Keyboard, video and mouse switch identifying and displaying nodes experiencing a problem
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSrihari V. Angaluri, Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Bryan M. Reese, Junjiro Sumikawa
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Abstract
A method includes a keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch communicating over a network with service processors of a plurality of compute nodes, the KVM switch identifying a compute node from among the plurality of compute nodes that is experiencing one or more predetermined problems, and the KVM switch automatically generating 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.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- a keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch communicating over a network with service processors of a plurality of compute nodes;
- the KVM switch identifying a compute node from among the plurality of compute nodes that is experiencing one or more predetermined problems in response to receiving an error message from a service processor of the identified compute node, wherein the error message identifies the one or more predetermined problems;
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- the KVM switch automatically generating 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.
6-8. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- a keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch communicating over a network with service processors of a plurality of compute nodes, wherein the keyboard video and mouse switch polls the service processor of each of the plurality of compute nodes;
- the KVM switch identifying a compute node from among the plurality of compute nodes that is unreachable over the network;
- the identified compute node sending a signal through a keyboard, video, or mouse input/output port of the identified compute node that is connected to the keyboard, video and mouse switch, wherein the signal identifies one or more predetermined problems experienced by the identified compute node;
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- the KVM switch automatically generating 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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