Channel Card Command Mapping for Secure Non-Standard Features
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data processing systems face challenges in managing interactions with aftermarket hardware components that have non-standard features, leading to security risks and disruptions in computer-implemented services due to the need for proprietary software updates.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an out-of-band management controller to manage interactions using interaction models that map native commands to customized commands for aftermarket components, enabling the use of non-standard features without proprietary software, thereby facilitating secure and uninterrupted service provision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If proprietary software updates are implemented to manage aftermarket hardware components, then the system can support non-standard features, but security risks and errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an out-of-band management controller as an intermediary component that manages communications between hardware resources and aftermarket channel cards. This management controller operates independently from the main system bus, providing a secure interface that mediates command execution and filters out potentially harmful operations while enabling legitimate non-standard feature usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the system into distinct functional components: hardware resources, channel cards, and an out-of-band management controller. This segmentation allows the management controller to operate independently and handle security-critical functions separately from the main data processing path, isolating security risks to a specific manageable component.
2Adaptability or versatility
If proprietary software updates are used to enable non-standard features, then component functionality is enhanced, but service disruptions occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary configuration of the out-of-band management controller with interaction models that define valid command patterns for different channel card types. By pre-configuring security policies and command mappings, the system can immediately support non-standard features without requiring runtime software updates that would cause service disruptions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system is configured to support non-standard features, then adaptability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the out-of-band management controller automatically discovers channel card types and selects appropriate interaction models without requiring manual configuration. The system performs automated capability detection and configures itself to support non-standard features, reducing the complexity burden on users while maintaining high adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for managing operation of a data processing system are disclosed. Hardware resources of the data processing system may issue a command for execution by a channel card of the data processing system. The command may be screened based on an interaction model for the channel card. The interaction model may be based on, at least, on a non-standard feature of a type of the channel card. When the interaction model indicates that the command implicates use of the non-standard feature, the command may be modified. The modified command may be used to initiate execution of the non-standard feature by the channel card to facilitate provisioning of a computer-implemented service.