Optical transceiver with off-transceiver logging mechanism
First Claim
1. In an optical transceiver that is communicatively coupled to a host computing system, the optical transceiver including a system memory and at least one processor, a method for the optical transceiver to log information regarding its operational circumstances to the host computing system, the method comprising the following:
- an act of executing microcode from the system memory, wherein the microcode is structured such that when executed by the at least one processor, causes the optical transceiver to perform the following;
an act of identifying operational information to be logged in a memory of the host computing system; and
an act of providing the logged operational information to the host computing system.
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Abstract
A mechanism for an optical transceiver to log information about its operational parameters to an off transceiver host computing system (hereinafter referred to simply as a “host”). The optical transceiver may be communicatively coupled to the host. The optical transceiver is configured to identify operational information regarding itself. The operational information may include statistical data about operation, or may include measured parameters. The optical transceiver may log the information to the memory of the host in an off transceiver logging operation.
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22 Claims
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1. In an optical transceiver that is communicatively coupled to a host computing system, the optical transceiver including a system memory and at least one processor, a method for the optical transceiver to log information regarding its operational circumstances to the host computing system, the method comprising the following:
an act of executing microcode from the system memory, wherein the microcode is structured such that when executed by the at least one processor, causes the optical transceiver to perform the following;
an act of identifying operational information to be logged in a memory of the host computing system; and
an act of providing the logged operational information to the host computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for an optical transceiver to log operational data, the method comprising the following:
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an act of the optical transceiver identifying first operational information regarding the optical transceiver;
after the act of identifying the first operational information, an act of the optical transceiver writing first log information representing the first operational information to a memory within a host computing system coupled to the optical transceiver;
an act of the optical transceiver identifying second operational information regarding the optical transceiver; and
after the act of identifying the second operational information, an act of the optical transceiver writing second log information representing the second operational information to a memory within the host computing system coupled to the optical transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An optical transceiver comprising the following:
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at least one processor; and
a system memory configurable to contain microcode;
wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the microcode in the system memory, the microcode configured such that when executed to cause the optical transceiver to identify operational information regarding the optical transceiver, and record log information representing the operational information to a host computing system coupled to the optical transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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