US 11,809,289 B2
High-availability (HA) management networks for high performance computing platforms
Lee E. Ballard, Georgetown, TX (US); Elie Antoun Jreij, Pflugerville, TX (US); Robert T. Stevens, Austin, TX (US); Bhavesh Govindbhai Patel, Austin, TX (US); and Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,252.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123999 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 11/2007 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4027 (2013.01); G06F 13/4031 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 15/177 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0016 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a first Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) having a first network port;
a hardware accelerator comprising a second BMC having a second network port; and
an internal bus directly coupling the first BMC with the second BMC, wherein the internal bus is internal to the IHS, and wherein at least one of:
(a) the first BMC is configured to share the first network port with the second BMC in response to a determination that the second network port has failed or has insufficient bandwidth, wherein the second BMC communicates with a remote manager using the first network port of the first BMC via the internal bus directly coupling the first BMC with the second BMC; or
(b) the second BMC is configured to share the second network port with the first BMC in response to a determination that the first network port has failed or has insufficient bandwidth, wherein the first BMC communicates with a same or different remote manager using the second network port of the second BMC via the internal bus directly coupling the first BMC with the second BMC.