Patent ID: 11895200
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the service processor sends the out-of-band request for access to an operator panel by broadcasting the out-of-band request to a plurality of service processors that are operatively coupled to the local network domain that includes the service processor, wherein each of the plurality of service processors is included in one of the plurality of computing nodes, wherein the first out-of-band reply is received from a second service processor of the plurality of service processors, wherein the first out-of-band reply identifies an address and one or more capabilities of a first operator panel that is connected to the second service processor and accessible to the first service processor through the second service processor over the local network domain, the service processor for further processing the program instructions to:
receive a second out-of-band reply from a third service processor of the plurality of service processors, wherein the second out-of-band reply identifies an address and one or more capabilities of a second operator panel accessible to the first service processor through the third service processor over the local network domain; and
select one of the first and second operator panels, wherein the active link is negotiated with the selected one of the first and second operator panels.