Dell Products Inc.

Kevin Warren Mundt

Sandor Tibor Farkas

Jason David Adrian

Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss

Orin Michael Ozias

Bhyrav M Mutnury

Haesung Kwon

Frank Widjaja Yu

James Utz

Ayedin Nikazm

Juan Rafael Vega

Shawn Joel Dube

Jon Robert Hass

Bhavesh Govindbhai Patel

John K Bauer

Jonathan Foster Lewis

Munir U Ahmad

Kyle D Spiess

Yeshaswy Rajupalepu

James Slagle

Karlene Berger

Nimish Ghatalia

Richard Andrew Crisp

Austin Michael Shelnutt

Edmond Ira Bailey

Rama Rao Bisa

Stefan Peana

Gary Benedict Kotzur

Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi

Stephen Edward Strickland

Sean P O'Neal

Ernesto Ramirez

Lei Wang

William Emmett Lynn

Lee Eric Ballard

Jeffrey Michael Lewis

Mark A Muccini

Reynold L Liao

Andrew Butcher

Robert Boyd Curtis

Syama Poluri

Cyril Adair Keilers

Peter A Kaltenbach

Matthew Bryan Gilbert

Michael Joseph Stumpf

Sanjeev Dambal

Pavan Kumar

Jefferson Walter Wirtz

David William Grunow

Patrick Vincent Illingworth

Brad Philip Collins

Amrita Sidhu Maguire

Scott Michael Ramsey

Eugen Munteanu

William K Coxe, Jr

Satyajit Dipakbhai Desai

Jared Terry

Scott Koester

James Alan Yasukawa

Robert C Nerhood, Ii

Ronald LeBert

Michael Anthony Faulkner

Faiza Hassan

Ron Langerhans

Andre T Sultenfuss

Thomas W Studwell

Taylor Mundt

Reynold Li Liao

A bus bar assembly including a bus bar including a coupling interface; an enclosure surrounding a portion of the bus bar, wherein the enclosure exposes the coupling interface; and a bracket including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the bracket coupling the enclosure to the bus bar with one or more fasteners, the second portion of the bracket coupled to an aggregate rail, wherein the coupling interface of the bus bar is coupled to a respective power supply of one or more servers that are removably coupled to the aggregate rail.

Aggregate rail system for a rack assembly

A method may include, in response to a condition related to a particular device of a plurality of devices in an information handling system, causing a particular visual indicator associated with the particular device to illuminate in accordance with a blink pattern. The blink pattern may include one or more first durations of time in which the particular visual indicator is illuminated, one or more second durations of time significantly shorter than the first durations of time in which the particular visual indicator is illuminated, and a plurality of third durations of time significantly shorter than the first durations of time and the second durations of time in which the particular visual indicator is darkened, wherein each first duration of time occurs immediately before and after a third duration of time and each second duration of time occurs immediately before and after a third duration of time.

Systems and methods for human-memory imprinting of visual indicator with blink pattern

An LCS orchestrator device/expansion device secondary circuit board system includes a secondary circuit board having an orchestrator connector subsystem connected to an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration for an LCS. A primary connector on the secondary circuit board connects to a host processing system that provides an operating system for LCS, and is coupled via the secondary circuit board to a first orchestrator connector in the orchestrator connector subsystem to provide an orchestrator/host coupling used by the orchestrator processing system to provide a host endpoint to the host processing system. An expansion connector on the secondary circuit board connects to an expansion device that performs function(s) for the LCS, with the expansion connector coupled via the secondary circuit board to a second orchestrator connector in the orchestrator connector subsystem to provide an orchestrator/expansion coupling used by the expansion device to provide an orchestrator endpoint to the orchestrator processing system.

LCS orchestrator device/expansion device secondary circuit board system

A build on-demand chassis with a universal bay system that can be assembled into different configurations to support different system requirements from end users includes positionable partitions and a bay support assembly for each set of devices. A controller communicates with a microcontroller unit (MCU) in each bay support assembly to determine a slot identifier and a type of device supported by the bay support assembly to provide greater flexibility in what configurations are possible. When a processor in the information handling system sends an instruction for a type of device, the controller knows the location and capabilities of the device and manages the communication.

Universal bay chassis and system for self-identification and automatic configuration of an information handling system in the chassis

A cable such as a server cable may have a tapered termination portion that when connected to other information handling system components reduces the loss of signal between the cable and the information handling system component. A method of making a cable with a tapered termination portion comprising heating a wire having an end and a body portion, the body portion having a first diameter; pulling the end relative to the body portion, for example with a clamp coupled to the end under tension, to obtain a location between the end and the body portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and cutting the wire at the location.

Cable termination for information handling systems

An LCS networking device multi-host primary circuit board system includes a primary circuit board having a host processing system that provides an operating system for an LCS. A networking device connector on the circuit board is configured to connect to a networking device that performs networking operation(s) for the LCS, with the networking device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the host processing system to provide a first host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the host processing system. A first orchestrator device connector on the circuit board is configured to cable to an orchestrator device including an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration operations for the LCS, with the first orchestrator device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the networking device connector to provide a second host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the orchestrator processing system.

LCS networking device multi-host primary circuit board system

In one or more embodiments, a device may include a printed circuit board that includes at least two exposed conductor traces on a first side of the printed circuit board that are not in contact with each other; a material, that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent, in contact with the at least two exposed conductor traces and fastened to at least one of the printed circuit board and the at least two exposed conductor traces; and a fastener on a second side of the printed circuit board, opposite the first side of the printed circuit board, among others.

Device for determining coolant leaks within information handling systems

In one or more embodiments, a liquid management system may include multiple impellers; multiple liquid transfer lines; a first impeller system that includes a first impeller of the multiple impellers; a second impeller system that includes a second impeller of the multiple impellers; and a shaft, coupled to the first impeller system and coupled to the second impeller system and configured to transfer the at least the portion of the energy to the second impeller system. The liquid management system may be configured to be coupled to an information handling system. The first impeller system may be configured to harvest, via rotation of the first impeller, energy from a flow of a liquid. The second impeller system may be configured to create pressure difference between two of the multiple liquid transfer lines coupled to the second impeller system.

System and method of managing liquids with information handling systems

Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to use compute capabilities of a network interface controller (NIC) to broker a secure connection across a network between a target information handling system (e.g., such as a server) and one or more other entities (e.g., such as other information handling systems implementing a cloud service or private network, and/or that are providing other remote service/s across the network). This secure connection may be brokered by the NIC at a hardware level in a manner that is separate from a host programmable integrated circuit of the same target information handling system, and in a way that is agnostic and independent of any host operating system or other logic that is executing on the host programmable integrated circuit of the target information handling system.

Systems and methods using a network interface controller (NIC) to broker a secure remote connection at the hardware layer

Methods and systems for monitoring, by a baseboard management controller, a network interface of an information handling system, identifying one or more management information exchanges between the information handling system and a plurality of information handling systems, identifying one or more telemetry metrics associated with the one or more management information exchanges on a hardware level, storing the one or more telemetry metrics into a telemetry metrics database of the information handling system, transmitting a telemetry metrics report including the one or more telemetry metrics to a service provider for analysis, analyzing, by the service provider, the telemetry metrics report to indicate a percent usage of an overall usage capacity associated with each device of a plurality of devices of the information handling system, and transmitting a usage report to each of the plurality of information handling systems based on the analysis of the telemetry metrics report.

System and method to monitor usage of information handling system using baseboard management controller

A network interface card includes a memory configured to store a credential associated with one of a manufacturer of the network interface card, a particular manufacturer of the server that includes the network interface card, or another manufacturer of an enclosure that holds the network interface card. A processor performs network discovery to identify devices in a local area network, performs port configuration, and establishes a secure network connection with a cloud service broker. Subsequent to the establishment of the secure network connection, the processor submits a provisioning request to the cloud service broker, receives a response to the provisioning request, and applies the security policies to the network interface card, wherein the security policies are for the devices of the local area network.

System and method for providing remote site security for information handling systems in a protected network

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive a digital voltage value from an analog to digital converter; may determine a resistance value of a device that includes a plurality of conductors separated from each other by a distance and a material that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent and that is configured to receive a liquid that removes heat from one or more components of the information handling system; may determine that the resistance value of the device is at or below a threshold resistance value; and in response to determining that the resistance value of the device is at or below the threshold resistance value, may provide information that indicates a leak of the liquid.

System and method of determining coolant leaks within information handling systems

In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine an engagement of a power supply unit with at least one of an information handling system (IHS) and a chassis configured to house multiple information handling systems (IHSs); may provide a power at a first voltage to the at least one of the IHS and the chassis; may determine if the at least one of the IHS and the chassis utilizes a second voltage; if the at least one of the IHS and the chassis utilizes the second voltage, may determine if the power supply unit is configured to provide the power at the second voltage; and if the power supply unit is configured to provide the power at the second voltage, may provide the power at the second voltage to the at least one of the IHS and the chassis.

System and method of utilizing power supply units

A flat flexible cable may include a plurality of generally parallel, co-planar flat conductive traces sandwiched between two ribbons of dielectric material and a plurality of strips of conductive material formed at intervals along a length of the flat flexible cable, each strip of conductive material electrically coupling a plurality of ground traces of the flat conductive traces to one another via portions of the ground traces exposed through the dielectric material at each of the intervals.

Flat flexible cable with bonded ground wires and method for forming same

As cable assembly may include a cable comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive wires and a hybrid connector that terminates an end of the cable. The hybrid connector may include a receptacle comprising a plurality of receptacle pins and configured to mechanically couple to a printed circuit board and receive an electronic device in order to mechanically couple the electronic device to the receptacle and the printed circuit board and electrically couple each of a plurality of electronic device pins of the electronic device to respective ones of the plurality of receptacle pins. The hybrid connector may also include a first section that electrically couples each of the plurality of electrically-conductive wires to respective ones of the plurality of receptacle pins and a second section that electrically couples each of a plurality of electrical conduits integral to the printed circuit board to respective ones of the plurality of receptacle pins.

Systems and methods for signal integrity insertion loss minimization in input/output backplanes

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Kevin Warren Mundt