Patent ID: 8805983

Claim:
A server information handling system (IHS), comprising: a server IHS chassis; a processing system located in the server IHS chassis and operating as a management controller; a management network interface controller (NIC) located in the server IHS chassis, coupled to the processing system, and configured to transmit communications via a network between a remote IHS and the processing system during a remote IHS session to provide a server management user experience to a remote administrator that is using the remote IHS; a host controller located in the server IHS chassis and coupled to the processing system through an internal virtual device link; and a physical connector interface located on an external surface of the server IHS chassis, wherein the physical connector interface is directly coupled to the processing system through an external virtual device link, and wherein in response to a cabled connection of a local IHS to the physical connector interface, the processing system is configured to configure the connection to transmit communications with the local IHS over the external virtual device link during a local IHS session such that the local IHS session provides a server management user experience to a local administrator that is using the local IHS that is the same as the server management user experience that is provided during the remote IHS session to the remote administrator using the remote IHS.