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Keyboard, video and mouse switch identifying and displaying nodes experiencing a problem

US8943373B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2013
Grant dateJan 27, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/385
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program product includes computer readable program code causing a keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch to communicate over a network with service processors of a plurality of compute nodes, computer readable program code for causing the KVM switch to identify a compute node from among the plurality of compute nodes that is experiencing one or more predetermined problems, and computer readable program code for causing the KVM switch to automatically generate a graphical user interface including the identity of the identified compute node for display on a display device that is connected to the KVM switch.

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