Patent ID: 8677452

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: (a) a remote management computer having a display means; (b) a first target computer and a second target computer communicatively coupled to the remote management computer over a communications link, wherein the first and second target computers include first and second baseboard management controllers (BMCs), respectively, each configured to execute a server redirection application and store remote management data, wherein the first and second BMCs are configured to provide at least one management functionality to the first and second target computers, respectively, wherein the server redirection application is configured to provide a keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) redirection function; and (c) a computer-executable remote management application executed on the remote management computer and configured to, when executed by one or more processors, cause the remote management computer to perform functions that include: (i) obtaining and maintaining an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) credential configured for permitting a user of the remote management computer to remotely access both the first and second BMCs over the communications link; (ii) sending first and second requests for first and second Java Archive (JAR) files each containing remote management data to the first and second BMCs over the communications link, respectively; (iii) receiving an authentication request from each of the first and second BMCs, and, in response to the authentication request, sending the maintained IPMI credential to each of the first and second BMCs to obtain a KVM direction session; (iv) receiving first and second JAR files from the first and second BMCs over the communications link, respectively; and (v) invoking the first and second JAR files to establish first and second KVM sessions with the first and second BMCs, respectively, and simultaneously displaying, in a common graphical interface, first and second KVM consoles that present a KVM redirection representation received respectively from the server redirection applications of the first and second BMCs.