Patent ID: 7757023

Claim:
A system architecture for delegating a storage-centric manageability (SCM) task, the system architecture comprises: a host system that includes a host computing element and a data storage area, wherein the host computing element operates to execute a host system task to access the data storage area via a first data path, and wherein the host system operates to delegate the SCM task from execution by the host computing element; a delegated computing element that operates to execute the storage-centric manageability task delegated away from the host system; and a second data path provided for the delegated computing element to access the data storage area for executing the delegated SCM task, wherein the second data path is different from the first data path to minimize interference between the first and second data path, wherein the SCM task includes routinely accessing the data storage area during an operation lifecycle phase of an information technology system to perform at least one of virus scanning, data storage backup, memory integrity checking, and system fault diagnosis.