Patent ID: 9207988
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A zone server for use in a cloud datacenter environment comprising a communication network and at least one group server, the zone server comprising: a processor; a memory; and a zone controller comprising a broadcast circuitry configured to: (i) broadcast a zone data packet that comprises a zone identifier that uniquely distinguishes the zone server from other servers in the cloud datacenter environment and a tag identifying the zone server as manager of the zone, (ii) listen for acknowledgement data packets issued by one or more group servers in response to the zone data packet, and (iii) subscribe a group server to a zone managed by the zone server in response to receipt of an acknowledgment data packet from the group server, wherein the group server is subscribed in response to receipt of the acknowledgment data packet has not been previously subscribed to the zone managed by the zone server.