Data gathering device for a rack enclosure
First Claim
1. A data gathering device for a rack enclosure which is, in use, cooperable with at least one environmental services processor, each processor being incorporated in a respective plug-in card, said data gathering device comprising at least one port adapted to communicate with a respective environmental services processor, a plurality of data inputs and a plurality of controllable outputs, said data gathering device being adapted to generate and send, to a one of said at least one environmental services processors responsible for said enclosure, a message reporting the state of said data inputs and to receive, from said responsible environmental services processor, a message including a command determining the state of one of said controllable outputs.
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Abstract
A data gathering device for a rack enclosure which is, in use, cooperable with at least one SES processor, each processor being incorporated in a respective plug-in card. The data gathering device comprises at least one port adapted to communicate with a respective environmental services processor, a plurality of data inputs and a plurality of controllable outputs. The data gathering device is adapted to generate and send, to an SES processor responsible for the enclosure, a message reporting the state of the data inputs and to receive, from the responsible SES processor, a message including a command determining the state of one of the controllable outputs.
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6 Claims
- 1. A data gathering device for a rack enclosure which is, in use, cooperable with at least one environmental services processor, each processor being incorporated in a respective plug-in card, said data gathering device comprising at least one port adapted to communicate with a respective environmental services processor, a plurality of data inputs and a plurality of controllable outputs, said data gathering device being adapted to generate and send, to a one of said at least one environmental services processors responsible for said enclosure, a message reporting the state of said data inputs and to receive, from said responsible environmental services processor, a message including a command determining the state of one of said controllable outputs.
- 3. A backplane for a rack enclosure, said backplane including one or more data gathering devices, each data gathering device being, in use, cooperable with at least one environmental services processor, each processor being incorporated in a respective plug-in card, each data gathering device comprising at least one port adapted to communicate with a respective environmental services processor, a plurality of data inputs and a plurality of controllable outputs, each data gathering device being adapted to receive an instruction from a one of said at least one environmental services processors responsible for said enclosure to take responsibility for data gathering, said data gathering device being adapted, when responsible for said enclosure, to generate a message reporting the state of said data inputs to said responsible environmental services processor and to receive a message including a command from said responsible environmental services processor determining the state of one of said controllable outputs.
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6. A rack enclosure system comprising a backplane including one or more data gathering devices and at least one plug-in card incorporating a respective environmental services processor, each data gathering device comprising at least one port adapted to communicate with a respective environmental services processor, a plurality of data inputs and a plurality of controllable outputs, each data gathering device being adapted to receive an instruction from a one of said at least one environmental services processors responsible for said enclosure to take responsibility for data gathering, said data gathering device being adapted, when responsible for said enclosure, to generate a message reporting the state of said data inputs to said responsible environmental services processor and to receive a message including a command from said responsible environmental services processor determining the state of one of said controllable outputs.
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