Auto-switching interfaces to device subsystems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8959264-B2
Application number	US-201313895829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2013
Priority date	May 16, 2013
Publication date	Feb 17, 2015
Grant date	Feb 17, 2015

Abstract

A method auto-switches interfaces between a client computer and subsystems in a device under management. A first output bus from a first subsystem is coupled to a client computer via a multiplexer, wherein the first subsystem is a subsystem from multiple system subsystems in the device under management. A hardware subsystem bus monitor monitors all output busses from the multiple system subsystems for a predetermined event on a bus. In response to the predetermined event being detected on a second output bus from a second subsystem in the device under management, the multiplexor decouples the first output bus from the client computer and couples the second output bus to the client computer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a client computer;
a device under management, wherein the device under management is managed by the client computer;
a multiplexor within the device under management, wherein the multiplexor is coupled to multiple subsystems within the device under management via a plurality of subsystem busses, and wherein the client computer is initially coupled to a first subsystem via a first subsystem bus;
a subsystem bus monitor, wherein the…

Assignees

• Lenovo Entpr Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Decesaris Michael
• Jacobson Steven C
• Remis Luke D
• Sellman Gregory D

Classifications

• G06F13/4022 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic