US 11,677,631 B2
System for performing a data center asset bridging operation
Saurav Shrestha, Round Rock, TX (US); Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Round Rock, TX (US); Carlin Mendonca, Austin, TX (US); and Margaret Patton, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,687.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009170 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center monitoring and management operation, comprising:
providing a data center asset with an associated data center asset bridging module, the data center asset comprising a data center asset user interface, the data center asset communicating with the associated data center asset bridging module via a secure application program interface, the secure application program interface being implemented to securely provide different levels of information associated with the data center asset to the associated data center asset bridging module during a data center asset bridging operation, the data center asset bridging operation establishing a network connection between the data center asset and a cloud-based data center monitoring and management console;
establishing access to the data center asset;
when access to the data center is established, enabling a connection between the cloud-based data center monitoring and management console and the data center asset via the data center asset bridging module;
exchanging information between the data center asset and the cloud-based data center monitoring and management console via the bridging module; and
managing the data center asset via the data center asset user interface, the managing comprising entering a connection code and defining parameters for the connection code, the connection code comprising a unique series of alpha numeric characters, provision of the unique series of alpha numeric characters to the data center asset bridging module allowing the connection between the data center asset bridging module and the cloud-based data center monitoring and management console; and wherein
the parameters for the connection code comprise a connection type parameter, a permission of types of data access parameter and a duration of access parameter.