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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Bryan Kelly, Carnation, WA (US);
Shaun L. Harris, College Station, TX (US);
Mark A. Shaw, Sammamish, WA (US);
Badriddine Khessib, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for remediating power loss at a server. Aspects of the invention increase the likelihood of gracefully shutting down a server and associated components in a data center when mains power is lost for a specified amount of time (e.g., an amount of time beyond transition to generator power). A server can include a management module (e.g., a BMC) and a watchdog module. When the management controller detects loss of power at a power supply unit, the management controller orchestrates a graceful shutdown of the server in response to power loss. When the management module is unresponsive, the watchdog module provides backup functionality for orchestrating a graceful shutdown in response to power loss. As such, data can be saved from RAM to more durable storage even when the management module is unresponsive.