Accurate fault status tracking of variable access sensors

A computer system with accurate fault status tracking of sensors, comprising:

• a field replaceable unit (FRU);
• a sensor associated with the FRU operating to transmit sensor readings associated with an operating status of the FRU;
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• a system controller including an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) module and a fault diagnosing module, wherein the IPMI module operates, in response to the sensor readings, to emit IPMI events to the fault diagnosing module for diagnosing status of the FRU and wherein the IPMI module operates to re-emit at least a portion of the IPMI events to enhance the accuracy of the FRU status diagnosing.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable medium and computer readable code embodied on the non-transitory computer useable medium for performing accurate fault status tracking of sensors associated with components of a computer system, the computer readable code comprising:

• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer system to receive input from a sensor associated with a component of the computer system;
• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer system to access memory to determine whether a stored prior state of the sensor is equal to unreadable;
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• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer system to, when the prior state of the sensor is unreadable, resend a previously transmitted fault event to a fault diagnosing application for diagnosing a status of the component.