Patent ID: 7000010
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing characteristics of a computer, of the type having a host CPU therein, the apparatus comprising: a management appliance, disposed in said computer and, at least indirectly, coupled to said host CPU; the management appliance having a management appliance microprocessor therein which runs a management appliance microserver, capable of handling web- and IP-based content; the management appliance having an out-of-band connection to a network; the management appliance also having an internal connection to the host CPU; the host CPU, in combination with a web server in said computer, is configured to generate host computer monitoring web pages; via a host CPU to management appliance connection, the management appliance microserver monitors the host computer monitoring web pages; and, via the out-of-band connection, the management appliance reports, to an external network, status information contained in said host computer monitoring web pages.