Abstract: An apparatus for remotely controlling the power of an information handling system which includes a power supply, an input output (I/O) controller, a power button coupled to the I/O controller and a power management controller coupled to the I/O controller. The power management controller receives a power command signal and generates a remote power signal based upon the power command signal. The remote power signal controls the power supply via the I/O controller.

Abstract: A blade server system includes multiple blade servers at a common location coupled to a concentrator. The concentrator connects the blade servers to a remote terminal. Upon command from the remote terminal, the concentrator connects a particular one of the blade servers to the remote terminal. Each blade server senses when it is newly connected to the remote terminal and upon detection of such a new connection, a complete screen refresh is sent by the newly connected blade server to the remote terminal. In this manner, contamination of the display of the remote terminal by leftover text from a prior connected blade server is advantageously avoided.

Abstract: A blade server system includes multiple blade servers at a common location coupled to a concentrator. The concentrator connects the blade servers to a remote terminal. Upon command from the remote terminal, the concentrator connects a particular one of the blade servers to the remote terminal. Each blade server senses when it is newly connected to the remote terminal and upon detection of such a new connection, a complete screen refresh is sent by the newly connected blade server to remote terminal. In this manner, contamination of the display of the remote terminal by leftover text from a prior connected blade server is advantageously avoided.

Abstract: An apparatus for remotely controlling the power of an information handling system which includes a power supply, an input output (I/O) controller, a power button coupled to the I/O controller and a power management controller coupled to the I/O controller. The power management controller receives a power command signal and generates a remote power signal based upon the power command signal. The remote power signal controls the power supply via the I/O controller.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for reducing the amount of time to execute a boot sequence, such as a power-on self-test (POST) routine, by eliminating a scan for devices interfaced with a local bus associated with a computer system. A detection circuit interfaces with a card slot through the local bus and generates a status bit indicating whether the configuration of devices for the computer system changed after completion of a first boot sequence. A processor interfaces with the local bus and reads the status bit during a second boot sequence. If the status bit indicates that the computer system device configuration remains the same, the processor eliminates the scan for devices interfaced with the computer system.