Apparatus and method for recording reboot reason of equipment
US8713367B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/079
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and a method for recording a reboot reason of equipment. Besides a first watchdog provided for triggering a global reset of the equipment, the apparatus provided by the present invention further includes a second watchdog. The second watchdog is used to trigger a logic chip to record a value representing the reboot reason of power-down in a storage array after the equipment is powered on. Thus, reboot reason of the equipment could recorded as power-down reboot.
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