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US 12,602,342 B2Granted
Small form factor PC with BMC and extended functionality
AssigneeSimply Nuc, Inc.
InventorsCharles Abdouch, Joseph Giannuzzi, Steven Savage
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for a small form factor PC with BMC and extensible functionality. An apparatus includes a processor, memory, and a BMC that is configured for installation in a small form factor device and wherein functionality of the BMC is configurable by way of extensible features for interfacing with at least one device communicatively connected to the apparatus.
Claims23
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor,
- a memory coupled with the processor;
- and
- a baseboard management controller (BMC) coupled with the processor,
- wherein the BMC is configured for installation in a small form factor device,
- wherein the small form factor device is one node of a cluster comprising a plurality of interconnected small form factor devices, each comprising a corresponding BMC, and
- wherein one or more extensible functions of the BMC are remotely configurable through one or more reconfigurable control mechanisms comprising hardware interfaces or software interfaces that permit a user to add, remove, or modify BMC functions beyond a default configuration for facilitating interactions with at least one device communicatively connected to the apparatus and for communicating with at least one other BMC of the cluster to coordinate cluster-level monitoring, control actions, data exchange, or configuration propagation across the cluster.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a small form factor device with a baseboard management controller (BMC), the small form factor device being one node of a cluster comprising a plurality of interconnected small form factor devices, each comprising a corresponding BMC, wherein one or more logical, extensible functions of the BMC are remotely configurable through one or more reconfigurable control mechanisms comprising hardware interfaces or software interfaces that permit a user to add, remove, or modify BMC functions beyond a default configuration for facilitating interactions with at least one device communicatively connected to the small form factor device and for communicating with at least one other BMC of the cluster to coordinate cluster-level monitoring, control actions, data exchange, or configuration propagation across the cluster;
- and
- configuring the functionality of the BMC for interfacing with the at least one device communicatively connected to the small form factor device.
A system, comprising:
- at least one sensor or control device;
- a processor;
- a memory coupled with the processor;
- and
- a baseboard management controller (BMC) coupled with the processor,
- wherein the BMC is configured for installation in a small form factor device,
- wherein the small form factor device is one node of a cluster comprising a plurality of interconnected small form factor devices, each comprising a corresponding BMC and
- wherein one or more logical, extensible functions of the BMC are remotely configurable through one or more reconfigurable control mechanisms comprising hardware interfaces or software interfaces that permit a user to add, remove, or modify BMC functions beyond a default configuration for facilitating interactions with the at least one sensor or control device and for communicating with at least one other BMC of the cluster to coordinate cluster-level monitoring, control actions, data exchange, or configuration propagation across the cluster.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.