US 12,216,560 B2
Electronic device supporting out-of-band communication, and method of operating the same
Kyungkeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Bumjun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Seunghan Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,599.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0090564 (KR), filed on Jul. 21, 2022; and application No. 10-2023-0000283 (KR), filed on Jan. 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028493 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 11/3034 (2013.01) [G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an electronic device including a host device having processor and a baseboard management controller (BMC), and a storage device having a storage controller and a micro controller unit (MCU), the method comprising:
providing, by the BMC of the host device, a first request comprising a first opcode field indicating a request for environment data to the MCU of the storage device through an out-of-band communication; and
providing, by the MCU, a first response including the environment data corresponding to the first request to the BMC through the out-of-band communication,
wherein the processor of the host device and the storage controller of the storage device communicate with each other through an in-band communication different from the out-of-band communication, and
wherein the BMC and the MCU directly communicate with each other through the out-of-band communication.