Selecting a transmission path for communicating data based on a classification for the data

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:

• obtaining data to be provided to a remote entity;
• obtaining, using a classification schema, a classification for the data;
• selecting, based on at least the classification and a rule set keyed to the classification, a transmission path for the data;
• identifying, based on the transmission path, a channel between the data processing system and the remote entity for transmission of the data;
• in a first instance of the identifying in which the channel is an in-band communication channel used by hardware resources of the data processing system:
• providing, via the in-band communication channel, the data to the remote entity;
• and
• in a second instance of the identifying in which the channel is an out-of-band communication channel used by a management controller of the data processing system:
• providing, via the out-of-band communication channel, the data to the remote entity, the management controller being a first computing device that is physically installed in and operates independently from a second computing device configured as the data processing system, and the management controller not being one of the hardware resources of the data processing system.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of the data processing system, the operations comprising:
• obtaining data to be provided to a remote entity;
• obtaining, using a classification schema, a classification for the data;
• selecting, based on at least the classification and a rule set keyed to the classification, a transmission path for the data;
• identifying, based on the transmission path, a channel between the data processing system and the remote entity for transmission of the data;
• in a first instance of the identifying in which the channel is an in-band communication channel used by hardware resources of the data processing system:
• providing, via the in-band communication channel, the data to the remote entity;
• and
• in a second instance of the identifying in which the channel is an out-of-band communication channel used by a management controller of the data processing system:
• providing, via the out-of-band communication channel, the data to the remote entity, the management controller being a first computing device that is physically installed in and operates independently from a second computing device configured as the data processing system, and the management controller not being one of the hardware resources of the data processing system.