Method of remote access and control of environmental conditions
First Claim
1. A method of external monitoring of the environmental conditions of a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
- monitoring at least one environmental condition of at least one component of a first computer; and
communicating the results of monitoring to a second computer, without an operating system executing on the first computer.
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Abstract
A fault tolerant method by which individual components of a server are monitored and controlled through independent, programmable microcontrollers interconnected through a microcontroller network. An external agent can control and monitor the microcontrollers by extending the interconnection network beyond the physical server. Intervention of the server operating system software is not required and is not utilized for the access and control operations. The method includes the processes running on a remote interface so as to enable communication between the microcontroller network and an external modem that communicates with a remote client machine. The remote interface also provides for connection to a local client machine.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of external monitoring of the environmental conditions of a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
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monitoring at least one environmental condition of at least one component of a first computer; and
communicating the results of monitoring to a second computer, without an operating system executing on the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
temperature, fan speed, processor error and I/O error.
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9. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising displaying the communicated results of monitoring at the second computer.
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10. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring and communicating are performed regardless of whether the first computer is powered.
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11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second computer includes operating system software.
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12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second computer does not include operating system software.
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13. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring is performed without the operating system executing on the first computer.
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14. A method of external management of the environmental conditions of a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
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monitoring at least one environmental condition of at least one component of a first computer;
communicating, without an operating system executing on the first computer, the results of monitoring to a second computer; and
updating an environmental setting of at least one selected component of the first computer in response to the results of monitoring communicated to the second computer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of external monitoring of the environmental conditions of a computer, the method comprising the acts of:
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monitoring at least one environmental condition of at least one component of a first computer;
communicating the results of monitoring through a powered interface circuit and via a first modem; and
communicating the results of monitoring received from the first modem via a second modem to a second computer, wherein the monitoring occurs without an operating system executing on the first computer.
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