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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Toshiharu Kasahara, Sagamihara, JP;
Yukiharu Yoshimura, Kamakura, JP;
Isao Ohara, Hadano, JP;
Masataka Torizawa, Hadano, JP;
Toshiharu Kasahara, Sagamihara, JP;
Yukiharu Yoshimura, Kamakura, JP;
Isao Ohara, Hadano, JP;
Masataka Torizawa, Hadano, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Without disposing any dedicated management module, it is possible to monitor sensors of shared sections shared among computer modules. A computer system includes a state machine for monitoring a power state of each computer module and a state of a baseboard management controller of the computer module, shared modules of shared sections shared among the computer modules, and switches corresponding to the shared modules for selecting one of the baseboard management controllers to establish connections between the baseboard management controllers and the shared modules. At occurrence of an abnormality in the power state or the baseboard management controller of any one of the computer modules, the state machine dynamically conducts a switching operation to designate one of the baseboard management controllers to monitor sensors of the shared modules.