Method and system for communication of device information
View Patent ↗The system comprises a device, the device comprising a physical port. The device is configured to communicate with a controller through a communication medium. The controller is situated on a circuit board. The physical port is not configured to communicate with the communication medium. The device is also configured to communicate with a processor through the circuit board, but the physical port is not configured to communicate with the processor through the circuit board. The device is additionally configured to create a first packet comprising information corresponding to first device information. The first device information is formatted in a protocol associated with the physical port. The device is further configured to transmit the first packet to the controller through the communication medium.
1. A system, comprising:
a device comprising a physical port, the device configured to:
create a first packet comprising first information associated with the device, the first information being formatted in a protocol associated with the physical port; and
transmit the first packet to a controller through a communication medium, the communication medium being an out-of-band connection;
wherein the controller analyzes the first information to identify an issue with the device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device is further configured to:
receive, from the controller through the communication medium, a second packet comprising second information corresponding to a command associated with the device, the second information being formatted in a protocol associated with the physical port;
extract, from the second packet, the second information corresponding to the command; and
process the second information.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication medium is selected from the group consisting of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus and a system management bus (SMBus).
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the physical port is selected from the group consisting of a Joint Test Action Ground (JTAG) port and a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) port.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first packet is a management component transport protocol (MCTP) packet.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the protocol associated with the physical port comprises RS-232.
7. A system, comprising:
a controller configured to:
receive, from a computing device over a network, a command associated with a first device, the first device comprising a physical port;
create a first packet comprising first information corresponding to the command, wherein the first information is formatted in a protocol associated with the physical port; and
transmit the first packet to the device through a communication medium, the communication medium being an out-of-band connection.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a second packet from the device through the communication medium, the second packet comprising second information associated with the device, the second information being formatted in a protocol associated with the device;
extract, from the second packet, the second information; and
analyze the second information to determine an issue with the device.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the communication medium is selected from the group consisting of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus and a system management bus (SMBus).
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the physical port is selected from the group consisting of a Joint Test Action Ground (JTAG) port and a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) port.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first packet is a management component transport protocol (MCTP) packet.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the protocol associated with the physical port comprises RS-232.
13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to present information based on the second information.
14. A method, comprising:
creating, using a device, a first packet comprising first information associated with the device, the first information being formatted in a protocol associated with a physical port of the device;
transmitting the first packet from the device to a controller through a communication medium, the communication medium being an out-of-band connection; and
wherein the controller analyzes the first information to identify an issue with the device.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving, at the device, a second packet from the controller through the communication medium, wherein:
the second packet comprises second information corresponding to a command associated with the device;
the second information being formatted in a protocol associated with the physical port;
extracting from the second packet, the second information corresponding to the command; and
processing the second information.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the communication medium is selected from the group consisting of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus and a system management bus (SMBus).
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the physical port is selected from the group consisting of a Joint Test Action Ground (JTAG) port and a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) port.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first packet is a management component transport protocol (MCTP) packet.
19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the protocol associated with the physical port comprises RS-232.
20. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a computing device over a network, a command associated with a first device, the first device comprising a physical port;
creating, using a controller, a first packet comprising first information corresponding to the command, wherein the first information corresponds to the command and is formatted in a protocol associated with the physical port; and
transmitting the first packet to the device through a communication medium, the communication medium being an out-of-band connection.
21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
receiving, at the controller, a second packet from the device through the communication medium, the second packet comprising second information associated with the device, the second information being formatted in a protocol associated with the device;
extracting, using the controller, the second information; and
analyzing the second information to determine an issue with the device.
22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the communication medium is selected from the group consisting of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus and a system management bus (SMBus).
23. The method of claim 20 , wherein the physical port is selected from the group consisting of a Joint Test Action Ground (JTAG) port and a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) port.
24. The method of claim 20 , wherein the first packet is a management component transport protocol (MCTP) packet.
25. The method of claim 20 , wherein the protocol associated with the physical port comprises RS-232.
26. The method of claim 20 , further comprising presenting information based on the second information.
27. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first information associated with the device comprises information about one or more log files of the device.
28. The system of claim 7 , wherein the command comprises an instruction to retrieve one or more log files of the device.
29. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first information associated with the device comprises information about one or more log files of the device.
30. The method of claim 20 , wherein the command comprises an instruction to retrieve one or more log files of the device.