Server information handling system NFC management sideband feedback
First Claim
1. A system for managing a server information handling system, the system comprising:
- a management controller integrated in the server information handling system;
a wireless communication device interfaced with the management controller and operable to support wireless communication of management information;
a portable information handling system external to the server information handling system and operable to communicate with the wireless communication device by a direct wireless transaction, the portable information handling system locally storing contact information;
a management application stored in non-transitory memory of the portable information handling system and operable to command a management function to the management controller with the direct wireless transaction; and
a notification module associated with the management controller and the wireless communication device, the notification module applying the contact information communicated from the portable information handling system local storage to send a notification to the portable information handling system at the contact information based upon a predetermined state of the management function at the server information handling system.
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Abstract
Server information handling system deployment and maintenance is enhanced with automated trouble ticket generation at a mobile telephone through an NFC transaction with a management controller. NFC transactions coordinate authorization for replacement component installation and server information handling system replacement. In one embodiment, a bezel includes an NFC device that interfaces with a management controller and stores configuration information to aid installation of replacement server information handling systems in the event of a system failure. A back-up battery provides power to an NFC support circuit that stores fault codes detected by the management controller so that fault codes are available during management controller failures. In one embodiment, contact information provided from a mobile telephone through an NFC transaction is used by the management controller to notify the mobile telephone of the state of management functions initiated by the mobile telephone with the NFC transaction.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for managing a server information handling system, the system comprising:
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a management controller integrated in the server information handling system; a wireless communication device interfaced with the management controller and operable to support wireless communication of management information; a portable information handling system external to the server information handling system and operable to communicate with the wireless communication device by a direct wireless transaction, the portable information handling system locally storing contact information; a management application stored in non-transitory memory of the portable information handling system and operable to command a management function to the management controller with the direct wireless transaction; and a notification module associated with the management controller and the wireless communication device, the notification module applying the contact information communicated from the portable information handling system local storage to send a notification to the portable information handling system at the contact information based upon a predetermined state of the management function at the server information handling system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing server information handling systems, the method comprising:
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commanding a management function at a server information handling system with a wireless communication sent by a portable information handling system to a management controller of the server information handling system, the wireless communication including contact information of the portable information handling system; detecting a predetermined state of the management function with the management controller; and in response to detecting, sending a notification from the management controller to the contact information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A server information handling system comprising:
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a management controller operable to manage operations responsive to remote instructions receive through a network; a wireless communication device interfaced with the management controller and operable to accept a command to perform a management function by a wireless communication from an external portable information handling system; and a notification module associated with the management controller, the notification module operable to obtain contact information from the portable information handling system interfacing through the wireless communication device and apply the contact information to send a notification to the contact information based upon a predetermined state of the management function at the server information handling system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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