Patent ID: 7428606
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for coupling a remotely located keyboard, video monitor, mouse and USB device to any one of a plurality of servers in an information handling system, said apparatus comprising: a keyboard, video monitor, mouse (KVM) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Internet Protocol (IP) remote device having interfaces for coupling to a keyboard, a video monitor, a mouse, a USB device, and an IP Ethernet fabric; a plurality of server interface pods (SIPs), wherein each of the plurality of SIPs have interfaces for coupling to a server keyboard interface, a server video monitor interface, a server mouse interface, a USB interface, and the IP Ethernet fabric; and a digital KVM USB switch comprising a plurality of IP Ethernet fabric interfaces, wherein the IP Ethernet fabric interface of the KVM USB IP remote device is coupled to one of the plurality of IP Ethernet fabric interfaces of the digital KVM USB switch and each of the plurality of SIPs IP Ethernet fabric interfaces is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of IP Ethernet fabric interfaces of the digital KVM USB switch; wherein the digital KVM USB switch selects which one of the plurality of SIPs is coupled to the KVM USB IP remote device such that