In-band telemetry packet size optimization

    公开(公告)号:US11212219B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16913003

    申请日:2020-06-26

    摘要: A method for optimizing telemetry packet for in-band telemetry includes receiving a telemetry packet at a network node in a communication pathway between a sending host sending data packets to a receiving host and determining telemetry data for the network node. The telemetry data includes latency information for data packet processing of the network node. The method includes adding metadata to the telemetry packet, where the metadata is added after a header and a telemetry packet header and after any metadata added by any upstream network nodes. The metadata includes the telemetry data and the metadata overwrites a portion of a payload of the telemetry packet. The method includes, in response to adding the metadata to the telemetry packet, transmitting the telemetry packet to a next destination.

    Multifactor authentication for secure management of data center assets from a mobile device

    公开(公告)号:US11196752B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16253720

    申请日:2019-01-22

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 G06K19/07 H04W12/06

    摘要: An apparatus for multifactor identification of a mobile device for access to data processing devices within a secured data center includes a processor of a secured server and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive from a mobile device a request for authorization to access a data processing device within a secured data center, verify that user credentials received from the mobile device in conjunction with the authorization request match credentials of an authorized user, where the authorized user is authorized to access the data processing device, verify that the mobile device is in proximity to the data processing device, and authorize the mobile device to access the data processing device in response to verifying the user credentials match credentials of an authorized user and verifying that the mobile device is in proximity to the data processing device.

    Intelligent in-band telemetry auto-configuration for IP networks

    公开(公告)号:US11184267B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16670258

    申请日:2019-10-31

    摘要: An apparatus for in-band telemetry includes a node type identifier circuit that, in response to receiving an ingress/egress ID command, determines that the network node is an ingress node in response to the network node having a direct connection to a source and determines that the network node is an egress node in response to the network node having a direct connection to a destination. The apparatus includes a telemetry packet circuit that creates a telemetry packet in response to the node type identifier circuit determining that the network node is an ingress node. The apparatus includes a telemetry transmission circuit that transmits the telemetry packet in response to the telemetry packet circuit creating the telemetry packet and a packet re-router circuit that, in response to the node type identifier circuit determining that the network node is an egress node, routes a received telemetry packet to a network controller.

    Adjustment of voltage regulator firmware settings based upon an efficiency score

    公开(公告)号:US11182143B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US15296332

    申请日:2016-10-18

    IPC分类号: G06F8/65 G06F1/26

    摘要: An apparatus for voltage regulation device adjustment includes a rating module that determines an efficiency score for a current firmware of a voltage regulation device (“VRD”). The efficiency score describes a power efficiency for the VRD based on a configuration of an electronic device where the VRD is installed. The apparatus includes a comparison module that compares the determined efficiency score for the current firmware with a predetermined efficiency score for a different firmware for the VRD. The apparatus includes a firmware module that selects the different firmware for the VRD in response to determining that the VRD is less efficient with the current firmware than with the different firmware based on the comparison of the efficiency score for the current firmware with the predetermined efficiency score for the different firmware.

    Prioritized transfer of failure event log data

    公开(公告)号:US11157373B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16672654

    申请日:2019-11-04

    摘要: Apparatus and computer program product including program instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations. The operations may include detecting a system failure in a host node, wherein the host node locally stores log files during operation of the host node. The operations may further include receiving a request for failure event log data stored by the host node, and identifying an amount of available storage capacity of a designated remote data storage device, prioritizing data from the log files to be included in the failure event log data, and selecting a subset of the failure event log data in order of descending priority until the total amount of the selected data would substantially fill the remote data storage device. Still further, the operations may include transferring, in response to receiving the request, the selected subset of the data to the designated remote data storage device.

    OPTIMIZED NETWORK LATENCY USING IN-BAND TELEMETRY

    公开(公告)号:US20210306267A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16836446

    申请日:2020-03-31

    摘要: An apparatus for reporting node congestion of a queue of an egress port and changing to a different queue is disclosed. The apparatus includes a network node that includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine a level of congestion of a designated queue of an egress port of the network node in a communication pathway between a sending host sending data packets to a receiving host in response to receiving a telemetry packet seeking telemetry data for packets being transmitted between the sending host and the receiving host. The designated queue is designated for queuing data packets for the egress port. The controller is configured to add the level of congestion to the telemetry packet in response to determining that the level of congestion indicates that the designated queue is congested and to transmit the telemetry packet to a next destination on the communication pathway.

    FRAMEWORK FOR HARDWARE-SPECIFIC ANALYTIC PLUGINS

    公开(公告)号:US20210303286A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16836281

    申请日:2020-03-31

    IPC分类号: G06F8/61

    摘要: A method for installing and using hardware specific plugins to a monitoring application includes installing, by use of a processor, a hardware specific plugin to a monitoring application that monitors health of a monitored computing system. The plugin corresponds to a hardware device of the monitored computing system monitored by the monitoring application. The plugin includes analytics rules corresponding to hardware parameters monitored within the hardware device and received by a server comprising the processor and running the monitoring application. The method includes receiving, by use of a processor, data corresponding to the hardware parameters of the hardware device, applying, by use of a processor, the analytics rules of the plugin to the received data of the monitored hardware parameters of the hardware device, and sending, by use of a processor, an alert in response to determining that the received data violates an analytics rule of the plugin.