Patent ID: 8607310
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method to ascertain an association between in-band and out-of-band identification credentials of a target device, comprising the steps of: providing a computer interface module (CIM) connected to an in-band network, the CIM including a virtual device comprising one of a virtual drive or virtual network adapter appearing at a port of the target device through an out-of-band path, the virtual device being operative to detect the in-band identification credentials of the target device by querying the target device over the out-of-band path when the virtual device comprises a virtual network adapter or to provide the out-of-band identification credentials to the target device over the out-of-band path when the virtual device comprises a virtual drive; detecting one of the in-band identification credentials over the out-of-band path or the out-of band identification credentials over an in-band path by a management device connected to the in-band network; associating the detected in-band identification credentials or out-of-band identification credentials of the target device by the management device with the other of the out-of-band identification credentials or in-band identification credentials of the target device; and storing information indicative of the association between the in-band identification credentials and out-of-band identification credentials in a database accessible to the management device, wherein the other credentials are previously known to the management device, wherein the CIM and the target device are physically distinct devices, wherein the detecting step further comprises the step of decoding or looking up a machine-readable name of the virtual drive when the virtual device comprises a virtual drive or the step of extracting a host name of the target device when the virtual device comprises a virtual network adapter.