Wireless out-of-band management of information technology assets
An apparatus comprises two or more connection ports, at least one wireless network interface, and at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to receive, utilizing a first one of the two or more connection ports, a first type of out-of-band management traffic from a managed information technology asset, to receive, utilizing a second one of the two or more connection ports, a second type of out-of-band management traffic from the managed information technology asset, and to communicate, via the at least one wireless network interface, the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to one or more additional processing devices.
1. An apparatus comprising:
two or more connection ports;
at least one wireless network interface; and
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured:
to receive, utilizing a first one of the two or more connection ports, a first type of out-of-band management traffic from a managed information technology asset;
to receive, utilizing a second one of the two or more connection ports, a second type of out-of-band management traffic from the managed information technology asset;
to communicate, via the at least one wireless network interface, the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to one or more additional processing devices;
to receive, via the at least one wireless network interface, additional out-of-band management traffic from at least one of the one or more additional processing devices;
to determine whether the additional out-of-band management traffic includes any out-of-band management traffic of the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic;
responsive to determining that at least a first portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic includes the first type of out-of-band management traffic, to communicate the first portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic to the managed information technology asset utilizing the first connection port; and
responsive to determining that at least a second portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic includes the second type of out-of-band management traffic, to communicate the second portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic to the managed information technology asset utilizing the second connection port.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first connection port comprises a serial port and the first type of out-of-band management traffic comprises console traffic from the managed information technology asset.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the second connection port comprises an ethernet port and the second type of out-of-band management traffic comprises ethernet traffic from the managed information technology asset.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the managed information technology asset comprises a network switch.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to receive power via at least one of the first connection port and the second connection port, said at least one of the first connection port and the second connection port comprising a power over ethernet port of the managed information technology asset.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to receive power at a third one of the two or more connection ports from the managed information technology asset.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the third connection port comprises a universal serial bus port.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to multiplex the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic into one or more ethernet packets, and wherein communicating the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to the one or more additional processing devices comprises communicating the one or more ethernet packets comprising the multiplexed out-of-band management traffic.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one wireless network interface utilizes a cellular wireless network for communicating the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to at least one of the one or more additional processing devices.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the cellular wireless network comprises a private 5G network of an enterprise providing support services for the managed information technology asset utilizing said at least one of the one or more additional processing devices.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one wireless network interface utilizes a WiFi wireless network for communicating the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to at least one of the one or more additional processing devices.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one wireless network interface utilizes at least one of a Bluetooth and a Bluetooth low energy network for communicating the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to at least one of the one or more additional processing devices.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the one or more additional processing devices is part of a cloud-based information technology support system responsible for providing support services for the managed information technology asset.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the at least one processing device is further configured:
to separate the additional out-of-band management traffic into the first type of out-of-band management traffic and the second type of out-of-band management traffic;
to communicate, utilizing the first connection port, the first type of out-of-band management traffic in the additional out-of-band management traffic to a first out-of-band management port of the managed information technology asset; and
to communicate, utilizing the second connection port, the second type of out-of-band management traffic in the additional out-of-band management traffic to a second out-of-band management port of the managed information technology asset.
15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:
to receive, utilizing a first one of two or more connection ports, a first type of out-of-band management traffic from a managed information technology asset;
to receive, utilizing a second one of the two or more connection ports, a second type of out-of-band management traffic from the managed information technology asset;
to communicate, via at least one wireless network interface, the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to one or more additional processing devices;
to receive, via the at least one wireless network interface, additional out-of-band management traffic from at least one of the one or more additional processing devices;
to determine whether the additional out-of-band management traffic includes any out-of-band management traffic of the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic;
responsive to determining that at least a first portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic includes the first type of out-of-band management traffic, to communicate the first portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic to the managed information technology asset utilizing the first connection port; and
responsive to determining that at least a second portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic includes the second type of out-of-band management traffic, to communicate the second portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic to the managed information technology asset utilizing the second connection port.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the first connection port comprises a serial port, the first type of out-of-band management traffic comprises console traffic from the managed information technology asset, the second connection port comprises an ethernet port, and the second type of out-of-band management traffic comprises ethernet traffic from the managed information technology asset.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the managed information technology asset comprises a network switch.
18. A method performed by at least one processing device comprising a process coupled to a memory, the method comprising:
receiving, utilizing a first one of two or more connection ports, a first type of out-of-band management traffic from a managed information technology asset;
receiving, utilizing a second one of the two or more connection ports, a second type of out-of-band management traffic from the managed information technology asset;
communicating, via at least one wireless network interface, the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic to one or more additional processing devices;
receiving, via the at least one wireless network interface, additional out-of-band management traffic from at least one of the one or more additional processing devices;
determining whether the additional out-of-band management traffic includes any out-of-band management traffic of the first and second types of out-of-band management traffic;
responsive to determining that at least a first portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic includes the first type of out-of-band management traffic, communicating the first portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic to the managed information technology asset utilizing the first connection port; and
responsive to determining that at least a second portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic includes the second type of out-of-band management traffic, communicating the second portion of the additional out-of-band management traffic to the managed information technology asset utilizing the second connection port.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the first connection port comprises a serial port, the first type of out-of-band management traffic comprises console traffic from the managed information technology asset, the second connection port comprises an ethernet port, and the second type of out-of-band management traffic comprises ethernet traffic from the managed information technology asset.
20. The method of claim 18 wherein the managed information technology asset comprises a network switch.