Architecture to enable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) access to a target from a remote client
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1. Architecture to enable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) access to a target from a remote client, comprising:
- master and target interfaces that share a common Internet Protocol (IP) address on a network, the IP address being assigned to the master, the master including a processor and being arranged to provide a configuration;
an Ethernet switch having switch ports, individual ones of the target interfaces being connected to individual ones of the switch ports, the master being configured to determine into which ones of the switch ports the individual ones of the target interfaces are connected by reading addresses of at least one media access control (MAC) address table of a switch chipset so as to obtain an association between each of the target interfaces and corresponding port numbers of the Ethernet switch.
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Abstract
A keyboard, video and mouse over an Internet Protocol (IP) switch in which the master and target interfaces share the same IP address and access to the target interfaces from the client is via a Transmission Control Protocol/IP network. The master is able to determine into which switch port the target interface is connected by reading media access control address tables of a switch chipset. Such provides immediate association for a target interface, i.e., the Ethernet port number.
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1. Architecture to enable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) access to a target from a remote client, comprising:
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master and target interfaces that share a common Internet Protocol (IP) address on a network, the IP address being assigned to the master, the master including a processor and being arranged to provide a configuration;
an Ethernet switch having switch ports, individual ones of the target interfaces being connected to individual ones of the switch ports, the master being configured to determine into which ones of the switch ports the individual ones of the target interfaces are connected by reading addresses of at least one media access control (MAC) address table of a switch chipset so as to obtain an association between each of the target interfaces and corresponding port numbers of the Ethernet switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of assembly of architecture to enable keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) access to a target from a remote client, comprising:
configuring master and target interfaces to share a common Internet Protocol (IP) address on a network, assigning the IP address to the master, arranging the master to provide a configuration to each of the target interfaces, the master being a processor, connecting individual ones of the target interfaces to individual ones of the switch ports of an Ethernet switch, and configuring the master to determine into which ones of the switch ports the individual ones of the target interfaces are connected by reading addresses of at least one media access control (MAC) address table of a switch chipset so as to obtain an association between each of the target interfaces and corresponding port numbers of the Ethernet switch. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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