Patent ID: 11892971
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system for maintaining a current operating state of an enclosure when a controller card of the enclosure is repaired and/or replaced, the system comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory device coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions for execution on the at least one processor, the instructions causing the at least one processor to:
maintain, within a controller card of an enclosure, operating parameters used to establish an operating state of the enclosure;
use, by the controller card, the operating parameters to control the operating state;
offload, from the controller card while the controller card is installed in the enclosure, the operating parameters to a location external to the controller card; and
upon removal of the controller card from the enclosure and before reinstalling the controller card or turning over control to a different controller card, maintain, using the operating parameters stored in the external location, the operating state of the enclosure at a state that existed at a time the controller card was removed from the enclosure.