Patents by Inventor Narayanan Subramaniam
Narayanan Subramaniam 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: 10148429Abstract: A system and method for managing the recovery key of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a security layer, and the recovery key is stored locally to a memory location on the computer system, including, as examples, flash memory on the motherboard of the computer system or a USB port on the computer system. In operation, when it becomes necessary for the computer system to authenticate the recovery key, the recovery key may be retrieved from the local memory. The retrieval and storage of the recovery key may be managed by a remote administrator. The recovery key may be stored in a hidden partition in the storage location, and the recovery key may be cryptographically wrapped to add an additional layer of security.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Viswanathan Balakrishnan, Santosh Bhadri, Mukund P. Khatri, Kevin T. Marks, Narayanan Subramaniam, Venkatesan Balakrishnan
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System and method of enabling a multi-chassis virtual switch for virtual server network provisioning
Patent number: 9935901Abstract: A multi-chassis server system has several chassis, each including a chassis management controller (CMC) and a blade server with a blade management controller (BMC) and a virtual switch (VS). The first CMC establishes management sessions with the second CMC and the first BMC. The second CMC establishes a management session with the second BMC. A switch path on a virtual switch is provided via a management session to the first CMC and another switch path on another virtual switch is provided via a management session to the second chassis management controller and by another management session to the first CMC. The switch paths are aggregated into a chassis management controller virtual switch on the first chassis management controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventor: Narayanan Subramaniam -
Publication number: 20170063539Abstract: A system and method for managing the recovery key of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a security layer, and the recovery key is stored locally to a memory location on the computer system, including, as examples, flash memory on the motherboard of the computer system or a USB port on the computer system. In operation, when it becomes necessary for the computer system to authenticate the recovery key, the recovery key may be retrieved from the local memory. The retrieval and storage of the recovery key may be managed by a remote administrator. The recovery key may be stored in a hidden partition in the storage location, and the recovery key may be cryptographically wrapped to add an additional layer of security.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Viswanathan Balakrishnan, Santosh Bhadri, Mukund P. Khatri, Kevin T. Marks, Narayanan Subramaniam, Venkatesan Balakrishnan
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Patent number: 9520998Abstract: A system and method for managing the recovery key of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a security layer, and the recovery key is stored locally to a memory location on the computer system, including, as examples, flash memory on the motherboard of the computer system or a USB port on the computer system. In operation, when it becomes necessary for the computer system to authenticate the recovery key, the recovery key may be retrieved from the local memory. The retrieval and storage of the recovery key may be managed by a remote administrator. The recovery key may be stored in a hidden partition in the storage location, and the recovery key may be cryptographically wrapped to add an additional layer of security.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Viswanathan Balakrishnan, Santosh Bhadri, Mukund P. Khatri, Kevin T. Marks, Narayanan Subramaniam, Venkatesan Balakrishnan
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Publication number: 20150058640Abstract: A system and method for managing the recovery key of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a security layer, and the recovery key is stored locally to a memory location on the computer system, including, as examples, flash memory on the motherboard of the computer system or a USB port on the computer system. In operation, when it becomes necessary for the computer system to authenticate the recovery key, the recovery key may be retrieved from the local memory. The retrieval and storage of the recovery key may be managed by a remote administrator. The recovery key may be stored in a hidden partition in the storage location, and the recovery key may be cryptographically wrapped to add an additional layer of security.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Viswanathan Balakrishnan, Santosh Bhadri, Mukund P. Khatri, Kevin T. Marks, Narayanan Subramaniam, Venkatesan Balakrishnan
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Patent number: 8923520Abstract: A system and method for managing the recovery key of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a security layer, and the recovery key is stored locally to a memory location on the computer system, including, as examples, flash memory on the motherboard of the computer system or a USB port on the computer system. In operation, when it becomes necessary for the computer system to authenticate the recovery key, the recovery key may be retrieved from the local memory. The retrieval and storage of the recovery key may be managed by a remote administrator. The recovery key may be stored in a hidden partition in the storage location, and the recovery key may be cryptographically wrapped to add an additional layer of security.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Viswanathan Balakrishnan, Santosh Bhadri, Mukund P. Khatri, Kevin T. Marks, Narayanan Subramaniam, Venkatesan Balakrishnan
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System and Method of Enabling a Multi-Chassis Virtual Switch for Virtual Server Network Provisioning
Publication number: 20130173810Abstract: A multi-chassis server system has several chassis, each including a chassis management controller (CMC) and a blade server with a blade management controller (BMC) and a virtual switch (VS). The first CMC establishes management sessions with the second CMC and the first BMC. The second CMC establishes a management session with the second BMC. A switch path on a virtual switch is provided via a management session to the first CMC and another switch path on another virtual switch is provided via a management session to the second chassis management controller and by another management session to the first CMC. The switch paths are aggregated into a chassis management controller virtual switch on the first chassis management controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventor: Narayanan Subramaniam -
Patent number: 8413173Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for loading a first and second Internet Protocol network communication stacks in an information handling system (IHS). The method and system include loading the first Internet Protocol network communication stack and creating and registering a module management kernel thread to automatically load the second Internet Protocol network stack only when called upon. The kernel thread registers with the IHS? kernel socket layer and Ethernet driver to receive notice of calls corresponding to the second Internet Protocol network communication stack. Upon receiving notice, the kernel thread loads the second Internet Protocol network communication stack and subsequently deregisters from the IHS? kernel socket layer and Ethernet driver.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Robert L. Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Patent number: 8364841Abstract: Network elements, which are network nodes in a transmission network, implement a proprietary XML agent which supports an XML over TCP network management protocol. The protocol permits tunneling of proxy management traffic, with connection management support, to a privately addressed subtending network element. This tunneling is performed via a publicly addressable gateway network element device without the need for configuration at the element management system software application relative to the subtending network element.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Infinera CorporationInventor: Narayanan Subramaniam
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Patent number: 8261264Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a hypervisor and a plurality of virtual machines (VMs). The hypervisor includes hypervisor network information. Each of the VMs includes a virtual processor and a virtual memory that is coupled to the virtual processor. The virtual memory includes VM network information and computer readable instructions to synchronize the VM network information with the hypervisor network information.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Robert Lee Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20110202685Abstract: Communications between a host information handling system and its management controller sent through a shared LOM are re-directed at the LOM from communication through a network to instead communicate directly between the host information handling system and management controller. A management module compares destination addresses of packets sent from the host information handling system and the management controller with host information handling system and management controller network addresses stored on the LOM. Packets having destination address that match a host information handling system or management controller network address are redirected from communication across the network to communicate directly between the host information handling system and management controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Narayanan Subramaniam, Elie Jreij, Hendrich M. Hernandez
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Patent number: 7920481Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a path maximum transmission unit (MTU) of a communication path connecting two or more nodes of a network. A node initiates a connection with a remote node by repeatedly transmitting increasingly-larger path MTU discovery messages until the size of a path MTU discovery message exceeds the link MTU of a link within the communication path. This results in the generation and transmission of an MTU error message back to the initiating node. The edge router linked to the initiating node generates a MTU change message in response to receiving the MTU error message and multicasts the MTU change message to all local nodes to which it is linked. The MTU change message directs the receiving nodes to update their destination caches to reflect the path MTU discovered through the use of the increasing-size path MTU discovery messages and the resulting MTU error message.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Robert L. Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20100202617Abstract: A system and method for managing the recovery key of a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a security layer, and the recovery key is stored locally to a memory location on the computer system, including, as examples, flash memory on the motherboard of the computer system or a USB port on the computer system. In operation, when it becomes necessary for the computer system to authenticate the recovery key, the recovery key may be retrieved from the local memory. The retrieval and storage of the recovery key may be managed by a remote administrator. The recovery key may be stored in a hidden partition in the storage location, and the recovery key may be cryptographically wrapped to add an additional layer of security.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Viswanathan Balakrishnan, Santosh Bhadri, Mukund P. Khatri, Kevin T. Marks, Narayanan Subramaniam, Venkatesan Balakrishnan
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Publication number: 20100091684Abstract: A network manager tracks network nodes in an IPv6 network by identifying server nodes that dynamically-assign network addresses, such as DHCP server nodes, retrieving prefix information from the DHCP server nodes, and querying a range of network addresses determined from application of the prefix information to identify client nodes of each DHCP server node. In one embodiment, the prefix information comprises a start prefix value that identifies the starting address of the range and a prefix length value that determines the number of addresses in the range. For example, the network manager sends echo messages to each address in the range by starting at an address determined from the start prefix value and incrementing the network address for a number of increments equal to at least the prefix length value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Robert Lee Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20090316574Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining a path maximum transmission unit (MTU) of a communication path connecting two or more nodes of a network. A node initiates a connection with a remote node by repeatedly transmitting increasingly-larger path MTU discovery messages until the size of a path MTU discovery message exceeds the link MTU of a link within the communication path. This results in the generation and transmission of an MTU error message back to the initiating node. The edge router linked to the initiating node generates a MTU change message in response to receiving the MTU error message and multicasts the MTU change message to all local nodes to which it is linked. The MTU change message directs the receiving nodes to update their destination caches to reflect the path MTU discovered through the use of the increasing-size path MTU discovery messages and the resulting MTU error message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Robert L. Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20090210456Abstract: A method of trusted platform module (TPM) activation and recovery in an information handling system (IHS). The method includes providing a first virtual recording medium associated with a first recording medium, wherein the first recording medium is coupled to a management console. Further, a TPM recovery key is stored on the first virtual recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventor: Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20090178037Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a hypervisor and a plurality of virtual machines (VMs). The hypervisor includes hypervisor network information. Each of the VMs includes a virtual processor and a virtual memory that is coupled to the virtual processor. The virtual memory includes VM network information and computer readable instructions to synchronize the VM network information with the hypervisor network information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Robert Lee Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20090178060Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for loading software in an information handling system (IHS). The method includes registering a kernel entity with an interface to receive a first notification when a socket library utilized for a communication protocol is requested and initializing software after receiving the first notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Robert L. Winter, Narayanan Subramaniam
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Publication number: 20060288092Abstract: Network elements, which are network nodes in a transmission network, implement a proprietary XML agent which supports an XML over TCP network management protocol. The protocol permits tunneling of proxy management traffic, with connection management support, to a privately addressed subtending network element. This tunneling is performed via a publicly addressable gateway network element device without the need for configuration at the element management system software application relative to the subtending network element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: INFINERA CORPORATIONInventor: Narayanan Subramaniam