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Granted Patent B2
US 8,953,617 · App. 13/739,466 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

System and method for utilizing a unique identifier while registering a device in a network

Inventors: Cuong T. Nguyen (Austin, TX); Charles Terrence Perusse (Pflugerville, TX); Rabah Hamdi (Spring, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products, LP
H04L45/54
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,953,617
App. No.
13/739,466
Filed
Jan 11, 2013
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Examiner
DUONG, FRANK
Art Unit
2474
USPC
370/395.54
Abstract

An information handling system includes a server having a management system module. The management system module broadcasts an address resolution protocol request including a unique identifier in the information handling system. The management system module also receives multiple address resolution protocol responses to the address resolution protocol request. Each of the multiple address resolution protocol responses includes a different media access control address associated with the unique identifier. The management system module also creates a unique identifier table correlating each of the media access control addresses with the unique identifier.

Claims (35)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a switch in communication with a device, the switch configured to receive a unique identifier of the device, to receive a different media access control address for each network interface card in the device, and to create a unique identifier table correlating each of the different media access control addresses to the unique identifier of the device.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the unique identifier table further correlates each of a plurality of ports in the switch to a different media access control address and unique identifier pair.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the switch is further configured to receive an indication that one of the different media access control addresses is associated with a management network interface card in the device.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the switch is further configured to receive an address resolution protocol request from a management system module, and to send a different address resolution protocol response for each entry of the unique identifier within the unique identifier table of the device.

5. The information handling system of claim 4 wherein each address resolution protocol response includes a different media access control address associated with the unique identifier of the device.

6. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the switch is configured to receive a ping associated with one of the media access control addresses, and to send a response based on the one of the media access control addresses being located within the unique identifier table.

7. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the unique identifier of the device indicates that the different media access control addresses are all associated with the device.

8. An information handling system comprising:

a server including a management system module, the management system module configured to broadcast an address resolution protocol request including a unique identifier in the information handling system, to receive multiple address resolution protocol responses to the address resolution protocol request, wherein each of the multiple address resolution protocol responses includes a different media access control address associated with the unique identifier, and to create a unique identifier table correlating each of the media access control addresses with the unique identifier.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the management system module is further configured to receive an indication that one of the different media access control addresses is associated with a management network interface card in the device.

10. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the management system module is configured to send a ping associated with one of the media access control addresses, and to receive a response based on the one of the media access control addresses being located within the unique identifier table of a switch.

11. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the unique identifier of the device indicates that the different media access control addresses are all associated with the device.

12. A method comprising:

broadcasting, by a management system module, an address resolution protocol message including a unique identifier;

receiving the address resolution protocol message in a first switch;

determining, by the first switch, whether the unique identifier is stored within a unique identifier table of the first switch; and

if the unique identifier is located within the unique identifier table, sending, by the first switch, separate address resolution protocol responses for every entry of the unique identifier in the unique identifier table, otherwise not sending address resolution protocol responses from the first switch.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

receiving the address resolution protocol message in a second switch;

determining, by the second switch, whether the unique identifier is stored within a unique identifier table of the second switch; and

if the unique identifier is located within the unique identifier table, sending, by the second switch, separate address resolution protocol responses for every entry of the unique identifier in the unique identifier table, otherwise, not sending address resolution protocol responses from the second switch.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein each separate address resolution protocol response includes a different media access control address associated with the unique identifier.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving the separate address resolution protocol responses from the first and second switches; and

storing each of the media access control addresses associated with the unique identifier in a unique identifier table of the management system module.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

sending a ping for each of the media access control addresses in the unique identifier table of the management system module; and

determining a latency for a communication with the unique identifier associated with each of the media access control addresses based on a response time for each of the ping of the media access control addresses.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

sending a ping for each of the media access control addresses in the unique identifier table of the management system module; and

sending a new address resolution protocol request in response to not receiving a response to the ping for each of the media access control addresses in the unique identifier table of the management system module.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein the address resolution protocol request is for media access control addresses associated with the unique identifier.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein each media access control address is associated with a different network interface of a device having the unique identifier.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein one of the separate address resolution protocol responses indicates that a particular media access control address is associated with a management network interface of a device having the unique identifier.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO ASAP SOFTWARE EXPRESS, INC.); DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL USA L.P.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC CORPORATION (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MAGINATICS LLC); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MOZY, INC.); SCALEIO LLC
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
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