US 12,135,979 B2
Control plane configuration
Jonas Arndt, Fort Collins, CO (US); and Philip Martin Halstead, Winnersh (GB)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,588.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094937 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/45558 (2013.01) [G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a cluster of worker nodes; and
a control plane functionally connected to the cluster of worker nodes, wherein the control plane comprises:
a first control switch; and
a second control switch, wherein
the first control switch and the second control switch are configured with:
a floating internet protocol (IP) address to associate with one of the first control switch and the second control switch operating in active mode, and the control plane and the cluster of worker nodes communicate therebetween via the floating IP address, wherein the other of the one of the first control switch and the second control switch operates in passive mode; and
a single instance of a key-value database deployed on the one of the first control switch and the second control switch that is operating in the active mode, and the first control switch and the second control switch are functionally coupled by a distributed block system for data synchronization.