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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Eugene David Cho, Austin, TX (US);

Timothy M. Lambert, Austin, TX (US);

Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Austin, TX (US);

Chandrasekhar Mugunda, Austin, TX (US);

Arun Muthaiyan, Round Rock, TX (US);

Sreeram Veluthakkal, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/0757 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01);
Abstract

An Information Handling System (IHS) includes multiple hardware devices, and a baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in communication with the plurality of hardware devices. The BMC includes a first processor for executing a custom BMC firmware stack, and transmitting a watchdog message at an ongoing basis. The BMC also includes a second processor for receiving the watchdog message. When the watchdog message is received within a specified elapsed period of time, allow continued operation of the custom BMC firmware stack, and when not received within the specified elapsed period of time, place the BMC in a failsafe mode of operation.


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