Adapting open compute project to support sensor i/o standards
AssigneeOne Stop Systems, Inc.
InventorsJames Micheal REARDON, James John ISON, JR.
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Abstract
A hybrid system for integrating Open Compute Project (OCP) and VPX is described. The hybrid system comprises an OCP-compliant root complex including at least one Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI Express) graphics processing unit (GPU), a storage drive, a VPX I/O module, a switched fabric backplane, and a management agent. The management agent is configured to monitor, manage, and control the OCP-compliant root complex, the storage drive, and the VPX I/O module.
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A hybrid system for integrating Open Compute Project (OCP) and VPX, the hybrid system comprising:
- an OCP-compliant root complex including at least one Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI Express) graphics processing unit (GPU),
- a storage drive,
- a VPX I/O module,
- a switched fabric backplane, and
- a management agent;
- wherein the management agent is configured to monitor, manage, and control the OCP-compliant root complex, the storage drive, and the VPX I/O module.
A switched fabric backplane (SFB) system comprising:
- a management agent (MA) comprising a dedicated processor, logic resources, and software operating independently of Open Compute Project (OCP) and legacy I/O devices, wherein legacy I/O devices are I/O devices compliant with an interface standard selected from the group consisting of VPX, SOSA, PXI, and ATCA;
- a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI Express) switch coupled to the management agent;
- an Ethernet switch coupled to the management agent;
- a switched fabric backplane supporting multiple interface standards including VPX/SOSA-compliant slots and OCP-compliant connections;
- at least one central processing unit assembly and at least one graphics processing unit assembly, each connected to the PCI Express switch;
- a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) storage drive;
- a power supply module;
- and
- a plurality of transceivers,
- wherein the PCI Express switch and the Ethernet switch are configured to communicate through inter-fabric communication, and
- wherein the management agent is configured to manage, monitor, and configure switching functions that allow OCP and the legacy I/O devices to operate together while preserving architectural characteristics of legacy I/O standards.
A method for integrating a datacenter-class computing architecture with a legacy Input/Output (I/O) architecture, the method comprising:
- providing a switched fabric backplane (SFB) comprising a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI Express) switch and an Ethernet switch;
- communicatively coupling an Open Compute Project (OCP)-compliant computing module to the PCI Express switch;
- communicatively coupling a VPX-compliant I/O module to the SFB;
- and
- by a management agent operating independently of the OCP-compliant computing module, configuring a data path through at least one of the PCI Express switch and the Ethernet switch between the OCP-compliant computing module and the VPX-compliant I/O module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.