Patent ID: 8595552
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A reset method to reset a monitoring apparatus that is configured to monitor a host computer and includes a volatile memory configured to store data, including fault check materials and control information for controlling the host computer, said reset method causing a processor core of the monitoring apparatus to execute a procedure, the procedure comprising: controlling, to a disabled state, hardware within the monitoring apparatus having a possibility of performing an erroneous operation during a software reset in which the processor core is reset but the volatile memory is not reset when an abnormality is generated within the monitoring apparatus; executing the software reset which initializes only registers used by the processor core by masking an interrupt from the hardware; initializing the volatile memory when a hardware reset of the monitoring apparatus is performed; skipping initializing of the volatile memory when the hardware is in an enabled state and the software reset is performed; and rebooting a processor program that executes a process to realize a monitoring function of the monitoring apparatus.