System management
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a service communication channel to a multi-server computer system comprising a plurality of modular units, wherein at least one of the plurality of modular units is a computer system carrier having removably received therein at least one removably mountable information processing cartridge, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of modular units include a wireless communication port, the method comprising:
- transmitting an existence request message to the wireless communication port of each modular unit;
receiving an existence response message including an identifier for the modular unit from at least one of the plurality of modular units;
displaying a list of modular units from which an existence message was received; and
receiving a selection input for selecting at least one of the displayed modular units to perform a process.
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Abstract
A method may be provided for establishing a service communication channel to a multi-server computer system comprising a plurality of modular units. At least selected modular units can have a wireless communication port. The method may comprise transmitting an existence request message to the wireless communication port of each modular unit provided therewith; and receiving at least one existence response message from at least one of the plurality of modular units. The existence response message may include an identifier of the modular unit.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a service communication channel to a multi-server computer system comprising a plurality of modular units, wherein at least one of the plurality of modular units is a computer system carrier having removably received therein at least one removably mountable information processing cartridge, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of modular units include a wireless communication port, the method comprising:
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transmitting an existence request message to the wireless communication port of each modular unit; receiving an existence response message including an identifier for the modular unit from at least one of the plurality of modular units; displaying a list of modular units from which an existence message was received; and receiving a selection input for selecting at least one of the displayed modular units to perform a process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A service device for a computer system including a plurality of modular units, wherein at least one of the plurality of modular units is a computer system carrier having removably received therein at least one removably mountable information processing cartridge, the service device comprising:
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a wireless communications port operable to transmit an existence request message to a wireless communications port of each of the plurality of modular units and to receive an existence response message including an identifier for the modular unit from at least one of said plurality of modular units; and a display operable to display a list of the modular units from which an existence response message was received; wherein the service device is operable to receive a selection input for selecting at least one of the displayed modular units to perform a process. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a modular computer system including one or more modular units, wherein each modular unit is configured to removably receive a plurality of removably mountable information processing cartridges, wherein at least a portion of the modular units include a wireless communication port; and a remote service device including a wireless communications port, wherein the remote service device is operable to establish a service communications channel with the wireless communications port of the modular units, wherein the remote service device is operable to transmit an existence request message to the wireless communication port of each of the modular units; wherein one or more of the modular units are operable to transmit an existence response message including an identifier for the modular unit in response to receiving an existence request message; wherein the remote service device is operable to display a list of the modular units from which an existence response message was received, and wherein the remote service device is operable to receive a selection input for selecting at least one of the displayed modular units to perform a process. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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