US6925540B2
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Systems and methods for chassis identification
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 2002-05-02
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Granted: 2005-08-02
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Expires: 2022-05-02
Abstract
Abstract A identification system comprising at least one non-volatile memory device containing identification data, a communication bus for the memory device that is independent of any other system bus, and a controller to manage the integrity of the identification data.
Inventors
- 👤 Pete A. Hawkins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:18
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/0703; G06F11/0751; G06F11/0766
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and if a component failure occurs, logging the component failure with identification data from either memory device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
59 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and if a component failure occurs, logging the component failure with identification data from either memory device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: if the identification data from the first memory device is valid and the identification data from the second memory device is not valid, copying the identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
67 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and if the copying of identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device fails, logging the copy failure with identification data.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
67 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and if the copying of identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device fails, logging the copy failure with identification data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 3 , further comprising: if a component failure occurs, logging the failure with identification information from the first memory device.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
108 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data, with a chassis management module, from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and if the identification data, read by the chassis management module, from the second memory device is valid, copying the identification data from the second memory device to the first memory device; and if a component failure occurs, logging the failure with identification information from the second memory device.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
108 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data, with a chassis management module, from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and if the identification data, read by the chassis management module, from the second memory device is valid, copying the identification data from the second memory device to the first memory device; and if a component failure occurs, logging the failure with identification information from the second memory device.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
76 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and the identification data from the second memory device is not valid, checking to determine if the identification data was cached.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
76 words
A method comprising: reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and managing the identification data read from the first memory device; determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and the identification data from the second memory device is not valid, checking to determine if the identification data was cached.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 6 , further comprising: if the identification data was cached, copying cached identification data to both the first and second memory devices; if the copy is successful, logging a component failure with the cached identification data; if the copy fails or if the identification data was not cached, logging a component failure with a marker indicating unknown identification information.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
64 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and means for logging a component failure, if any, with identification data from either memory device.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
64 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and means for logging a component failure, if any, with identification data from either memory device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising means for copying the identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device if the identification data from the first memory device is valid and the identification data from the second memory device is not valid.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
75 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and means for logging the copy failure with identification data if the copying of identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device fails.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
75 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and means for logging the copy failure with identification data if the copying of identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device fails.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising means for logging the failure with identification information from the first memory device if a component failure occurs.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
118 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data, with a chassis management module, from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; means for copying the identification data from the second memory device to the first memory device if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and if the identification data, read by the chassis management module, from the second memory device is valid; and means for logging the failure with identification information from the second memory device if a component failure occurs.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
118 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data, with a chassis management module, from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; means for copying the identification data from the second memory device to the first memory device if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and if the identification data, read by the chassis management module, from the second memory device is valid; and means for logging the failure with identification information from the second memory device if a component failure occurs.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
84 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and means for checking to determine if the identification data was cached if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and the identification data from the second memory device is not valid.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
84 words
An apparatus comprising: means for reading redundant identification data from a first memory device coupled to an independent communication bus; and means for managing the identification data read from the first memory device; means for determining whether the redundant identification data from the first memory device is valid; and means for checking to determine if the identification data was cached if the identification data from the first memory device is not valid and the identification data from the second memory device is not valid.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
69 words
The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising: means for copying cached identification data to both the first and second memory devices if the identification data was cached; means for logging a component failure with the cached identification data if the copy is successful; means for logging a component failure with a marker indicating unknown identification information if the copy fails or if the identification data was not cached.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
83 words
A system comprising: a first memory device; a second memory device; control circuitry coupled with the first memory device and the second memory device to read redundant identification data from the first memory device via a first independent communication bus and to determine whether the redundant identification information from the first memory device is valid, the control circuitry further to log a copy failure with identification data if copying of identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device fails.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
83 words
A system comprising: a first memory device; a second memory device; control circuitry coupled with the first memory device and the second memory device to read redundant identification data from the first memory device via a first independent communication bus and to determine whether the redundant identification information from the first memory device is valid, the control circuitry further to log a copy failure with identification data if copying of identification data from the first memory device to the second memory device fails.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 15 wherein the control circuitry further configured to log the failure with identification information from the first memory device if a component failure occurs.
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