Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090080419 | Providing consistent manageability interface to a management controller for local and remote connections - Methods and apparatus relating to providing a manageability interface to a management controller for local and/or remote connections are described. In one embodiment, a network adapter of a host computing system may forward a packet transmitted by the host computing system to a management controller based on a determination that the packet is a manageability packet. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 03-26-2009 |
20090172443 | Methods and apparatuses for processing wake events of communication networks - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products that respond to wake events of communication networks are disclosed. One or more embodiments comprise setting a wake password of a computing device, such as a notebook computer or a server. Some of the embodiments comprise receiving a wake request from a communications network, establishing a secure communication session, and setting the wake password with the secure communication session. Some embodiments comprise an apparatus having a network controller to allow a platform to communicate via a communications network, non-volatile memory that stores a wake password, and a management controller which may communicate with a management console via a secure communication session to update the wake password. One or more embodiments the network controller may wake management hardware and/or wake the management controller while keeping one or more of the devices in the power conservation mode. | 07-02-2009 |
20120311183 | CIRCUITRY TO MAINTAIN CORRELATION BETWEEN SETS OF ADDRESSES - An embodiment may include circuitry in a controller that may be included in a host that has at least one processor. The circuitry may maintain a correlation between a set of network addresses and a set of medium access control (MAC) addresses. The correlation may be generated, at least in part, by at least one process to be executed, at least in part, by the at least one processor. The circuitry may determine, based at least in part upon the set of network addresses, whether to generate at least one response to at least one request. If the circuitry determines to generate the at least one response, the circuitry may generate the at least one response based at least in part upon the correlation and at least one network address associated with the at least one request. Many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible. | 12-06-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130031547 | FACILITATING COMPATIBLE INTERACTION, AT LEAST IN PART - An embodiment may include circuitry to determine compatibility, at least in part, of a device with at least one process intended to interact with, at least in part, the device. Such compatibility may be determined by the circuitry based at least in part upon at least one feature set of the device. If the device is incompatible, at least in part, with the at least one process, the circuitry may identify, at least in part, the device in manner that facilitates compatible interaction, at least in part, between the at least one process and at least one portion of the at least one feature set. Many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible. | 01-31-2013 |
20130250964 | Automated Discovery of Communication Ports Coupled to a Switch - Examples are disclosed for exchanging messages between a switch and network devices having input/output devices. In some examples, the input/output devices for network devices may support communication ports capable of being coupled or connected to the switch via physical communication links. For these examples, the exchanged messages may include information associated with the communication ports or the input/out devices. Other examples are described and claimed. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262642 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - Examples are disclosed for remote management of a computing device. In some examples, a secure communication link may be established between a network input/output device for a computing device and a remote management application. Commands may be received from the remote management application and management functions may be implemented at the network input/output device. Implementation of the management functions may enable the remote management application to manage or control at least some operating parameters of the computing device. Other examples are described and claimed. | 10-03-2013 |
20140359334 | RECEIVING, AT LEAST IN PART, AND/OR ISSUING, AT LEAST IN PART, AT LEAST ONE PACKET TO REQUEST CHANGE IN POWER CONSUMPTION STATE - An embodiment may include circuitry to be included, at least in part, in at least one node to be used in a network. The circuitry may (a) receive, at least in part, via at least one power supply line of the at least one node, at least one packet, and/or (b) issue, at least in part, via the at least one power supply line, the at least one packet. The at least one packet may request at least one change, at least in part, in at least one power consumption state of at least one portion of the at least one node. Many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359611 | GENERATING, AT LEAST IN PART, AT LEAST ONE PACKET INDICATING, AT LEAST IN PART, AT LEAST ONE COMMAND AND/OR ISSUING, AT LEAST IN PART, AT LEAST ONE RESULT OF EXECUTION, AT LEAST IN PART, OF THE AT LEAST ONE COMMAND - An embodiment may include circuitry to be included, at least in part, in a node in a network. The circuitry may expose, at least in part, a virtual function (VF) via which a subset of a physical function (PF) of the circuitry may be accessible. The circuitry may generate, at least in part, a packet that may indicate, at least in part, a command, and/or may issue, at least in part, a result of execution of the command by another (external) node in the network. The packet may be received, at least in part, by the other node. The command may be issued to the VF from a virtual machine (VM) resident, at least in part, in the node. The result may be issued, at least in part, to the VM, via the VF. Many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment. | 12-04-2014 |
20150334018 | Techniques for a Switch to Receive Network Controller Sideband Interface Control Packets - Examples may include receiving, at a switch, an Ethernet frame having an Ethernet header that may indicate the Ethernet frame includes a network controller sideband interface (NC-SI) control packet from a management controller at a compute node coupled to the switch. In some examples, a response to a command included in a received NC-SI control packet that was encapsulated in an Ethernet frame may be processed at the switch and sent to the management controller. | 11-19-2015 |