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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Ragendra K. Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Sumanth Vidyadhara, Bangalore, IN;
Chandrasekhar Puthillathe, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A remote secure drive access method includes receiving a first message from a second server. The message may be received by a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the first server via a PCIe switch from a second server coupled to the first server via an ExpEther connection. A payload of the message may include identification information identifying the second server. The first server may send an endpoint discover message and receive endpoint device information indicative of peripheral and/or endpoint resources of the second server, including a storage controller associated with a secure drive. Secure drive key information may be obtained from the payload of the first virtual message and sent to the second server to access the secure drive. The exchanged messages may comprise proprietary PCIe transaction layer packets enclosed within an Ethernet packet that includes an ExpEther frame within an Ethernet frame.