SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE CONFIGURABLE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER MANAGEMENT INTERFACES

• US 20190324684A1
• Filed: 04/18/2018
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: MUGUNDA, Chandrasekhar, MOTHUKUPALLY, Sruthi Reddy, KULKARNI, Yogesh P., SAJJA, Syamu, NAGALLA, Srinivasa Rao, RAMAMOORTHY, Venkatesh
• Granted Patent: US 11,023,163 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/22 Microcontrol or microprogram arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a host system comprising a host system processor and a device coupled to the host system processor, and may also comprise a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor and configured to provide management of the information handling system and provide a plurality of management interfaces wherein each management interface has configurable properties and the management interfaces are capable of simultaneous usage.

Claims

1. An information handling system comprising:

a host system comprising;

a host system processor; and

a device coupled to the host system processor; and

a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor and configured to;

provide management of the information handling system; and

provide a plurality of management interfaces wherein each management interface has configurable properties and the management interfaces are capable of simultaneous usage.

2. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the management controller is further configured to execute a virtual interface that abstracts the plurality of management interfaces to applications of the management controller.

3. The information handling system of claim 2, wherein the management controller is further configured to perform context-based mapping between the management interfaces and a kernel of the management controller.

4. The information handling system of claim 3, wherein the context-based mapping maps each management command received from the plurality of management interfaces based on the management interface from which the command is received.

5. The information handling system of claim 3, wherein the context-based mapping maps each reply to a management command received from the plurality of management interfaces to the management interface from which the command is received.

6. A method comprising, in an information handling system comprising a host system having a host system processor and a device coupled to the host system processor:

providing, by a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor, management of the information handling system; and

providing, by the management controller, a plurality of management interfaces wherein each management interface has configurable properties and the management interfaces are capable of simultaneous usage.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising executing, by the management controller, a virtual interface that abstracts the plurality of management interfaces to applications of the management controller.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising performing, by the management controller, context-based mapping between the management interfaces and a kernel of the management controller.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the context-based mapping maps each management command received from the plurality of management interfaces based on the management interface from which the command is received.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the context-based mapping maps each reply to a management command received from the plurality of management interfaces to the management interface from which the command is received.

11. An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to, in an information handling system comprising a host system having a host system processor and a device coupled to the host system processor;

provide, by a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor, management of the information handling system; and

provide, by the management controller, a plurality of management interfaces wherein each management interface has configurable properties and the management interfaces are capable of simultaneous usage.

12. The article of claim 11, the instructions for further causing the processor to execute, by the management controller, a virtual interface that abstracts the plurality of management interfaces to applications of the management controller.

13. The article of claim 12, the instructions for further causing the processor to perform, by the management controller, context-based mapping between the management interfaces and a kernel of the management controller.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein the context-based mapping maps each management command received from the plurality of management interfaces based on the management interface from which the command is received.

15. The article of claim 13, wherein the context-based mapping maps each reply to a management command received from the plurality of management interfaces to the management interface from which the command is received.