US 12,273,237 B2
Assignment of network configuration for a wired network using a wireless network
John Allen Patterson, Niwot, CO (US); Derek J. Leslie, Erie, CO (US); Adam Carter, Louisville, CO (US); and Marc Wayne Brotherson, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,760.
Application 18/186,760 is a continuation of application No. 17/330,648, filed on May 26, 2021, granted, now 11,611,476.
Application 17/330,648 is a continuation of application No. 16/530,370, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,032,143, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,278, filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231766 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0816 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to provide configuration information to a storage node or a compute node of a plurality of nodes to be configured as part of a cluster, the apparatus comprising:
a processor;
a wireless network interface coupled to the processor, the wireless network interface operable to transmit and receive wireless protocol messages via a wireless network serving as a configuration plane for the cluster; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive an out-of-band configuration request from a first node of the cluster, the out-of-band configuration request requesting configuration information for a wired network interface of the first node, wherein the out-of-band configuration request has been broadcast by the first node as a first wireless protocol message over the wireless network,
responsive to receiving the out-of-band configuration request, determine configuration information to configure the wired network interface of the first node, and
transmit a configuration message having at least the configuration information as a second wireless protocol message to the first node over the wireless network.