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Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Vaideeswaran Ganesan, Bangalore, IN;

Balamurugan Gnanasambandam, Pondicherry, IN;

Tamilarasan Janakiram, Bangalore, IN;

Sreeram Muthuraman, Trivandrum, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/442 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information handling system (IHS), baseboard management controller (BMC) and method provide for coordinating the BMC and the host processor subsystem to avoid conflicts between power operations by BMC and maintenance activities by the host processor subsystem. In response to determining that a power operation is requested for the host processor subsystem, a service processor of the BMC determining whether a planned power operation (PPO) software sensor contains information indicating that the host processor subsystem is executing a critical operation utility. In response to determining that the host processor subsystem is not executing the critical operation utility, service processor updates/modifies information contained in the PPO software sensor to indicate that a power operation is scheduled. The modified information prevents the host processor subsystem from subsequently initiating execution of the critical operation utility. The service processor also schedules the power operation of the host processor subsystem.


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