Virtual System Control Processor Manager for Composed Infrastructure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing systems face limitations in providing computer-implemented services due to the lack of system control processors in some information handling systems, which restricts the composition of resources and efficient allocation of computing resources.
Innovation Solution
A system control processor manager is introduced to allocate system control processor functionality to information handling systems without adding physical system control processors, by utilizing telemetry data maps to identify resource sets and allocate virtual or remote system control processors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical system control processors are added to information handling systems, then system control capability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the system control processor functionality through a system control processor manager that runs on existing hardware. This manager instance provides the same control capabilities as a physical system control processor would, but as a software-based virtual instance, eliminating the need for additional physical hardware while maintaining full system control functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical system control processor with a software-based manager instance. The system control processor manager uses software mechanisms to perform control functions that would traditionally require dedicated physical hardware, substituting electronic software processing for physical control components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If resource sets are allocated to composed information handling systems, then service provision capability is improved, but resource allocation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system control processor manager acts as an intermediary between the physical resource sets and the composed information handling systems. It manages the allocation, monitoring, and coordination of resources, abstracting the complexity of resource management from the service provision process and enabling flexible composition of information handling systems from available resources.
Solution Approach 2:
The system control processor manager provides universal resource management capabilities that can handle multiple types of resources (compute, storage, networking) and serve multiple composed information handling systems. This single manager instance performs diverse functions including resource allocation, telemetry data management, and system coordination, eliminating the need for separate control mechanisms for each resource type.
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AI summary
A system control processor manager uses composed information handling systems that utilize resource sets of information handling systems and an infrastructure manager. The infrastructure manager obtains a composition request for a composed information handling system; allocates a portion of resource sets to the composed information handling system using a telemetry data map; makes a determination that at least one of the portion of the allocated resource sets is hosted by an information handling system that does not include a physical system control processor; and in response to the determination: provides the information handling system with access to a system control processor without adding any physical system control processors to the information handling system; and directs access requests, by entities hosted by the information handling system and directed to the portion of the allocated resource sets, through the system control processor.