Dell Products Inc.

Alok Pant

Adolfo Sandor Montero

Abeye Teshome

Ibrahim Sayyed

James L Walker

John J Hawk

Shree A Dandekar

Alan E Beelitz

John Hentosh

Balasingh Ponraj Samuel

Anand Prakash Joshi

Kendall C Witte

Paul J Maia

Loren Fredlund

Michael K Padilla

Richard C Lawrence

Ricardo Luis Martinez

Sumanth Vidyadhara

Nikhil Manohar Vichare

Geroncio Ong Tan

Vijay Bharat Nijhawan

Harpreet S Narula

Christian L Critz

Nikolai V Vyssotski

James T Gillon

Karunakar Palicherla Reddy

James E Dailey

Chris Edward Pepper

Benjamen G Tyner

Anthony L Overfield

Purushothama R Malluru

Ray Vivian Kacelenga

Jim Walker

Christopher Channing Griffin

Venkata Atta

Brian Eugene Manser

Systems and methods for flash arbitration in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform having a plurality of devices, and a flash memory external to the heterogeneous computing platform and coupled to the plurality of devices via a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) controller, where the heterogeneous computing platform comprises a flash arbitration circuit coupled between the SPI controller and the plurality of devices, and where the flash arbitration circuit is configured to arbitrate access to the flash memory among the plurality of devices.

Flash arbitration in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for network connectivity for Out-of-Band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include an OOB Microcontroller Unit (MCU) integrated into a heterogeneous computing platform and a network device coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the OOB MCU is configured to communicate with the network device via a high-speed bus.

Network connectivity for out-of-band processors in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for Out-of-Band (OOB) networking for heterogeneous computing platforms in low-power states. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform and a network device integrated into or coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, and the network device may be configured to: wake up from a low-power state while a host processor of the heterogeneous computing platform remains in the low-power state, and access a cloud service through an OOB channel to check a status of an OOB command buffer while the host processor remains in the low-power state.

Out-of-band networking for heterogeneous computing platforms in low-power states

Systems and methods for Out-of-Band (OOB) settings management in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform having a plurality of devices and an Embedded Controller (EC) integrated into or coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the EC is configured to: receive, within an OOB packet, a command to write a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), EC, or host Operating System (OS) setting; and write the BIOS, EC, or host OS setting in a flash memory or a storage device coupled to the EC.

Out-of-Band (OOB) settings management in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for local storage access by Out-of-Band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, a heterogeneous computing platform may include an OOB Microcontroller Unit (MCU) and a memory coupled to the OOB MCU, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the OOB MCU, cause the OOB MCU to access a local storage device external to the heterogeneous computing platform through an Embedded Controller (EC).

Local storage access by out-of-band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for power management of Out-of-Band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, a heterogeneous computing platform may include: a first, low-power domain including a first set of one or more devices, where the first, low-power power domain is configured to receive a first voltage supply during an Out-of-Band (OOB) packet sniffing operation while a second set of one or more devices is in a low-power state; and a second, high-power domain including the second set of one or more devices, where the second, high-power domain is configured to receive a second voltage supply under control of at least one of the first set of one or more devices.

Power management of out-of-band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for video frame buffer capture in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a graphics processor integrated into or coupled to a heterogeneous computing platform and an Out-of-Band (OOB) Microcontroller Unit (MCU) integrated into the heterogeneous computing platform and coupled to the graphics processor, where the OOB MCU is configured to: retrieve a video frame from a video buffer in response to a command to capture the video frame, and transmit the video frame to a remote IHS.

Video frame buffer capture in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for wireless interface sharing for Out-of-Band (OOB) processors in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include an OOB Microcontroller Unit (MCU) integrated into a heterogeneous computing platform and a network traffic routing controller integrated into the heterogeneous computing platform, where the network traffic routing controller is coupled to the OOB MCU and to a host processor, and where the network traffic routing controller is configured to determine whether to route a packet to the OOB MCU or to the host processor.

Wireless interface sharing for out-of-band processors in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for Out-of-Band (OOB) diagnostics in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform having a plurality of devices and an Out-of-Band (OOB) Microcontroller Unit (MCU) integrated into the heterogeneous computing platform and coupled to the plurality of devices via an interconnect. The OOB MCU may be configured to: receive a result of a diagnostics operation performed with respect to at least a given one of the plurality of devices, and transmit an indication of the result, as part of an OOB sniffing operation, to a remote IHS.

Out-of-band (OOB) diagnostics in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for recovery from power events in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform and an Out-of-Band (OOB) Microcontroller Unit (MCU) integrated into the heterogeneous computing platform or an Embedded Controller (EC) integrated into or coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the OOB MCU or EC is configured to, in response to detection of an impending power event, store an OOB command onto a non-volatile memory.

Recovery from power events in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for kill pill management in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform having a plurality of devices and an Embedded Controller (EC) integrated into or coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the EC is configured to receive a kill pill command, and, in response to the kill pill command, at least one of: (i) turn off one or more power domains and set a flag that prevents the one or more power domains from being turned on, or (ii) erase one or more portions of a storage device.

Kill pill management in heterogeneous computing platforms

Systems and methods for enabling Out-of-Band (OOB) management of heterogeneous computing platforms in low-power states. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform and an Embedded Controller (EC) integrated into or coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the EC is configured to: wake up from a low-power state while a host processor of the heterogeneous computing platform remains in the low-power state, and wake up a network device configured to access a cloud service through an OOB channel to check a status of an OOB command buffer while the host processor remains in the low-power state.

Out-of-band management of heterogeneous computing platforms in low-power states

Embodiments allow for multiple instances of a state machine to connect with multiple clients. Additionally, a plurality of connection states, while maintaining a connection with a single physical client device, may support multiple modes. For example, a wireless peripheral device determines whether it is paired with a client device and connects if it is, by selecting a saved long term bonding key, based on a user selected device mode. When a scan timeout expires, the device switches to another saved bonding key. When an overall connection timeout expires, these steps repeat. If the device is not already paired, it pairs with a client by setting long term paring key generation key(s), bonding with the client using the generation key(s) to generate a paring key, distributing the pairing key to the client, and saving the pairing key, as a bonding key, based on user selected device mode.

Automated multi-client and multi-mode wireless device pairing and connection methods and systems

Managing firmware updates of an information handling system (IHS), including performing, at a first time, a calibration and configuration of a firmware update risk model, including: identifying predictor data associated with a plurality of IHS; training, based on the predictor data, the firmware update risk model, including generating a configuration policy including configuration rules, the configuration rules for performing computer-implemented actions responsive to a firmware update; receiving, at a second time, the firmware update at a particular IHS, and in response: identifying particular predictor data of the particular IHS; in response to identifying the particular predicator data of the particular IHS, i) accessing the firmware update risk model including the configuration policy, ii) identifying one or more of the configuration rules based on the identified particular predicator data, and iii) applying the one or more configuration rules to perform computer-implemented actions responsive to receiving the firmware update.

Method for contextual firmware update based on hardware state and telemetry

An information handling system may include at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to: detect a problem during a boot of the information handling system; transmit telemetry data associated with the problem to at least one remote telemetry server, wherein the at least one remote telemetry server is configured to analyze the telemetry data and other telemetry data from other information handling systems; receive resolution instructions from the at least one remote telemetry server; and implement a resolution of the detected problem based on the resolution instructions.

System and method for intelligent firmware updates, firmware restore, device enable or disable based on telemetry data analytics, and diagnostic failure threshold for each firmware

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