Central management of networked computers

• US 20030189496A1
• Filed: 04/08/2002
• Published: 10/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Tran, Matthew P.
• Application Number:
  US10/117,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20030189496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3013 where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3068 where the reporting involves data format conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring

Abstract

A computer network includes a client computer and a main computer. The client computer includes a client controller coupled to a plurality of sensors. The main computer includes a main controller. The main controller and client controller are coupled to a bus. The plurality of sensors generate operating parameter data about the components, and the client controller receives the operating parameter data and converts it into a simplified protocol.

Claims

1. A computer network comprising:

a client computer, said client computer comprising;

a client controller; and

a plurality of sensors coupled to said client controller;

a bus coupled to said client computers; and

a main computer coupled to said bus, said main computer comprising a main controller.

2. The computer network of claim 1, wherein said client computer comprises a plurality of components coupled to said plurality of sensors, said plurality of sensors generating operating parameter data about said components, and said client controller receiving the operating parameter data and converting it into a simplified protocol.

3. The computer network of claim 1, wherein said simplified protocol comprises a two-bit status for each of said sensors.

4. The computer network of claim 2, said main controller receiving said simplified protocol.

5. The computer network of claim 4, said main computer determining a corrective action based on said simplified protocol.

6. The computer network of claim 1, wherein said bus is an Ethernet bus.

7. The computer network of claim 1, wherein said sensors comprise a temperature measurement device and a voltage measurement device.

8. A method of remotely managing a computer network comprising:

by receiving operating parameter data of a component from a sensor;

converting the operating parameter data into a simplified protocol; and

sending the simplified protocol to a main controller.

9. The method of claim 8, said converting comprising:

comparing the operating parameter data to a plurality of threshold values; and

assigning a value based on one of the threshold values.

10. The method of claim 8, said simplified protocol comprising a two-bit status.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein said converting is performed at a client controller.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said client controller and said main controller are coupled to a bus.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said bus is an Ethernet bus.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending a second simplified protocol from a second client controller.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

initiating corrective action at the main controller.

16. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive operating parameter data of a component from a sensor;

convert the operating parameter data into a standardized format; and

send the simplified protocol to a main controller.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, said standardized format comprising a simplified protocol.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, said processor converts by:

comparing the operating parameter data to a plurality of threshold values; and

assigning a value based on one of the threshold values.

19. The computer readable medium claim 17, said simplified protocol comprising a two-bit status.

20. The computer readable medium claim 17, wherein said processor is located at a client controller.

21. The computer readable medium claim 20, wherein said client controller and said main controller are coupled to a bus.

22. The computer readable medium claim 21, wherein said bus is an Ethernet bus.