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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan, TW;
Inventors:
Ching-Chih Shih, Taoyuan, TW;
Ching-He Huang, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/14 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); H04L 41/0833 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 41/046 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01);
Abstract
What is disclosed is a system and method to use discovery packets, such as in an LLDP message, for determining operational status of a rack system. A network device is connected to the port of a switch. Operational data may be sent or received via a discovery packet to the network device. The operational data may be determined by a management agent on the network device and sent to a management controller via the discovery packet. The operational data may be determined by the management controller and sent to the network device.