Abstract: An apparatus having an enclosure that is mountable on a computer rack. The apparatus comprising: a U-shaped plate, two end-caps, and a module having three faces. The U-shaped plate comprising a channel and forming a bottom face and at least a portion of the front and back faces of the enclosure. The module, which has three faces, is configured to mate with the U-shaped plate via the channel. When the module is mated with the U-shaped plate, the three faces of the module form, at least partially, the top, front and back faces of the enclosure. The two end-caps are configured to be attached to the U-shaped plate at distal ends of the U-shaped plate, wherein, when the two end-caps are attached to the U-shaped plate, side walls of the end-caps form two side faces of the enclosure.

Abstract: A 0U, rack-mounted, power distribution, environment monitoring, and fire-protection apparatus including an environmental monitoring sensor system, including a fire detection and protection system located in a computer rack. The invention includes a system to localize damage to equipment, business interruption, and hazardous conditions to a computer rack.

Abstract: A license manager running on a central-management server interacts with a managed node to determine a quantity of licensable units associated with a combination of a central-management program and the selected managed node.

Abstract: A virtual-server license status determination is made as a function a determination of the license status of the host on which said virtual server runs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a diagnostic method for a centrally managed computer system. The method provides central diagnostic expertise regarding central management software used for managing a system. The method further provides for managed software that integrates with the central management software; the managed software includes its own diagnostic expertise. The method further provides for importing the managed diagnostic expertise and combining it with central diagnostic expertise to define collective diagnostic expertise.

Abstract: The present invention provides a diagnostic method for a centrally managed computer system. The method provides central diagnostic expertise regarding central management software used for managing said system. The method further provides for managed software that integrates with said central management software; the managed software includes its own diagnostic expertise. The method further provides for importing the managed diagnostic expertise and combining it with said central diagnostic expertise to define collective diagnostic expertise.

Abstract: A knee bolster includes a curved bracket mounted to an associated cross beam of the vehicle. A knee panel member is mounted to the curved bracket at a location spaced from the associated cross beam. The panel member includes a laterally extending wall spaced from the curved bracket and support legs extending between the laterally extending wall and the curved bracket.