| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7555671 |
Systems and methods for implementing reliability, availability and serviceability in a computer |
June 30, 2009 |
| Embodiments include systems and methods for processing Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) events in a computer system. Embodiments comprise processing critical events in a first portion of a Management Interrupt (MI) period. The MI period is chosen to be not greater t |
| 7546487 |
OS and firmware coordinated error handling using transparent firmware intercept and firmware ser |
June 9, 2009 |
| Methods and architectures for performing hardware error handling using coordinated operating system (OS) and firmware services. In one aspect, a firmware interface is provided to enable an OS to access firmware error-handling services. Such services enable the OS to access error data |
| 7493438 |
Apparatus and method for enumeration of processors during hot-plug of a compute node |
February 17, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method for enumeration of processors during hot-plug of a compute node are described. The method includes the enumeration, in response to a hot-plug reset, of one or more processors. The enumeration is provided to a system architecture operating system in which a compute |
| 7472266 |
Fault resilient boot in multi-processor systems |
December 30, 2008 |
| In some embodiments a boot progress of a System Boot Strap Processor in a multi-processor system is monitored and a boot processor failure is detected using an Application Processor. If the boot processor failure is detected at least a portion of the system is reinitialized (and/or the |
| 7437643 |
Automated BIST execution scheme for a link |
October 14, 2008 |
| Training of a link is performed, wherein the link is an interconnect between two devices of a computer system. A built-in self-test (BIST) of the link is performed. A result from the link training is compared to a result from the BIST. A link status of the link is posted, wherein the |
| 7376775 |
Apparatus, system, and method to enable transparent memory hot plug/remove |
May 20, 2008 |
| In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor, an expander memory bridge location, a memory coupled to the expander memory bridge location, and a bus controller including intercept logic to intercept and block communication from the processor to the expander memory bridge locati |
| 7246224 |
System and method to enable platform personality migration |
July 17, 2007 |
| An embodiment of the present invention relates generally to computer configuration and, more specifically, to a system and method to seamlessly determine the component configurations of a series of heterogeneous platforms and enable their respective component configurations to be int |
| 7162560 |
Partitionable multiprocessor system having programmable interrupt controllers |
January 9, 2007 |
| A system that may optionally be partitioned into multiple domains is disclosed. Each domain is capable of independently powering on, executing a firmware program, and loading an operating system, including a legacy operating system, as well as running an application program that is d |
| 7117396 |
Scalable CPU error recorder |
October 3, 2006 |
| A firmware-based mechanism for creating, storing and retrieving variable-length records associated with error events occurring in a computer platform. The mechanism responds to error notifications by invoking a firmware-based error-handling module. The error-handling module retrieves |
| 7117311 |
Hot plug cache coherent interface method and apparatus |
October 3, 2006 |
| A computing device maintains coherency while supporting addition and removal of memory caching agents without rebooting the computing device. |
| 7096377 |
Method and apparatus for setting timing parameters |
August 22, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for reading a value provided by an electronic device and using that value to derive and set a timing parameter for a bus to which the electronic device is attached. |
| 7065597 |
Method and apparatus for in-band signaling of runtime general purpose events |
June 20, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for communicating general purpose events in-band from a downstream controller is presented. |
| 7024695 |
Method and apparatus for secure remote system management |
April 4, 2006 |
| To prevent unauthorized access to hardware management information in an out-of-band mode, i.e., when the operating system of the hardware is not executing, a method and apparatus employ an authentication protocol. Upon receiving a request for hardware component information in a service |
| 7000102 |
Platform and method for supporting hibernate operations |
February 14, 2006 |
| One aspect of the invention relates to a method for supporting hibernation despite the presence of hot-plugged nodes and non-deterministic boot operations. The method comprises invoking a management interrupt in response to a Hibernate request. The management interrupt is used to obt |
| 6917999 |
Platform and method for initializing components within hot-plugged nodes |
July 12, 2005 |
| One aspect of the invention relates to creation of a container object being part of software that is stored in platform readable medium and executed by a processor within a platform. The container comprises (i) a hardware identification object to identify to an operating system of the pl |
