System for storing display data during first time period prior t

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G06F 1300

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058527206

ABSTRACT:
A communication system is presented whereby sequences of video screens sent from a host CPU to a video controller can be stored and subsequently retrieved by a terminal located remote from the host CPU. The host CPU and video controller form part of a server arranged within a distributed computing system. An administrator situated at the remote terminal can retrieve select video screens produced during server operations to determine information regarding the server configuration and possible causes of server failure or future failure. The sequence of video screens thereby represent video screen changes stored upon a server controller adapted for coupling to the server expansion bus. The video screen changes represent a sequence of video screen changes occurring prior to server failure or after server reset. Those changes provide beneficial information to an administrator located remote from the server, and allows the administrator to communicate with the server using several possible communication protocols. The server controller snoops display data written from the host CPU to the video controller and mirrors the display data upon buffers within the server controller. Information within the buffers can be called upon by a remotely situated administrator regardless of whether server power is lost in the interim.

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