CLUSTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A system comprising a cluster of system components interconnected by a cluster interconnect fabric, the system components further comprising out-of-band management network interfaces to an out-of-band management network, wherein the system is configured to use the cluster interconnect fabric and the out-of-band management network interfaces to determine the overall connectivity and status of the cluster.
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Abstract
In a system having a cluster of system components interconnected by a cluster interconnect fabric, the system components include out-of-band management network interfaces to an out-of-band management network. The system is configured to use the cluster interconnect fabric and the out-of-band management network interfaces to determine the overall connectivity and status of the cluster.
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20 Claims
- 1. A system comprising a cluster of system components interconnected by a cluster interconnect fabric, the system components further comprising out-of-band management network interfaces to an out-of-band management network, wherein the system is configured to use the cluster interconnect fabric and the out-of-band management network interfaces to determine the overall connectivity and status of the cluster.
- 16. A system comprising at least two subsystems interconnected via cables representing various communication media types, the system being operable to perform IP based management traffic transparently over a range of such media types.
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19. A method of configuring a system comprising a cluster of system components interconnected by a cluster interconnect fabric, which system components further comprise out-of-band management network interfaces to an out-of-band management network, the method comprising using the cluster interconnect fabric and the out-of-band management network interfaces to determine the overall connectivity and status of the cluster.
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20. A computer program product comprising program instruction operable to control one or more processors to configure a system comprising a cluster of system components interconnected by a cluster interconnect fabric, which system components further comprise out-of-band management network interfaces to an out-of-band management network, wherein configuring the system includes using the cluster interconnect fabric
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