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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Scott Neil Dunham, Apex, NC (US);
Sumeet Kochar, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/544 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a computer program embodied on a tangible computer readable medium includes computer code for obtaining baseboard management controller (BMC) access details, computer code for establishing a communication mechanism between a software driver and the BMC, utilizing the BMC access details, and computer code for sending a request between the software driver and the BMC, utilizing the communication mechanism.