Patent ID: 9436539
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining a location of failure between interconnects/controller, the method comprising: determining, by a first system controller coupled to a second system controller and a plurality of node controllers of a server computer, an error in the server computer, wherein the server computer includes a plurality of service processors configured in a hierarchical architecture; responsive to determining the error in the server computer, determining, by the first system controller, that a simultaneous dump should be performed by a plurality of both the second system controller and the plurality of node controllers; responsive to determining that the simultaneous dump should be performed, broadcasting, by the first system controller, an alert to the plurality of both the second system controller and the plurality of node controllers to perform a simultaneous dump; and receiving, by the first system controller, the simultaneous dump from the plurality of both the second system controller and the plurality of node controllers.