System for independent powering of a computer system

Details System for independent powering of a computer system System for independent powering of a computer system

1997-10-01

2001-03-13

Auve, Glenn A. (Department: 2781)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

By external command

C709S217000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06202160

ABSTRACT:

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF COMMONLY OWNED APPLICATIONS
The following U.S. pat. application, commonly owned and filed Oct. 1, 1997, are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety be reference thereto:
U.S. patent
application
Title
Ser. No.
Status
“System Architecture for
08/942,160
PENDING
Remote Access and Control of
Environmental Management”
“Method of Remote Access
08/942,215
PENDING
and Control of Environmental
Management”
“System for Independent
08/942,410
PENDING
Powering of Diagnostic
Processes on a Computer
System”
“Diagnostic and Managing
08/942,402
PENDING
Distributed Processor System”
“Method for Managing a
08/942,448
PENDING
Distributed Processor System”
“System for Mapping
08/942,222
PENDING
Environmental Resources to
Memory for Program Access”
“Method for Mapping
08/942,214
PENDING
Environmental Resources to
Memory for Program Access”
“Hot Add of Devices
08/942,309
PENDING
Software Architecture”
“Method for The Hot Add of
08/942,306
PENDING
Devices”
“Hot Swap of Devices
08/942,311
PENDING
Software Architecture”
“Method for The Hot Swap of
08/942,457
PENDING
Devices”
“Method for the Hot Add of a
08/943,072
ISSUED 4/6/99
Network Adapter on a System
(U.S. Pat. No. 5,892,928)
Including a Dynamically
Loaded Adapter Driver”
“Method for the Hot Add of a
08/942,069
PENDING
Mass Storage Adapter on a
System Including a Statically
Loaded Adapter Driver”
“Method for the Hot Add of a
08/942,465
PENDING
Network Adapter on a System
Including a Statically Loaded
Adapter Driver”
“Method for the Hot Add of a
08/962,963
PENDING
Mass Storage Adapter on a
System Including a
Dynamically Loaded Adapter
Driver”
“Method for the Hot Swap of
08/943,078
ISSUED 3/30/99
a Network Adapter on a
(U.S. Pat. No. 5,889,965)
System Including a
Dynamically Loaded Adapter
Driver”
“Method for the Hot Swap of
08/942,336
PENDING
a Mass Storage Adapter on a
System Including a Statically
Loaded Adapter Driver”
“Method for the Hot Swap of
08/942,459
PENDING
a Network Adapter on a
System Including a
Statically Loaded Adapter
Driver”
“Method for the Hot Swap of
08/942,458
PENDING
a Mass Storage Adapter on a
System Including a
Dynamically Loaded Adapter
Driver”
“Method of Performing an
08/942,463
ISSUED 3/07/00
Extensive Diagnostic Test in
(U.S. Pat. No. 6,035,420)
Conjunction with a BIOS Test
Routine”
“Apparatus for Performing an
08/942,163
ISSUED 12/28/99
Extensive Diagnostic Test in
(U.S. Pat. No. 6,009,541)
Conjunction with a BIOS Test
Routine”
“Configuration Management
08/941,268
PENDING
Method for Hot Adding and
Hot Replacing Devices”
“Configuration Management
08/942,408
PENDING
System for Hot Adding and
Hot Replacing Devices”
“Apparatus for Interfacing
08/942,382
PENDING
Buses”
“Method for Interfacing
08/942,413
ISSUED 11/16/99
Buses”
(U.S. Pat. No. 5,987,554)
“Computer Fan Speed Control
08/942,447
ISSUED 11/23/99
Device”
(U.S. Pat. No. 5,990,582)
“Computer Fan Speed Control
08/942,216
ISSUED 10/05/99
Method”
(U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,933)
“System for Powering Up and
08/943,076
PENDING
Powering Down a Server”
“Method of Powering Up and
08/943,077
PENDING
Powering Down a Server”
“System for Resetting a
08/942,333
ISSUED 5/16/00
Server”
(U.S. Pat. No. 6,065,053)
“Method of Resetting a
08/942,405
PENDING
Server”
“System for Displaying
08/942,070
PENDING
Flight Recorder”
“Method of Displaying
08/942,068
PENDING
Flight Recorder”
“Synchronous Communication
08/943,355
PENDING
Interface”
“Synchronous Communication
08/942,004
ISSUED 5/30/00
Emulation”
(U.S. Pat. No. 6,068,661)
“Software System Facilitating
08/942,317
PENDING
the Replacement or Insertion
of Devices in a Computer
System”
“Method for Facilitating the
08/942,316
PENDING
Replacement or Insertion of
Devices in a Computer
System”
“System Management
08/943,357
PENDING
Graphical User Interface”
“Display of System
08/942,195
ISSUED 4/4/00
Information”
(U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,742)
“Data Management System
08/942,129
PENDING
Supporting Hot Plug
Operations on a Computer”
“Data Management Method
08/942,124
ISSUED 5/2/00
Supporting Hot Plug
(U.S. Pat. No. 6,058,445)
Operations on a Computer”
“Alert Configurator and
08/942,005
PENDING
Manager”
“Managing Computer System
08/943,356
PENDING
Alerts”
“Computer Fan Speed Control
08/940,301
PENDING
System”
“Computer Fan Speed Control
08/941,267
PENDING
System Method”
“Black Box Recorder for
08/942,381
PENDING
Information System Events”
“Method of Recording
08/942,164
PENDING
Information System Events”
“Method for Automatically
08/942,168
PENDING
Reporting a System Failure in
a Server”
“System for Automatically
08/942,384
PENDING
Reporting a System Failure in
a Server”
“Expansion of PCI Bus
08/942,404
PENDING
Loading Capacity”
“Method for Expanding PCI
08/942,223
PENDING
Bus Loading Capacity”
“System for Displaying
08/942,347
PENDING
System Status”
“Method of Displaying
08/942,071
PENDING
System Status”
“Fault Tolerant Computer
08/942,194
PENDING
System”
“Method for Hot Swapping
08/943,044
PENDING
of Network Components”
“A Method for
08/942,221
PENDING
Communicating a Software
Generated Pulse Waveform
Between Two Servers in a
Network”
“A System for
08/942,409
PENDING
Communicating a Software
Generated Pulse Waveform
Between Two Servers in a
Network”
“Method for Clustering
08/942,318
PENDING
Software Applications”
“System for Clustering
08/942,411
PENDING
Software Applications”
“Method for Automatically
08/942,319
PENDING
Configuring a Server after Hot
Add of a Device”
“System for Automatically
08/942,331
PENDING
Configuring a Server after Hot
Add of a Device”
“Method of Automatically
08/942,412
PENDING
Configuring and Formatting a
Computer System and
Installing Software”
“System for Automatically
08/941,955
PENDING
Configuring and Formatting a
Computer System and
Installing Software”
“Determining Slot Numbers
08/942,462
PENDING
in a Computer”
“System for Detecting Errors
08/942,169
PENDING
in a Network”
“Method of Detecting Errors
08/940,302
PENDING
in a Network”
“System for Detecting
08/942,407
PENDING
Network Errors”
“Method of Detecting
08/942,573
PENDING
Network Errors”
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to fault tolerant computer systems. More specifically, the invention is directed to a system for providing remote access and control of server environmental management.
2. Description of the Related Technology
As enterprise-class servers become more powerful and more capable, they are also becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex. For many companies, these changes lead to concerns over server reliability and manageability, particularly in light of the increasingly critical role of server-based applications. While in the past many systems administrators were comfortable with all of the various components that made up a standards-based network server, today's generation of servers can appear as an incomprehensible, unmanageable black box. Without visibility into the underlying behavior of the system, the administrator must “fly blind.” Too often the only indicators the network manager has on the relative health of a particular server is whether or not it is running.
It is well-acknowledged that there is a lack of reliability and availability of most standards-based servers. Server downtime, resulting either from hardware or software faults or from regular maintenance, continues to be a significant problem. By one estimate, the cost of downtime in mission critical environments has risen to an annual total of $4.0 billion for U.S. businesses, with the average downtime event resulting in a $140 thousand loss in the retail industry and a $450 thousand loss in the securities industry. It has been reported that companies lose as much as $250 thousand in employee productivity for every 1% of comput

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