Patent ID: 7529976

Claim:
A data handling system comprising: a plurality of subsystems, each comprising at least one processing system configured to: communicate via a network; generate data regarding actions of said subsystem; report errors of said subsystem, via said network; and identify and report, via said network, other subsystems associated with said errors of said subsystem, if any; and a master reporting tool comprising at least one processing system configured to: comprise a table identifying said plurality of subsystems and interface protocol addresses with respect to said network; receive reports of errors; receive said reports identifying said associated subsystems; and employ said interface protocol addresses of said table to request, via said network, reportable data from said other subsystems identified by an original error reporting subsystem as associated with a reported error; wherein said network is separate from a data handling network of said data handling system; wherein an associated subsystem is configured to report errors, and said master reporting tool is configured to request said reportable data from said associated subsystems under an error code arranged to cause said associated subsystem to report said reportable data as though said associated subsystem had an error; and wherein said associated subsystems are configured to report said reportable data requested by said master reporting tool under an error code labeling said reportable data as though said original error reporting subsystem was reporting said requested reportable data.