IP Library Granted Patent US 10,430,367
Granted Patent B1
US 10,430,367 · App. 16/034,001 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Systems and methods for optimal placement of information handling resource

Inventors: Mukund P. Khatri (Austin, TX); Srinivas Giri Raju Gowda (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
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Patent No.
US 10,430,367
App. No.
16/034,001
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include: a plurality of processor sockets, each processor socket configured to receive a respective processor; a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive a corresponding information handling resource; and a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media. The program of instructions may be configured to, when read and executed by one of the respective processors identify a processing node for handling a processing load of an information handling resource to be inserted into one of the slots, determine slots within a proximity domain of the processing node, and identify the slots within the proximity domain of the processing node as optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource to be inserted.

Claims (32)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a plurality of processor sockets, each processor socket configured to receive a respective processor;

a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive a corresponding information handling resource, wherein the information handling resources are Non-Volatile Memory Express storage drives; and

a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media and configured to, when read and executed by one of the respective processors:

identify a processing node for handling a processing load of an information handling resource to be inserted into one of the slots;

determine slots within a proximity domain of the processing node; and

identify the slots within the proximity domain of the processing node as optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource to be inserted.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the program of instructions is configured to identify the processing node for handling the processing load based on an average processing load for each of the processing node and all other available processing nodes of the information handling system.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein determining slots within the proximity domain of the processing node is based on an association map correlating unique identifiers of the processing node to unique identifiers of slots in a proximity domain of the processing node.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the program of instructions is configured to communicate to a user of the information handling system an indication of the optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource.

5. The information handling system of claim 4 , wherein the indication is a visual indication.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein the indication is provided via illumination of a light.

7. A method comprising, in an information handling system comprising a plurality of processor sockets, each processor socket configured to receive a respective processor, and a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive a corresponding information handling resource, wherein the information handling resources are Non-Volatile Memory Express storage drives:

identifying a processing node for handling a processing load of an information handling resource to be inserted into one of the slots;

determining slots within a proximity domain of the processing node; and

identifying the slots within the proximity domain of the processing node as optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource to be inserted.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying the processing node for handling the processing load based on an average processing load for each of the processing node and all other available processing nodes of the information handling system.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining slots within the proximity domain of the processing node is based on an association map correlating unique identifiers of the processing node to unique identifiers of slots in a proximity domain of the processing node.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising communicating to a user of the information handling system an indication of the optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the indication is a visual indication.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the indication is provided via illumination of a light.

13. An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to, in an information handling system comprising a plurality of processor sockets, each processor socket configured to receive a respective host processor, and a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive a corresponding information handling resource, wherein the information handling resources are Non-Volatile Memory Express storage drives:

identify a processing node for handling a processing load of an information handling resource to be inserted into one of the slots;

determine slots within a proximity domain of the processing node; and

identify the slots within the proximity domain of the processing node as optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource to be inserted.

14. The article of claim 13 , the instructions for further causing the processor to identify the processing node for handling the processing load based on an average processing load for each of the processing node and all other available processing nodes of the information handling system.

15. The article of claim 13 , wherein determining slots within the proximity domain of the processing node is based on an association map correlating unique identifiers of the processing node to unique identifiers of slots in a proximity domain of the processing node.

16. The article of claim 13 , the instructions for further causing the processor to communicate to a user of the information handling system an indication of the optimal slots for insertion of the information handling resource.

17. The article of claim 16 , wherein the indication is a visual indication.

18. The article of claim 17 , wherein the indication is provided via illumination of a light.

Assignments (8)
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
Reel/Frame 071642/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (047648/0422) Recorded May 20, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 060160/0862 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 047648 FRAME 0346 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 058298/0510 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049452/0223 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (CREDIT) Recorded Oct 12, 2018
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047648/0346 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Oct 12, 2018
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047648/0422 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2018
From: KHATRI, MUKUND P.; GOWDA, SRINIVAS GIRI RAJU
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 046336/0775 →