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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7542306 | Apparatus for directing power to a hot swapped circuit board An apparatus comprising a chassis and a cassette. The chassis includes a first electronic circuit board with a first connector, chassis flex circuitry with a disengageable contacts, a controller in communication with the chassis flex circuitry, and a power supply in... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539000 | Slave mode thermal control with throttling and shutdown Within a group of components in a circuit, each component in the group has a thermal detector that describes whether that component is operating at a temperature that is normal, high or fatal. A first signal representing a first component's temperature is sent downs... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7526674 | Methods and apparatuses for supplying power to processors in multiple processor systems Methods and apparatuses for supplying power to processors in multiple processor systems are disclosed. Embodiments comprise a method of monitoring a parameter that is related to a first voltage potential coupled to the processor. When the parameter or condition moni... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515407 | Vibration damping carrier for a disk drive A vibration damping carrier for a disk drive. The carrier may be made of plastic and includes a pair of flexible rails securable to mounting holes in a raised pad on opposing sides of a disk drive housing. Each flexible rail secures one or more sets of a spring and ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7509506 | Hierarchical system and method for managing power usage among server data processing systems A hierarchical power management system comprises first and second power management controllers, a power management command combination element, a power management command terminator, a power-managed data processing system element, and a power management bus coupled ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7509449 | Internet SCSI communication via UNDI services A method and system for emulating a hardware Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) without risking an interruption of communication between a computer and a remote secondary storage device is presented. During normal operations, a (... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502729 | Emulating different country keyboards for controlling a remote computer over a network An administrative computer sends keyboard commands over a network to control a remote computer. If the keyboard at the administrative and remote computers are different in key layout or language, a remote console software application permits the administrative compu... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7487222 | System management architecture for multi-node computer system In a multi-node SMP system, at least one processor per node is enabled to execute the SMM task for the hardware resources that are local to that node. Additionally, each node is allocated its own local SMM code copy in its own SMM memory segment, to allow for improv... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7480757 | Method for dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI Express connectors A method for dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI Express connectors is disclosed that may comprise identifying whether a PCI Express device is installed into each PCI Express connector, identifying historic data traffic for each PCI device installed i... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7475295 | Intelligent watchdog circuit A simple, but intelligent watchdog circuit uses an up/down counter for its delay element. A watchdog event will occur if the counter is allowed to over flow or under flow its boundaries (in either direction). The system objective is to keep the counter within its bo... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7465174 | Coupling for connecting and disconnecting a plug and a socket One embodiment provides a coupling for connecting an electronic device to an electrical socket. A sleeve is slidably disposed on a coupling body. A plurality of male terminals at a distal end of the coupling body nearest to the electrical socket is configured for in... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7467311 | Distributed system and method for managing power usage among server data processing systems A distributed method and system for managing power usage among server data processing systems are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a server data processing system of a plurality of server data processing systems is provided, where the server data processing s... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7464195 | Method and apparatus for detecting a presence of a device A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting a presence of a device. Specifically, a method and a system are disclosed that may comprise providing a clock driver having a pair of differential clock signal lines capable of connection to a device, providing a pr... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463950 | Identification and characterization of recirculation in electronic systems Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing elevated temperatures at a component rack to identify and characterize air recirculation anomalies. In one embodiment, temperatures are sensed in proximity to an air intake of the component rack. Temperature sensors co... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464250 | Method to reduce disk access time during predictable loading sequences The invention discloses a method for loading data from a disk. The method may comprise comparing a current sequence of disk requests to data indicative of a previous disk request sequence. Responsive to detecting a match between the current disk sequence and the pre... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461274 | Method for maximizing server utilization in a resource constrained environment A mechanism for controlling the hardware resources on a blade server, and thereby limiting the power consumption of the blade server is disclosed. The enforceable hardware resources that are controlled include the base frequency of the central processing unit (CPU) ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458144 | Remote connector system An apparatus for inserting and/or removing a connector with a remote connector agent are disclosed. Embodiments may include a remote connector agent apparatus having a main body forming a connector cavity and one or more insertion snap pushers each having a lower su... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461303 | Monitoring VRM-induced memory errors A system for improving Field Replacement Unit (FRU) isolation in memory sub-systems by monitoring Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) induced memory errors. A comparator compares the output voltage coming from the VRM to memory. If the comparator detects a VRM output vol... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457976 | Power management using spare capacity of redundant power supply in blade environment A method and system are disclosed to enable and control over-subscription in a blade/chassis system and to provide the capability to recover in the event of the loss of a redundant power supply. An over-subscription policy is determined by a system administrator and... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7447934 | System and method for using hot plug configuration for PCI error recovery A method, system, and program product for recovering from a bus error in a computer system having a hot plug interface. In accordance with the method of the present invention, an operating system transparent interrupt, such as a system management interrupt, is gener... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443180 | On-chip probing apparatus The invention is directed to an on-chip probing apparatus. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the on-chip probing apparatus includes: a plurality of switches on a chip; a plurality of externally accessible probe points on the chip; and a mult... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430629 | Internet SCSI communication via UNDI services A method and system for emulating a hardware Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) without risking an interruption of communication between a computer and a remote secondary storage device is presented. During normal operations, a (... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426657 | System and method for predictive processor failure recovery A system, method, and computer program product for reporting and recovering from an internal processor error in a multiprocessor system supporting system management mode. In accordance with the method of the present invention one or more replacement agents are alloc... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423870 | Blade server assembly A blade server assembly is disclosed that includes a blade server chassis, a blade server, and a support assembly connected with the blade server chassis and with the blade server so as to support the blade server substantially outside the blade server chassis. A me... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421599 | Power management server and method for managing power consumption A power management server and method for managing power consumption is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power management server data processing system is provided, where the power management server data processing system comprises a power management communi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419090 | Method and system for automatic teller machine cash management A management apparatus associated detachably with a cash cassette is provided for managing the cash cassette storing bills or coins for transactions with users at an automatic teller machine. The cash cassette includes an error information recording area for recordi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418730 | Automatic client responses to worm or hacker attacks A system in which a networked device automatically evaluates hacker attack notification information and, based thereon, selects and executes responses to the attack. The notification may include information such as the address of the infected system, identification ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418525 | Shared simultaneously-connected removable drives and servers each housing an I/O controller which maintains an uninterrupted protocol connection Local drive presence is provided for local and remote drives by maintaining a plurality of uninterrupted protocol connections between a plurality of I/O controllers and a plurality of device interfaces through which peripheral bus commands are transmitted. Preferabl... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416481 | Blower exhaust backflow damper A system, method, and apparatus for preventing exhaust backflow into a blower are disclosed. Embodiments may include a blower system with an invertible blower chassis having a blower exhaust to direct airflow from the blower chassis at an airflow angle. The system m... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415644 | Self-repairing of microprocessor array structures A level of indirection is utilized when writing to a microprocessor array structure, thereby masking hard faults in the array structure. Among other benefits, this minimizes the use of a backward error recovery mechanism with its inherent delay for recovery. The ind... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412544 | Reconfigurable USB I/O device persona A method and system for allowing a server blade in a blade chassis to use a remote universal serial bus (USB) device. Multiple USB devices are coupled to a management module in the blade chassis. A persona describing only authorized USB devices is sent to a reconfig... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400648 | Virtual USB communications port A method and system for accessing a remote real communication port (“COM port”) from a server blade in a server blade chassis by creating a virtual COM port in the server blade. A basic input/output system (BIOS) controller monitors an internal COM port in the s... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394636 | Slave mode thermal control with throttling and shutdown Within a group of components in a circuit, each component in the group has a thermal detector that describes whether that component is operating at a temperature that is normal, high or fatal. A first signal representing a first component's temperature is sent downs... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394281 | Bi-directional universal serial bus booster circuit A bi-directional universal serial bus (“USB”) circuit for boosting a signal on a USB bus disclosed. The circuit includes a first stage inverting buffer coupled to a second stage inverting buffer to form a non-inverting buffer circuit. A high pass filter is coupl... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391612 | Dual impeller push-pull axial fan sink A fan sink that includes a dual impeller push-pull axial fan and a heat sink to cool a hot electronic device is presented. The axial fan has a hub motor, a first impeller that is radially proximate to the hub motor, and a second impeller that is radially distal to t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385816 | Dual impeller push-pull axial fan heat sink A fan sink that includes a dual impeller push-pull axial fan and a heat sink to cool a hot electronic device is presented. The axial fan has a hub motor, a first impeller that is radially proximate to the hub motor, and a second impeller that is radially distal to t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385815 | Dual impeller push-pull axial fan A fan sink that includes a dual impeller push-pull axial fan and a heat sink to cool a hot electronic device is presented. The axial fan has a hub motor, a first impeller that is radially proximate to the hub motor, and a second impeller that is radially distal to t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386745 | Enabling a client device in a client device/data center environment to resume from a sleep state more quickly A method, computer program product and system for enabling a client device in a client device/data center environment to resume from sleep state more quickly. The resource in the server blade used for suspending the activity of the computing state of the client devi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386743 | Power-managed server and method for managing power consumption A power-managed server and method for managing power consumption is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a power-managed server data processing system is provided among a plurality of server data processing systems which comprises a power management communication... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386669 | System and method of improving task switching and page translation performance utilizing a multilevel translation lookaside buffer A system and method of improved task switching in a data processing system. First, a first-level cache memory casts out an invalidated page table entry and an associated first page directory base address to a second-level cache memory. Then, the second-level cache m... | 06/10/2008 |
