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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Super Micro Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:
Assignee:

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 69/16 (2022.01); H04L 101/663 (2022.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); G06F 11/3096 (2013.01); H04L 29/06911 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 61/6063 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1458 (2013.01); H04L 69/161 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server management switch discovers and identifies its switch ports that are connected to communication ports of baseband management controllers (BMC's) of server computers. The server management switch isolates the identified BMC-connected switch ports such that network traffic on a BMC-connected switch port is restricted to a switch port that has a connection, either directly by a link or over a server management network, to a server management computer. Network traffic on BMC-connected switch ports are monitored and controlled in various ways to further protect the BMC's from security attacks.


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