Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Matthew A Steele

Andrew Hamilton Wray

Jarrod B Johnson

Gary David Cudak

Edward Stanely Suffern

Ross Lee Mickens

Jason Allen Browne

Systems and methods of presenting diagnostic information of an electronic device at diagnostic equipment are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes an input/output interface configured to communicatively connect to diagnostic equipment and configured to receive electrical power from the diagnostic equipment. Further, the system includes a diagnostic module that stores diagnostic information of an electronic device. The diagnostic module determines that the diagnostic equipment is connected to the input/output interface. The diagnostic module is configured to determine that electrical power is not available from a power supply of the electronic device. Further, the diagnostic module is configured to receive the electrical power from the diagnostic equipment and use the electrical power from the diagnostic equipment to communicate the stored diagnostic information to the diagnostic equipment in response to the diagnostic equipment being connected to the input/output interface and the electrical power not being available from the power supply.

Systems and methods of presenting diagnostic information of an electronic device at diagnostic equipment

A method includes a client device forming a link-layer protocol packet having a field that includes first credentials of the client device and sending the link-layer protocol packet to a directly attached network device while the client device is in a first configuration. The method further includes a management system obtaining the first credentials from the network device and using the first credentials to access the client device and change the client device from the first configuration to a second configuration. Optionally, a computer system may include a plurality of client devices that implement the method to facilitate securely configuring the entire computer system. Preferably, each client device generates system-unique first credentials.

Managing client device credentials to facilitate secure computer system configuration

A system contains one or more non-electronic components, each of which has a near field communication (NFC) identification chip attached thereon and/or associated therewith. A non-electronic component inventory controller identifies the non-electronic components in the system by interrogating the NFC identification chips with an NFC electromagnetic field that is emitted an NFC electromagnetic field emitter.

Growing community of inventors

Durham, NC, United States of America

Matthew A Steele