HARDWARE CONSUMPTION ARCHITECTURE
First Claim
1. A method performed by a hardware management device for enabling incremental failure of a hardware system, the hardware system including a hardware module, the hardware module including a circuit board upon which a plurality of hardware components is mounted, the method comprising:
- identifying a hardware failure of a failed component of the plurality of hardware components;
determining a set of agent devices currently configured to utilize the failed component;
for at least one agent device of the set of agent devices, reconfiguring the agent device to utilize a working component of the plurality of hardware components in place of the failed component; and
deactivating the failed component, wherein other hardware components of the plurality of hardware components remain in operation.
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying a hardware failure of a failed component of a plurality of hardware components; determining a set of agent devices currently configured to utilize the failed component; reconfiguring an agent device to utilize a working component of the plurality of hardware components. Various exemplary embodiments additionally or alternatively relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: projecting a failure date for the hardware module; determining whether the projected failure date is acceptable based on a target replacement date for the hardware module; if the projected failure date is not acceptable: selecting a parameter adjustment for a hardware component, wherein the parameter adjustment is selected to move the projected failure date closer to the target replacement date, and applying the parameter adjustment to the hardware component.
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38 Claims
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1. A method performed by a hardware management device for enabling incremental failure of a hardware system, the hardware system including a hardware module, the hardware module including a circuit board upon which a plurality of hardware components is mounted, the method comprising:
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identifying a hardware failure of a failed component of the plurality of hardware components; determining a set of agent devices currently configured to utilize the failed component; for at least one agent device of the set of agent devices, reconfiguring the agent device to utilize a working component of the plurality of hardware components in place of the failed component; and deactivating the failed component, wherein other hardware components of the plurality of hardware components remain in operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A hardware system capable of incremental hardware failure, the hardware system comprising:
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a circuit board; a plurality of hardware components mounted on the circuit board; at least one agent device configured to utilize at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components; and a management device that, during run time, deactivates at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components while at least one remaining component of the plurality of hardware components remains in operation, - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a hardware management device for enabling incremental failure of a hardware system, the hardware system including a hardware module, the hardware module including a circuit board upon which a plurality of hardware components is mounted, the tangible and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions for identifying a hardware failure of a failed component of the plurality of hardware components; instructions for determining a set of agent devices currently configured to utilize the failed component; instructions for, for at least one agent device of the set of agent devices, reconfiguring the agent device to utilize a working component of the plurality of hardware components in place of the failed component; and instructions for deactivating the failed component, wherein other hardware components of the plurality of hardware components remain in operation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method performed by a hardware management device for controlling consumption of a hardware module, the hardware module including a plurality of hardware components, the method comprising:
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projecting a failure date for the hardware module; determining whether the projected failure date is acceptable based on a target replacement date for the hardware module; if the projected failure date is not acceptable; determining at least one parameter adjustment for at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components, wherein the at least one parameter adjustment is selected to move the projected failure date closer to the target replacement date; and applying the at least one parameter adjustment to the least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A hardware management device for controlling consumption of a hardware module, the hardware module including a plurality of hardware components, the hardware management device comprising:
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a consumption policy engine configured to; project a failure date for the hardware module, and determine whether the projected failure date is acceptable based on a target replacement date for the hardware module; and a parameter adjuster that is configured to, if the projected failure date is not acceptable; determine at least one parameter adjustment for at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components, wherein the at least one parameter adjustment is selected to move the projected failure date closer to the target replacement date, and apply the at least one parameter adjustment to the at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A tangible and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a hardware management device for controlling consumption of a hardware module, the hardware module including a plurality of hardware components, the tangible and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions for projecting a failure date for the hardware module; instructions for determining whether the projected failure date is acceptable based on a target replacement date for the hardware module; instructions for, if the projected failure date is not acceptable; determining at least one parameter adjustment for at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components, wherein the at least one parameter adjustment is selected to move the projected failure date closer to the target replacement date, and applying the at least one parameter adjustment to the at least one hardware component of the plurality of hardware components. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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