System and method for providing proxied virtual wireless end points in a server rack of a data center

• US 9,929,901 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2015
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Ahmed, Sajjad, Raju, Arulnambi, Shetty, Sudhir V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jean, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US14/937,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 709223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2514 between local and global IP addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2521 Translation architectures other than single NAT servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• 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

Abstract

A server blade chassis, includes a server blade and a management system. The server blade includes a host processor and a blade management controller. The host processor provides a hosted environment and the blade management controller provides a managed environment separate from the hosted environment. The managed environment includes a virtual wireless device. The management system including a wireless management module and a chassis management controller. The wireless management module couples a wireless device to the management system and the chassis management controller provides a management request from the wireless device to the virtual wireless device.

Claims

1. A server blade chassis, comprising:

a server blade including a host processor and a blade management controller, the host processor to provide a hosted environment and the blade management controller to provide a managed environment separate from the hosted environment, wherein the managed environment includes a virtual wireless device; and

a management system including a wireless management module and a chassis management controller coupled to the blade management controller via a wired interface, the wireless management module to couple a wireless device to the chassis management controller, and the chassis management controller to provide a proxied management request from the wireless device to the virtual wireless device.

2. The server blade chassis of claim 1, wherein the wireless management module couples the wireless device to the management system via a WiFi connection.

3. The server blade chassis of claim 2, wherein the chassis management controller includes a gateway, and the mobile device provides the management request to the gateway.

4. The server blade chassis of claim 3, wherein the chassis management controller further includes a Network Address Translation (NAT) module.

5. The server blade chassis of claim 4, wherein the blade management controller includes NAT Internet Protocol (IP) address.

6. The server blade chassis of claim 5, wherein the NAT module directs the management request to the NAT IP address.

7. The server blade chassis of claim 1, wherein the wireless management module couples the wireless device to the management system via a Bluetooth connection.

8. The server blade chassis of claim 7, wherein the virtual wireless device includes a Generic Attribute (GATT) service profile associated with the management request and a server blade identification.

9. The server blade chassis of claim 8, wherein the management request includes the server blade identification.

10. The server blade chassis of claim 9, wherein the chassis management controller provides the management request to the virtual wireless device based on the server blade identification.

11. A method, comprising:

hosting, on a host processor of a server blade, a hosted environment;

hosting, on a management controller of the server blade, a managed environment separate from the hosted environment;

providing, on the management controller, a virtual wireless device;

coupling a wireless device to a chassis management controller of a chassis that includes the server blade; and

providing, from the chassis management controller, a proxied management request from the wireless device to the virtual wireless device via a wired interface between the chassis management controller and the blade management controller.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

coupling the wireless device to the management system via a WiFi connection.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the chassis management controller includes a gateway, the method further comprising:

providing the management request to the gateway.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the chassis management controller further includes a Network Address Translation (NAT) module, and the blade management controller includes NAT Internet Protocol (IP) address.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

directing, by the NAT module, the management request to the NAT IP address.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

coupling the wireless device to the management system via a Bluetooth connection.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the virtual wireless device includes a Generic Attribute (GATT) service profile associated with the management request and a server blade identification.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the management request includes the server blade identification.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

providing, by the chassis management controller, the management request to the virtual wireless device based on the server blade identification.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code for performing a method, the method including:

hosting, on a host processor of a server blade, a hosted environment;

hosting, on a management controller of the server blade, a managed environment separate from the hosted environment;

providing, on the management controller, a virtual wireless device;

coupling a wireless device to a chassis management controller of a chassis that includes the server blade; and

providing, from the chassis management controller, a proxied management request from the wireless device to the virtual wireless device via a wired interface between the chassis management controller and the blade management controller.