Patents by Inventor Eric Kuzmack

Eric Kuzmack has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11687470
    Abstract: An expander I/O module discovery/management system includes a secondary system chassis housing an expander I/O module coupled to a server device. The server device identifies the secondary system chassis and an expander I/O module port utilized by that server device, and then generates and transmits an expander I/O module reporting communication identifying the secondary system chassis and the expander I/O module port. A primary system chassis houses a switching I/O module coupled to the expander I/O module. The switching I/O module receives the expander I/O module reporting communication and determines that the secondary system chassis identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication is different than the primary system chassis. In response, the switching I/O module assigns a virtual slot to the expander I/O module, and assigns a virtual port associated with the virtual slot to the expander I/O module port identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Pawan Kumar Singal, Balaji Rajagopalan, Ning Zhuang, Joseph LaSalle White, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Babu Krishna Chandrasekhar, Zoheb Khan
  • Publication number: 20220342832
    Abstract: An expander I/O module discovery/management system includes a secondary system chassis housing an expander I/O module coupled to a server device. The server device identifies the secondary system chassis and an expander I/O module port utilized by that server device, and then generates and transmits an expander I/O module reporting communication identifying the secondary system chassis and the expander I/O module port. A primary system chassis houses a switching I/O module coupled to the expander I/O module. The switching I/O module receives the expander I/O module reporting communication and determines that the secondary system chassis identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication is different than the primary system chassis. In response, the switching I/O module assigns a virtual slot to the expander I/O module, and assigns a virtual port associated with the virtual slot to the expander I/O module port identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Pawan Kumar Singal, Balaji Rajagopalan, Ning Zhuang, Joseph LaSalle White, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Babu Krishna Chandrasekhar, Zoheb Khan
  • Patent number: 11416424
    Abstract: An expander I/O module discovery/management system includes a secondary system chassis housing an expander I/O module coupled to a server device. The server device identifies the secondary system chassis and an expander I/O module port utilized by that server device, and then generates and transmits an expander I/O module reporting communication identifying the secondary system chassis and the expander I/O module port. A primary system chassis houses a switching I/O module coupled to the expander I/O module. The switching I/O module receives the expander I/O module reporting communication and determines that the secondary system chassis identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication is different than the primary system chassis. In response, the switching I/O module assigns a virtual slot to the expander I/O module, and assigns a virtual port associated with the virtual slot to the expander I/O module port identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Pawan Kumar Singal, Balaji Rajagopalan, Ning Zhuang, Joseph LaSalle White, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Babu Krishna Chandrasekhar, Zoheb Khan
  • Publication number: 20210034550
    Abstract: An expander I/O module discovery/management system includes a secondary system chassis housing an expander I/O module coupled to a server device. The server device identifies the secondary system chassis and an expander I/O module port utilized by that server device, and then generates and transmits an expander I/O module reporting communication identifying the secondary system chassis and the expander I/O module port. A primary system chassis houses a switching I/O module coupled to the expander I/O module. The switching I/O module receives the expander I/O module reporting communication and determines that the secondary system chassis identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication is different than the primary system chassis. In response, the switching I/O module assigns a virtual slot to the expander I/O module, and assigns a virtual port associated with the virtual slot to the expander I/O module port identified in the expander I/O module reporting communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Pawan Kumar Singal, Balaji Rajagopalan, Ning Zhuang, Joseph LaSalle White, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Babu Krishna Chandrasekhar, Zoheb Khan
  • Patent number: 9652281
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method are herein disclosed for providing a virtualization aware server maintenance mode. In one embodiment, an event is triggered in when a system action request is received by an information handling system. The event is processed and the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode. The virtualization manager is notified that the mode of the hypervisor has changed and the virtualization manager stores the information associated with the mode status change. The virtualization manager may also notify other remote access consoles or virtualization managers of the mode status change of the hypervisor. A maintenance mode lock may be acquired when the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode and released after the system action has been processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekhar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
  • Publication number: 20160253203
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method are herein disclosed for providing a virtualization aware server maintenance mode. In one embodiment, an event is triggered in when a system action request is received by an information handling system. The event is processed and the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode. The virtualization manager is notified that the mode of the hypervisor has changed and the virtualization manager stores the information associated with the mode status change. The virtualization manager may also notify other remote access consoles or virtualization managers of the mode status change of the hypervisor. A maintenance mode lock may be acquired when the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode and released after the system action has been processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekhar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
  • Patent number: 9384021
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method are herein disclosed for providing a virtualization aware server maintenance mode. In one embodiment, an event is triggered in when a system action request is received by an information handling system. The event is processed and the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode. The virtualization manager is notified that the mode of the hypervisor has changed and the virtualization manager stores the information associated with the mode status change. The virtualization manager may also notify other remote access consoles or virtualization managers of the mode status change of the hypervisor. A maintenance mode lock may be acquired when the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode and released after the system action has been processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekkar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
  • Patent number: 9229705
    Abstract: A software update manager running on an information handling system over a type 1 hypervisor operating system retrieves a virtual firmware update through a primary network interface. The virtual firmware update executes over the hypervisor to initiate a download of a firmware update to a management processor of the information handling system through a management network interface. The firmware update executes to update the firmware of the information handling system with an update process managed by an end user through the primary network interface and the software update manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian
  • Publication number: 20150020062
    Abstract: A software update manager running on an information handling system over a type 1 hypervisor operating system retrieves a virtual firmware update through a primary network interface. The virtual firmware update executes over the hypervisor to initiate a download of a firmware update to a management processor of the information handling system through a management network interface. The firmware update executes to update the firmware of the information handling system with an update process managed by an end user through the primary network interface and the software update manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian
  • Patent number: 8875124
    Abstract: A software update manager running on an information handling system over a type 1 hypervisor operating system retrieves a virtual firmware update through a primary network interface. The virtual firmware update executes over the hypervisor to initiate a download of a firmware update to a management processor of the information handling system through a management network interface. The firmware update executes to update the firmware of the information handling system with an update process managed by an end user through the primary network interface and the software update manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian
  • Publication number: 20140245296
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method are herein disclosed for providing a virtualization aware server maintenance mode. In one embodiment, an event is triggered in when a system action request is received by an information handling system. The event is processed and the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode. The virtualization manager is notified that the mode of the hypervisor has changed and the virtualization manager stores the information associated with the mode status change. The virtualization manager may also notify other remote access consoles or virtualization managers of the mode status change of the hypervisor. A maintenance mode lock may be acquired when the hypervisor is placed in maintenance mode and released after the system action has been processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekkar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
  • Publication number: 20130179872
    Abstract: A software update manager running on an information handling system over a type 1 hypervisor operating system retrieves a virtual firmware update through a primary network interface. The virtual firmware update executes over the hypervisor to initiate a download of a firmware update to a management processor of the information handling system through a management network interface. The firmware update executes to update the firmware of the information handling system with an update process managed by an end user through the primary network interface and the software update manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian