Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration – Loading initialization program
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-14
2006-03-14
Lee, Thomas (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Loading initialization program
C713S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07013385
ABSTRACT:
A system for storing and configuring CMOS setting information remotely in a sewer blade environment includes a management module having includes persistent storage containing a table of CMOS setting information for each server blade. Each server blade includes boot block software that executes when the blade is booted. The boot block software initiates communication with the management module and retrieves its CMOS settings from the table. Thus, CMOS settings for a particular blade location remain unchanged each time a blade is replaced or upgraded. The management module and saver blades may implement a programming interface tat includes command abstractions for each CMOS setting. The management module sends command abstractions to each sewer blade during the CMOS configuration process. The server blade interprets the commands and maps the commands to specific CMOS bit addresses thereby making the specific CMOS implementation employed by any server blade transparent to the management module.
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Abbondanzio Antonio
Dake Gregory William
Piazza William Joseph
Pruett Gregory Brian
Rhoades David B.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Lally Joseph P.
Lee Thomas
McKinley Martin J.
Tran Vincent
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