# US 10,320,616 B2 · Method and a system for sideband server management

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- Number: US 10,320,616 B2
- Document ID: US10320616B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/007,390
- Filed: 2016-01-27
- Published: 2017-06-15
- Granted: 2019-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-15
- Assignees: Wipro Limited
- Applicants: Wipro Limited
- Inventors: Soumik Ghosh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320616B2

## CPC

- H04L 41/042: comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
- H04L 41/0226: Mapping or translating multiple network management protocols
- H04L 67/565: Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561)
- H04L 69/08: Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- H04L 41/344: Out-of-band transfers
- H04L 67/1001: for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
- H04W 84/20: Leader-follower arrangements
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for sideband server management. The method comprises receiving, by a server management board, a management request from a client device, where the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet and the management request is targeted to a predefined server among plurality of servers, converting the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet, identifying a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board based on a routing table, where the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the targeted predefined server and transmitting the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the targeted predefined server.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for sideband server management, comprising:
receiving, by a server management board, a management request from a client device, wherein the management request is targeted to remotely manage a predefined server among plurality of servers, and wherein the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet indicating a connection port and protocol specific information of the predefined server;
converting, by the server management board, the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet;
identifying, by the server management board, a channel to transmit the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the predefined server based on a routing table,
wherein the routing table defines a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board and a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server, pertaining to the connection port and the protocol specific information in the management request, and
wherein the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the predefined server;
transmitting, by the server management board, the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to the corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server using the identified channel;
converting, by the slave Bluetooth module, the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the at least one internet protocol packet; and
transmitting the at least one internet protocol packet to a sideband module configured in the predefined server to execute the management request,
wherein the plurality of servers is configured in a server rack.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more master Bluetooth modules comprises at least one primary Bluetooth device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one primary Bluetooth device is associated with one or more secondary Bluetooth devices.

### Claim 4

A server management board for sideband server management, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to:
receive a management request from a client device wherein the management request is targeted to remotely manage a predefined server among plurality of servers, and wherein the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet indicating a connection port and protocol specific information of the predefined server;
convert the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet;
identify a channel to deliver the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the predefined server based on a routing table,
wherein the routing table defines a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board and a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server, pertaining to the connection port and the protocol specific information in the management request, and
wherein the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the predefined server; and
transmit the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to the corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server using the identified channel,
convert the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the at least one internet protocol packet; and
transmit the at least one internet protocol packet to a sideband module configured in the predefined server to execute the management request,
wherein the plurality of servers is configured in a server rack.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The server management board as claimed in claim 4, wherein the one or more master Bluetooth modules comprises at least one primary Bluetooth device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The server management board as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one primary Bluetooth device is associated with one or more secondary Bluetooth devices.

### Claim 7

A system for sideband server management, comprising:
a server management board, comprising:
a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to:
receive a management request from a client device, wherein the management request is targeted to remotely manage a predefined server among plurality of servers, and wherein the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet indicating a connection port and protocol specific information of the predefined server;
convert the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet;
identify a channel to deliver the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the predefined server based on a routing table,
wherein the routing table defines a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board and a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server, pertaining to the connection port and the protocol specific information in the management request, and
wherein the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the predefined server; and
transmit the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server using the identified channel; and
the plurality of servers, wherein each of the plurality of servers comprises the slave Bluetooth module to:
receive the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the server management board;
convert the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the at least one internet protocol packet; and
transmit the at least one internet protocol packet to a sideband module configured in the predefined server to execute the management request,
wherein the plurality of servers is configured in a server rack.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the one or more master Bluetooth modules comprises at least one primary Bluetooth device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one primary Bluetooth device is associated with one or more secondary Bluetooth devices.