System and method for improving virtual media redirection speed in baseboard management controller (BMC)

A method of performing virtual media redirection, comprising:

• emulating, by a baseboard management controller (BMC), a virtual media for a media device, wherein the media device stores data of one or more media files;
• establishing, by the BMC, a virtual media connection to a client computing device through a network, wherein the client computing device is communicatively connected to the BMC through the network, and a client cache is created at a memory of the client computing device;
• storing, at the BMC, the data from the media device in a host cache by sectors;
• instructing, by the BMC, the client computing device to store the data from the media device in the client cache by sectors;
• receiving, at the BMC, a request from a host computing device through a communication interface to retrieve one or more sectors from the media device;
• and
• in response to the request, performing, at the BMC, a virtual media redirection to redirect the sectors being requested to the host computing device, wherein the virtual media redirection comprises:
• performing a local virtual media redirection when one or more of the sectors being requested are stored in the host cache;
• and
• performing a remote virtual media redirection when one or more of the sectors being requested are stored in the client cache.

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

• emulate a virtual media for a media device, wherein the media device stores data of one or more media files;
• establish a virtual media connection to a client computing device through a network, wherein the client computing device is communicatively connected to the BMC through the network, and a client cache is created at the memory of the client computing device;
• store the data from the media device in a host cache by sectors;
• instruct the client computing device to store the data from the media device in the client cache by sectors;
• receive a request from a host computing device through a communication interface to retrieve one or more sectors from the media device;
• and
• in response to the request, perform a virtual media redirection to redirect the sectors being requested to the host computing device, wherein the virtual media redirection comprises:
• performing a local virtual media redirection when one or more of the sectors being requested are stored in the host cache;
• and
• performing a remote virtual media redirection when one or more of the sectors being requested are stored in the client cache.