Remote reboot of hung systems in a data processing system
US6438689B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1417
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data processing system includes a bus network interconnecting a data processor and one or more adapter cards, and providing for the data processor to bypass initialization of the adapter cards in response to a user indication entered prior to the initialization. This allows the system to be booted even in the event of an adapter card failure which causes the system to hang during initialization. The data processing system also enters a setup routine allowing the user to disable one or more of the adapter cards. The user indication may be entered at a remote computer where the data processing system is connected as a client computer to a server computer system by a network.
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