System wide manageability
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a manageability subsystem and a processor, contained in a domain, to perform node management functions; and
a system firmware comprising instructions executable by a processing resource running on the nodes, the system firmware providing a virtualized manageability data interface coupled to each manageability subsystem of the plurality nodes, to provide system wide management functions, wherein the virtualized manageability data interface of the system firmware includes instructions for each manageability subsystem of the plurality of nodes to communicate domain specific information to the system firmware, wherein the system firmware coalesce the received information to determine a system wide configuration, translates the system wide configuration into domain specific configurations, wherein each manageability subsystem is configured to receive a domain specific command.
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Abstract
Techniques for providing a system wide manageability interface are provided. In one aspect, manageability data may be received from a plurality of manageability subsystems. Each manageability subsystem may be contained in a domain. The received manageability data may be coalesced into a system wide view. The system wide view may span all domains.
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13 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a manageability subsystem and a processor, contained in a domain, to perform node management functions; and a system firmware comprising instructions executable by a processing resource running on the nodes, the system firmware providing a virtualized manageability data interface coupled to each manageability subsystem of the plurality nodes, to provide system wide management functions, wherein the virtualized manageability data interface of the system firmware includes instructions for each manageability subsystem of the plurality of nodes to communicate domain specific information to the system firmware, wherein the system firmware coalesce the received information to determine a system wide configuration, translates the system wide configuration into domain specific configurations, wherein each manageability subsystem is configured to receive a domain specific command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a plurality of nodes, manageability data, wherein the plurality of nodes comprise manageability subsystem, contained in a domain to perform node management functions; communicating the domain specific information, received from the plurality of nodes, to the system firmware; coalescing the received manageability data into a system wide view spanning all domains; determining system wide configuration based on the system wide view; translating the system wide configuration into domain specific configuration; and sending the domain specific configuration to the manageability subsystem in each domain. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory processor readable medium containing thereon a set of instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
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receive, through a virtualized manageability data interface of a system firmware; manageability information from a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises a manageability subsystem, contained in a domain, to perform node management functions; and instruction for the plurality of nodes to receive a node specific command and for the plurality of nodes to communicate with other nodes of the plurality of nodes for the system firmware to configure a system as a whole; and coalesce the manageability information into a system wide view spanning all domains; determine system wide configuration based on the system wide view; translate the system wide configuration into domain specific configuration; and send the domain specific configuration to the manageability subsystem in each domain.
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