Patent · US Active

Out-of-band host management via a management controller

US8566847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert Ling · San Jose, US
Yu Xu · Shanghai, CN
Sunil Bhagia · Olympia, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2011
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/54
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques presented herein provide approaches for out-of-band host management via a management controller. In one embodiment, the management controller provides an application programming interface (API) specifying one or more functions for managing one or more applications executing on a host computer. The one or more functions may be invoked by a requesting entity.

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