Management system recovery over a bluetooth interface
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorHemanth Venkatesh Murthy
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Abstract
An information handling system includes a BMC, a multiplexor, and a Bluetooth interface. A processor includes a first USB interface, and the BMC includes a second USB interface. The multiplexor includes a first data input coupled to the first BMC interface, a second data input coupled to the second USB interface, a control input coupled to the BMC, and an output. The Bluetooth interface is coupled to the output. The BMC selectably activates the control input in a first state to select the first USB interface to couple to the Bluetooth interface, and selectably activates the control input in a second state to select the second USB interface to couple to the Bluetooth interface.
Claims20
An information handling system, comprising:
- a processor including a first universal serial bus (USB) interface;
- a baseboard management controller (BMC) including a second USB interface;
- a multiplexor having a first data input coupled to the first USB interface, a second data input coupled to the second USB interface, a control input coupled to the BMC, and an output;
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- a Bluetooth interface coupled to the output;
- wherein the BMC is configured to selectably activate the control input in a first state to select the first USB interface to couple to the Bluetooth interface.
A method comprising:
- providing, on an information handling system, a first universal serial bus (USB) interface;
- providing, on the information handling system, a baseboard management controller (BMC) including a second USB interface;
- providing, on the information handling system, a multiplexor having a first data input coupled to the first USB interface, a second data input coupled to the second USB interface, a control input coupled to the BMC, and an output;
- providing, on the information handling system, a Bluetooth interface coupled to the output;
- and
- selectably activating, by the BMC, the control input in a first state to select the first USB interface to couple to the Bluetooth interface.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a first universal serial bus (USB) interface;
- a baseboard management controller (BMC) including a second USB interface;
- a multiplexor having a first data input coupled to the first USB interface, a second data input coupled to the second USB interface, a control input coupled to the BMC, and an output;
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- a Bluetooth interface coupled to the output, wherein the Bluetooth interface includes a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface;
- wherein the BMC is configured to selectably activate the control input in a first state to select the first USB interface to couple to the Bluetooth interface, and to selectably activate the control input in a second state to select the second USB interface to couple to the Bluetooth interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.