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US 8,265,285 B2Granted
System for monitoring audible tones in a multiple planar chassis
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCarl A. Morrell, William B. Schwartz
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Abstract
Aspects for monitoring audible tones indicative of operational status of each planar in a multiple planar chassis are described. Included in the aspects is the monitoring of a speaker channel of each planar of a plurality of planars in a common chassis for state changes of beep tones. An operational status of a specific planar emitting the beep tones is identified based on the state changes.
Claims7
A system for monitoring audible tones indicative of operational status of each planar in a multiple planar chassis, the system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of planars contained within the chassis, each of the plurality of planars including a speaker output that emits beep tones and each planar monitoring the beep tones for state changes, wherein each planar includes a management controller for monitoring the speaker output, wherein an operational status of each planar based on the state changes is identified;
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- a chassis management module within the chassis and coupled to each planar;
- and
- wherein the management microcontroller provides the state changes as a text message to an event log of the chassis management module.
3 more elements
A multiple planar chassis, the chassis comprising:
- a plurality of planars, each of the plurality of planars including a speaker and a management microcontroller, the management microcontroller monitoring signals output to the speaker to detect potential fault conditions in the planar;
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- a chassis management module coupled to each management microcontroller and receiving data from the management microcontroller indicative of a detected fault condition, the management microcontroller monitors state transitions in audible beep tones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.