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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
Method and apparatus for protection of network device during increase in environmental contamination
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
J. Scott Scheeler, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kameron Rose Hurst, Sonora, CA (US);
Robert Gregory Twiss, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/0428 (2013.01); H05K 7/20736 (2013.01); H05K 7/20836 (2013.01); G05B 2219/21156 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a protection mode at a network device having a protective cover installed to filter airflow entering a network device, reducing one or more of a fan speed, processing functions, or power at the network device, exiting the protection mode upon removal of the protective cover from the network device, and increasing one or more of the fan speed, the processing functions, or the power to resume normal operation at the network device.