Dell Products Inc.

Craig Phelps

John Charles Donachy

Orin Michael Ozias

Peter A Kaltenbach

Amelia Cosgrove Thomas

Deborah C Russell

Andrew Blake Berry

Thomas Ruberto

Mukund Purshottam Khatri

Chandrashekar Nelogal

Sanjeev Dambal

Karthikeyan Rajagopalan

Brooks Piggott

A method for managing a storage system includes initiating, by a hardware resource manager, a boot-up of a storage controller managing the storage system comprising a plurality of storage devices, making a determination, by the storage controller, that the storage controller is in a secured mode, based on the determination: identifying a security state of each of the plurality of storage devices, determining that a storage device of the plurality of storage devices is in an unsecured state, and based on the unsecured state, sending, by the storage controller, a security operation request for securing the storage device, obtaining a secure state response from the hardware resource manager corresponding to securing the storage device, and based on the secure state response, resuming operation of the storage controller based on the secure mode.

Method and system for a conditional key storage in a hardware resource manager

A multi-port configuration system includes a network switch including a plurality of ports and a user device that is configured to couple to the network switch. Each of the plurality of ports is configured to operate in at least one of a plurality of modes. A congruent graphical representation of the network switch is displayed on the user device, and a selection of a group of ports of the plurality of ports is received. Based on the received selection of the group of ports, available configuration settings for the group of ports are displayed on the user device. A configuration settings selection, selected from the available configuration settings, for configuring the group of ports is received. The configuration settings selection is provided to the network switch to configure the group of ports.

Multi-port selection and configuration

A multi device system includes a rack with a rack slot. A device chassis is positioned in the rack slot. The device chassis includes first device slot with a first device entrance, and a second device slot with a second device entrance. A first device stop member extends from the device chassis and into the first device slot. The distance between the first device stop member and the first device entrance is adjustable, and the first device stop member is configured to move a first device in the first device slot through the first device entrance. A second device stop member extends from the device chassis and into the second device slot. The distance between the second device stop member and the second device entrance is adjustable, and the second device stop member is configured to move a second device in the second device slot through the second device entrance.

Variable-depth multi device chassis

A switch includes a switch chassis that houses a heat producing component. A plurality of side walls are located on the switch chassis and define a chassis perimeter. A top wall extends between the plurality of side walls and defines a top wall perimeter vent adjacent the chassis perimeter. A bottom wall extends between the plurality of side walls, is located opposite the switch chassis from the top wall, and defines a bottom wall perimeter vent adjacent the chassis perimeter. A plurality of feet are located on the bottom wall and provide an air gap between the switch chassis and a support surface when the plurality of feet engage the support surface. In response to the heat producing component generating heat, fresh air is drawn in through the air gap and the bottom wall perimeter vent, and heated air flows through the top wall perimeter vent.

Stackable switch cooling system

A rack system includes a rack base defining a plurality of device slots. A rack wall on the rack base defines a rack volume adjacent a first device slot. A rack volume device coupling system is located in the rack volume and includes a rack volume base positioned in the rack volume. A rack tray is moveably coupled to the rack volume base and configured to move from a first orientation where the rack tray is located in the rack tray housing, to a second orientation where the rack tray extends from the rack volume and into the first device slot. A device is then moved through the first device slot and into the rack tray when the rack tray is in the second orientation. The rack tray is then moved from the second orientation and into the first orientation such that the device is located in the rack volume.

Rack attic device coupling system

A switch failure recovery system includes a network and a backup device that is coupled to the network. A first switch that includes a first switch memory system is also coupled to the network. The first switch stores a first switch configuration in the first switch memory system. The first switch then detects a failure issue associated with an imminent failure of the first switch and, in response, retrieves the first switch configuration from the first switch memory system, The first switch then sends the first switch configuration over the network to the backup device prior to an inability to communicate over the network due to the failure issue. The backup device may then provide the first switch configuration for application to the first switch (upon recovery) or a second switch that is coupled to the network.

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Craig Phelps