US 12,032,969 B2
Management controller as bios
Deepaganesh Paulraj, Bangalore (IN); Mahesh Babu Ramaiah, Bangalore (IN); and Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, 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. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,693.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350694 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/4416 (2013.01) [G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a host system comprising a host basic input/output system (BIOS);
a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system; and
an information handling resource including a plurality of components, wherein the information handling resource is a SmartNIC, and wherein the components include at least one component selected from the group consisting of a SmartNIC BIOS and a SmartNIC management controller;
wherein the management controller is configured to:
query the information handling resource for information regarding capabilities that are supported by individual ones of the components, wherein the host BIOS is not capable of querying the information handling resource for the information; and
provide an application programming interface (API) configured to allow access to the capabilities.