Abstract: Technologies for monitoring networked computing devices using deadman triggers includes a network interface controller (NIC) configured to collect a pin state of at least one deadman trigger pin associated with a deadman trigger and determine whether a triggering event associated with the deadman trigger has been detected as a result of the comparison. The NIC is further configured to generate, in response to a determination that the triggering event has been detected, a status packet that is usable to identify the detected triggering event associated with the deadman trigger. Additionally, the NIC is configured to issue a stop transmission command to each of a plurality of egress packet transmission queues of the NIC and insert the generated status packet into at least one of the plurality of egress packet transmission queues for transmission to a target computing device. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Technologies for monitoring networked computing devices using deadman triggers includes a network interface controller (NIC) configured to collect a pin state of at least one deadman trigger pin associated with a deadman trigger and determine whether a triggering event associated with the deadman trigger has been detected as a result of the comparison. The NIC is further configured to generate, in response to a determination that the triggering event has been detected, a status packet that is usable to identify the detected triggering event associated with the deadman trigger. Additionally, the NIC is configured to issue a stop transmission command to each of a plurality of egress packet transmission queues of the NIC and insert the generated status packet into at least one of the plurality of egress packet transmission queues for transmission to a target computing device. Other embodiments are described herein.