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).
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Patent number: 11687470Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20220342832Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Pawan Kumar Singal, Balaji Rajagopalan, Ning Zhuang, Joseph LaSalle White, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Babu Krishna Chandrasekhar, Zoheb Khan
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Patent number: 11416424Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20210034550Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Pawan Kumar Singal, Balaji Rajagopalan, Ning Zhuang, Joseph LaSalle White, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Babu Krishna Chandrasekhar, Zoheb Khan
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Patent number: 9652281Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekhar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
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Publication number: 20160253203Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekhar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
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Patent number: 9384021Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekkar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
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Patent number: 9229705Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian
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Publication number: 20150020062Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian
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Patent number: 8875124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian
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Publication number: 20140245296Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Karthik Sethuramalingam, Rajashekkar T. Hamasagar, Sridhar Chakravarthy, Eric Kuzmack
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Publication number: 20130179872Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Inventors: Eric Kuzmack, Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Xianghong Qian