Methods and Systems for Managing Network Attached Storage (NAS) within a Management Subsystem

• US 20090089295A1
• Filed: 09/29/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Reuter, Brian, Lambert, Timothy M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,244,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0658 Controller construction arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

An information handling system (IHS) comprising a chassis, a motherboard disposed within the chassis, a management controller (MC) coupled to the motherboard and a network attached storage (NAS) coupled to the MC wherein the MC provides access to the NAS. An IHS may further include and input/output (I/O) module (IOM) disposed within the chassis, at least one blade and a keyboard video mouse (KVM) module, wherein the NAS is directly accessible to the IOM, blade(s) and KVM module.

Claims

1. An information handling system (IHS) comprising:

a chassis;

a motherboard disposed within the chassis;

a management controller (MC) coupled to the motherboard; and

a network attached storage (NAS) coupled to the MC wherein the MC provides access to the NAS.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the MC is a baseboard management controller (BMC).

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the BMC is in communication with at least one of the NAS and the MC via an Ethernet interface.

4. The system of claim 2 further comprising a network switch coupled to the BMC wherein the BMC manages the network switch to selectively control access to the NAS.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the network switch and the NAS are integrated on an advanced option card (AOC), the AOC connectable to the motherboard.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising an input/output (I/O) module (IOM) disposed within the chassis.

7. The system of claim 6 further comprising at least one blade and a keyboard video mouse (KVM) module, wherein the NAS is directly accessible to at least one of the IOM, the at least one blade and the KVM module.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the MC is a chassis management controller (CMC).

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising at least one blade and a keyboard video mouse (KIVM), wherein the CMC enables the at least one blade and the IOM to access the NAS, the CMC managing access to the NAS.

10. A method for managing a network attached storage (NAS) within an IHS, the method comprising:

providing a motherboard coupled to a management controller (MC), wherein the motherboard is disposed within a chassis of the IHS; and

enabling the management controller to manage access to the NAS.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the MC is a baseboard management controller (BMC).

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the BMC is coupled to a network switch, the BMC managing the network switch to selectively control access to the NAS.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising integrating a network switch and the NAS on an advanced option card, wherein the advanced option card is connectable to the motherboard.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the MC is a chassis management controller (CMC).

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the IHS comprises at least one IO module (IOM) disposed with the chassis.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the IHS comprises at least one blade, the CMC enabling communication between the at least one blade, the at least one IOM, and the NAS, wherein the CMC manages access to the at least one NAS.

17. A system for adding internal storage to an IHS management subsystem, the system comprising:

a chassis;

a blade disposed within the chassis;

a chassis management controller (CMC) coupled to the blade; and

a network attached storage (NAS) coupled to the CMC, wherein the CMC manages access to the NAS.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the CMC is in communication with the NAS and the blade via an Ethernet interface.

19. The system of claim 17 further comprising an input/output (I/O) module (IOM) disposed with the chassis.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the NAS is in the same form factor as the IOM.