Abstract:
A bus ring-back and voltage over-shoot reduction apparatus with capability for rendering an expansion slot (408) of a computer system hot-pluggable, wherein a logic gate (406) controls a switching element so that when the element is turned on, the input and output (I/O) nodes of the element are in a low ohmic conductive relationship. One of the I/O nodes is coupled to an expansion card (410) whereas the other node is coupled to a bus (404) to which the expansion slot is connected. The apparatus (406) operates as a level shifter wherein the output node voltage follows the input node voltage until pinch-off such that the output voltage remains substantially stable thereafter. The apparatus also isolates the expansion card (410) from the bus (404) when the system is running or during the powering up of the card.
Abstract:
A 64 bit wide memory is multiplexed over a 32 bit data bus to provide data to a 64 bit line size cache memory controlled by an 82385 cache controller. The memory addresses to all 64 bits of memory are held during the entire transfer so that a zero wait state second 32 bit transfer occurs. Logic develops the necessary next address and ready pulses and blocks these signals from the cache controller. Logic also handles the bit 2 address for the main and cache memories. The main memory is operated in paged mode to further increase system performance.
Abstract:
A device causing a faulty condition in a computer system having devices is isolated by detecting for a faulty condition associated with the devices and identifying the device causing the faulty condition. The devices are coupled to a bus. The faulty condition includes a bus hang condition. The devices are turned off when a bus hang condition is detected. The devices are then turned back on to test the devices. Each device is tested by writing and reading its configuration space. Information on the bus associated with the faulty condition is stored. The stored information is retrieved after the faulty condition has occurred, with the stored information including address, data, and bus control information.
Abstract:
Control is switched from a first server to a second server in a fault tolerant system. The first and second servers are coupled with an expansion bus in an expansion box for communication with the expansion bus. An indication is provided to the second server to indicate the activity state of the first server. Communication between the first server and the expansion box is disabled if the indication indicates the first server is inactive. Communication between the second server and the expansion bus is disabled if the indication indicates that the first server is active. Communication between the second server is enabled if the indication indicates that the first server is inactive. The indication includes a heartbeat message transmitted periodically to the second server. The expansion bus includes a PCI bus.
Abstract:
A device causing a faulty condition in a computer system having devices is isolated by detecting for a faulty condition associated with the devices and identifying the device causing the faulty condition. The devices are coupled to a bus. The faulty condition includes a bus hang condition. The devices are turned off when a bus hang condition is detected. The devices are then turned back on to test the devices. Each device is tested by writing and reading its configuration space. Information on the bus associated with the faulty condition is stored. The stored information is retrieved after the faulty condition has occurred, with the stored information including address, data, and bus control information.
Abstract:
Data is transmitted between a first device and a second device connected by the communications channel in a computer system. The first device generates a first clock and the second device generates a second clock. The first clock is provided to the second device and the second clock is provided to the first device. Data received by the first device over the communications channel from the second device is synchronized to the first clock. The receiving logic in the first device includes a first-in-first-out buffer. The received data is stored in a first-in-first-out buffer until the data is synchronized to the first clock. The first and second clocks have the same frequency.
Abstract:
Data is transmitted between a first device and a second device connected by the communications channel in a computer system. The first device generates a first clock and the second device generates a second clock. The first clock is provided to the second device and the second clock is provided to the first device. Data received by the first device over the communications channel from the second device is synchronized to the first clock. The receiving logic in the first device includes a first-in-first-out buffer. The received data is stored in a first-in-first-out buffer until the data is synchronized to the first clock. The first and second clocks have the same frequency.
Abstract:
A 64 bit wide memory is multiplexed over a 32 bit data bus to provide data to a 64 bit line size cache memory controlled by an 82385 cache controller. The memory addresses to all 64 bits of memory are held during the entire transfer so that a zero wait state second 32 bit transfer occurs. Logic develops the necessary next address and ready pulses and blocks these signals from the cache controller. Logic also handles the bit 2 address for the main and cache memories. The main memory is operated in paged mode to further increase system performance.