Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling air distribution to electronic components are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes fans configured to distribute air to a plurality of electronic components. The system also includes a fan controller configured to control the fans based on a form factor and/or a quantity of the electronic components.

Abstract: An apparatus for using a dataless cache entry includes a cache memory and a cache controller configured to identify a first cache entry in cache memory as a potential cache entry to be replaced according to a cache replacement algorithm, compare a data value of the first cache entry to a predefined value, and write a memory address tag and state bits of the first cache entry to a dataless cache entry in response to the data value of the first cache entry matching the predefined value, wherein the dataless cache entry in the cache memory stores a memory address tag and state bits associated with the memory address, wherein the dataless cache entry represents the predefined value, and wherein the dataless cache entry occupies fewer bits than the first cache entry.

Abstract: An apparatus for secure multiple server access to a non-volatile storage device is disclosed. A method and storage device product also perform the functions of the apparatus. An apparatus includes a storage device with three or more ports. Each port includes at least one lane and each port is configured to connect to a different server over the at least one lane of the port. The storage device includes a storage controller in the storage device for each port. Each storage controller controls storage to non-volatile storage of the storage device. The storage device includes a logical namespace assigned to each port. Each logical namespace is assigned to a portion of the non-volatile storage of the storage device. The logical namespace of a first port of the three or more ports is inaccessible to a second port of the three or more ports.

Abstract: A method that includes providing a push notification from a system management appliance (SMA) to a user device. The push notification includes a one-time password for access to the SMA on a temporary alternate route to a normal route between the SMA and the user device to permit the user device to obtain additional information pertaining to the push notification.

Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting a hard disk drive in a computer system to enable hard disk replacement under hot-swap operations, the apparatus comprises a rail, a primary bracket coupled to the rail, and a cage to which a hard disk drive is mountable and coupled to the primary bracket. The rail is mountable to a base element such as a main board or the chassis of a computer system. The cage is movable relative to the rail from an operating position to a first cage position, and subsequently from the first cage position toward a second cage position to provide a clearance space in front of the cage, in order to allow the hard disk drive mounted in the cage to be drawn out from the cage for replacement under hot-swap operations.

Abstract: A method for recovering data on a failed storage device includes detecting that a first storage device has a failure, creating a simulated management module where the simulated management module linked with a second storage device, writing a replica of at least some of the data as stored in the first storage device to a second storage device, creating a permanent management module and deleting the simulated management module.

Abstract: Detecting a compromised system using an integrated management controller including receiving a workload characterization for an expected hardware utilization of a computing system, wherein the workload characterization is a pattern of expected hardware utilization of computing hardware on the computing system, and wherein the workload characterization comprises hardware utilization thresholds; storing the workload characterization on an integrated management controller communicatively coupled to the computing hardware on the computing system; monitoring the computing hardware of the computing system using the integrated management controller, including comparing the hardware utilization thresholds of the workload characterization to measured hardware utilization of the computing hardware; determining that the computing system is compromised based on detecting that the measured hardware utilization of the computing hardware has exceeded one of the hardware utilization thresholds of the workload characterizatio

Abstract: An apparatus for storing data based on physical accessibility of storage devices is disclosed. One embodiment of an apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory that stores code executable by the processor to acquire information related to physical accessibility for a plurality of data storage devices, each data storage device operably connected to a computing device. The code is further executable by the processor to classify the physical accessibility for each of the plurality of data storage devices based on the acquired information. Also, the code is executable by the processor to store data on a data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices based on the classified physical accessibility for the data storage device and sensitivity of the data. Further, data with a higher sensitivity is stored on a data storage device classified with a lower accessibility than data with a lower sensitivity.

Abstract: An apparatus and a computer program product provide program instructions executable by a processor to perform operations. The operations include identifying a plurality of system management servers in a computer system and a node management capacity for each system management server, identifying a plurality of nodes in the computer system and a value of a node operating factor for each node, and dividing the plurality of nodes into groups, wherein each of the nodes in a group has the same value of the node operating factor. The operations further include assigning each one of the groups of nodes to one of the system management servers, wherein a sum of the nodes assigned to each system management server does not exceed the node management capacity of the system management server, and managing, for each system management server, the group of nodes that are assigned to the system management server.

Abstract: A computer program product provides a non-volatile computer readable medium and non-transitory program instructions embodied therein, where the program instructions are configured to be executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform various operations. The operations may comprise identifying a dataset that is being used by a first workload running on a first host server within a computing system and a second workload running on a second host server within the computing system, wherein each of the host servers within the computing system are connected for communication over a network including a network switch. The operations may further comprise identifying a data storage device that is directly attached to the network switch within the network, migrating the identified dataset to the identified data storage device, and causing the first and second workloads to send dataset access requests to the identified dataset on the identified data storage device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computing apparatus and a method for securing access to the computing device. The computing apparatus comprises a housing, a data storage device disposed in the housing, a cover movably coupled to the housing to secure the data storage device in the housing, and a controller coupled to the data storage device. The controller is configured to grant access to the data storage device upon detecting an authorized attempt of opening the cover and to deny access to the data storage device upon detecting an unauthorized attempt of opening the cover.

Abstract: Hardware assisted remote transactional memory including receiving, from a first remote processor over a high-speed communications fabric, an indication of a beginning of a first memory transaction; queuing, in a first hardware memory assistant, memory instructions for the first memory transaction; receiving, from a second remote processor over the high-speed communications fabric, an indication of a beginning of a second memory transaction; queuing, in a second hardware memory assistant, memory instructions for the second memory transaction; receiving, from the first remote processor over the high-speed communications fabric, an indication of an ending of the first memory transaction; comparing memory addresses accessed in the first memory transaction to memory addresses accessed in the second memory transaction; and in response to determining that the memory addresses accessed in the first memory transaction overlap with the memory addresses accessed in the second memory transaction, aborting the first memor

Abstract: Conveying potential communication methods for a user of a computing system network, including: determining whether a user account for a real-time communications application (RTCA) is installed on a first inactive user device; if the user account for the RTCA is installed on the first inactive user device: calculating a proximity between a location of the first inactive user device and a user location; determining a status for the RTCA account based on the proximity between the location of the first inactive user device and the user location, wherein the status indicates a user's potential availability to utilize the RTCA account for communications; and sending the status for the RTCA account to another device.

Abstract: A computer program product provides program instructions configured to be executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include associating, for each data field among a plurality of data fields of a database, the data field with a subject matter category from among a plurality of subject matter categories; providing data from the database to a first user interface; detecting data entry into a first data field of the database subsequent to providing data from the database to the first user interface; identifying a first subject matter category that is associated with the first data field into which the detected data entry is received; and setting a first flag to indicate that the first user interface has stale data within the first subject matter category without immediately pushing data reflecting the detected data entry to the first user interface.

Abstract: Systems having fluid conduit carriers for holding different portions of a fluid conduit and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a system includes a fluid conduit comprising a first portion and a second portion that are fluidly connected to each other for carrying cooling fluid proximate to a first electronic component and a second electronic component of a computing device. The system also includes a first fluid conduit carrier configured to hold the first portion of the conduit. Further, the system includes a second fluid conduit carrier configured to hold the second portion of the conduit. The first fluid conduit carrier and the second fluid conduit carrier are configured to connect to one another.

Abstract: A computing device is provided including a motherboard including a control module, a first trusted platform module (TPM), and a second TPM. The control module directs security operations to the first TPM, wherein the control module is operable to detect whether or not the first TPM is damaged, and wherein the control module, in response to detecting that the first TPM is damaged, is operable to direct subsequent security operations to be performed by the second TPM. A computer program product is also provided including non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying program instructions executable by a processor to direct security operations to a first TPM coupled to a motherboard of the computing device, detect whether or not the first TPM is damaged, and, responsive to detecting that the first TPM is damaged, direct subsequent security operations to a second TPM coupled to the motherboard of the computing device.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a voltage regulator including a high-side field-effect transistor, a low-side field-effect transistor, an inductor, and a conductive net connecting the high-side field-effect transistor, the low-side field-effect transistor and the inductor. The apparatus further includes an attenuation circuit coupled to the conductive net, wherein the attenuation circuit includes an electronic switch that enables and disables an amount of attenuation provided by the attenuation circuit. Examples of the attenuation circuit include a snubber circuit and a boost resistor circuit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for utilizing a block storage device as Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) space, wherein a computer includes at least one DRAM module and at least one block storage device interfaced to the computer using a double data rate (DDR) interface. During boot up, the computer configures DRAM and block storage devices of the computer for utilization as DRAM or block storage. Then the computer determines that more DRAM space is required. Responsive to determining that more DRAM space is required, the computer transforms a block storage device into DRAM space. Once the computer determines that the transformed block storage device that is being used for DRAM space is no longer needed to be used as DRAM space, the computer transforms the block storage device back to block storage space.

Abstract: Shared virtual media in a composed system, including generating, in a switch of a fabric of the composed system, a virtual media device; associating media data with the virtual media device; and sending, by the switch, via the fabric, to one or more compute nodes of the composed system, the media data.

Abstract: A storage area network (SAN) includes fabric-attachable storage drives that are each directly connected to a fabric and that operate drive volumes. The SAN includes SAN software agents executed by client computing devices that are directly connected to the fabric. Each SAN software agent operates logical volumes realized by the drive volumes of the storage drives. The SAN includes a SAN manager directly connected to the fabric to manage the drive volumes of the SAN storage drives and to manage the logical volumes that the SAN software agents operate.