Patent ID: 6892330
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A cross-platform system-fault warning method for use with a cluster of server platforms in a network system for generating a warning message to a plurality of workstations liking to these server platforms in the event of an abnormal operating condition in any one of the server platforms; the cross-platform system-fault warning method comprising the step of: (1) continually detecting whether any one of the server platforms has an abnormal operating condition; if yes, generating a text-based system-fault indicating file; (2) transferring the text-based system-fault indicating file to a warning-message database, which stores a mapping table of warning messages toward text-based system-fault indicating files; (3) from the warning-message database, retrieving a warning message corresponding to the system-fault indicating file; and (4) transferring the warning message retrieved from the warning-message database via the network system to the workstations.