American Megatrends International, LLC

American Megatrends, Inc.

Amzetta Technologies, LLC

Chandrasekar Rathineswaran

Joseprabu Inbaraj

Harikrishna Doppalapudi

Purandhar Nallagatla

Igor Kulchytskyy

Madhan B Santharam

Samvinesh Christopher

Sanjoy Maity

Manickavasakam Karpagavinayagam

Viswanathan Swaminathan

Muthukkumaran Ramalingam

Manish Jha

Varadachari Sudan Ayanam

Baskar Parthiban

Brandon Mitchell Burrell

Santhosh Samuel Mathews

Aruna Venkataraman

Manikandan Palaniappan

Clark Kerr

Blake Yang

Garret Naegle

Suraj Rao

Garrett Naegle

Ranjodhbir Kaur

Technologies are described herein for a representational state transfer ('REST' or 'RESTful') over Intelligent Platform Management Interface (&#x201c;IPMI&#x201d;) interface for firmware to baseboard management controller (&#x201c;BMC&#x201d;) communication and applications thereof. These applications include, but are not limited to, remote firmware configuration, firmware updates, peripheral device firmware updates, provision of management information such as system inventory data, cloning and batch migration of firmware configuration settings, and firmware integrity monitoring.

Cloning of firmware configuration settings using rest over IPMI interface

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. A first BMC of the computer system sends hardware information of a first host of the first BMC. The first BMC receives information of at least one program for installation on the first host. The first BMC emulates a media device to the first host. The first BMC requests the first host to install the at least one program provided through the emulated media device. The first BMC transfers the at least one program to the first host through the emulated media device.

Bare metal provisioning of software defined infrastructure

Technologies are provided for automated identification of system devices to be disabled in a computing system and the disablement of the system devices during bootup of the computing system. In some embodiments, the computing system can execute a firmware configured to perform a bootup process of the computing system. The computing system includes multiple system devices. The firmware can generate program code for identifying a system device for disablement. The firmware can send the program code to a controller device curing the bootup process, where execution of the program code by the controller device generates data identifying one or several specific system devices to be disabled in the computing system. The firmware can then access such data from the controller device. Using the data, the firmware can determine that a specific system device to be disabled. The firmware can then disable that particular system device on a next bootup process.

Automated identification and disablement of system devices in a computing system

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. The computer system includes an initialization component of a host. The initialization component obtains health data indicating that at least one hardware component of the host is in one of one or more predetermined health conditions when executed in a system management mode of the host. The initialization component then sends, to a service processor of the host, a message in accordance with a management protocol. The message includes the health data.

Techniques of monitoring and updating system component health status

Technologies are described herein for a representational state transfer ('REST' or 'RESTful') over IPMI interface for firmware to BMC communication and applications thereof. These applications include, but are not limited to, remote firmware configuration, firmware updates, peripheral device firmware updates, provision of management information such as system inventory data, cloning and batch migration of firmware configuration settings, and firmware integrity monitoring. This functionality can be provided in a way that enables communication between BMCs and firmware to utilize modern manageability interfaces while maintaining backward compatibility with previous IPMI implementations.

Peripheral device firmware update using rest over IPMI interface firmware update module

Peripheral device firmware update using rest over IPMI interface firmware shell utility

Certain aspects direct to systems and methods for controlling heterogeneous internet of things (IoT) devices. The system includes a gateway device, which is communicatively connected to a control device under a first protocol and to multiple authenticated IoT devices under corresponding protocols. In operation, the gateway device receives a command from the control device, which is directed to a selected IoT device. Based on the command, the gateway device may select a corresponding API, and determine the corresponding network and the corresponding protocol specific for the selected IoT device. To send the command to the selected IoT device, the gateway device first determines whether the corresponding protocol for the selected IoT device is different from the first protocol. If so, the gateway device converts the command to a second command transmittable under the corresponding protocol for the selected IoT device, and sends the converted command to the selected IoT device.

System and method for controlling heterogeneous internet of things (IoT) devices using single application

A computing pod includes one or more computing racks. Each of the one or more computing racks includes one or more computing drawers. Each of the computing drawers includes one or more computing modules. Each of the one or more computing modules includes a computing blade. A first service processor is on a first computing blade of a first computing drawer of the one or more computing drawers of a first computing rack of the one or more computing racks. The first service processor, executes a first BMC function. The first BMC function manages the first computing blade. The first service processor exposes a first PSME to a pod manager servicing the pod. The first PSME collects information of the first computing blade. The first PSME sends the information of the first computing blade to the pod manager.

Pooled system management engine on service processor of computing blade

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus retrieves health and performance data of one or more hypervisors of a VDI system from a data store. The apparatus further determines that a first hypervisor of the one or more hypervisors is in an alert condition based on the health and performance data. The apparatus determines the alert message based on the alert condition. The apparatus requests, in accordance with the alert condition, a social network service to send an alert message to an alert destination.

Alert mechanism for VDI system based on social networks

Technologies are described herein for a representational state transfer ('REST' or 'RESTful') over Intelligent Platform Management Interface (&#x201c;IPMI&#x201d;) interface for firmware to baseboard management controller (&#x201c;BMC&#x201d;) communication and applications thereof. These applications include, but are not limited to, remote firmware configuration, firmware updates, peripheral device firmware updates, provision of management information such as system inventory data, cloning and batch migration of firmware configuration settings, and firmware integrity monitoring. This functionality can be provided in a way that enables communication between BMCs and firmware to utilize modern manageability interfaces while maintaining backward compatibility with previous IPMI implementations.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. The computer system includes an initialization component of a host. The initialization component obtains a process file for dynamically creating a processing component on a management platform on a BMC of the host, the process file defining a logic to be implemented by the processing component, the initialization component operating to load an operating system of the host. The initialization component sends the process file to the BMC. The initialization component further sends a message to the BMC, the message including data to be processed by the processing component.

Techniques of securely performing logic as service in BMC

Firmware configuration using REST over IPMI interface

Systems and methods for twin factor authentication, which may be applied to a controller, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC). The controller provides a service. When a first user attempts to access the service, the controller receives an access message for a first user to access the service, and searches for information of the first user and a second user corresponding to the first user based on the access message. Then the controller sends two security clearance requests based on the information of the first user and the second user, including a first security clearance request for security clearance from the first user, and a second security clearance request for security clearance from the second user. The twin factor authentication for the first user would be successful only when the controller receives security clearance from both the first user and the second user.

Twin factor authentication for controller

Technologies are described herein for a representational state transfer ('REST' or 'RESTful') over an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (&#x201c;IPMI&#x201d;) interface for firmware to a baseboard management controller (&#x201c;BMC&#x201d;) communication and applications thereof. These applications include, but are not limited to, remote firmware configuration, firmware updates, peripheral device firmware updates, provision of management information such as system inventory data, cloning and batch migration of firmware configuration settings, and firmware integrity monitoring. This functionality can be provided in a way that enables communication between BMCs and firmware to utilize modern manageability interfaces while maintaining backward compatibility with previous IPMI implementations.

Firmware update using rest over IPMI interface

Systems and methods to control a controller, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC), and its host computer with voice. The system may include a mobile device, which is communicatively connected to the controller via a network. The mobile device may receive a voice input, and generate a corresponding instruction by performing voice recognition to the voice input. The instruction may be sent to the controller for controlling the controller or its host computer. For example, the controller may perform a corresponding operation based on the instruction to determine whether the instruction is for the controller or for the host computer. When the instruction is for the host computer, in response to determining the target as the host computing device, the controller may perform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) redirection to redirect the instruction to the host computer.

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Chandrasekar Rathineswaran