Patent ID: 11927999
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
an application layer of a host of a computer platform using a smart network interface card (NIC) of the computer platform to provide an input/output (I/O) service for the application layer, wherein the I/O service comprises a service associated with a cloud operator domain, the smart NIC is installed in a connector, and the application layer is associated with a cloud tenant domain; and
a baseboard management controller of the smart NIC managing the computer platform, wherein managing the computer platform comprises:
the baseboard management controller managing the host;
the baseboard management controller managing components of the smart NIC other than the baseboard management controller, wherein managing components of the smart NIC other than the baseboard management controller comprises the baseboard management controller, responsive to remote messaging, changing a power state of the smart NIC; and
managing the host comprises the baseboard management controller communicating with the host via the connector to control a system power state of the computer platform.