EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION OF IN-BAND RESOURCES

摘要

There is disclosed herein, by way of example, an enterprise server computing platform configured to provide stateless computing, wherein each node has no set configuration, including for example, MAC addresses, UUIDs, firmware, and BIOS by way of non-limiting example. Certain devices or peripherals may be considered “out-of-band,” meaning that they are discoverable and configurable in standby power by a baseboard management controller (BMC) without need for an OS. Certain other peripherals are considered “in-band,” meaning that they may need an OS for discovery and configuration. According to one or more example embodiments of this Specification, a system and method are disclosed for automatically discovering and configuring out-of-band devices on a server. Out-of-band devices may then be disabled, and the server is booted with minimal resources and a bootstrap OS to discover and configure in-band devices.

主权项

1. A management controller configured for provisioning of resources comprising:
a processor; a network interface operable to communicatively couple the processor to a baseboard management controller (BMC) resident on a server; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to instruct the processor to provide provisioning comprising:
communicating with the BMC to identify one or more out-of-band resources available on the server in a low-power state;communicating with the BMC to persistently configure at least one of the out-of-band resources on the server in the low-power state;disabling excess resources on the server;booting the server to an OS in a higher-power state;communicating with the OS to identify one or more in-band resources on the server; andcommunicating with the OS to persistently configure at least one of the in-band resources.