DEDICATED LAN INTERFACE PER IPMI INSTANCE ON A MULTIPLE BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER (BMC) SYSTEM WITH SINGLE PHYSICAL NETWORK INTERFACE

摘要

A system includes a management controller for managing a plurality of computing platforms. The management controller includes a processor, a physical network interface controller (NIC), a volatile memory, and a non-volatile memory storing computer executable code. The computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to: provide a plurality of firmware instances, each corresponding to a respective one of the computing platforms; configure a plurality of virtual NICs (VNICs), each of the VNICs corresponding to a respective one of the firmware instances, wherein the VNICs share network resource provided by the physical NIC; and for each of the firmware instances, in response to a communication command to transmit data through the corresponding VNIC, transmit the data through the physical NIC.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a management controller for managing a plurality of computing platforms, wherein the management controller comprises:
a processor;a physical network interface controller (NIC);a volatile memory; anda non-volatile memory storing computer executable code, wherein the computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to:
provide a plurality of firmware instances, each corresponding to a respective one of the computing platforms;configure a plurality of virtual NICs (VNICs), wherein each of the VNICs corresponds to a respective one of the firmware instances, and the VNICs share network resource provided by the physical NIC; andfor each of the firmware instances, in response to a communication command to transmit data through the corresponding VNIC, transmit the data through the physical NIC.