Systems and methods for enabling virtual keyboard-video-mouse for external graphics controllers

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to, in an information handling system comprising a management controller communicatively coupled to a processor of the information handling system and configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system:
• receive video data at the management controller from an external graphics controller external to a motherboard upon which the processor resides, wherein each of the external graphics controller and the management controller are endpoints of a root complex instantiated on the processor;
• and
• forwarding the video data from the management controller to a remote management console communicatively coupled to the management controller via a network.