| US 7,457,847 B2 | ||
| Serial redirection through a service processor | ||
| Brian C. Ramey, Vancouver, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 02, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/40,174. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0126226 A1, Jul. 03, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—217 [709/220; 709/223] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
configuring a computer system with a first partition having at least two computational nodes, with each node configured with
a UART channel formatted for headless communication;
configuring said computer system with a service processor in communication with said first partition, said service processor
providing support and maintenance of said computer system and said service processor having one UART channel in communication
with said first partition and formatted for headless communication;
routing communication between said UART channels of said nodes of said first partition and said UART channel of said service
processor, including routing output of said headless UART channels of said computational nodes into said one UART channel
of said service processor; and
routing communication between said service processor and a remote console, including communicating management commands to
at least one of said nodes in said first partition, through said one UART channel in said service processor from said remote
console.
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