Systems and methods for addressing multiple physical and virtual functions in network controller-sideband interface

    公开(公告)号:US10439934B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15492692

    申请日:2017-04-20

    发明人: Robert T. Stevens

    IPC分类号: H04L12/741 H04L29/06 H04B1/30

    摘要: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a host system and a management controller. The host system may include a host system processor and a device coupled to the host system processor. The management controller may be communicatively coupled to the host system processor and configured to provide management of the information handling system and manage multiple functions instantiated on the device via a single sideband interface channel interfaced between the device and the management controller by communicating function-oriented sideband commands, each function-oriented sideband command including a function address field for setting forth a function of the multiple functions to which the function-oriented sideband command is addressed.

    System and method for distributed management of communication devices

    公开(公告)号:US11909595B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17556359

    申请日:2021-12-20

    IPC分类号: H04L12/46 H04L41/12

    CPC分类号: H04L41/12

    摘要: Methods, systems, and devices for managing communications in a distributed system are disclosed. To improve the efficiency of communication, the system may implement the port extension protocol which may allow communication devices to utilize ports of other devices for communication purposes. To do so, the communication devices may instruct the other devices with respect to how the communication devices expect the other devices to process data units transmitted via networks (e.g., network data units). However, not all of the other devices that may process the network data units may include functionality to process and/or implement the instructions from the communication devices. To extend the functionality of such devices, a remote control plane for devices that lack this processing functionality may be provided.

    Dynamic slot mapping
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11822499B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17731078

    申请日:2022-04-27

    IPC分类号: G06F13/40 G06F13/42 G06F13/38

    摘要: An information handling system may include a management controller and information handling resources that are coupled to the management controller via a first communication channel and a second communication channel, each information handling resource having a first communication channel identifier, and each information handling resource having a second communication channel identifier. The management controller may query the information handling resources via the first communication channel to determine a first set of unique identifiers for the information handling resources; query the information handling resources via the second communication channel to determine a second set of unique identifiers for the information handling resources; and based on a comparison between the first set of unique identifiers and the second set of unique identifiers, create a mapping that correlates the first communication channel identifiers with the second communication channel identifiers.

    Adding network controller sideband interface (NC-SI) sideband and management to a high power consumption device

    公开(公告)号:US11411753B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16458076

    申请日:2019-06-30

    摘要: A method includes determining, during auxiliary power operating mode of an information handling system, devices connected to peripheral component interconnect (PCI) slots and identifying, via a controller of the IHS, when a Virtual Ethernet Bridge (VEB) is present on a first communication path, which indicates that a high power consuming device with sideband enablement is present in a corresponding one of the PCI slots. The method includes configuring, via the first communication path, an uplink port on the VEB, collecting information about the VEB, including a VEB MAC address and capabilities of the VEB, setting a VLAN/MAC filter rule for NC-SI pass-through in the VEB, and configuring an intermediate device within a second communication path between the controller and the VEB for NC-SI pass-through utilizing a management MAC address, enabling NC-SI pass-through of traffic routed between the controller and the VEB.