System for consolidating and securing access to all out-of-band interfaces in computer, telecommunication, and networking equipment, regardless of the interface type
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1. A universal out-of-band gateway system, comprising:
- one or more connectors that connect one or more managed devices to a main gateway unit over a common media and communicates out-of-band management data of the one or more managed devices to the main gateway unit, the one or more connectors being a changeable infrastructure that interfaces with two or more different out-of-band interfaces; and
the main gateway unit receives the management data and converts the out-of-band management data of the managed devices into a common management data format and wherein the main gateway unit is a stable infrastructure so that the stable infrastructure is separated from the changeable infrastructure.
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Abstract
A system for physically consolidating and securing access to all Out-of-Band interfaces in computer, telecommunication and networking equipment, regardless of the interface type, isolating the management ports from the data network. The system converts low-level management protocols into higher-level network protocols suitable for secure transport over the data network. The system may encrypt the common format management data. The system may also authenticate each User that attempts to access the management interfaces.
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1. A universal out-of-band gateway system, comprising:
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one or more connectors that connect one or more managed devices to a main gateway unit over a common media and communicates out-of-band management data of the one or more managed devices to the main gateway unit, the one or more connectors being a changeable infrastructure that interfaces with two or more different out-of-band interfaces; and
the main gateway unit receives the management data and converts the out-of-band management data of the managed devices into a common management data format and wherein the main gateway unit is a stable infrastructure so that the stable infrastructure is separated from the changeable infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A universal out-of-band management method, comprising:
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receiving out-of-band management data from one or more managed devices over a common media to a changeable infrastructure portion; and
converting the out-of-band management data of the managed devices into a common management data format at a stable infrastructure portion, wherein the changeable infrastructure portion and the stable infrastructure portion are separated from each other. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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