Acquiring graphical operating system post-failure screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8949404-B2
Application number	US-13576105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2005
Priority date	May 24, 2005
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

Systems, methodologies, and media associated with acquiring a graphics mode post-failure screen provided by a graphical operating system running on a self-reset capable computer are described. One exemplary method embodiment may be performable in a management processor (e.g., ASIC, FPGA) that is configured to be operably connected to a computer (e.g., server) that is configured to provide a graphical post-failure screen and to self-reset upon entering a failure state. The exemplary method embodiment may include receiving a stream of video data from the computer and making it available to a downstream component like a remote console application. The exemplary method may also include performing a screen refresh after detecting the failure state in the computer. The exemplary method may also include selectively storing the graphical post-failure screen in a memory associated with the management processor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a compression logic configured to receive a digital video stream from a video adapter associated with a computer with a display, to compress the digital video stream into a compressed digital video data, and to make the compressed digital video data available to a downstream component;
a control logic configured to detect that the computer has entered a failure state due to an unrecoverable error that will cause the computer to automa…

Assignees

• Luciani Jr Luis E
• Dykes Don A
• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Luciani Jr Luis E
• Dykes Don A

Classifications

• G06F11/1441 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/1417

  Physics · mapped topic