Emulated communication between master management instance and assisting management instances on baseboard management controller

A baseboard management controller (BMC) implemented method, comprising:

• executing, at a processor of the BMC, a master management instance;
• executing first and second assisting management instances that monitor at least one health or performance related aspect of first and second computer nodes, respectively;
• receiving an IPMI message from a message interface of the BMC, the IPMI message containing first data for constructing an IPMB message, the first data including a first IPMB slave address;
• identifying the first assisting management instance from the assisting management instances based on the first IPMB slave address;
• and
• transferring the first data to the first assisting management instance.

A non-transitory computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor of a baseboard management controller (BMC), cause the processor to:

• execute a master management instance;
• execute first and second assisting management instances that monitor at least one health or performance related aspect of first and second computer nodes, respectively;
• receive an IPMI message from a message interface of the BMC, the IPMI message containing first data for constructing an IPMB message, the first data including a first IPMB slave address;
• identify the first assisting management instance from the assisting management instances based on the first IPMB slave address;
• and
• transfer the first data to the first assisting management instance.