Patent ID: 6959380

Claim:
A method of remote control of a remotely managed data processing system including the service processor and a separate main processor, said method comprising: prior to initiation of execution of power-on self-test (POST) code by a main processor of a remotely managed data processing system: on a service processor separate from the main processor, initiating execution of a remote control application; and the remote control application establishing communication over a network connection with a remote console; thereafter, initiating execution of POST code by the main processor; and the remote control application enabling remote control of the remotely managed data processing system upon initiation of execution of said POST code, said enabling remote control including: getting video data from video hardware within the remotely managed data processing system; transmitting the video data to the remote console over the network connection; receiving keyboard/mouse signals from the remote console over the network connection; and forcing the received keyboard/mouse signals into a keyboard/mouse controller within the remotely managed data processing system as if the received keyboard/mouse signals had originated with locally attached peripherals.