Method and apparatus to coordinate and authenticate requests for data

A rack server system comprising:

• a plurality of nodes, each of the nodes comprising:
• a baseboard management controller (BMC), and
• a request coordinator coupled to the BMC to intercept BMC requests and to provide intercepted requests to the BMC, the coordination interface comprising
• a request parser to parse parameters for each of the BMC requests,
• one or more queues to store the requests while the BMC is servicing another BMC request, and
• a command submitter to send individual BMC requests to the BMC,
• wherein the BMC is operable to generate the responses to the BMC requests received from the coordination interface and to send the responses to the coordination interface.

A method comprising:

• receiving baseboard management controller (BMC) requests that are for a BMC;
• parsing parameters for each of the BMC requests;
• storing the requests in one or more queues while the BMC is servicing another BMC request;
• submitting individual BMC requests to the BMC for servicing when the BMC is no longer servicing another BMC request;
• receiving responses to the BMC requests;
• and
• sending the responses to the coordination interface.

An article of manufacture having one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions which, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving baseboard management controller (BMC) requests that are for a BMC;
• parsing parameters for each of the BMC requests;
• storing the requests in one or more queues while the BMC is servicing another BMC request;
• submitting individual BMC requests to the BMC for servicing when the BMC is no longer servicing another BMC request;
• receiving responses to the BMC requests;
• and
• sending the responses to the coordination interface.