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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Inventors:
Anurag Bhatia, Lilburn, GA (US);
Rama Bisa, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC., Norcross, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/17 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/105 (2013.01); G06F 13/4027 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 15/17 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a baseboard management controller (BMC) that includes a PCI express (PCIe) interface controller configured to provide access to a PCIe channel over a PCIe link, and firmware. The firmware includes a PCIe module being configured to access the PCIe channel through the PCIe interface controller and registered as a PCIe function. A software stack of the BMC communicates, through the PCIe module, with a PCIe device over the PCIe channel.