Providing a common management console for managing the operation of a server computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8966048-B2
Application number	US-201313936820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2013
Priority date	Jun 23, 2006
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for providing a common management console for managing the pre- and post-operating system operation of a computer system are provided. The method includes: receiving, at a management appliance, first and second requests from one or more remote management consoles to manage first and second server computers, respectively; receiving first and second remote console data formatted according to first and second remote console protocols from the first and second server computers, respectively; converting, at the management appliance, the received first and second remote console data to first and second converted remote console data, respectively, in a common format in accordance with a common protocol capable of expressing the first and second remote console protocols; and transmitting the first and second converted remote console data in the common format to the remote management console for display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing a common management console for managing the pre- and post-operating system operation of server computers, the method comprising:
receiving, at a management appliance, first and second requests from one or more remote management consoles to manage first and second server computers, respectively;
establishing a network connection between the management appliance and the first and second server computers, respectively;
receiving firs…

Assignees

• American Megatrends Inc

Inventors

• Maity Sanjoy

Classifications

• H04L43/50 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/16 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/51 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic