Techniques for a Switch to Receive Network Controller Sideband Interface Control Packets

摘要

Examples may include receiving, at a switch, an Ethernet frame having an Ethernet header that may indicate the Ethernet frame includes a network controller sideband interface (NC-SI) control packet from a management controller at a compute node coupled to the switch. In some examples, a response to a command included in a received NC-SI control packet that was encapsulated in an Ethernet frame may be processed at the switch and sent to the management controller.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
circuitry at a switch for one or more compute nodes; a receive component for execution by the circuitry to receive an Ethernet frame from a port of the switch coupled to a management controller resident on a compute node from among the one or more compute nodes; a filter component for execution by the circuitry to determine whether the Ethernet frame has an Ethernet header that indicates the Ethernet frame includes a network controller sideband interface (NC-SI) control packet; and a response component for execution by the circuitry to respond to a command included in the NC-SI control packet based on the determination by the filter component.