Method, baseboard management controller and system for establishing a serial-over-lan connection
AssigneeAmerican Megatrends International, LLC
InventorJiun-Kai Yang
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Abstract
A method, a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a system for establishing a serial-over-LAN connection are provided. The method includes: receiving data from a server unit using the first UART at a current baud rate; detecting the current baud rate of the first UART using the BMC; configuring the baud rate of the second UART of the BMC as the current baud rate; controlling the second UART to retrieve the data from the first UART at the current baud rate using the BMC; and sending the data to a network using the BMC.
Claims13
A method for establishing a Serial-over-LAN (SOL) connection, comprising:
- receiving data from a server unit using a first UART at a current baud rate;
- detecting the current baud rate of the first UART using a baseboard management controller (BMC);
- configuring the baud rate of a second UART as the current baud rate using the BMC;
- controlling the second UART to retrieve data from the first UART at the current baud rate using the BMC;
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- sending the data to a network using the BMC.
A baseboard management controller (BMC), comprising:
- a second UART configured to receive data from a first UART, the first UART receiving the data from a server unit;
- a control module connected to the second UART and configured to detect a current baud rate of the first UART and control the second UART to receive the data from the first UART at the current baud rate;
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- a network interface connected to the control module, configured to receive the data from the control module and send the data to a network.
A system for establishing a Serial-over-LAN connection, comprising:
- a server unit, including:
- a computing module;
- a first UART, electrically connected to the computing module and configured to receive data from the computing module;
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- a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to the computing module, the BMC including:
- a second UART configured to receive the data from the first UART;
- a control module connected to the second UART and configured to detect a current baud rate of the first UART and control the second UART to receive the data from the first UART at the current baud rate;
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- a network interface connected to the control module, configured to receive the data from the control module and send the data to a network, and
- a remote control unit, electrically connected to the BMC and configured to receive the data from the network interface through the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.