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8438419 |
Fault management for a communication bus
A differential communication bus comprising a master module and a plurality of slave modules connected to at least first and second conductors whereby to communicate between the master and slave...
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8427941 |
Redundant storage virtualization subsystem having data path branching functionality
Disclosed is a redundant storage virtualization subsystem (SVS) having branching functionality. The SVS comprises a first and a second storage virtualization controller (SVC) and a physical storage...
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8407391 |
Computer system managing I/O path and port
It is provided a computer system comprising a plurality of computers; a PCI switch; and a plurality of I/O devices connected to the PCI switch, wherein the communication path includes a virtual...
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8365011 |
Data transmission device, and method and computer readable medium therefor
A data transmission device, configured to be connected with a plurality of terminal devices via a network, includes a data transmission unit transmitting data sequentially to the terminal devices,...
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8365012 |
Arrangements detecting reset PCI express bus in PCI express path, and disabling use of PCI express device
A root port connection functioning as a PCI express bridge, and having a PCI express path constituting a PCI express tree having a PCI express device or switch; when detecting a failure on a PCI...
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8352800 |
Universal serial bus system and method
When a controller identifies a universal serial bus (USB) device connected to a USB interface, it outputs a control signal to close a relay and a first start test signal to an electronic device to...
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8261128 |
Selection of a domain of a configuration access
A data processing system includes an input/output (I/O) host bridge to which at least one I/O adapter is coupled by an I/O link. In a register of the I/O host bridge, a configuration partitionable...
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8135999 |
Disabling outbound drivers for a last memory buffer on a memory channel
Memory apparatus and methods utilizing multiple bit lanes may redirect one or more signals on the bit lanes. A memory agent may include a redrive circuit having a plurality of bit lanes, a memory...
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8122285 |
Arrangements detecting reset PCI express bus in PCI express path, and disabling use of PCI express device
A computer system including a plurality of PCIe paths is configured such that a failed PCIe path only is disabled, thereby preventing the computer system from system resetting. The computer...
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8078718 |
Method and apparatus for testing a storage system head in a clustered failover configuration
A first storage server head and a second storage server head are operated and are configured redundantly to provide a host with access to a plurality of mass storage devices. A diagnostic process...
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8046640 |
Safety-oriented automation system having automatic address recovery
An industrial automation system for controlling the operating means of a technical process. The system includes fail-safe modules for interchanging process data with the operating means, i.e.,...
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8042006 |
Automatic system for power and data redundancy in a wired data telecommunications network
Redundancy of data and/or Inline Power in a wired data telecommunications network from a pair of power sourcing equipment (PSE) devices via an automatic selection device is provided by providing...
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8032794 |
Error processing method and information processing apparatus
An error processing method processes an error generated on a bus of a CPU, by inputting a bus error that is generated on at least one of an instruction bus and a data bus of the CPU to the CPU by a...
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7793158 |
Providing reliability of communication between supernodes of a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture
A mechanism is provided for providing reliability of communication. A first processor determines a current state of links coupled to ports of a first processor of the data processing system. Each...
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7565566 |
Network storage appliance with an integrated switch
A network storage appliance including one or more integrated switching devices is disclosed. The appliance includes redundant storage controllers that transfer frames of data between storage...
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7539724 |
Instant messaging for event notification and exchanging data in an industrial controller environment
The present invention relates to systems and methods for distributing control information such as event notifications and status in a substantially real time manner. Such information can be...
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7467321 |
Fast software fault detection and notification to a backup unit
A method and system for quickly informing a backup unit that a primary unit has failed. Normally an exception handler is activated when a software failure occurs and network controller chips or the...
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7454652 |
System for and method of managing resource operations
In a storage system including an information processing apparatus and a storage apparatus that is communicably connected to the information processing apparatus via a communication network and that...
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7451359 |
Heartbeat mechanism for cluster systems
A heartbeat system and method is provided for a cluster system. The cluster includes a plurality of nodes. The nodes access files on one or more data storage devices over a network. The system...
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7451343 |
System and method for communicating a software-generated pulse waveform between two servers in a network
A method of monitoring a status condition of a first server with a second server in a server network, and also providing synchronization and messaging between the two servers, the method including:...
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7441272 |
Techniques for self-isolation of networked devices
A technique for self-isolation of a network device that has been identified as potentially harmful. The network device may be isolated from the network except for an out-of-band communication...
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7434107 |
Cluster network having multiple server nodes
A cluster network that includes multiple server nodes is disclosed. Each of the multiple nodes of the cluster network is coupled to first and second expander devices. The cluster network includes a...
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7434088 |
Method and apparatus for network fault correction via adaptive fault router
A fault router method and system for use in a parallel redundant network environment provide additional safeguards over traditional redundant networks. Where multiple connection faults on multiple...
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7401254 |
Apparatus and method for a server deterministically killing a redundant server integrated within the same network storage appliance chassis
An apparatus for deterministically killing one of redundant servers integrated into a network storage appliance chassis along with at least one storage controller is disclosed. Each server can...
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7346801 |
Persistent reservation IO barriers
A method for sharing a storage device amongst a plurality of computers while providing data integrity in the storage device is presented. A computer is registered for a reserved access type with...
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7340636 |
Error recovery level optimization in network system
To provide a technique whereby a value of an error recovery level determined in negotiation processing between an initiator and a target can be set to a suitable value that is intended by a...
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7337349 |
Mechanism for improving accessibility of JMX monitoring information in web content
System, method and computer program product for monitoring the status of components in a data processing system that improves the accessibility of JMX monitoring information in web content. The...
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7278066 |
Automatic fieldbus device load-mode identification
A Fieldbus device and method for handling errors arising from parameter write messages. A load mode identifier detects if the parameter write messages are operator initiated or program initiated....
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7272859 |
Information providing device and method
An authentication function authenticates a PDA. The content database holds the usage conditions of a content and the information about the content. The communication function controls the reception...
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7272671 |
Means of control bits protection in a logical partition environment having a first and second distinct operating system
A method, system, and apparatus for secure programmable addressing is provided by relocating functions within a multifunctional chip to be distributed across multiple logical partitions and...
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7260325 |
Network component for an optical network comprising an emergency operation function, especially for an optical network in ring topology
A network component (3d) for an optical network (1) is described, including a coupling device (2; 4, 5) for optical coupling of the network component (3d) to the optical network (1), the coupling...
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7254738 |
Method for processing error of received packet in ethernet MAC layer
A method for processing a received packet in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer of an Ethernet which receives a packet from a physical layer and transmits the received packet to a switch. The...
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7237140 |
Fault tolerant multi-node computing system for parallel-running a program under different environments
In a fault tolerant computing system, a number of processing nodes are connected via a communication channel to a management node. The management node has the function of setting the processing...
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7191357 |
Hybrid quorum/primary-backup fault-tolerance model
A hybrid quorum/consensus and primary-backup fault-tolerance model in an object-based distributed data storage system. When a primary manager fails, a hierarchy of network entities is established...
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7185221 |
Method and system for signaling a system fault
A method and system for signaling a system fault. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives an error advisory pertaining to a fault within a network. Next, the present invention...
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7174387 |
Methods and apparatus for requesting link state information
Methods and apparatus are provided for optimizing the reintroduction of a network node into a network. Information about neighboring nodes is stored in persistent memory. The network node can then...
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7152146 |
Control of multiple groups of network-connected storage devices
In a storage system comprising multiple storage devices with different interfaces, the characteristics, including the type of interface, of the storage devices on which the source volume is...
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7133727 |
System and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring
A system and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring is disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining operating information about at least one of a plurality of...
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7117397 |
Apparatus and method for preventing an erroneous operation at the time of detection of a system failure
If a failure is detected in a system, it is automatically judged which operation mode should be selected, a system-down mode or a dynamic degeneracy mode. If a failed device is severed from the...
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7073083 |
Method and system for providing emergency shutdown of a malfunctioning device
In a network system having a plurality of devices communicating via a network, a method and system for providing an emergency signal is provided. In one embodiment, a device is malfunctioning if...
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7072819 |
Method for locating functional mistakes in digital circuit designs
This debugging method exhaustively analyzes the impact of any set of given interrelated signal values in a digital circuit on the circuit's ability to satisfy a set of functional expectations. It...
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7058843 |
Method and apparatus for computer network analysis
A method and system for computer network analysis. A test network is configured and test scenarios are run using exemplary software applications. Trace data including network response and load...
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7058844 |
System and method for rapid fault isolation in a storage area network
A fault region identification system adapted for use in a network, such as a storage area network (SAN), includes logic and/or program modules configured to identify errors that occur in the...
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7051173 |
Backup system and method thereof in disk shared file system
At the time of a backup process of the sharing disk in a disk shared file system, the write cache of each computer is reflected on a sharing disk, and data of the sharing disk is copied in a backup...
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7043660 |
System and method for providing distributed fault management policies in a network management system
The present invention is directed to a system and method of distributing network management tasks and policies within network management systems. Distribution of management tasks and policies onto...
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7007189 |
Routing scheme using preferred paths in a multi-path interconnection fabric in a storage network
Embodiments of a routing system are disclosed, including a method for routing communications in a storage system. The storage system may include multiple nodes interconnected by an interconnection...
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7007194 |
Data storage system having point-to-point configuration
A system interface includes a plurality of first directors, a plurality of second directors, a data transfer section and a message network. The data transfer section includes a cache memory. The...
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7000141 |
Data placement for fault tolerance
A technique for data placement in a distributed system that takes into account fault tolerance. Data placement is performed in which data objects, and possibly replicas thereof, are assigned to...
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6990601 |
Apparatus and method for managing network and computer-readable recording medium thereof
In an apparatus for monitoring devices connected to a network, an event collecting part collects each event received from the devices and controls an event table to maintain device information when...
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6970949 |
System method for replacing old device with new device in a layered structure and determining configuration information for lower level devices associated with new device
A computer program or the like is provided for reducing changes to the setting information by the computer. A management apparatus is provided for managing devices connected to a computer using a...
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