US 12,476,926 B2
Serial console transport offload with smart network interface controller
Zhang Flag, Shanghai (CN); Peng Jia, Shanghai (CN); Joan Jun Xiong, Shanghai (CN); and YungChin Fang, 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 Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,917.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300089 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 49/354 (2022.01); H04L 49/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 49/354 (2013.01) [H04L 49/50 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a host system including a serial port;
a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system; and
a network interface including a network interface processor;
wherein the information handling system is configured to:
transmit serial console data from the host system to the network interface, wherein the serial console data is transmitted from the serial port of the host system to the network interface via a serial pass-through of the management controller;
store the serial console data in onboard storage of the network interface; and
execute, at the network interface processor, a management agent configured to implement an application programming interface (API) that provides access to the serial console data from a remote information handling system.