Patents by Inventor Geoffrey H. Hanson
Geoffrey H. Hanson 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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Publication number: 20160139834Abstract: A management controller is provided for provisioning a server with local storage. The management controller receives a service profile that includes a set of local storage criteria. The management controller associates the first service profile with a physical server, and directs a storage controller to create one or more virtual drives that conform to the set of local storage criteria. The management controller provides local storage for the physical server from the virtual drive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventor: Geoffrey H. Hanson
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Patent number: 8713295Abstract: A Cost-Reduced Enterprise Server (CRES) system includes a flexible resource-efficient server having a plurality of Processor Memory Boards (PMBs) coupled to an Input/Output Module (IOM). The IOM provides all networking and storage interfaces for the server. The IOM is implemented as a field-replaceable pluggable module, and thus all Input/Output (I/O) capabilities or resources of a CRES system may be upgraded via replacement of the IOM. Each PMB is dividable into a pair of Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP) complexes, and each complex is coupled to a respective portion of the I/O resources provided by the IOM. Each portion of the IOM provides a pair of I/O daughter-module connectors compatible with standard I/O interfaces, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-X and PCI-Express. One or more CRES systems may be coupled to one or more Enterprise Server (ES) systems to form a multi-chassis server managed collectively as one or more provisioned servers.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2007Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Daniel H. Bax, William Jackson Bibb, Jr., Russell M. Clapp, Tom Gourley, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Allen Hirashiki, Thomas Dean Lovett, Sharad Mehrotra, Shyam Mittur, Nakul Pratap Saraiya
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Patent number: 8601053Abstract: Multi-chassis fabric-backplane enterprise servers include a plurality of chassis managed collectively to form one or more provisioned servers. A central client coordinates gathering of provisioning and management information from the chassis, and arranges for distribution of control information to the chassis. One of the chassis may perform as a host or proxy with respect to information and control communication between the client and the chassis. Server provisioning and management information and commands move throughout the chassis via an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. Alternatively, the client may establish individual communication with a subset of the chassis, and directly communicate with chassis in the subset. Server provisioning and management information includes events generated when module status changes, such as when a module is inserted and becomes available, and when a module fails and is no longer available.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Sharad Mehrotra, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Thomas Dean Lovett, Cosmos Nicolaou, Mangesh Shingane, Yuri Finkelstein, Curtis M. Collins, Geoffrey H. Hanson
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Publication number: 20130117766Abstract: A Cost-Reduced Enterprise Server (CRES) system includes a flexible resource-efficient server having a plurality of Processor Memory Boards (PMBs) coupled to an Input/Output Module (IOM). The IOM provides all networking and storage interfaces for the server. The IOM is implemented as a field-replaceable pluggable module, and thus all Input/Output (I/O) capabilities or resources of a CRES system may be upgraded via replacement of the IOM. Each PMB is dividable into a pair of Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP) complexes, and each complex is coupled to a respective portion of the I/O resources provided by the IOM. Each portion of the IOM provides a pair of I/O daughter-module connectors compatible with standard I/O interfaces, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-X and PCI-Express. One or more CRES systems may be coupled to one or more Enterprise Server (ES) systems to form a multi-chassis server managed collectively as one or more provisioned servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Daniel H. Bax, William Jackson Bibb, JR., Russell M. Clapp, Tom Gourley, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Allen Hirashiki, Thomas Dean Lovett, Sharad Mehrotra, Shyam Mittur, Nakul Pratap Saraiya
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Publication number: 20130111095Abstract: Multi-chassis fabric-backplane enterprise servers include a plurality of chassis managed collectively to form one or more provisioned servers. A central client coordinates gathering of provisioning and management information from the chassis, and arranges for distribution of control information to the chassis. One of the chassis may perform as a host or proxy with respect to information and control communication between the client and the chassis. Server provisioning and management information and commands move throughout the chassis via an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. Alternatively, the client may establish individual communication with a subset of the chassis, and directly communicate with chassis in the subset. Server provisioning and management information includes events generated when module status changes, such as when a module is inserted and becomes available, and when a module fails and is no longer available.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Sharad Mehrotra, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Thomas Dean Lovett, Cosmos Nicolaou, Mangesh Shingane, Yuri Finkelstein, Curtis M. Collins, Geoffrey H. Hanson
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Patent number: 8301749Abstract: Real time provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers includes monitoring system status and configuration, displaying monitoring results, accepting user commands, and providing hardware and software management and configuration commands to the system. In one embodiment, an event is generated when a pluggable module is inserted into the system. In response to the event, the availability of the pluggable module is displayed to a system operator, and the operator enters a command to provision a server that includes the pluggable module. The server provisioning command is processed, resulting in a hardware configuration command being issued to the system, and an event indicating a status associated with processing the command is returned. The recognition of the inserted module, the display to the operator, and the processing of the server provisioning command occur in real time.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Habanero Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Finklestein, Fabrio Onofrio Ingrao, Cosmos Nicolaou, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Geoffrey H Hanson, Jeffrey Lloyd Griffen
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Patent number: 8145785Abstract: Real time provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers includes monitoring system status and configuration, displaying monitoring results, accepting user commands, and providing hardware and software management and configuration commands to the system. In one embodiment, an event is generated when a pluggable module is inserted into the system. In response to the event, the availability of the pluggable module is displayed to a system operator, and the operator enters a command to provision a server that includes the pluggable module. The server provisioning command is processed, resulting in a hardware configuration command being issued to the system, and an event indicating a status associated with processing the command is returned. The recognition of the inserted module, the display to the operator, and the processing of the server provisioning command occur in real time.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Habanero Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Finkelstein, Fabio Onofrio Ingrao, Cosmos Nicolaou, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Jeffrey Lloyd Griffen
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Patent number: 7953903Abstract: Real time provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers includes monitoring system status and configuration, displaying monitoring results, accepting user commands, and providing hardware and software management and configuration commands to the system. In one embodiment, an event is generated when a pluggable module is inserted into the system. In response to the event, the availability of the pluggable module is displayed to a system operator, and the operator enters a command to provision a server that includes the pluggable module. The server provisioning command is processed, resulting in a hardware configuration command being issued to the system, and an event indicating a status associated with processing the command is returned. The recognition of the inserted module, the display to the operator, and the processing of the server provisioning command occur in real time.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Habanero Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Finkelstein, Fabio Onofrio Ingrao, Cosmos Nicolaou, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Jeffrey Lloyd Griffen
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Patent number: 7873693Abstract: Multi-chassis fabric-backplane enterprise servers include a plurality of chassis managed collectively to form one or more provisioned servers. A central client coordinates gathering of provisioning and management information from the chassis, and arranges for distribution of control information to the chassis. One of the chassis may perform as a host or proxy with respect to information and control communication between the client and the chassis. Server provisioning and management information and commands move throughout the chassis via an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. Alternatively, the client may establish individual communication with a subset of the chassis, and directly communicate with chassis in the subset. Server provisioning and management information includes events generated when module status changes, such as when a module is inserted and becomes available, and when a module fails and is no longer available.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Habanero Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Sharad Mehrotra, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Thomas Dean Lovett, Cosmos Nicolaou, Mangesh Shingane, Yuri Finkelstein, Curtis M. Collins, Geoffrey H. Hanson
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Patent number: 7860961Abstract: Real time provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers includes monitoring system status and configuration, displaying monitoring results, accepting user commands, and providing hardware and software management and configuration commands to the system. In one embodiment, an event is generated when a pluggable module is inserted into the system. In response to the event, the availability of the pluggable module is displayed to a system operator, and the operator enters a command to provision a server that includes the pluggable module. The server provisioning command is processed, resulting in a hardware configuration command being issued to the system, and an event indicating a status associated with processing the command is returned. The recognition of the inserted module, the display to the operator, and the processing of the server provisioning command occur in real time.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Habanero Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Finkelstein, Fabio Onofrio Ingrao, Cosmos Nicolaou, Nakul Pratap Saraiya, Geoffrey H. Hanson, Jeffrey Lloyd Griffen