Virtual serial concentrator for virtual machine out-of-band management
US8650273B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45591
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for providing dynamic access through which I/O access such as serial ports, and thus administrators who manage servers, can see, obtain health, state or interact concurrently with multiple VMs on a given physical server. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the system and method includes a dynamic port count virtual serial concentrator coupled with a virtualization device to map emulated serial ports to virtual machines along with a remote plugin that provide dynamic concurrent serial access to many virtual machine serial consoles under a secure and collaborative friendly environment.
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