Patent ID: 6988158
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A hot plug method for an enclosure management system, which is situated within a data processing system to manage multiple sub-systems, comprising the steps of: receiving working voltage, starting the enclosure management system, and then initializing the sub-systems; checking the data processing system and using the enclosure management system to check all multiple sub-systems; displaying the enclosure management system condition and maintaining the data processing's normal operations; detecting the condition of the enclosure management system and displaying an abnormal signal when the enclosure management system is an abnormal condition; and checking the enclosure management system's hot plugging process, and when hot plugging is completed, returning to the start up process of the enclosure management system and continuing operating, wherein said the initializing step of the enclosure management systems further comprises the steps of: setting the EM system's monitoring schedule; and reading the EM system's EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory).