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US 9,866,548 B2Granted
Authentication-free configuration for service controllers
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorChing-Chih Shih
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Abstract
Embodiments generally relate to out-of-band management of a computing system. The present technology discloses enable a primary service controller to provide a centralized configuration of multiple secondary service controllers so that they can share a same configuration. It can utilize an authentication-free protocol to modify and manage credentials for a large number of service controllers.
Claims13
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- establishing, at a primary service controller, data transmission with a remote node management device using an authentication protocol, the primary service controller being associated with a plurality of secondary service controllers;
- receiving, using the authentication protocol, a new credential associated with each of the plurality of secondary service controllers, the plurality of secondary service controllers configured to manage node data of a plurality of nodes;
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- transmitting, via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C), the new credential to the plurality of secondary service controllers using an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) message, the plurality of secondary service controllers configured to substitute a respective credential using the new credential,
- wherein the plurality of secondary service controllers is configured to communicate with the remote node management device using the new credential, and
- wherein the primary service controller comprises one of a Rack Management Controller, a Chassis Management Controller or a Data Center Management Controller, and wherein the secondary service controller comprises a Baseboard Management Controller.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to:
- establish, at a first service controller, data transmission with a remote node management device using an authentication protocol, the first service controller being associated with a second service controller;
- receive, using the authentication protocol, a new configuration associated with the second service controller, the second service controller configured to manage node data of a node;
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- transmit, via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C), the new configuration to the second service controller using an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) message, the second service controller configured to substitute a respective configuration with the new configuration, wherein the first service controller comprises one of a Rack Management Controller, a Chassis Management Controller or a Data Center Management Controller, and wherein the secondary service controller comprises a Baseboard Management Controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.