Systems And Methods For Automatic Access Layer Configuration

摘要

Systems and methods are provided that may be employed for automatic access layer configuration, for example, to achieve correct server profile provisioning so as to enable information handling system network connectivity from a server through one or more aggregator switches that is configured to fit a given workload and/or network connectivity architecture. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented using intelligent platform enablement and exchange of information between information handling system compute resource/s and adjacent access layer switch/es.

主权项

1. An information handling system configured for coupling to an external network, comprising:
an access layer comprising at least one aggregator switch including an aggregator switch processing device and multiple logical switches controlled by the processing device, the aggregator processing device being configured to control the multiple logical switches to selectably route network communications between the information handling system and the external network across one or more corresponding selected separate external network communication streams; at least one in-band processing device; at least one converged network adapter (CNA) coupled between the in-band processing device and the logical switches of the aggregator switch; and at least one out-of-band processing device coupled to control the CNA, the out-of-band processing device being separate from the in-band processing device; where the aggregator switch processing device is configured to automatically:
discover an identity of the selected external network communication streams corresponding to the network communications; andcommunicate the discovered identity of the selected network communication streams from the aggregator switch to the out-of band processing device through the CNA.