Abstract: An information handling system may include a host processor module comprising a host processor field programmable gate array, a management controller communicatively coupled to the host processor field programmable gate array and configured to provide out-of-band management facilities for management of the information handling system, and an interposer configured to interface between the host processor field programmable gate array and one or more peripheral devices in order to perform power management and control of the one or more peripheral device. The interposer may include a general purpose input/output extender configured to enable and control power delivery to the one or more peripheral devices and a microcontroller unit communicatively coupled to the host processor field programmable gate array and configured to perform monitoring and discovery of the one or more peripheral devices.

Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector functionality modification system includes a USB connector coupled to a first subsystem and a second subsystem by a multiplexer device. A USB connector functionality modification subsystem is coupled to the multiplexer device and operates to receive a USB connector functionality modification instruction while the multiplexer device is configured to allow the first subsystem to transmit and receive data via the USB connector and the second subsystem cannot transmit and receive data via the USB connector. In response to receiving the USB connector functionality modification instruction, the USB connector functionality modification subsystem reconfigures the multiplexer device to allow the second subsystem to transmit and receive data via the USB connector while the first subsystem cannot transmit and receive data via the USB connector.

Abstract: Methods and systems for thermal management of data processing systems are disclosed. To improve the likelihood of computer implemented services being provided, the systems may thermally manage the temperatures of various components of the data processing system under a variety of operating conditions. To warm the components, the system may include fans usable to generate a circulation airflow and heaters to generate heat to warm the airflow. To cool the components, the system may include fans usable to generate a through enclosure airflow to bring in cool air and expel warm air. The fans may be managed via a control system that includes multiple management entities that may operate under different ranges of thermal conditions and may be capable of performing various analysis for ascertaining how to operate the fans and heaters to thermally manage the system.

Abstract: A recoil device is provided for a gun having a barrel with a breech. The device includes a breech nut, a brake assembly, a pneumatic spring and a counter-recoil buffer. The breech nut has first and second adjacent sides. The brake assembly includes a brake cylinder that mounts to the breech nut on the first side. The pneumatic spring mounts to the breech nut on the second side. The counter-recoil buffer attaches to the pneumatic spring. The brake cylinder and the pneumatic spring internally push fluids for recoil absorption and return in response to firing the gun.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a host processor module comprising a host processor field programmable gate array, a management controller communicatively coupled to the host processor field programmable gate array and configured to provide out-of-band management facilities for management of the information handling system, and an interposer configured to interface between the host processor field programmable gate array and one or more peripheral devices in order to perform power management and control of the one or more peripheral device. The interposer may include a general purpose input/output extender configured to enable and control power delivery to the one or more peripheral devices and a microcontroller unit communicatively coupled to the host processor field programmable gate array and configured to perform monitoring and discovery of the one or more peripheral devices.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a first and second microstrip circuit traces formed on an outer surface of the printed circuit board, and a patterned dielectric material applied over a first length of the first microstrip circuit trace. The first microstrip circuit trace has a first length and carries a first signal. The second microstrip circuit trace is adjacent to the first microstrip circuit trace, has a second length longer than the first length, and carries a second signal. The patterned dielectric material is provided over a portion of the first length to delay the first signal relative to the second signal.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes first and second insulating layers, first and second strip line circuit traces formed on a surface of the first insulating layer, and a patterned dielectric material. The first strip line circuit trace has a first length and carries a first signal. The second strip line circuit trace is adjacent to the first strip line circuit trace, has a second length longer than the first length, and carries a second signal. The patterned dielectric material is provided over a portion of the first length to delay the first signal relative to the second signal. The second insulating layer is affixed to the surface and covers the first and second strip line circuit traces and the patterned dielectric material.

Abstract: A zero-gravity hoist system including a chain fall, a motor coupled to the chain fall and configured to drive the chain fall in one or more directions, a power supply configured to provide power to the motor, and a controller having one or more electronic processors. The one or more electronic processors are configured to measure a first force of a load in response to receiving an input, store the measured first force in a memory of the controller, measure a second force of the load, determine a difference between the second measured force and the first measured force, and adjust a height of the load based on determining that the second force differs from the first force by a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A cable assembly may include a cable having a plurality of electrically-conductive wires including a first set of wires and a second set of wires and a plug terminating an end of the cable, the plug comprising a housing including a locking tab formed on the outside of the housing on a first side of the housing and configured to mechanically couple the plug to a corresponding receptacle connector, a first contact formed on the first side of the housing and configured to expose the first set of wires to a first set of pins of the corresponding receptacle connector, and a second contact formed on a second side of the housing opposite the first side and configured to expose the second set of wires to a second set of pins of the corresponding receptacle connector.

Abstract: A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.

Abstract: A method for dynamic immutable security personalization for enterprise products. Specifically, the disclosed method describes how a computer processor (e.g., baseboard management controller) of an enterprise product can personalize security requirements in trusted facilities, along the supply chain route of the enterprise product, so that trusted assumptions concerning the enterprise product can be made. Further, through dynamic immutable security personalization, these trusted assumptions are allowed to change over time (e.g., from being less restrictive to more restrictive) as changing enterprise product configuration states are captured while the enterprise product traverses the supply chain route.

Abstract: An Information Handling System (IHS) includes multiple hardware devices, and a baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in communication with the plurality of hardware devices. The BMC includes a first processor configured to execute a custom BMC firmware stack, and a second processor including executable instructions for receiving a request to perform a test on the first processor in which the request is received through a secure communication session established with a remote IHS. The instructions further perform the acts of controlling the first processor to perform the test according to the request, the first processor generating test results associated with the test, and transmitting the test results to the remote IHS through the secure communication session.

Abstract: A serial connector adapter system includes a serial connector adapter device connected to a computing device. The serial connector adapter device includes a serial communication request subsystem coupled to a serial connector and a first USB connector. The computing device includes a second USB connector connected to the first USB connector, a serial communication subsystem coupled to the second USB connector, and a serial communication configuration subsystem coupled to the second USB connector and the serial communication subsystem.

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the orchestrated secure attestation and conditional enablement of a hot-plug peripheral device. In one or more embodiments, a newly added peripheral device is initially set to a hidden status so that it is not visible to the host operation system of the information handling system. In one or more embodiments, only after being successfully vetted is the peripheral device made visible to the host. In one or more embodiments, if the peripheral device is not supported, including failing one or more policies, the peripheral device remains in a hidden state to the host operating system of the information handling system.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for power throttling of High Performance Computing (HPC) components are described. In some embodiments, an HPC platform may include: a system Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), and an accelerator tray comprising a tray BMC coupled to a plurality of managed subsystems and to the system BMC, where the system BMC is configured to: in response to a power excursion event, instruct the tray BMC to throttle a first managed subsystem by a first amount and to throttle a second managed subsystem by a second amount.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, a data processing unit communicatively coupled to the processor, a logic device communicatively coupled to processor and configured to, responsive to a shutdown event associated with the information handling system, cause a power system of the information handling system to maintain delivery of electrical energy to the data processing unit until receiving a command to cause withdrawal of the electrical energy to the data processing unit, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor, the data processing unit, and the logic device, and configured for out-of-band management of the information handling system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for distributing power using a power distribution system includes: receiving, by a first power distribution end of a power conductor of the power distribution system, power from a power supply unit via a first cable coupled to the power supply unit, the first power distribution end coupled to a first connector, the first connector including a first power interface coupling the first power distribution end to the first cable, the power conductor contoured to removably couple to a heatsink of the information handling system; and providing, by a second power distribution end of the power conductor, the power to a component of the information handling system via a second cable coupled to the component, the second power distribution end coupled to a second connector, the second connector including a second power interface coupling the second power distribution end to the second cable.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for power throttling of High Performance Computing (HPC) components are described. In some embodiments, an HPC platform may include: a system Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), and an accelerator tray comprising a tray BMC coupled to a plurality of managed subsystems and to the system BMC, where the system BMC is configured to: in response to a power excursion event, instruct the tray BMC to throttle a first managed subsystem by a first amount and to throttle a second managed subsystem by a second amount.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a secondary baseboard management controller that may transmit a first set of data via an external interface, and transmit a second set of data via an internal interface. A primary baseboard management controller includes a data traffic manager that may transmit a first signal for the current data to be transmitted if the current data is of the first set of data, or transmit a second signal if the current data is of the second set of data.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a host system comprising a host system processor and a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor and comprising a main processor for implementing functionality of the management controller and a co-processor communicatively coupled to the host system processor and configured to implement a proxy to the host system to enable the host system to access devices managed by the management controller.