Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to: receive configuration information for a first information handling system cluster of nodes of a first type and for a second information handling system cluster of nodes of a second type, wherein the information handling system is a node of the first type; provision the second information handling system cluster onto a set of nodes of the second type based on the configuration information, including installing a management component onto the first information handling system cluster; and cause the management component to provision the first information handling system cluster onto a set of nodes of the first type based on the configuration information, wherein the set of nodes of the first type includes the information handling system.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a main physical storage resource and a bootstrap physical storage resource. The information handling system may be configured to: boot from a bootstrap operating system (OS) stored on the bootstrap physical storage resource; install, by the bootstrap OS, a main OS onto the main physical storage resource; expose the bootstrap physical storage resource as a drive that is accessible from the main OS; and in response to a change in hardware, software, or firmware of the information handling system, update the bootstrap OS from the main OS.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to: perform a first primary node election among a plurality of nodes of an information handling system cluster to determine a first primary node, wherein the first primary node election is based on a multi-cloud election algorithm; determine a cloud intent associated with the plurality of nodes; cause the first primary node to install a cloud-specific election component to the information handling system cluster; cause the cloud-specific election component to perform a second primary node election among the plurality of nodes to determine a second primary node, wherein the second primary node election is based on a cloud-specific election algorithm based on the determined cloud intent; and cause the second primary node to act as a primary node of the cluster of information handling systems.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to: execute a workload orchestrator configured to distribute workloads to a plurality of nodes for execution thereon; receive an event notification indicating a hardware problem associated with a particular node; translate the event notification into an orchestration status for the particular node; and based on the orchestration status, halt distribution of workloads to the particular node.

Abstract: This application relates to a backlight module, including a middle frame, a back plate, a light guide plate and an optical film. The back plate includes a base plate and a side plate, and in a light-exiting direction of the light guide plate, a distance between a top surface of the side plate and the base plate is less than or equal to a distance between a light-exiting surface of the light guide plate and the base plate. The middle frame includes a top wall and side wall, the top wall covers a portion of the optical film, the side wall is arranged at one side of the side plate away from the light guide plate, and the side wall has a first snap-fastener projecting in a direction close to the light guide plate and connected to the side plate. A display module and display device are further provided.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to: perform a first primary node election among a plurality of nodes of an information handling system cluster to determine a first primary node, wherein the first election is based on a common election algorithm; determine a cloud intent associated with the plurality of nodes; in response to a determination that the cloud intent is associated with an additional primary node requirement, perform a second primary node election among the plurality of nodes to determine a second primary node different from the first primary node, wherein the second election is based on a vertical election algorithm; and cause the second primary node to act as a primary node of the cluster of information handling systems.

Abstract: A disclosed payload distribution method determines, from time to time, an edge weighting for each node-to-node edge in a hybrid cloud network comprising a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes may include a cloud server node, a plurality of edge nodes, and a plurality of local nodes. The edges between the cloud server node and the edge nodes may be public edges, i.e., edges made available by a provider, typically for a specified cost that is tied to or otherwise influenced by the amount of data transferred and, optionally, one or more other factors including as examples, any quality of service (QoS) premiums, storage premiums, etc. Whenever an update payload ready for as identified as being ready for distribution from the cloud server node to the plurality of local nodes, payload delivery operations may be performed.

Abstract: Disclosed methods for adaptive management in a multi-cluster environment perform operations including maintaining an available resource pool comprising one or more resources available for use in at least one cluster selected from a plurality of clusters corresponding to a multi-cluster environment and detecting a request for multi-cluster management. The request indicates a multi-cluster management task. The operations include analyzing the request to identify needed resources, if any, required for the multi-cluster management task, determining whether the available resource pool includes sufficient suitable resources for the needed resources, if any, and responsive to determining the available resource pool includes sufficient suitable resources, performing the multi-cluster management task. Performing the multi-cluster management task may include allocating a selected resource from the available pool to a targeted cluster and removing the selected resource from the pool of available resource.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to: implement a depot service configured to provide provisioning payloads to other information handling systems over a network; and transmit multicast domain name service (mDNS) broadcasts via the network to provide an internet protocol (IP) address of the depot service to the other information handling systems.

Abstract: A power supply with airflow guide members includes a circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite to each other and at least mounted with a first heating element disposed close to the second side, a fan disposed on the first side of the circuit board, a first airflow guide member and a second airflow guide member, the first airflow guide member disposed in parallel to the first heating element, the second airflow guide member at least partially disposed above the first heating element, and adjacent to the first airflow guide member, the first airflow guide member, the second airflow guide member and the first heating element form a first auxiliary air channel, a direction of the first auxiliary air channel is the same as a airflow direction. The power supply with airflow guide members can enhance heat dissipation capability.

Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to: perform a first primary node election among a plurality of nodes of an information handling system cluster to determine a first primary node, wherein the first election is based on a common election algorithm; determine a cloud intent associated with the plurality of nodes; in response to a determination that the cloud intent is associated with an additional primary node requirement, perform a second primary node election among the plurality of nodes to determine a second primary node different from the first primary node, wherein the second election is based on a vertical election algorithm; and cause the second primary node to act as a primary node of the cluster of information handling systems.

Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems include receiving, by a control panel of a multi-cloud platform, a node authentication token [NAT] corresponding to a compute node in the multi-cloud platform. The compute node may include a token generator that generates the NAT and sends the NAT to the control panel. The control panel may receive the NAT from the compute node via a secure administration connection between the control panel and the compute node. The control panel may then store the NAT in a token mapping database that associates the NAT with the node. The control panel may then perform operations to access the compute node from a conventional web browser. In at least one embodiment, these browser operations may include retrieving mapping information for the compute node from the token mapping database and generating an access uniform resource locator that includes a network address for the compute node and the mapping information.

Abstract: The invention provides an object segmentation method based on multimodal data fusion and an image annotation tool. The method includes acquiring an initial RGB image, an initial infrared image, and an initial depth image that contain an object; aligning the initial RGB image, the initial infrared image, and the initial depth image to obtain a first RGB image, a first infrared image, and a first depth image; specifying an initial prompt point in the first RGB image, and acquiring first masks characterizing an object region from the images in different modalities; fusing pixel values of the images in different modalities based on the first masks of the first RGB image, the first infrared image, and the first depth image to obtain a second mask; and determining a minimum bounding box of the object, and calibrating the minimum bounding box to obtain a segmentation result of the object.

Abstract: This application provides a method includes: obtaining a to-be-processed point cloud and a reference gray image corresponding to a radar field of view, where the to-be-processed point cloud is synthesized by point clouds of a plurality of units, the reference gray image is synthesized by gray images of the plurality of units, a point cloud of a first unit is obtained under laser illumination, a gray image of the first unit is obtained under ambient light illumination, the point cloud of the first unit and the gray image of the first unit are alternately collected by a same sensor, and the first unit is any one of the plurality of units; obtaining a contour of a target based on the reference gray image; and complementing the to-be-processed point cloud based on the contour of the target to obtain a target point cloud.

Abstract: A microservice management method responds to receiving a function request, comprising a request for a particular function, by collecting function metadata for the particular function and sending the function request and the function metadata to a cloud side orchestrator. The function metadata include one or more prerequisite for an execution environment. Suitable microservices for the particular function are identified, in accordance with the function metadata. The identified microservices are sent to an edge side orchestrator that installs, initializes, and monitors these microservices and, responsive to detecting complete execution of the particular function, terminates one or more of the suitable microservices.

Abstract: An information handling system cluster may include a plurality of nodes, each node including at least one processor and a memory. A particular node of the information handling system cluster may be configured to: receive management instructions from a central management system; cause the management instructions to be executed by other nodes of the information handling system cluster; receive result information from the other nodes; and transmit the result information to the central management system.

Abstract: A backlight module, a display module and a display apparatus are provided. The backlight module includes a backlight assembly, a back plate and a middle frame. The back plate is a die casting member and includes a back plate main body on a side away from a light outgoing surface of the backlight assembly and back plate sides around the backlight assembly. The middle frame includes a middle frame main body on a side of the back plate sides close to the backlight assembly. The middle frame further includes first middle frame sides, each of which is connected to the middle frame main body and on a side of the corresponding back plate side close to the backlight assembly; first clamping portions are on a surface of each first middle frame side opposite to the corresponding back plate side; second clamping portions are on a surface of each back plate side opposite to the corresponding first middle frame side, and each first clamping portion is clamped with the corresponding second clamping portion.

Abstract: To enable large-scale three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data on a point cloud data distribution server to be downloaded and displayed at high speed. A point cloud data display device includes storage areas of layers, a storage control unit, and a display unit. The storage areas of layers store 3D point cloud data measured for each of a plurality of continuous unit spaces such that 3D point cloud data included in a lower layer is included in an upper layer. The storage control unit acquires minimum necessary 3D point cloud data to be stored in a storage area of each layer, and causes the minimum necessary 3D point cloud data to be stored. The display unit reads the 3D point cloud data stored in a storage area of a highest layer among the storage areas of layers, and displays the 3D point cloud data in a 3D virtual reality space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to domain C of mutated protein A, and an application thereof. The present invention specifically provides a separated polypeptide. The polypeptide has a substitution mutation as described herein at one or more positions selected from positions 3, 6, 9 and 15 compared with the natural C-domain of the protein A shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The present invention also provides a fusion protein comprising the polypeptide, a recombinant protein A, a corresponding coding sequence, a nucleic acid construct, an expression system, a separation matrix, a method, and use. Compared with the natural C-domain, the separated polypeptide in the present invention has an obviously improved alkaline stability in an alkali cleaning process.

Abstract: A route planning method for large-scale capacitated arc routing problem is disclosed, belonging to the field of combinatorial optimization. The present disclosure firstly performs global optimization and proposes a low-cost decomposition optimization solution based on CARP, which pertinently preserves more excellent decompositions during iterations. And, the present disclosure is also applied to a local search stage, and proposes an improved route construction rule. In a process of route insertion, a problem of excessive useless cost caused by a vehicle with almost full load returning to a depot is considered. After improvement, local search can be carried out more effectively, thus further improving the solution quality. Compared with an existing route planning method, the present disclosure considers details and characteristics of CARP optimization problems in a more detailed manner, thus achieving solutions with a lower cost and improving the stability by about two to three times.