Patent ID: 7509375

Claim:
A global management system for a multimodule multiprocessor machine (PK) comprising: a given number of first modules (M 1 through Mn), each first module comprising a specific management tool (BUMP) for managing the availability of the module, and at least a first communication port (Com 1 ) and a second communication port (Com 2 ), and an independent module (SM) dedicated to global management of the first modules (M 1 through Mn), the independent module (SM) being configured to communicate using a plurality of first specific links, a plurality of second links, and a third link comprising a physical link of a local area network (LAN), wherein the independent module (SM) is connected to each management tool (BUMP) of each of the first modules (Ml through Mn) via the second communication port (Com 2 ) of the first module and one of the plurality of first specific links supporting a given communication protocol for managing each of the first modules at the startup of the multimodule multiprocessor machine, during the running of the multimodule multiprocessor machine and after the multimodule multiprocessor machine stops running, and wherein the independent module (SM) is connected to the first communication port (Com 1 ) of each of the first modules via one of the plurality of second links, and wherein the independent module is also globally connected to the multimodule multiprocessor machine (PK) via the physical link of the local area network (LAN) that is also connected to at least two of the first modules (M 2 and M 3 ).