Patent ID: 7287107

Claim:
A remote server management controller that snoops data from a communication bus, the remote server management controller comprising: a FIFO that is adapted to store data snooped from the communication bus; an embedded bus master that is operatively connected to the communication bus, the embedded bus master being adapted to take control of the communication bus responsive to a signal that the FIFO has become filled to a predetermined level to prevent the FIFO from being overflowed with snooped data while snooped data stored in the FIFO continues to be processed, wherein taking control of the communication bus comprises slowing a rate of snooped data arrival at the FIFO wityhout diverting the snooped data; a passive throttling register that stores a value; and wherein the embeded bus master takes control of the communication bus by reading the value and preventing communication on the communication bus for a time period that corresponds to the value.