Patent · US Active

Systems and methods for extension of server management functions

US8966026B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Hai T. Phung · Round Rock, US
Anand Narayanan · Austin, US
Charles D. Stracener · Carrollton, US
Pritesh F. Prabhu · Georgetown, US
Sanjay K. Rao · Palo Alto, US
Weijia Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2013
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/44526
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods that may be implemented to provide a plug-in architecture framework to allow extension of server management functionalities in a unified extension firmware interface (“UEFI”) environment using available remote access controller memory space. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to provide a hardware and software interface to allow use of a plug-in framework in the embedded system management that may be run under the BIOS firmware and the UEFI environment. The disclosed systems and methods may also be implemented to provide a server management architecture that may be modified and enhanced over time, and/or that may also be employed to extend availability of the server management framework to third parties, as well as to extend support to original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) servers.

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