Patent ID: 8150953

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: a host including a central processing unit (CPU); a first management controller (MC) enabled to communicate with the host; a second MC enabled to communicate with the host; a network interface resource (NIR) in communication with the host and operable to enable the information handling system to communicate via an external network; and wherein the NIR includes a unified management module (UMM) operable to: receive a first Ethernet compliant local management packet from the host and route the received first local management packet to the first MC via a first unified management bus (UMB); receive a first Ethernet compliant remote management packet from a remote resource via the external network and route the received first remote management packet to the first MC via the first UMB; receive a second Ethernet compliant local management packet from the host and route the received second local management packet to the second MC via a second UMB; receive a second Ethernet compliant remote management packet from the remote resource via the external network and route the received second remote management packet to the second MC via the second UMB; format the first local management packet and the first remote management packet to comply with a first transmission protocol suitable for transmission on the first UMB and receipt by the first MC; format the second local management packet and the second remote management packet to comply with a second transmission protocol suitable for transmission on the second UMB and receipt by the second MC; and detect destination information in each of the received management packets and determine from a management controller table whether the detected destination corresponds to the first MC or the second MC.