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US 2006/0215659 A1Published application
Out-of-band platform switch
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMichael Rothman, Vincent Zimmer
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Abstract
A packet is received from a network at an out-of-band (OOB) network interface of an OOB platform switch of a computer system. A destination of the packet is identified. A next hop is determined along a path the packet may be routed to reach the destination. The packet is forwarded to the next hop via the OOB network interface by the OOB platform switch.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- receiving a packet from a network at an out-of-band (OOB) network interface of an OOB platform switch hosted by a computer system;
- identifying a destination of the packet;
- determining, via the OOB platform switch, a next hop along a path the packet may be routed to reach the destination;
- and
- forwarding the packet to the next hop via the OOB network interface.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine-accessible medium including a plurality of instructions which when executed perform operations comprising:
- receiving a packet at an out-of-band (OOB) network interface of an OOB platform switch hosted by a computer system coupled to a network, wherein the OOB platform switch operating independent of an operating system of the computer system;
- identifying a destination of the packet;
- using a routing table stored at the computer system to determine a next hop along a path the packet may be routed to reach the packet's destination;
- and
- forwarding the packet via the OOB network interface to the next hop.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a first processor;
- an out-of-band (OOB) management controller, the OOB management controller including:
- a second processor;
- and
- an OOB Ethernet network interface coupled to the second processor;
- and
- a storage unit coupled to the OOB management controller having a plurality of instructions stored therein that if executed by the second processor perform operations comprising:
- receiving a packet at the OOB Ethernet network interface;
- determining a next hop of the packet along a path to the packet's destination;
- and
- forwarding the packet to the next hop via the OOB Ethernet network interface.
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A computer system, comprising:
- an in-band processor coupled to a chipset;
- an in-band network interface coupled to the chipset;
- an out-of-band (OOB) management controller coupled to the chipset, the OOB management controller including:
- an OOB processor;
- and
- an OOB network interface coupled to the OOB processor;
- and
- a storage unit coupled to the OOB management controller having a plurality of instructions stored therein that if executed by the OOB processor perform operations comprising:
- receiving a packet at the OOB network interface;
- determining a next hop of the packet along a path to the packet's destination;
- and
- forwarding the packet to the next hop via the OOB network interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.