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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Dave Goh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leena Sansguiri, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Chou, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nandakumar Natarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John A. Dilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marcos Frid, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert H. Hyerle, Bernin, FR;
Arne Luhrs, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chandrasekar Venkatraman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dave Goh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Leena Sansguiri, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Chou, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nandakumar Natarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John A. Dilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marcos Frid, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert H. Hyerle, Bernin, FR;
Arne Luhrs, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chandrasekar Venkatraman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A network device includes a web server chip that is connectable to a computer network. The web server chip includes an embedded processor that is programmable to function as a manageability web server, obtain manageability information about the network device and send the manageability to a network manager. The web server chip further includes an interface for communicating with an IC bus in the network device. The embedded processor is programmable to obtain manageability information about devices connected to the IC bus. The embedded processor is also programmable to control fan controllers, power supply controllers and other controllers connected to the IC bus. This, in turn, allows a network manager to command the web server chip to remotely power up and power down the network device. Thus, the web server chip can perform network management functions without burdening the host processor of the network device. If network communications are performed via HTTP, the embedded processor can be programmed to implement an HTTP server, and the network manger can use a web browser and HTML files to run network management software.