US 12,222,882 B2
Systems and methods for smart network interface card-initiated server management
Lee E. Ballard, Georgetown, TX (US); Robert T. Stevens, Austin, TX (US); Hendrich M. Hernandez, Round Rock, TX (US); and Gaurav Chawla, 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 Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/244,338.
Prior Publication US 2022/0350765 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/382 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4063 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/3213 (2013.01); G06F 2213/3808 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a host processor;
a baseboard management controller communicatively coupled to the host processor and configured for out-of-band management of the information handling system; and
a smart network interface card communicatively coupled to the host processor and the baseboard management controller, and configured to:
obtain a secret, randomly generated by the baseboard management controller, for authenticating the smart network interface card to the baseboard management controller;
request an access token reference from the baseboard management controller, the request including the secret and an identifier of the smart network interface card in order to authenticate the smart network interface card to the baseboard management controller;
in response to the request for the access token reference, receive the access token reference; and
communicate a management task request to the baseboard management controller using the access token reference;
wherein the secret is invalidated in response to removal of the smart network interface card.