Remote diagnosis of network device over a local area network

Details Remote diagnosis of network device over a local area network Remote diagnosis of network device over a local area network

1995-06-30

2000-05-23

Louis-Jacques, Jacques H.

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral adapting

3952005, 39520053, 39520054, 3952006, 39520079, 395568, 395733, 395734, 395737, 395DIG1, 395DIG2, 710106, 710128, G06F 1300

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active

060674075

ABSTRACT:
Dump and debug utilities which provide mechanisms, for a network user from his or her workstation which is connected to a local area network, to remotely examine and control software executing on an interface board connected elsewhere to the network. The dump and debug facilities allow a network user to locate accessible interface boards and to issue dump and debug commands by which dump/debug network packets are constructed, and transmitted over the LAN to the interface board. Thereafter, the dump and debug utilities receive dump/debug packets generated by the interface board in response to the workstation packet, decode the packet, and display the results to the user. At the interface board side, the dump/debug packets received from the network workstation are intercepted by the data link layer of the board's interrupt handler, and are processed in an interrupt-disabled state whereby appropriate dump and debug capabilities can be carried out even if the interface board is otherwise non-operational.

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