Patent ID: 9652388
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11C

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a host controller to be coupled to a management controller configured to detect messages of a first message type and an endpoint device configured to detect messages of a second message type and messages of a third message type, the host controller to send a message of the second message type to the endpoint device, wherein the message of the second message type includes a message of the third message type received in the host controller from the management controller, the message of the third message type including a message of the first message type, the host controller including sequestration logic to sequester the endpoint device from a host processor, wherein the host controller includes a first logic to receive a first tunnel request from the management controller, generate and send a token to the endpoint device responsive to the first tunnel request, send data received from the management controller to the endpoint device responsive to the first tunnel request, and to thereafter send a tunnel handshake packet to the management controller to indicate a status of the data.