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US 2018/0322761 A1Published application
Visible indication of a port as configured to management functionality
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsMin-Lung Ke, Peter Liao, Chun-Hua Huang, Chih-Chieh Wang, Yi-Hsun Chen
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Abstract
Examples herein disclose an apparatus. The apparatus includes a network interface controller (NIC) port to be dedicated to a management functionality of a server. The apparatus also includes a light emitting diode (LED), coupled to the NIC port, to provide a visible indication that the NIC port is dedicated to the management functionality of the server.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface controller (NIC) port adaptable to be dedicated to a management functionality of a server;
- and
- a light emitting diode (LED), coupled to the NIC port, adaptable to provide a visible indication that the NIC port is configured for the management functionality of the server.
A method comprising:
- receiving a control signal, by a light emitting diode (LED), from an LED driver;
- and
- performing a visual indication by the LED that a network interface card (NIC) port, coupled to the LED, is dedicated to a management functionality of a server.
A system comprising:
- a light emitting diode (LED) driver adaptable to:
- receive an interrupt signal;
- transmit a control signal to an LED based on the interrupt signal;
- and
- the LED, coupled to a network interface card (NIC) port, adaptable to:
- visibly indicate a network status of the NIC port;
- receive the control signal from the LED driver;
- and
- visibly indicate the NIC port is dedicated to a management functionality of the system based on receipt of the control signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.