System Management through Direct Communication between System Management Controllers
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPhilip D. Chidester, John R. Sieber, Munir U. Ahmad
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Abstract
An information handling system includes a first managed system including a first processor and a first management controller and a second managed system including a second processor and a second management controller. The first management controller is coupled to directly communicate with the second management controller. In an embodiment, the first management controller is coupled to the second management controller via a first I2C interface.
Claims20
An information handling system, comprising:
- a first managed system including a first processor and a first management controller;
- and
- a second managed system including a second processor and a second management controller;
- wherein the first management controller is coupled to directly communicate with the second management controller.
A method comprising:
- coupling a first management controller of a first managed system to a second management controller of a second managed system via a first I2C interface;
- and
- providing an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command from the first management controller to the second management controller via the first I2C interface.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for carrying out a method, the method comprising:
- coupling a first management controller of a first managed system to a second management controller of a second managed system via a first I2C interface;
- and
- providing an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) command from the first management controller to the second management controller via the first I2C interface;
- wherein the first management controller is a first master on the first I2C interface and the second management controller is a first slave on the first I2C interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.