CN116346597A - White box switch deployment system and configuration file method and device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a white-box switch deployment system and a method and a device for configuration files, wherein the device comprises a DHCP server and a resource server, a target switch is respectively in communication connection with the DHCP server and the resource server, and the DHCP server is in communication connection with the resource server. The invention can realize the full-automatic deployment of the white-box switch system and the configuration file, reduce the expenditure of manpower and material resources and shorten the deployment time of the system.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of switches, in particular to a method and a device for deploying a system and configuration files of a white-box switch.
Background
The white box switch decouples the hardware and software of the switch, so that an enterprise or individual user can only purchase the hardware of the switch and then match the customized software according to the requirement, besides the software matching is more flexible, the biggest advantage of the white box switch is that the networking cost can be reduced, and the network automation, the programmability and the flexibility are increased
With the increasing perfection of the white-box switch ecosystem, the underlying chip, the hardware architecture, the network operating system, the protocol software and the like are gradually mature, the white-box switch is greatly developed, the market share weight is larger and larger, a plurality of research and development mechanisms at home and abroad are added into the research and development and use of the white-box switch, the white-box switch is customizable based on network characteristics, the network is independently controllable, and large and medium-sized network companies and data centers are all provided with the white-box switch and the customized system in a large number.
In a data center and a large enterprise network, a plurality of white box switches from different suppliers are provided, and because the adopted bottom layer switching chips are different, the white box switches with different purposes are different in compatible network systems, and in this case, a plurality of white box switches with different purposes are required to be deployed with network operating systems at the same time, if the white box switches are installed by the traditional methods such as an optical drive or a USB flash disk, the efficiency is low, and the maintenance is not facilitated.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method and a device for deploying a system and a configuration file of a white-box switch, which can realize the full-automatic deployment of the system and the configuration file of the white-box switch, reduce the expenditure of manpower and material resources and shorten the deployment time of the system.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
a white-box switch deployment system and a configuration file method comprise the following steps:
s1) a target switch sends a DHCP request to a DHCP server; the DHCP server is provided with a URL of an installation rule program file name and an IP address pool for distributing the IP address of the target switch, and the installation rule program file is pre-stored on the resource server; the target switch is a white box switch;
s2) the DHCP server returns an IP address and an installation rule program file according to a DHCP request sent by the target switch;
s3) the target switch executes a rule i defined by a rule program file, wherein the rule i is as follows: acquiring a hardware identifier of a target switch by a rule program, matching the read hardware identifier with a written character string A, and if the matching is successful, carrying out mirror image pulling by the rule program to pull a corresponding nos installation program mirror image from a resource server; the rule program file is pre-stored with the mapping between the hardware identifiers of different provider white-box switches and the character string A and the URL of the mirror image of the specific character string and the corresponding provider nos installation program;
s4) the target switch installs the nos system on the hard disk of the target switch by using the mirror image of the nos installation program pulled in the step S3) and starts to operate the nos system, meanwhile, the rule program detects the hard disk of the target switch and the operating state of the nos system, when the normal operation of the nos system is detected, a signal for completing the installation of the nos system is fed back to the rule program, when the rule program receives and identifies the signal for completing the installation of the nos system, the rule program executes rule ii, and rule ii is: acquiring a configuration file corresponding to the target switch from a resource server by a rule program;
s5) configuring the target switch by using the configuration file obtained in the step S4).
The method comprises the steps that the mapping between the character string A and the character string B and the mapping between the character string B and the URL of the configuration file are also pre-stored in the rule program file; in step S4), when the rule program executes rule ii and the rule program monitors that the nos system is installed, the rule program obtains a character string B corresponding to the character string a according to the mapping of the character string a and the character string B, obtains a profile URL corresponding to the character string B according to the mapping of the character string B and the profile URL, and obtains a corresponding profile from the resource server using the profile URL.
The resource server is a web server.
In the method, the target switches of the same type provided by the same provider have the same hardware identifier, and the target switches provided by different providers have different hardware identifiers.
According to the method, the target switch, the DHCP server and the resource server are interconnected through the L3 layer network.
The device for deploying the white-box switch system and the configuration file by using the method comprises the following steps:
the DHCP server is provided with a URL of an installation rule program file name and an IP address pool for distributing the IP address of the target switch;
the system comprises a resource server, a server and a server, wherein an installation rule program file, a nos installation program mirror image and a configuration file are pre-stored on the resource server; the nos installer images and configuration files required by the target switches provided by different suppliers are different;
the target switch is respectively in communication connection with the DHCP server and the resource server, and the DHCP server is in communication connection with the resource server.
The device, the resource server is a web server.
The device, the target switch, the DHCP server and the resource server are interconnected through the L3 layer network.
The technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial technical effects:
1. the invention can realize automatic deployment for white box switches of different suppliers and switches of the same supplier without use.
2. The invention can realize the full-automatic deployment of the white-box switch system and the configuration file, reduce the expenditure of manpower and material resources and shorten the deployment time of the system.
3. The invention can realize automatic deployment of configuration files by deploying the system and the configuration files of the white-box switch, so that the networking architecture of the whole network can be planned at the beginning of deployment, the limited hardware platform resources are fully utilized, the flexibility, the controllability and the difficulty of operation and maintenance of networking are realized.
4. Network construction is not a one-time completed process, but a continuous process, and the network architecture design of a data center and a large enterprise network can adapt to the optimization replacement of a hardware platform and a software system in consideration of backward compatibility. The invention can easily realize the system upgrading and updating of the whole network by using the white-box switch to deploy the system and the configuration file, and can ensure the consistency of the deployed system version from the source.
5. The invention can eliminate unknown errors caused by human factors in the deployment process by deploying the system and the configuration file of the white-box switch, the automation can be independently controllable in the whole process, and the invention does not need to take a great deal of time to debug and debug, thereby effectively reducing the cost and the risk of errors.
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fig. 2 is a flow chart of implementing a target switch system and profile deployment in accordance with the present invention.
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The invention is further described below with reference to examples.
As shown in fig. 1, the device for deploying the white-box switch system and the configuration file in the invention comprises a DHCP server and a resource server, wherein the target switch is respectively in communication connection with the DHCP server and the resource server through an L3 layer network, and meanwhile, the DHCP server and the resource server are also in communication connection through the L3 layer network. The DHCP server is provided with a URL of an installation rule program file name and an IP address pool for distributing the IP address of the target switch, the resource server is pre-stored with an installation rule program file, a nos installation program mirror image and a configuration file, and the nos installation program mirror image and the configuration file required by the target switch provided by different suppliers are different.
The L3 layer network is utilized to communicate the target exchanger, the DHCP server and the resource server, so that the resource server and the target exchanger can reside in different subnets, the target exchanger needs to send data packets to reach the resource server through a route, and two machines can be located in different subnets.
In practical applications, a web server may be selected to be used as a resource server, and data is transmitted through an http protocol.
As shown in fig. 2, the system and configuration file deployment of the white-box switch by using the device for performing white-box switch system and configuration file deployment comprises the following steps:
s1) a target switch sends a DHCP request to a DHCP server; the DHCP server is provided with a URL of an installation rule program file name and an IP address pool for distributing the IP address of the target switch, and the installation rule program file is pre-stored on the resource server; the target switch is a white box switch;
s2) the DHCP server returns an IP address and an installation rule program file according to a DHCP request sent by the target switch;
s3) the target switch executes a rule i defined by a rule program file, wherein the rule i is as follows: acquiring a hardware identifier of a target switch by a rule program, matching the read hardware identifier with a written character string A, and if the matching is successful, carrying out mirror image pulling by the rule program to pull a corresponding nos installation program mirror image from a resource server; the rule program file is pre-stored with the mapping between the hardware identifiers of different provider white-box switches and the character string A and the URL of the mirror image of the specific character string and the corresponding provider nos installation program;
s4) the target switch installs the nos system on the hard disk of the target switch by using the mirror image of the nos installation program pulled in the step S3) and starts to operate the nos system, meanwhile, the rule program detects the hard disk of the target switch and the operating state of the nos system, when the normal operation of the nos system is detected, a signal for completing the installation of the nos system is fed back to the rule program, when the rule program receives and identifies the signal for completing the installation of the nos system, the rule program executes rule ii, and rule ii is: acquiring a configuration file corresponding to the target switch from a resource server by a rule program;
s5) configuring the target switch by using the configuration file obtained in the step S4).
In order to facilitate accurate pulling of the applicable configuration file, mapping of the character string A and the character string B and mapping of the character string B and the URL of the configuration file are also pre-stored in the rule program file; in step S4), when the rule program executes rule ii and the rule program monitors that the nos system is installed, the rule program obtains a character string B corresponding to the character string a according to the mapping of the character string a and the character string B, obtains a profile URL corresponding to the character string B according to the mapping of the character string B and the profile URL, and obtains a corresponding profile from the resource server using the profile URL.
In order to facilitate the system deployment and configuration of different types of white-box switches and switches provided by different suppliers provided by the same supplier by using the device for deploying and configuring the white-box switch system in the invention, the same type of target switches provided by the same supplier should have the same hardware identifier, different types of target switches have different hardware identifiers, and different suppliers provide different target switches have different hardware identifiers.
When the device for performing white-box switch system deployment and configuration is used for performing system deployment and configuration on the white-box switch, the white-box switch is only required to be in communication connection with the device for performing white-box switch system deployment and configuration through an L3 layer network, and the white-box switch is started, so that the system deployment and configuration can be automatically realized.
It is apparent that the above examples are given by way of illustration only and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. While the obvious variations or modifications which are extended therefrom remain within the scope of the claims of this patent application.
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1. A white-box switch deployment system and method for configuration files, comprising the steps of:
s1) a target switch sends a DHCP request to a DHCP server; the DHCP server is provided with a URL of an installation rule program file name and an IP address pool for distributing the IP address of the target switch, and the installation rule program file is pre-stored on the resource server; the target switch is a white box switch;
s2) the DHCP server returns an IP address and an installation rule program file according to a DHCP request sent by the target switch;
s3) the target switch executes a rule i defined by a rule program file, wherein the rule i is as follows: acquiring a hardware identifier of a target switch by a rule program, matching the read hardware identifier with a written character string A, and if the matching is successful, carrying out mirror image pulling by the rule program to pull a corresponding nos installation program mirror image from a resource server; the rule program file is pre-stored with the mapping between the hardware identifiers of different provider white-box switches and the character string A and the URL of the mirror image of the specific character string and the corresponding provider nos installation program;
s4) the target switch installs the nos system on the hard disk of the target switch by using the mirror image of the nos installation program pulled in the step S3) and starts to operate the nos system, meanwhile, the rule program detects the hard disk of the target switch and the operating state of the nos system, when the normal operation of the nos system is detected, a signal for completing the installation of the nos system is fed back to the rule program, when the rule program receives and identifies the signal for completing the installation of the nos system, the rule program executes rule ii, and rule ii is: acquiring a configuration file corresponding to the target switch from a resource server by a rule program;
s5) configuring the target switch by using the configuration file obtained in the step S4).
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule program file further stores a mapping between the character string a and the character string B and a mapping between the character string B and the profile URL; in step S4), when the rule program executes rule ii and the rule program monitors that the nos system is installed, the rule program obtains a character string B corresponding to the character string a according to the mapping of the character string a and the character string B, obtains a profile URL corresponding to the character string B according to the mapping of the character string B and the profile URL, and obtains a corresponding profile from the resource server using the profile URL.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource server is a web server.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the same type of destination switch provided by the same vendor has the same hardware identifier and wherein destination switches provided by different vendors have different hardware identifiers.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the target switch, the DHCP server and the resource server are interconnected via an L3 layer network.
6. The apparatus for white-box switch system and profile deployment using the method of claim 1, comprising:
the DHCP server is provided with a URL of an installation rule program file name and an IP address pool for distributing the IP address of the target switch;
the system comprises a resource server, a server and a server, wherein an installation rule program file, a nos installation program mirror image and a configuration file are pre-stored on the resource server; the nos installer images and configuration files required by the target switches provided by different suppliers are different;
the target switch is respectively in communication connection with the DHCP server and the resource server, and the DHCP server is in communication connection with the resource server.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the resource server is a web server.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the target switch, DHCP server, and resource server are interconnected through an L3 layer network.
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