Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor, a baseboard management controller (BMC) agent that establishes a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session including a first cryptographic parameter shared between the BMC and the BMC agent, receives a request to register the BMC agent with the BMC via the TLS session, and provides a second cryptographic parameter to the BMC agent. The BMC establishes a second TLS session including a third cryptographic parameter, determines that the second TLS session is suspected of being from a malicious agent, and renegotiates with the BMC agent using the second cryptographic parameter within the TLS session to share a fourth cryptographic parameter between the BMC and the first BMC agent in response to determining that the second TLS session is suspect.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) configured to communicate with a processor via a BMC-to-Operating System (OS) communication link, and a first device coupled to the processor and including a Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) module. The MCTP module provides access to a first manageability feature of the first device. A BMC agent a) receives a first MCTP command from the BMC via the BMC-To-OS communication link, the first MCTP command to configure the first manageability feature, and b) provides the first MCTP command to the MCTP module.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to implement a disk manager configured to receive a command to perform a block input/output (I/O) job at a first physical storage resource. The disk manager may, based on characteristics of the block I/O job, classify the block I/O job as an intensive write. In response to the block I/O job being classified as an intensive write, the disk manager may invoke a speculative I/O aggregator module of the disk manager. The disk manager may create a delta disk image for the first physical storage resource at a second physical storage resource, and redirect the block I/O job to the delta disk image at the second physical storage resource.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an allocation agent embodied in a program of executable instructions and configured to, when executed by the processor, maintain an attribute index setting forth one or more attributes for each of one or more memory modules of the memory, and based on the one or more attributes and one or more memory requirements of an application executing on the information handling system, dynamically allocate the one or more memory modules to a namespace associated with the application.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory system comprising one or more persistent memory modules, each of the one or more persistent memory modules comprising a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the memory system. The management controller may be configured to correlate temperature sensor information with one or more other operational parameters associated with the one or more persistent memory modules and predict a likelihood of degradation of the one or more persistent memory modules based on correlation of the temperature sensor information with the one or more other operational parameters.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a network interface controller communicatively coupled thereto. The network interface controller may be configured to provide network communication between the information handling system and a remote information handling system according to a Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The information handling system may further be configured to establish a communication session with the remote information handling system according to a first SMB channel having a first bandwidth, and in response to an indication from the remote information handling system, transition the communication session to a second, different SMB channel having a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth.

Abstract: A virtual memory system includes a virtual memory engine coupled to a plurality of physical memory devices and a virtual memory database. During an initialization process, virtual memory engine uses a first unique global identifier to create virtual memory in the virtual memory database by mapping a continuous virtual memory address range to non-continuous physical memory device address ranges that are provided across the plurality of physical memory devices. During the initialization process, or subsequently during runtime, the virtual memory engine uses a second global unique identifier to define a virtual memory device namespace in the virtual memory that includes a first continuous subset of the continuous virtual member address range. During runtime, the virtual memory engine then provides read and write block mode access to the plurality of physical memory devices via the virtual memory device namespace defined in the virtual memory database.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for request approval using blockchain technology are provided herein.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for machine learning techniques for automated processing of workflow approval requests are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes generating a machine learning model for workflow approval requests, wherein generating the machine learning model comprises automatically learning temporal-based patterns from historical data related to previous workflow approval requests; generating, in response to an additional workflow approval request, an output value by applying the machine learning model to input data related to the additional workflow approval request; comparing the output value to at least one predefined threshold value; and automatically rejecting the additional workflow approval request responsive to a result of the comparing of the output value to the at least one predefined threshold value.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a non-volatile memory, a central processing unit, and a memory controller. The non-volatile memory is configured in a block translation table mode, and divided into a plurality of sectors. The central processing unit writes data to the non-volatile memory by sector. The memory controller detects a power loss in the information handling system, determines a memory address of a last successful write within the non-volatile memory, stores the memory address in an used portion of the non-volatile memory, and starts a save operation.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor, a baseboard management controller (BMC) agent that establishes a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session including a first cryptographic parameter shared between the BMC and the BMC agent, receives a request to register the BMC agent with the BMC via the TLS session, and provides a second cryptographic parameter to the BMC agent. The BMC establishes a second TLS session including a third cryptographic parameter, determines that the second TLS session is suspected of being from a malicious agent, and renegotiates with the BMC agent using the second cryptographic parameter within the TLS session to share a fourth cryptographic parameter between the BMC and the first BMC agent in response to determining that the second TLS session is suspect.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) configured to communicate with a processor via a BMC-to-Operating System (OS) communication link, and a first device coupled to the processor and including a Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) module. The MCTP module provides access to a first manageability feature of the first device. A BMC agent a) receives a first MCTP command from the BMC via the BMC-To-OS communication link, the first MCTP command to configure the first manageability feature, and b) provides the first MCTP command to the MCTP module.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a memory subsystem and a processor subsystem communicatively coupled to the memory subsystem and configured to execute a hypervisor, wherein the hypervisor is configured to host a plurality of virtual machines and host an interface to the memory subsystem, wherein the interface is configured to maintain a data structure for mapping at least one namespace instantiated within the memory subsystem to a plurality of access modes for accessing the at least one namespace from the processor subsystem.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically purging data using a deep neural network are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes training a neural network model using multiple types of attribute data and job-related data associated with historical workflow data maintained within multiple data structures of an enterprise system; dynamically analyzing workflows derived from the enterprise system, wherein dynamically analyzing the workflows comprises determining the multiple types of attribute data for the workflows and processing job-related data associated with the workflows into multiple data structures within one or more databases; applying the neural network model to the determined attribute data; and removing at least a portion of the multiple data structures from the one or more databases based at least in part on the application of the neural network model to the determined attribute data.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to implement a disk manager configured to receive a command to perform a block input/output (I/O) job at a first physical storage resource. The disk manager may, based on characteristics of the block I/O job, classify the block I/O job as an intensive write. In response to the block I/O job being classified as an intensive write, the disk manager may invoke a speculative I/O aggregator module of the disk manager. The disk manager may create a delta disk image for the first physical storage resource at a second physical storage resource, and redirect the block I/O job to the delta disk image at the second physical storage resource.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, method, and/or processes may store first data associated with a virtual non-volatile dual in-line memory module (vNVDIMM) of a virtual machine (VM) via a portion of storage of a first physical memory medium of a physical information handling system (IHS); may receive a request for a size increase of the vNVDIMM; may allocate, based at least on the size increase, another portion of storage from the first physical memory medium or from a second physical memory medium of the physical IHS; may create another vNVDIMM configured to accommodate the size increase and configured to store data via the portion of storage and the other portion of storage; and may provide information associated with the other vNVDIMM to the VM.

Abstract: An information handling system includes flash dual in-line memory modules, a central processing unit, and a memory controller. The memory controller detects that a value is written to a first flush hint register of a table. The first flush hint register is associated with a first flash pool of the flash dual in-line memory modules. The memory controller detects that a value is written to a second flush hint register of the table. The second flush hint register is associated with a second flash pool of the flash dual in-line memory modules. The memory controller flushes first data for the first flash pool and second data for the second flash pool in the cache to flash dual in-line memory modules in order of priority based on a first priority of the first pool and a second priority of the second pool.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for request approval using blockchain technology are provided herein.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a management interface that may detect a configuration change request for the flash dual in-line memory modules, and may determine whether the configuration change request is a hardware configuration change or a software configuration change. In response to the configuration change request being the software configuration change the management interface may re-configure flash dual in-line memory modules based on a first profile identified by the configuration change request without resetting the information handling system, update metadata for the flash dual in-line memory modules based on the first profile without resetting the information handling system, and update a dual in-line memory module firmware interface table for the flash dual in-line memory modules based on the first profile without resetting the information handling system.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, method, and/or processes may store first data associated with a virtual non-volatile dual in-line memory module (vNVDIMM) of a virtual machine (VM) via a portion of storage of a first physical memory medium of a physical information handling system (IHS); may receive a request for a size increase of the vNVDIMM; may allocate, based at least on the size increase, another portion of storage from the first physical memory medium or from a second physical memory medium of the physical IHS; may create another vNVDIMM configured to accommodate the size increase and configured to store data via the portion of storage and the other portion of storage; and may provide information associated with the other vNVDIMM to the VM.