Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Browser-based virtual media administration
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Application No.: US14853960Application Date: 2015-09-14
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Publication No.: US10178170B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Harikrishnan A. Rajagopalan , Rajeshkumar Ichchhubhai Patel
- Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Isidore PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F17/30 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
An information handling system (IHS) provides graphical user interface (GUI)-controlled virtual media between a networked management IHS and a managed IHS. At least one user input component is capable of manipulating and/or interfacing with one or more items on a GUI presented on a display device. A network interface enables communication with a network and a managed IHS that is in communication with the network and that controls a remote storage device. A browser application: (a) displays a control affordance on the display device; (b) receives from the at least one user input component a selection of the control affordance; (c) starting a network block device (NBD) server on the management IHS and prompting the managed IHS to start an NBD client kernel that communicates with the NBD server; and (d) maps the remote storage device as a virtual storage device on the GUI for read and write operations using the NBD components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170078388A1 BROWSER-BASED VIRTUAL MEDIA ADMINISTRATION Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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