Embedded control and monitoring of hard disk drives in an information handling system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJoyce Metevier, Ahsan Habib, Arnold T. Schnell
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Abstract
The need for a SAF-TE processor embedded on a SCSI backplane of a hot-swap hard disk drive enclosure is eliminated by utilizing the functionality of a RAID on motherboard (ROMB) controller and an Embedded Server Management (ESM) interface already present in an information handling system. Only sensors and input-output (I/O) registers remain on the SCSI backplane as required. The SCSI backplane I/O is split between the ESM and ROMB according to functional requirements.
Claims26
An information handling system having at least one SCSI disk drive, said system comprising:
- a motherboard;
- an embedded server management (ESM) interface attached to and in electrical communication with said motherboard;
- a RAID on motherboard (ROMB) controller attached to and in electrical communication with said motherboard;
- a SCSI accessed fault tolerant enclosure (SAF-TE) backplane having sensors, an input-output (I/O) interface and at least one SCSI connector;
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- at least one SCSI disk drive coupled to the at least one SCSI connector.
A method for controlling and monitoring at least one SCSI disk drive in an information handling system, said method comprising the step of:
- controlling at least one SCSI disk drive coupled to a SCSI accessed fault tolerant enclosure (SAF-TE) backplane with an embedded server management (ESM) interface and a RAID on motherboard (ROMB) controller, wherein said ESM interface and said ROMB controller are attached to and in electrical communication with said motherboard, and said motherboard is coupled to said SAF-TE backplane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.