US 11,743,106 B2
Rapid appraisal of NIC status for high-availability servers
Faizal Sn, Bangalore (IN); Srihari Srirangam, Khammam (IN); Bharath Koushik Bangalore Suryanarayana, Bangalore (IN); Rajib Saha, Bangalore (IN); Prince Kumar, Bangalore (IN); and Jitendra Rath, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,592.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112143 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0604 (2022.01); H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 41/0654 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0613 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a processor;
a hardware network interface device coupled to the processor and configured to provide indications of faults on the network interface device to a network interface driver instantiated on the processor;
a baseboard management controller agent instantiated on the processor and configured to set a trap on the network interface driver to receive the indications; and
a baseboard management controller coupled to a management system, the baseboard management controller configured to operate out-of-band from the processor and to receive an identification of the management system from the management system, the management system configured to mitigate the faults on the network interface device;
wherein:
the network interface device is further configured to detect a first fault on the network interface device and to provide a first indication to the baseboard management controller agent in response to detecting the first fault; and
the baseboard management controller agent is further configured to receive the first indication from the network interface device, to receive the identification of the management system from the baseboard management controller, and to provide a second indication to the management system based upon the identification.