Method and apparatus for in-band discovery of capabilities of managed devices
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a management provider to retrieve manageability capabilities of a managed device included in data returned in response to an in-band device capabilities discovery command issued to the managed device.
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Abstract
An in-band mechanism for discovery of device management capabilities is provided. The in-band discovery mechanism is similar to an out-of-band discovery mechanism and uses a non-proprietary mechanism. A management provider may query the management capabilities of devices and may register devices that may only be managed in-band with a directory agent.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a management provider to retrieve manageability capabilities of a managed device included in data returned in response to an in-band device capabilities discovery command issued to the managed device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
retrieving manageability capabilities of a managed device included in data returned in response to an in-band device capabilities discovery command. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article including a machine-accessible medium having associated information, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
retrieving manageability capabilities of a managed device included in data returned in response to an in-band device capabilities discovery command. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a hard disk drive having a Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) interface; and a management provider to retrieve manageability capabilities of the hard disk drive included in data returned in response to an in-band device capabilities discovery command issued to the hard disk drive. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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