Method and a system for sideband server management

• US 10,320,616 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2016
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Original Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Inventors: Ghosh, Soumik
• Primary Examiner(s): Donabed, Ninos
• Application Number:
  US15/007,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20170171028A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0226 Mapping or translating multiple network management protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/042 comprising distributed management centres cooperatively managing the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/344 Out-of-band transfers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for sideband server management. The method comprises receiving, by a server management board, a management request from a client device, where the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet and the management request is targeted to a predefined server among plurality of servers, converting the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet, identifying a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board based on a routing table, where the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the targeted predefined server and transmitting the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the targeted predefined server.

Claims

1. A method for sideband server management, comprising:

receiving, by a server management board, a management request from a client device, wherein the management request is targeted to remotely manage a predefined server among plurality of servers, and wherein the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet indicating a connection port and protocol specific information of the predefined server;

converting, by the server management board, the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet;

identifying, by the server management board, a channel to transmit the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the predefined server based on a routing table,

wherein the routing table defines a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board and a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server, pertaining to the connection port and the protocol specific information in the management request, and

wherein the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the predefined server;

transmitting, by the server management board, the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to the corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server using the identified channel;

converting, by the slave Bluetooth module, the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the at least one internet protocol packet; and

transmitting the at least one internet protocol packet to a sideband module configured in the predefined server to execute the management request,

wherein the plurality of servers is configured in a server rack.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more master Bluetooth modules comprises at least one primary Bluetooth device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one primary Bluetooth device is associated with one or more secondary Bluetooth devices.

4. A server management board for sideband server management, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to;

receive a management request from a client device wherein the management request is targeted to remotely manage a predefined server among plurality of servers, and wherein the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet indicating a connection port and protocol specific information of the predefined server;

convert the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet;

identify a channel to deliver the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the predefined server based on a routing table,

wherein the routing table defines a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board and a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server, pertaining to the connection port and the protocol specific information in the management request, and

wherein the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the predefined server; and

transmit the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to the corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server using the identified channel,

convert the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the at least one internet protocol packet; and

transmit the at least one internet protocol packet to a sideband module configured in the predefined server to execute the management request,

wherein the plurality of servers is configured in a server rack.

5. The server management board as claimed in claim 4, wherein the one or more master Bluetooth modules comprises at least one primary Bluetooth device.

6. The server management board as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one primary Bluetooth device is associated with one or more secondary Bluetooth devices.

7. A system for sideband server management, comprising:

a server management board, comprising;

a processor;

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor-executable instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to;

receive a management request from a client device, wherein the management request is targeted to remotely manage a predefined server among plurality of servers, and wherein the management request comprises at least one internet protocol packet indicating a connection port and protocol specific information of the predefined server;

convert the at least one internet protocol packet to at least one Bluetooth protocol packet;

identify a channel to deliver the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the predefined server based on a routing table,

wherein the routing table defines a master Bluetooth module from one or more master Bluetooth modules of the server management board and a corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server, pertaining to the connection port and the protocol specific information in the management request, and

wherein the master Bluetooth module corresponds to the predefined server; and

transmit the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the master Bluetooth module to corresponding slave Bluetooth module of the predefined server using the identified channel; and

the plurality of servers, wherein each of the plurality of servers comprises the slave Bluetooth module to;

receive the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet from the server management board;

convert the at least one Bluetooth protocol packet to the at least one internet protocol packet; and

transmit the at least one internet protocol packet to a sideband module configured in the predefined server to execute the management request,

wherein the plurality of servers is configured in a server rack.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the one or more master Bluetooth modules comprises at least one primary Bluetooth device.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one primary Bluetooth device is associated with one or more secondary Bluetooth devices.