US 11,929,876 B1
Method for modifying network configuration of resource manager and managed resources
Weiyi Xie, Shanghai (CN); Yuan Li, Suzhou (CN); Guiping Zhang, Fuzhou (CN); and Howe Xu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/963,815.
Claims priority of application No. 202211186464.7 (CN), filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0859 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/082 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0863 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
sending configuration data and a timeout value from a resource manager to a plurality of managed resources within a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) cluster;
performing network configuration operations including:
setting a network configuration of the resource manager in accordance with resource manager network configuration information included in the configuration data; and
for each managed resource of the plurality of managed resources, setting a network configuration far of the managed resource in accordance with managed resource network configuration information included in the configuration data and starting a timer having the timeout value;
responsive to detecting each managed resource of the plurality of managed resources successfully setting its network configuration, sending a stop timer command to each of the plurality of managed resources; and
responsive to any managed resource of the plurality of managed resources detecting a timeout of the timer, restoring, by the managed resource, its network configuration to a previous configuration, restoring by the resource manager, its network configuration to a previous configuration, and withholding, by the resource manager, the stop timer command wherein the network configuration of the resource manager and each managed resource is restored to a previous value if any of the managed resources detects a timeout.