1. A computing device-implemented method for remote platform management, comprising: re-directing a selected network packet received via a network interface controller (NIC), the selected network packet re-directed and transmitted as a System Management Bus (SMBus) packet over an SMBus to a target associated with a pre-defined SMBus address; generating a System Management Interrupt (SMI) with an SMBus host controller upon receipt of the SMBus packet, the SMI triggering a transition to System Management Mode (SMM) by a central processor unit (CPU) in the computing device; retrieving the SMBus packet from the SMBus host controller with system firmware; examining the contents of the retrieved SMBus packet with the system firmware; and transmitting, based on a result of the examination, a reply SMBus packet to the NIC, the reply SMBus packet assembled into a network packet at the NIC and sent via the NIC to a sender of the selected network packet to establish a remote management connection.