Patents by Inventor Francis Kin-Wing HONG

Francis Kin-Wing HONG 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: 11706190
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for managing internet protocol (IP) address assignment to servers on rack(s) based on their physical locations within the rack(s). Through the example implementations, the physical location of a server within a data center rack can be determined based on the IP address. Example implementations can involve issuing a ping local to determine a plurality of servers; retrieving power on time, current system time, and operating system (OS) uptime for each of the plurality of servers; determining a power on order for the plurality of servers; determining physical locations of the plurality of servers within one or more racks based on installation instructions and power on order; and assigning IP addresses to the plurality of servers based on the physical locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI VANTARA, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Kin-Wing Hong, William Nguyen, Art Cruz, Utkarsh Purushottam Wagh, Yogesh Kandlikar
  • Patent number: 11635969
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed to upgrading one or more of add-on firmware and disk firmware for a server, which can involve connecting a port of the server to an isolated network, the isolated network dedicated to firmware upgrades for the server; caching onto cache memory of the server, an operating system received through the isolated network; booting the operating system on the server from the cache memory; conducting an Network File System (NFS) mount on the server to determine hardware information associated with the upgrading of the one or more of the add-on firmware and the disk firmware; and upgrading the one or more of the add-on firmware and the disk firmware based on the hardware information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI VANTARA LLC
    Inventors: Francis Kin-Wing Hong, Arturo Cruz, Liren Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230031302
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein are directed to upgrading one or more of add-on firmware and disk firmware for a server, which can involve connecting a port of the server to an isolated network, the isolated network dedicated to firmware upgrades for the server; caching onto cache memory of the server, an operating system received through the isolated network; booting the operating system on the server from the cache memory; conducting an Network File System (NFS) mount on the server to determine hardware information associated with the upgrading of the one or more of the add-on firmware and the disk firmware; and upgrading the one or more of the add-on firmware and the disk firmware based on the hardware information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Francis Kin-Wing HONG, Arturo CRUZ, Liren ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11456991
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for managing internet protocol (IP) address assignment to servers on rack(s) based on their physical locations within the rack(s). Through the example implementations, the physical location of a server within a data center rack can be determined based on the IP address. Example implementations can involve issuing a ping local to determine a plurality of servers; retrieving power on time, current system time, and operating system (OS) uptime for each of the plurality of servers; determining a power on order for the plurality of servers; determining physical locations of the plurality of servers within one or more racks based on installation instructions and power on order; and assigning IP addresses to the plurality of servers based on the physical locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI VANTARA, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Kin-Wing Hong, William Nguyen, Art Cruz, Utkarsh Purushottam Wagh, Yogesh Kandlikar
  • Publication number: 20220210115
    Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for managing internet protocol (IP) address assignment to servers on rack(s) based on their physical locations within the rack(s). Through the example implementations, the physical location of a server within a data center rack can be determined based on the IP address. Example implementations can involve issuing a ping local to determine a plurality of servers; retrieving power on time, current system time, and operating system (OS) uptime for each of the plurality of servers; determining a power on order for the plurality of servers; determining physical locations of the plurality of servers within one or more racks based on installation instructions and power on order; and assigning IP addresses to the plurality of servers based on the physical locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Francis Kin-Wing HONG, William NGUYEN, Art CRUZ, Utkarsh Purushottam WAGH, Yogesh KANDLIKAR