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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Padmanabhan Narayanan, Redmond, WA (US);
Anandaraj Maharajan, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/04 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/0213 (2022.01); H04L 49/351 (2022.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 12/4645 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 49/352 (2013.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05); H04L 63/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bidirectional out-of-band management (OOBM) dongle comprises a serial port for receiving console traffic from a console port of a managed switch and an Ethernet port for receiving management port traffic from a management port of the managed switch. In operation, the OOBM dongle multiplexes, via an optional adapter, the console traffic and the management port traffic and generates Ethernet traffic that is then communicated, via an OOBM port on the dongle, to an OOBM switch port of an OOBM switch that acts as a power sourcing device for the OOBM dongle.