Patents Assigned to Softiron Limited
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Publication number: 20240129237Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and instructions to cause the processor to identify a client to connect a logical unit number (LUN) in a software defined system (SDS) through a mesh network through gateway nodes. The mesh network includes Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) port groups, each ALUA port group including possible connection to each of the LUNs and the client. Each gateway node includes an instance of each of the ALUA port groups. The processor balances a bandwidth load for a given ALUA across each of the gateway nodes through assignment of the LUNs in the given ALUA across the gateway nodes and to select, as a preferred path, a path from the client through a selected one of the gateway nodes to an assigned LUN from the assignment of the LUNs in the given ALUA across the gateway nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Milan Kovacik, Kenny Van Alstyne, Stephen Hardwick
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Patent number: 11934241Abstract: A fan device used with respect to a computing device. The fan device includes at least two fans that provide airflow for the computing device and a controller that adjusts the fans' speeds in an attempt to avoid harmonic vibrations of the at least two fans. The fan device may include at least one sensor, and the controller may adjust the fans' speeds based at least on information from the sensor(s) in the attempt to avoid the harmonic vibrations. The attempt to avoid the harmonic vibrations may also attempt to mitigate one or more of turbulence, pressure, over-heating, power consumption, or noise in, by, or around the computing device. Reversal of airflow may also be used. A fan bar that enables isolation of ground return noise may also be used. The controller may use sums of primes calculations, phase analysis, common divisor calculations, and the like. Also, associated methods.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Phillip Edward Straw, Robert Drury, David Patrick Anders, Alan Ott, Bryan Keith Larmore
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Publication number: 20240019484Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface to a device-under-test (DUT), an interface to a rack of cable holders, and a control circuit. Each cable holder is configured to raise or lower respective cable. The control circuit is configured to determine an internal configuration of the DUT and, based upon an internal configuration of the DUT, identify a plurality of cables to be used in testing the DUT. The control circuit is configured to cause the rack of cable holders to actuate a plurality of the cable holders associated with the identified plurality of cables to raise or lower the cable holders associated with the identified plurality of cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Kevin Peters, Roman Laabs, Jason Van der Schyff, Stephen Hardwick
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Patent number: 11842048Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, an acceleration framework circuit communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, and a device driver. The device driver is configured to receive a request for data manipulation by a software defined storage (SDS) application. The device driver is configured to determine whether the request for data manipulation can be offloaded from the processor to the acceleration framework circuit. The device driver is configured to, based upon the determination of whether the request for data manipulation can be offloaded from the processor to the acceleration framework circuit, selectively cause the request to be executed by the acceleration framework circuit or the SDS application through execution on the processor.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Lionel Corbet, Phillip Edward Straw, Steve Hardwick, Harry Richardson
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Publication number: 20230388397Abstract: A server includes a processor and a medium with instructions that cause the processor to determine machines in a network. Each of the machines are to have a same IPv4 address. The processor is further to derive an IPv6 packet for communication to a first machine of the machines to have the same IPv4 address. The IPv6 packet is to include an address. The address is to include the IPv4 address and a subnetwork identifier. The subnetwork identifier is to identify a portion of the network in which the first machine is an only machine with the IPv4 address.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventor: Kenny Van Alstyne
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Publication number: 20230388246Abstract: An article of manufacture includes instructions that, when loaded and executed by a processor, configure the processor to, at a coordinator electronic device, initiate a round of electronic device resource requests from a plurality of electronic devices, receive a request for an electronic device resource from each of the electronic devices, provide a fair access scheme for access to the electronic device resource for each of the electronic devices, and provide a proof to each of the electronic devices that the fair access scheme was used in providing access to the electronic device during the round.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventor: Mark Chen
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Publication number: 20230389217Abstract: A tray for modules may be configured to be in power communication with a motherboard. The tray may include a tray status indicator to be powered by a power storage circuit within the tray when the tray is disconnected from the motherboard. The tray may include slots to receive removable modules that are to be in power communication with the tray. The tray may include module status indicators to be powered by the power storage circuit when the tray is disconnected from the motherboard. The tray may include an indicator that a given one of the removable modules has a fault. The indication is to be persistent after disconnection of the tray from the motherboard. The tray may include a display controller circuit to selectively apply display schemes for the tray status indicator and the module status indicators depending upon whether the tray is connected to power of the motherboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Sean Michael Robin, George Brandon Dunson
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Patent number: 11755729Abstract: A system includes a server interface and a management server. The management server includes instructions for execution by a processor. The instructions, when loaded and executed by the processor, cause the processor to access a server through the remote interface and, through the interface, monitor current usage by an electronic device communicatively coupled to the server. The instructions further cause the processor to determine a security status of the electronic device based upon the current usage, and to take a corrective action based upon the security status.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Phillip Edward Straw, Bryan Keith Larmore, David Patrick Anders, Stephen Hardwick, Robert Drury, Andrew McNeil, Harry Richardson
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Patent number: 11751332Abstract: A baseboard includes a first connection configured to electrically interface with a motherboard, a second connection configured to electrically interface with a module, and a switch circuit configured to route data channels and power channels between the motherboard and the module. The first connection is configured to interface with more than one connection protocol or standard. The second connection is configured to interface with the more than one connection protocol or standard. The baseboard allows for cableless connections to allow unobstructed airflow over the components.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Robert Drury, Sean Michael Robin
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Patent number: 11747993Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a non-transitory machine-readable medium. The medium includes instructions. The instructions, when loaded and executed by a processor, configure the processor to, from an operating system, determine that a software defined storage (SDS) application installed in the operating system is configured to access a disk. The disk includes an SDS partition. The instructions are further configured to cause the processor to determine that the disk is to be monitored for performance and access a monitoring partition on the disk. The monitoring partition is inaccessible to the SDS application. The instructions are further configured to cause the processor to write test data to the monitoring partition and validate the test data written to the monitoring partition.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventor: Harry Richardson
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Patent number: 11748478Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface for an electronic device and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes circuitry configured to, through the interface, monitor current usage by the electronic device, determine a security status of the electronic device based upon the current usage, and take a corrective action based upon the security status.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Phillip Edward Straw, Bryan Keith Larmore, David Patrick Anders, Stephen Hardwick, Robert Drury
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Publication number: 20230273739Abstract: A system includes control logic to boot to a waking state, configure the system, and check for the presence of non-volatile DIMMs. Based on a determination that non-volatile DIMMs are not present, the control logic is to create one or more block devices to overcome CPU utilization limitations. Based on a determination that non-volatile DIMMs are present, the control logic is to use a non-volatile DIMM for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Kenny Van Alstyne, Phillip Edward Straw
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Publication number: 20230176986Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) server includes USB connectors. Each USB connector is configured to interface via USB to an endpoint server. The server includes a terminal manager configured to issue a command to a first endpoint server via a selected one of the USB connectors. The selected USB connector is associated with and connected to the first endpoint server. The terminal manager is further configured to determine whether a response has been received to the command, and, based on a determination that no response has been received to the command, attempt to power up the first endpoint server through the selected one of USB connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Phillip Edward Straw, Stephen Hardwick
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Publication number: 20230136274Abstract: A server includes a processor and a non-transitory machine-readable medium. The medium includes instructions. The instructions, when loaded and executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain software defined storage (SDS) performance data from a plurality of media servers, process the SDS performance data, and determine whether the SDS performance data indicates that a first media server includes a potentially failing storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Gregory DuVall Bruno, Steve Hardwick, Harry Richardson
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Publication number: 20230108213Abstract: A media failure server includes a processor, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions. The instructions, when loaded and executed by the processor, cause the processor to aggregate software defined storage (SDS) performance data from a plurality of media servers, process the aggregated SDS performance data, and determine whether the aggregate SDS performance data indicates that a first media server includes a potentially failing storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Robert Drury, Stephen Hardwick
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Publication number: 20220413950Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor interface circuit to a motherboard processor, an out of band (OOB) interface circuit to connect the apparatus to a media tray, and circuitry configured to determine a preliminary indication that a candidate storage device of the media tray will fail, cause isolation of the candidate storage device from the motherboard processor based upon the determination of the preliminary indication, and run a secondary diagnostic test on the candidate storage device through the OOB interface after isolating the candidate storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventor: Alan Ott
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Patent number: 11537539Abstract: A system includes a central processing unit (CPU) including semiconductor dies, wherein each semiconductor die includes processing cores. The system includes a multi-host network interface card (NIC). The NIC includes an external connection interface circuit and CPU interface circuits. The NIC is coupled to an external data source through the external connection interface circuit and to each the semiconductor dies through a respective CPU interface circuit. The NIC is configured to receive data from the external data source for a different peripherals separately connected to semiconductor dies, and route the data for peripherals through respective CPU interface circuits.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventor: Alan Ott
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Publication number: 20220391513Abstract: An apparatus includes a cryptographic key for decrypting content to be read from a storage media, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to, upon a boot of a server, dynamically generate a new boot authentication code using a prescribed method and determine a reconstituted boot authentication code. The reconstituted boot authentication code was reconstituted from an initial boot authentication code that was previously generated using the prescribed method. The control circuit is configured to compare the new and reconstituted boot authentication codes, and, based on a determination that the new and reconstituted boot authentication codes do not match, take a corrective action.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Charles C. Ruffino, Stephen Hardwick, Mark Chen
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Publication number: 20220376908Abstract: An apparatus includes a cryptographic key for encrypting content to be written to a storage media. The apparatus includes a control circuit configured to determine that the storage media is to be removed from a server, and, based on the determination that the storage media is to be removed from the system, delete the cryptographic key.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Charles C. Ruffino, Stephen Hardwick, Mark Chen
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Publication number: 20220376911Abstract: An apparatus includes a cryptographic key for encrypting content to be written to a storage media. The apparatus includes a control circuit configured to determine that the storage media has been physically moved, and, based on the determination that the storage media has been physically moved, erase the storage media by deleting the cryptographic key.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SOFTIRON LIMITEDInventors: Charles C. Ruffino, Stephen Hardwick, Mark Chen