Rack Interface Pod with intelligent platform control
First Claim
1. A video processor, comprising:
- a housing, the housing including;
at least one video connector for receiving video signals from a computer;
a first information connector for receiving informational signals representing status or configuration information from a processor other than a main processor of the computer; and
a communications controller for transmitting via a communications port first signals representing at least a portion of the video signals received from the computer across the at least one video connector and second signals representing at least a portion of the informational signals received from the computer across the first information connector.
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Abstract
Rack Interface Pods can be augmented with non-KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) functionality that can enable greater analysis of the state of the computer to which the RIP is attached. A RIP can be augmented to include a non-KVM input connection (e.g., an Intelligent Platform/Chassis control protocol input) that is used to communicate between the server and the RIP. The RIP can then multiplex the received information with the KVM signals for transmission to a PEM or to an ARI port. Video and computer environment-style data can be multiplexed across a communications medium exiting the RIP such that they can be received by a remote computer.
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20 Claims
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1. A video processor, comprising:
a housing, the housing including;
at least one video connector for receiving video signals from a computer;
a first information connector for receiving informational signals representing status or configuration information from a processor other than a main processor of the computer; and
a communications controller for transmitting via a communications port first signals representing at least a portion of the video signals received from the computer across the at least one video connector and second signals representing at least a portion of the informational signals received from the computer across the first information connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A video processing system, comprising:
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(a) plural video processors, each video processor including a housing, with each respective housing including;
(a1) at least one video connector for receiving video signals from a corresponding computer, (a2) a first information connector for receiving informational signals representing status or configuration information from a processor other than a main processor of the corresponding computer, and (a3) a communications controller for transmitting across a communications port first signals representing at least a portion of the video signals received from the corresponding computer across the at least one video connector and second signals representing at least a portion of the informational signals received from the corresponding computer across the first information connector; and
(b) an intelligent network peripheral connected to the communications ports of the plural video processors, the intelligent network peripheral including;
(b1) a switch for selectively switching signals representing video signals of one of the corresponding computers to a computer monitor connected to the intelligent network peripheral, and (b2) a display controller for causing at least a portion of the second signals representing at least a portion of the informational signals received from the corresponding computer across the first information connector to be displayed on the computer monitor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A video processing system, comprising:
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(a) a first video processor including a first housing, the first housing including at least one video connector for receiving video signals from a corresponding first computer, (b) a second video processor including a second housing different than the first housing, the second housing including;
(b1) at least one video connector for receiving video signals from a corresponding second computer, (b2) at least one information connector for receiving informational signals representing status or configuration information from a processor other than a main processor of each of the corresponding first and second computers, and (a3) a communications controller for transmitting across a communications port first signals representing at least a portion of the video signals received from the corresponding second computer across the at least one video connector of the second housing and second signals representing at least a portion of the informational signals received from the corresponding first and second computers across the at least one information connector; and
(c) an intelligent network peripheral connected to the communications ports of the plural video processors, the intelligent network peripheral including;
(c1) a switch for selectively switching signals representing video signals of one of the corresponding computers to a computer monitor connected to the intelligent network peripheral, and (c2) a display controller for causing at least a portion of the second signals representing at least a portion of the informational signals received from the corresponding first and second computers across the at least one information connector to be displayed on the computer monitor.
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