US 12,224,909 B2
System for programming unique data to a headless data center asset
Trevor Cockrell, Hutto, TX (US); and Brahmananda R. Thodati, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,571.
Prior Publication US 2024/0275683 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center connectivity management operation, comprising:
identifying a headless data center asset within a data center, the headless data center asset comprising a data center asset which is configured without a local interface, the data center asset being one of a collection of data center assets implemented to work in combination with one another for a particular purpose;
identifying a baseboard management controller associated with a data center asset within the data center, the baseboard management controller comprising a specialized microcontroller embedded on a motherboard of the data center asset, the baseboard management controller managing an interface between system-management software and platform hardware of the data center asset, the baseboard management controller comprising an exposed interface and a headless data center asset programming system, the headless data center asset programming system performing a headless data center asset programming operation, the headless data center asset programming operation allowing serviceable data to be written to the headless data center asset via the baseboard management controller;
identifying an intermediary device contained within the data center, the intermediary device being coupled between the headless data center asset and the data center asset, the intermediary device comprising a chassis manager, the chassis manager being embedded in the data center to manage a plurality of data center assets, the chassis manager comprising a chassis manager backup storage location, the chassis manager being configured without an exposed interface;
accessing the baseboard management controller associated with the data center asset via the exposed interface;
communicating between the headless data center asset and the baseboard management controller associated with the data center asset; and,
programming the headless data center asset via the headless data center asset programming system of the baseboard management controller associated with the data center asset, the programming propagating headless data center asset unique information from the baseboard management controller associated with the data center asset through the chassis manager to the headless data center asset; and wherein
the headless data center asset unique information is stored within the chassis manager backup storage location.