Patent ID: 7971238

Claim:
A system, comprising: an information handling system comprising: a processor and system memory accessible to the processor; a remote access controller coupled to the processor, wherein the remote access controller includes a virtual card reader; and a management station communicatively coupled to the information handling system, wherein the management station is remotely located from the information handling system, and wherein the management station comprises a physical card reader configured to read a physical card; wherein when a connection between the information handling system and the management station is established, the remote access controller is configured to: provide a virtual card reader client to the management station; establish a connection between the virtual card reader of the information handling system and the virtual card reader client on the management station; locate the physical card reader of the management station via the established connection; and receive, from the virtual card reader client, a card insertion command that emulates insertion of a virtual card into the virtual card reader in response to insertion of the physical card into the physical card reader; and wherein the virtual card reader is configured to receive information from the physical card via the physical card reader and the established connection between the virtual card reader client and the virtual card reader, in response to receiving the card insertion command.