System and method for configuring a platform event trap destination address
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1. An information handling system comprising:
- a plurality of managed nodes operatively connected to a network, a particular one of the managed nodes having a network interface card (NIC);
the NIC having an alert sending device (ASD), the ASD operable to generate platform event traps (PETs) for transmission to a management console having a management console address;
the NIC further having an associated PET destination address for routing PETs from the particular managed node;
the particular managed node operable to receive a PET destination address configuration packet broadcast to the plurality of managed nodes, the PET destination address configuration packet designating the management console address as PET destination address; and
the particular managed node operable to adopt the PET destination address contained in the PET destination address configuration packet such that PETs can be routed from the particular managed node to the management console.
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Abstract
A system having a management console and one or more managed nodes is described. The management console has a network address and is connected to a network. Each managed node includes a network interface card for connecting with a network and an alert sending device for generating Alert Standards Forum Platform Event Traps in response to conditions at the managed node. The managed nodes are further able to receive Platform Event Trap destination address configuration packets and adopt the network address of the management consoles as the Platform Event Trap destination address.
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18 Claims
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1. An information handling system comprising:
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a plurality of managed nodes operatively connected to a network, a particular one of the managed nodes having a network interface card (NIC); the NIC having an alert sending device (ASD), the ASD operable to generate platform event traps (PETs) for transmission to a management console having a management console address; the NIC further having an associated PET destination address for routing PETs from the particular managed node; the particular managed node operable to receive a PET destination address configuration packet broadcast to the plurality of managed nodes, the PET destination address configuration packet designating the management console address as PET destination address; and the particular managed node operable to adopt the PET destination address contained in the PET destination address configuration packet such that PETs can be routed from the particular managed node to the management console. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A platform event trap (PET) destination address configuration system comprising:
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a destination address configuration driver for generating a configuration information packet including a PET destination address, the PET destination address comprising a network address for management console communicatively coupled to a plurality of managed nodes via a network; wherein the destination address configuration driver is operable to broadcast the configuration packet over the network to the plurality of managed nodes such that a particular one of the managed nodes may adopt the PET destination address in the configuration information packet for routing platform event traps associated with the particular managed node to the management console. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method for configuring a platform event trap (PET) destination address comprising:
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connecting a plurality of managed nodes to a network having a management console, the management console having a network address; broadcasting a PET destination address configuration packet to the plurality of managed nodes through a network, the configuration packet designating the management console network address as the PET destination address; receiving the configuration packet at a particular one of the managed nodes; and adopting the management console network address as the PET destination address of the particular managed node such that PET can be routed from the particular managed node to the management console. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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