Patent ID: 6351819
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
An adapter node for use in adapting internal system enclosure services to a system power control network to thereby provide remote power control, diagnostics, and logical-to-physical correlation information to the system power control network, the adapter node for use in one computer of a plurality of different types of computers, the one computer having a respective internal system enclosure services low-level communication path, the power control network having a plurality of nodes, one of the nodes being a control node, the adapter node comprising:a substrate having electrical contacts adapted to plug to a system bus in the one computer, having at least one system enclosure services interface connection to connect to the internal system enclosure services low-level communication path in the one computer, and having a system power control network interface connection for connecting to the system power control network; and a processor for coordinating communication with the system power control network and with internal devices on the internal system enclosure services low-level communications path; whereby power control, diagnostics, and logical-to-physical correlation information signals are communicated between the system power control system control node and the adapter node to provide system enclosure services support to the one computer of the plurality of different types of computers.