Patent ID: 8090819

Claim:
A method for enabling communication with an in-band management application executing on a managed host computer comprising a first physical network interface controller via which the in-band management application communicates with a management client computer through an in-band communications channel, the method comprising: establishing a connection between a the remote management controller and the management client computer through an out-of-band communications channel, via a second physical network interface controller of the remote management controller exposing a third physical network interface controller of the remote management controller to the managed host computer; and enabling communication between the management client computer and the in-band management application executing on the managed host computer through the out-of-band communications channel, via the second physical network interface controller and the third physical network interface controller of the remote management controller, such as to enable direct communication between the management client computer and the managed host computer through each of the out-of-band communications channel and the in-band communications channel, wherein the management client computer is configured to communicate with the in-band management application via: a first communications path comprising the first physical network interface controller and the in-band communications channel; and a second communication path comprising the second physical network interface controller, the third physical network interface controller, and the out-of-band communications channel.