System and method for recovering from a configuration error
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorBi-Chong Wang
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Abstract
A system and method for recovering from a configuration error are disclosed. A Basic Input Output System (BIOS) configures a memory associated with a node of an information handling system and enables a progress monitoring process during configuration of the memory. The memory is disabled if the BIOS determines that a configuration error occurred and a memory reference code associated with the memory is modified in order to prevent a reset of the information handling system.
Claims20
A method for recovering from a configuration error in an information handling system, the method comprising:
- determining that a soft reset has occurred on the information handling system, wherein a progress monitoring process by a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) is enabled before the soft reset occurs;
- and
- responsive to determining that the soft reset has occurred:
- configuring a memory included in a node of a plurality of nodes of an information handling system, each of the plurality of nodes further including a processor;
- disabling the memory if the BIOS determines that a configuration error has occurred;
- and
- modifying a memory reference code associated with the memory in order to prevent a subsequent soft reset of the information handling system when a memory error occurs.
An information handling system configured to recover from a configuration error, the information handling system comprising:
- a plurality of nodes including a first node, each of the plurality of nodes comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
- and
- a chipset including a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) communicatively coupled to the first node, the BIOS operable to:
- determine that a soft reset has occurred on the information handling system, wherein a progress monitoring process by the BIOS is enabled before the soft reset occurs;
- and
- responsive to determining that the soft reset has occurred:
- configure the memory;
- disable the memory if a configuration error occurs;
- and
- modify a memory reference code associated with the memory in order to prevent a subsequent soft reset of the information handling system when a memory error occurs.
A method for recovering from a configuration error in an information handling system, the method comprising:
- determining that a soft reset has occurred on the information handling system, wherein a progress monitoring process by a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) is enabled before the soft reset occurs;
- and
- responsive to determining that the soft reset has occurred:
- configuring a plurality of nodes in an information handling system, each node of the plurality of nodes including at least one dual in-line memory module (DIMM) and at least one processor;
- disabling a first node of the plurality of nodes if the BIOS determines that a configuration error occurred in a first DIMM included in the first node;
- and
- modifying a memory reference code associated with the first DIMM including the configuration error in order to prevent a subsequent soft reset of the information handling system when a memory error occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.