Dell Products Inc.

Donald W Gerhart

Curtis Ray Genz

Randy Alton Frazier

Eric Michael Tunks

Jeffrey Leighton Kennedy

Balamurugan Gnanasambandam

Mukund Purshottam Khatri

Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri

Cynthia M Merkin

Philip Dale Chidester

Wayne R Weilnau, Jr

Robert G Nadon

Allen M Blanton, Jr

Nicole Mutesi

Timothy Michael Lambert

Deepaganesh Paulraj

Raveendra Babu Madala

Yogesh Prabhakar Kulkarni

Santosh Hanamant Gore

Chandrasekhar Mugunda

John R Stuewe

Eugene David Cho

Ayedin Nikazm

Michael Albert Perks

Michael Joseph Stumpf

Prashanth Giri

Philip John Brisky

Alaric Joaquim Narcissius Silveira

Alaa A Yousif

Yu-Hung Wang

Phillip John Brisky

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To manage the hardware components when heating is unavailable, the data processing system may proactively heat them to elevated goal temperature ahead of periods of time when heating is unavailable.

System and method for managing unavailability of management components

Methods and systems for thermal management of data processing systems are disclosed. To improve the likelihood of computer implemented services being provided, the systems may thermally manage the temperatures of various components of the data processing system under a variety of operating conditions. To warm the components, the system may include fans usable to generate a circulation airflow and heaters to generate heat to warm the airflow. To cool the components, the system may include fans usable to generate a through enclosure airflow to bring in cool air and expel warm air. The fans may be managed via a control system that includes multiple management entities that may operate under different ranges of thermal conditions and may be capable of performing various analysis for ascertaining how to operate the fans and heaters to thermally manage the system.

System and method for granular and dynamic control of fan speed and direction

A multi-device chassis air filter characterization system includes a multi-device chassis, an air filter that is included on the multi-device chassis, and a plurality of computing devices that are housed in the multi-device chassis. Each of the computing devices determines that a current time corresponds to a predetermined air filter characterization time period and, in response, operates a cooling system in that computing device at a predetermined cooling system operating level for the predetermined air filter characterization time period. A first computing device that is included in the plurality of computing devices measures an air filtering characteristic provided by the air filter during the predetermined air filter characterization time period and, based on the air filtering characteristic, determines whether to generate an air filter replacement alert.

Multi-device chassis air filter characterization system

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To mitigate some risk associated with heating, the data processing system may proactively calibrate temperature sensors used to guide the heating process.

System and method for temperature measurement in data processing systems

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may implement a framework for improving the likelihood that the management components have access to consistent state information. The framework may include use of multiple management components that conserve and/or distribute information regarding the states of and events impacting the operation of hardware components.

System and method for monitoring state and alerts in data processing systems

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To mitigate some risk associated with heating, the data processing system may proactively validate the operation of hardware and/or software used to manage the components that provide the heat.

System and method for proactive management of heating systems in data processing systems

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. The data processing system may implement a distributed management framework for managing the operation of a thermal management subsystem tasked with maintaining the temperatures of the hardware components through heating.

System and method for fan control across wide ambient temperatures

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware components of the data processing system may need to operate in predetermined manners. To manage the operation of the hardware components, the data processing system may heat them when their temperatures fall outside of thermal operating ranges. To heat the hardware components, the data processing system may implement a dual device detection framework to identify and characterize various devices that may be usable to heat its hardware components.

System and method for identifying presence and function of components of data processing systems

A computing device includes a thermal excursion detection unit and a power supply unit. The thermal excursion detection unit is configured to monitor a temperature of an internal volume of the computing device and to control the operation of the power supply unit. The power supply unit is configured to provide power to hardware components in the computing device and the power supply unit only provides power to the hardware components when the thermal excursion detection unit permits.

Method and system for thermal excursion monitor and control

An Information Handling System (IHS) includes multiple hardware devices, and a baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in communication with the plurality of hardware devices. The BMC includes executable instructions for beginning execution of a first BMC firmware stack, and during execution of the first BMC firmware stack, halt execution of the first BMC firmware stack, and begin execution of a second BMC firmware stack. At least a portion of the executable instructions used to generate the first BMC firmware stack are different than the executable instructions used to generate the second BMC firmware stack.

Multi-boot system and method for a baseboard management controller (BMC)

An information handling system may include an unsupported information handling resource that has not been qualified by a manufacturer of the information handling system for use with the information handling system. The system may execute a system update procedure configured to: download a vendor update package for the unsupported information handling resource; determine that the vendor update package requires an operating system different from a currently installed operating system of the information handling system; create a bootable medium comprising the operating system and the vendor update package; trigger a first reboot of the information handling system into the operating system of the bootable medium, wherein the bootable medium is configured to install the vendor update package; and trigger a second reboot of the information handling system into the currently installed operating system of the information handling system.

Updating firmware of unsupported devices

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure a method of configuring an information handling system comprises configuring a base platform of an information handling system. The method further comprises installing a personality module on the base platform. The personality module is configured to store personality information associated with an information handling resource of the information handling system. The method additionally comprises executing the personality module and installing software associated with the information handling system after executing the personality module.

System and method of remote management and configuration of an information handling system by implementing a customized configuration of a personality module

System and method for configuring an information handling system by implementing a customized configuration of a personality module

A system and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors includes a plurality of physical sensors having a sensor number, a virtual sensor repository including a plurality of virtual sensors and an event log, a management controller, and one or more agents and allows for a central repository for a plurality of sensor values and a consistent and uniform view of system health. The management controller associates each of the physical sensors with one or more of the virtual sensors utilizing the sensor numbers. The management controller further stores within each of the associated virtual sensors the sensor value from the physical sensor associated with the associated virtual sensor. The one or more agents request and receive the sensor value for a desired physical sensor from one or more of the virtual sensors located in the virtual sensor repository instead of directly from the desired physical sensor.

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Salado, TX, United States of America

Donald W Gerhart