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US 8,751,675 B2Granted
Rack server management
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsSriranjan Bose, Gururaja Nittur, Chidananda Satya Kumar Patchava
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Abstract
Techniques presented herein provide approaches for managing rack servers. In one embodiment, a message is received from a management controller of a rack server and via a switch port, where the message requests a lease for a network address under a first protocol. Upon determining that the management controller is a supported device, the switch port is configured to allow network traffic under at least a second protocol.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a message from a management controller of a rack server, the message requesting a lease for a network address under a first protocol, the message storing one or more parameters characterizing the management controller in one or more fields defined by the first protocol as being reserved for vendor-specific extensions, and the message being received via a switch port configured to allow only network traffic under the first protocol;
- providing the lease for the network address to the management controller via the switch port;
- and
- upon determining that the management controller is a supported device based on the one or more parameters and an indication of one or more supported devices, configuring the switch port to allow network traffic under at least a second protocol.
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Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution and when executed operable to:
- receive a message from a management controller of a rack server, the message requesting a lease for a network address under a first protocol, the message storing one or more parameters characterizing the management controller in one or more fields defined by the first protocol as being reserved for vendor-specific extensions, and the message being received via a switch port configured to allow only network traffic under the first protocol;
- provide the lease for the network address to the management controller via the switch port;
- and
- upon determining that the management controller is a supported device based on the one or more parameters and an indication of one or more supported devices, configure the switch port to allow network traffic under at least a second protocol.
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A system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and, when executed by the one or more computer processors, operable to:
- receive a message from a management controller of a rack server, the message requesting a lease for a network address under a first protocol, the message storing one or more parameters characterizing the management controller in one or more fields defined by the first protocol as being reserved for vendor-specific extensions, and the message being received via a switch port configured to allow only network traffic under the first protocol;
- provide the lease for the network address to the management controller via the switch port;
- and
- upon determining that the management controller is a supported device based on the one or more parameters and an indication of one or more supported devices, configure the switch port to allow network traffic under at least a second protocol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.