Heterogeneous system enclosure services connection
US6351819B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/26
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An adapter node is provided for use in adapting internal system enclosure services to a system power control network to thereby provide remote power control, diagnostics, and logical-to-physical correlation information, through the system power control network. The adapter node is for use in one computer of a plurality of different types of computers, having a respective internal system enclosure services low-level communication path. The power control network has a plurality of nodes, one of the nodes being a control node. The adapter node includes a substrate having electrical contacts adapted to plug to a system bus in the one computer. The substrate further has at least one system enclosure services interface connection to connect to the internal system enclosure services low-level communication path in the one computer. The adapter node further has a system power control network interface connection for connecting to the system power control network. A processor of the adapter node is provided for coordinating communication with the system power control network and with internal devices on the internal system enclosure services low-level communications path. Power control, dia…
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