead.
2Productivity
If a new service discovery protocol is implemented to distribute management data, then communication efficiency is improved, but system complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the existing Service Discovery Protocol to perform multiple functions including management data location, data availability detection, and automatic retrieval coordination. By making the existing protocol multi-functional rather than creating a new specialized protocol, the system achieves improved communication efficiency without proportionally increasing protocol complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Management servers automatically discover and retrieve required management data from other servers using the Service Discovery Protocol without requiring centralized coordination or complex manual configuration. The protocol enables servers to autonomously locate and obtain needed data, reducing the complexity of data distribution management while improving communication efficiency.
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AI summary
Managing server nodes on a management network with modified service discovery protocol messages including determining that a first management server requires management data for installation on a server node, wherein the first management server and the server node are communicatively coupled to a management network; determining that the required management data for installation on the server node is not stored on the first management server; broadcasting, on the management network, a first modified service discovery protocol (SDP) message requesting the required management data for installation on the server node; receiving, from a second management server communicatively coupled to the management network, a second modified SDP message providing the required management data for installation on the server node; and installing the required management data on the server node.