Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods of managing and delivering digital media content data. In certain embodiments, a management device in communication to a computing device via a universal serial bus (USB) connector is provided. The management device has a processor, a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory includes a first partition storing a firmware and a second partition. When executed at the processor, the firmware emulates an emulated bootable storage device for the computing device at the USB connector. In response to an access instruction from the computing device to access data stored at an emulated address of the emulated bootable storage device, the management device converts the emulated address to a physical address of the second partition, and accesses the data at the physical address. The data includes digital media content data and a control module configured to play the content data.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a computer system for remotely configuring network interfaces of a host computer is disclosed, the system including a remote management computer and a managed host computer communicatively connected to the remote management computer over a communications link. The host computer includes a first network interface operable to communicatively connect to two or more server computers on two or more corresponding port numbers, and a second network interface operable to communicatively connect to two or more server computers on two or more corresponding port numbers. The system also includes a microcontroller operatively connected to the first network interface and the second network interface. The microcontroller has a programmable processor that is programmed to cause the host computer to perform functions that include receiving configuration data from the remote management computer over the communications link.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relates to a virtual desktop deployment system configured to deploy a virtual desktop infrastructure.

Abstract: An intelligent virtual desktop infrastructure (iVDI) system is described. The system includes a first storage module having a processor, in communication with a hypervisor, and implemented by a volatile memory. The first storage module supplies a plurality of virtual machine operating systems (VMOSs) to the hypervisor. The hypervisor runs virtual machine (VMs) corresponding to the VMOSs. The systems also includes a VMOS management module configured to execute a first determination operation to determine if a usage of the first storage module has reached a preset storage limit. If yes, the VMOS management module selectively (a) initiate a deduplication operation directed to the plurality of VMOSs stored in the first storage module and (b) initiate a removal operation including removing at least one of the VMOSs from the first storage module and/or turning off at least one of the VMs running on the hypervisor.

Abstract: A computer-implementable method. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of initializing operation of a physical service processor to communicatively couple to a remote file system over a communications link. The remote file system has a computer-executable development module for modifying at least one network configuration setting for the physical service processor. The method also includes the step of causing the development module to modify at least one network configuration setting on a virtual service processor that is operative to emulate operation of the physical service processor, and the step of initializing operation of the virtual service processor with the at least one modified network configuration setting. The method further includes the step of verifying that the virtual service processor, when initialized with the at least one modified network configuration setting, operates without error.

Abstract: Method, application, and medium of remote management of a computer system using voice and gesture based input are disclosed. An application module is executed on a processor of a computing device. The application module (a) displays a first user interface on the computing device, the interface allowing a user to enter a first input which includes at least one of a voice input and a gesture input, (b) receives input data which include at least one of audio input data and multitouch input data from the computing device representing the first input, (c) determines, based on the input data, a first command from a plurality of commands targeted to a baseboard management controller (BMC) managing a computer system, (d) constructs a first message including the determined command, and (e) sends the first message to the BMC over a network.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an IPMI Compatible Digital Media Controller (DMC). The IPMI Compatible DMC includes: a processor, a network interface controller, and a memory. The memory contains a firmware, and when the it is executed at the processor, the firmware is configured: (a) to be in communication with a number of digital media devices in a local DLNA network, (b) to receive an IPMI message from a remote management device through the network interface controller; and (c) to execute, in response to the IPMI message, an DLNA operation of the DMR or DMS. The digital media devices include at least one digital media renderer (DMR) and at least one digital media server (DMS).

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a baseboard management controller (BMC) managing a computer system including N computer nodes and N is an integer greater than 1. The BMC has: (a) a processor, (b) a first communication interface controller, (c) a memory. The memory stores a firmware, and the firmware is executed by a processor of the BMC. The firmware, when executed by the processor, is configured to (a) dynamically obtain the value of N, and (b) initiate N virtual BMC stacks each managing at least one health or performance related aspect of a respective one of the N computer nodes. The first and second virtual BMC stacks of the N virtual BMC stacks communicate, through the first communication interface controller, with the first and second computer nodes of the N computer nodes, respectively.

Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a desktop cloud manager configured to manage thin client computers. The desktop cloud manager includes: XMS server processor, XMS communication interface for communicating between desktop cloud manager and thin client computers, thin client computer database for storing thin client computers and peripherals information; and non-volatile memory storing an XMS server operating system, and firmware having thin client management software.

Abstract: Certain aspects direct to a computing device for launching a virtual machine at a hypervisor. In certain embodiments, the computing device is a thin client or a zero client, which stores a user interface (UI), a first virtual desktop client (VDC) and a communication module. The UI receives input from a user of the computing device, and initializes the first VDC locally. The first VDC communicates with a first virtual machine (VM) hosted by a hypervisor of a remote computer system, receives desktop video display signals from the first VM, and sends signals associated with input from a user to the VM hosted by the hypervisor. The communication module constructs a first web-services message in accordance with a first web services protocol, and sends the first web-services message to the hypervisor, wherein the first web-services message instructs the hypervisor to perform a hypervisor management function.

Abstract: System and method for installation of a virtual service processor (VSP) are disclosed. The system include a computer that has a processor, a physical drive having a first partition and a master boot record (MBR) with initial settings indicating the first partition as an active bootable partition, and a non-transitory computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions. The instructions cause the processor to (a) load and execute a hypervisor from the computer storage medium, the hypervisor having a privileged domain and an unprivileged domain; (b) initiate a VSP in the privileged domain, the VSP being configured to manage at least one health, operation, or performance related aspect of the computer system; (c) configure the unprivileged domain to allow an operating system to run therein, the operating system (OS) being executable directly on the computer system; and (d) load and execute the OS in the unprivileged domain.

Abstract: Method, system, and storage media for remotely installing a virtual service processor (VSP) to a computing device are disclosed. The computer device initiates a preboot execution environment (PXE) client and receives a VSP installation file from a PXE server. The VSP installation file includes a VSP file, a universal plug and play (UPnP) service file, and a remote procedure call (RPC) service file. The UPnP service is discoverable by a management station in a network through UPnP. The computer device initiates a RPC service based on the RPC service file, sends hardware information of the computing device to the management station through the RPC service, receives configuration parameters for the VSP through the RPC service. The RPC service installs the VSP based on the VSP installation file and the configuration parameters.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method of performing a virtual media redirection. The method includes: (a) establishing a Web Socket connection between a web server of a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a browser program of a computing device in a network, the BMC performing a management function of a host computer; (b) emulating, at the BMC, virtual media to the host computer; (c) receiving, at the BMC, a read command from the host computer and directed to the emulated virtual media, the read command specifying a first file; (d) in response to the read command, sending, at the BMC, a request for the first file according to the read command to the browser program through the Web Socket connection; and (e) receiving, at the web server, the first file from the browser program through the Web Socket connection.

Abstract: A hypervisor and a DMAP server in a network are described herein. The hypervisor is configured to generate a universally unique identifier (UUID), associate the UUID with a virtual NIC, construct a discover message including the UUID and the hypervisor's network address, broadcast the discover message in the network. The DMAP server is configured to generate a MAC address that is unique in the network, receive the discover message, and associate the generated MAC address with the UUID in response to the discover message, construct an offer message having the MAC address, the UUID, and the network address of the DMAP server, and transmit the offer message to the hypervisor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computing device that includes: a processor; a graphic processing unit having N graphic processing cores, N being an integer greater than 1; a random access memory (RAM); a video port; a non-volatile memory, and a display processing unit. The non-volatile memory stores a virtual desktop client (VDC). The VDC can communicate with a first virtual machine (VM) of a hypervisor running on a remote computing device and receive an encoded image frame from the first VM; instruct the plurality of graphic processing cores to decode the encoded image frame in parallel; and generate a decoded image frame of the encoded image frame. The display processing unit can generate display signals representing the decoded image frame and transmit the display signals to the video port.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to a system and method for performing intelligent virtual desktop infrastructure (iVDI) using volatile memory arrays. The system has a hypervisor server and a storage server in communication via a file sharing protocol. A random access memory (RAM) disk is launched on a volatile memory array using a RAM disk driver. The RAM disk driver then assigns local and remote storages of the storage server as primary and secondary backup storages for the RAM disk. A group of virtual machine (VM) images is deployed to the RAM disk, and deduplication is performed on the VM images to release some memory space of the RAM disk. The deploying and deduplicating of the VM images continues repeatedly until the RAM disk is almost full. Then, the VM images in the RAM disk are copied to the backup storages as backup copies.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for alternating between a local graphical user interface (UI) and a virtual machine interface, on a computing device such as a thin client or a zero client. In particular, a virtual desktop client (VDC), which is in communication with a virtual machine hosted by a hypervisor on a remote computer system, receives desktop video display signals from the virtual machine. A monitoring application monitors the execution status of the VDC. Upon determining that the VDC has been terminated, the monitoring application is configured to present the UI by re-initializing, relaunching, or rebooting the UI, by retrieving display data associated with the UI from a RAM device, or by other means.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for modeling a configuration of components connected directly or indirectly to a baseboard of a computer system includes: (a) defining a group of device description files at a network based firmware generator, each device description file describing a component in a set of components which is selectively included in the configuration, and each device description file specifies the identification information associated with the component to which the device description file is associated, (b) providing, at a remote computing device in communication with the firmware generator via a network, a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to visually generate a configuration instruction of baseboard firmware and send the configuration instruction to the firmware generator, and (c) constructing a firmware image at the firmware generator in accordance with the configuration instruction.

Abstract: A method of flashing a BIOS memory of a computer system is described herein. The method includes executing a kernel of baseboard management controller (BMC) to create a partition for the BMC memory and a second partition for the BIOS memory; detecting whether the host processor is accessing the BIOS memory; controlling a multiplexer (MUX) to allow the first processor to access the BIOS memory when the host processor is not accessing the BIOS memory; and retrieving first BIOS software from the BMC memory and writing the first BIOS software to the BIOS memory.

Abstract: An aspect relates to fail safe flashing techniques for a management device of a computer system. A non-volatile memory of the management device stores a current firmware, an actual critical information and a backup critical information, which is rewritable in a booting mode and read-only in a flash mode. A flasher module is launched to operate the management device in the flash mode. The actual critical information is copied to a volatile memory and erased in the non-volatile memory. A replacement firmware is used to upgrade the current firmware. The actual critical information is mixed and matched with a new critical information. A user input is requested to write the mixed and matched critical information back to the non-volatile memory as the actual critical information. When the user input is not received after a first predetermined time period, the mixed and matched critical information is automatically written back.