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Apparatus, system, and method for a reconfigurable baseboard management controller

  • US 20080313312A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2007
  • Published: 12/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A baseboard management controller module (BMC) comprising:

  • a reconfigurable field programmable gate array (FPGA) comprising a monitor module monitoring one or more operations parameters of a host computing device, the monitor module operationally independent of the host computing device;

    a host connector communicatively connecting the BMC to a system bus of the host computing device, the system bus providing connectivity between one or more computing elements of the host computing device, the host connector further comprising a plurality of functionally reconfigurable pins, wherein a connection configuration of the functionally reconfigurable pins is established by the FPGA; and

    a server module comprising a processor, non-volatile memory, and an operating system, the operating system providing the services of one or more modules to the host computing device, the server system operationally independent of the host computing device.

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