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Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Farhad Sunavala, Milpitas, CA (US);

Kevin Franklin Clayton, Cary, NC (US);

Bhaskar Bhupalam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jorge Manuel Gonzalez, Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Farhad Sunavala, Milpitas, CA (US);

Kevin Franklin Clayton, Cary, NC (US);

Bhaskar Bhupalam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jorge Manuel Gonzalez, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In particular embodiments, a monitoring processor may receive an interrupt from status monitoring logic associated with a monitored processor that has experienced an error. Interrupt logic at the monitoring processor may interrupt the monitored processor to initiate a standby mode of operation in the monitored processor. Core dump logic at the monitoring processor may retrieve a core dump from a memory associated with the monitored processor via a communication channel connecting the monitoring processor to the monitored processor or to the memory. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.


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