Sideband management of information technology assets utilizing visible light communications

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

• to receive, at a first hardware component of an information technology asset, sideband management data for the information technology asset;
• to utilize a first light-based communication module of the first hardware component to convert the received sideband management data into one or more visible light communication signals;
• and
• to transmit the received sideband management data by providing the one or more visible light communication signals from the first light-based communication module of the first hardware component of the information technology asset to a second light-based communication module of a second hardware component of the information technology asset;
• wherein at least one of the first hardware component and the second hardware component is associated with a reconfigurable intelligent surface configured to control a wavelength of the one or more visible light communication signals provided from the first light-based communication module of the first hardware component to the second light-based communication module of the second hardware component.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a first hardware component of an information technology asset, sideband management data for the information technology asset;
• utilizing a first light-based communication module of the first hardware component to convert the received sideband management data into one or more visible light communication signals;
• and
• transmitting the received sideband management data by providing the one or more visible light communication signals from the first light-based communication module of the first hardware component of the information technology asset to a second light-based communication module of a second hardware component of the information technology asset;
• wherein at least one of the first hardware component and the second hardware component is associated with a reconfigurable intelligent surface configured to control a wavelength of the one or more visible light communication signals provided from the first light-based communication module of the first hardware component to the second light-based communication module of the second hardware component;
• and
• wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.