Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Mike Chuang

Charles L Hudson

Daniel Nathan Cripe

Michael Sean McGee

Robert Teisberg

David J Koenen

A system to facilitate operating system (OS) installation is described. The system includes a server and rack controller, including one or more processors to generate an imaging service comprising an OS image container, transmit data via a first network to initiate a boot up process at a server and download an OS image included in the OS image container via a second network, wherein the second network is separate from the first network.

Operating system installation mechanism

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing configurable transmission rates for devices within a multi-device enclosure, despite common communication media within the multi-device enclosure that would otherwise constrain or fix the transmission rates of the devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, implemented within a virtual-connect manager or other module or device contained in, or associated with, a multi-server enclosure, the virtual-connect manager provides an administrative or management interface through which each server can be assigned a maximum transmission rate. The virtual-connect manager then continuously monitors the transmission rates of servers and/or ports within servers in order to apply back pressure, or flow control, so that the servers and/or ports within servers do not exceed the configured maximum transmission rates.

Adjustable server-transmission rates over fixed-speed backplane connections within a multi-server enclosure

This invention provides the ability to significantly lower the power consumed by a group of Ethernet links when organized in a Link Aggregation Group. When the server or switch senses low bandwidth utilization across multiple links in the group, it will negotiate the transition of un-necessary links to a lower power state. When the bandwidth requirements increases, the algorithm will quickly re-establish links and distribute the Ethernet traffic across the multiple links when necessary.

Method for ethernet power savings on link aggregated groups

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with monitoring a server port in a server network environment are described. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) allows server port(s) to be selected for monitoring. The GUI also allows for an uplink port to be selected, where the uplink port is a port that may be connected to a network analyzer. In response to the selections, a virtual local area network (VLAN) is created to establish communication between the selected server port(s) and the selected uplink port. Network traffic that passes through the selected server port(s) can then be duplicated and transmitted through the VLAN to the selected uplink port to be monitored and analyzed by a network analyzer connected to the uplink port.

Network traffic monitoring in a server network environment

Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for managing connectivity in a virtual network. One embodiment determines if information received from a device in a virtual land area network (VLAN) matches a configuration of a virtual connect domain (VCD) in order to label links as being either internal or external.

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Mike Chuang