Patent ID: 9129069
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A standalone digital rack interface pod apparatus adapted to facilitate communications between a remote access appliance and a server, where the appliance is disposed remotely from the server and in communication with a user's electronic device, and where the server has a service processor accessible via a service processor port, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a first bidirectional communications port and a second bidirectional communications port, at least one of the first and second bidirectional communications ports enabling a first communications cable to be coupled thereto to enable a connection to be made to the remote access appliance, and the other one of the bidirectional communications ports enabling a second communications cable to be coupled thereto to enable a connection to be made between the apparatus and the service processor port of the server; a cable assembly extending from the housing for enabling the apparatus to be coupled to a video port and to a universal serial bus (USB) port of the server; a circuit disposed in the housing in communication with at least the first and second bidirectional communication ports, the circuit configured to monitor communications from the appliance to the apparatus and to detect the presence of information received by the apparatus, and required to be sent to the service processor of the server, and to route the information identified as needing to be sent from the appliance to the one of the first and second bidirectional communications ports that is coupled to the second communications cable, to thus enable the information to be transmitted to the service processor port of the server, and to route a remaining portion of the information to the USB port via the other one of the first and second bidirectional communications ports.