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US 10,540,308 B2Granted
System and method for providing a remote keyboard/video/mouse in a headless server
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsRajeshkumar I. Patel, Elie A. Jreij, Syama S. Poluri
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Abstract
An information handling system includes a host system, an embedded controller, and a management system. The embedded controller receives first serial data from the host system, converts the first serial data into first video frame information, and stores the first video frame information to a frame buffer of the embedded controller. The management system reads the first video frame information from the frame buffer.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a baseboard management controller of an information handling system, first serial data from a COM port of a processor of the information handling system, the first serial data including status information from the information handling system;
- converting, by the baseboard management controller, the first serial data into first video frame information based upon a Remote Frame Buffer protocol;
- storing the first video frame information to a frame buffer of the baseboard management controller;
- reading, by a management system external to the information handling system, the first video frame information from the frame buffer;
- storing, by the baseboard management controller, second video frame information from the management system to the frame buffer, the second video frame information including control information for the information handling system;
- reading, by the baseboard management controller, the second video frame information from the frame buffer;
- converting, by the baseboard management controller, the second video frame information to second serial data;
- and
- sending, by a serial interface of the baseboard management controller, the second serial data to the COM port.
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An information handling system, comprising:
- a processor including a hardware processor and a COM port;
- and
- a baseboard management controller that:
- receives first serial data from the COM port, the first serial data including status information from the information handling system;
- converts the first serial data into first video frame information based upon a Remote Frame Buffer protocol;
- stores the first video frame information to a frame buffer of the baseboard management controller;
- sends the first video frame information from the frame buffer to a management system external to the information handling system;
- stores second video frame information from the management system to the frame buffer, the second video frame information including control information for the information handling system;
- reads the second video frame information from the frame buffer;
- converts the second video frame information to second serial data;
- and
- sends the second serial data via a serial interface to the COM port.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a baseboard management controller of an information handling system, first serial data from a COM port of a processor of the information handling system, the first serial data including status information from the information handling system;
- converting the first serial data into first video frame information based upon a Remote Frame Buffer protocol;
- storing the first video frame information to a frame buffer of the baseboard management controller;
- reading, by a management system external to the information handling system, the first video frame information from the frame buffer;
- storing, by the baseboard management controller, second video frame information from the management system to the frame buffer, the second video frame information including control information for the information handling system;
- reading the second video frame information from the frame buffer;
- converting the second video frame information to second serial data;
- and
- sending the second serial data to the COM port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.