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Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan, TW;

Inventors:

Chih-Chia Huang, Taoyuan, TW;

Hao-Yu Chan, Taoyuan, TW;

Te-Hsien Lai, Taoyuan, TW;

Tsai-I Yen, Taoyuan, TW;

Assignee:

QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2007 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01); G06F 2201/85 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of using a baseboard management controller (BMC) to detect a fault on a communication bus. The BMC is connected to and monitors the operation of the communication bus. The BMC automatically detects a communication bus hang and reports bus hang to the host. The BMC attempts to access the communication bus. If the BMC can access the communication bus, the BMC then resets all of the devices connected to the communication bus. The BMC then attempts to contact components connected to the devices. If a component is not accessible via its communication device, the BMC blocks the channel used by the component and reports that information. Once the BMC detects that the component has been removed, the BMC attempts to recover the channel via the I2C/SM bus for use by the computer network.


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