Device to connect a no-post/no-video information handling system to a remote server
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsVenkata Rama Krishna Rao Atta, Ibrahim Sayyed, Marcin Nowak
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Abstract
A charger adapter for an information handling system includes a storage and an embedded controller. The storage stores failure data associated with the information handling system. The embedded controller detects an external device connected to the charger adapter. In response to the detection of the external device, the embedded controller configures the charger adapter in a read-only mode. During the read-only mode, the adapter receives a read request from the external device. In response to the read request, the adapter provides the failure data to the external device.
Claims20
A charger adapter for an information handling system, the charger adapter comprising:
- a storage to store failure data associated with the information handling system;
- and
- an embedded controller to communicate with the storage, the embedded controller to:
- detect an external device connected to the charger adapter;
- in response to the detection of the external device, configure the charger adapter in a read-only mode;
- and
- during the read-only mode:
- receive a read request from the external device;
- and
- in response to the read request, provide the failure data to the external device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by an embedded controller of a charger adapter, failure data associated with an information handling system connected to the charger adapter;
- storing, by the embedded controller, the failure data in a storage of the charger adapter;
- detecting an external device connected to the charger adapter;
- in response to the detection of the external device, configuring the charger adapter in a read-only mode;
- and
- during the read-only mode:
- receiving a read request from the external device;
- and
- in response to the read request, providing the failure data to the external device.
A system comprising:
- an information handling system including:
- a first embedded controller to:
- perform a power on sequencing of the information handling system;
- monitor power-on self-test (POST) operations of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) in the information handling system;
- and
- in response to a failure of the power on sequencing or the POST operations, provide failure data associated with the failure;
- and
- a charger adapter to communicate with the information handling system, the charger adapter including:
- a storage to store the failure data associated with the information handling system;
- and
- a second embedded controller to communicate with the storage, the second embedded controller to:
- detect an external device connected to the charger adapter;
- in response to the detection of the external device, configure the charger adapter in a read-only mode;
- and
- during the read-only mode:
- receive a read request from the external device;
- and
- in response to the read request, provide the failure data to the external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.