Patents by Inventor William Wajda

William Wajda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Concurrent replacement of distributed conversion and control assembly
    Patent number: 11068279
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a first distributed conversion and control assembly (DCCA) in a central electronics complex (CEC) of a computer system, the CEC containing the first DCCA and a second DCCA, each of the first DCCA and the second DCCA having a flexible service processor (FSP); determining that the computer system satisfies preconditions for concurrent replacement of the first DCCA; disabling control software for a thermal and power management device (TPMD) of the first DCCA; fencing off the first DCCA; depowering the first DCCA; receiving a new media access control (MAC) address of a replacement DCCA; reconfiguring an operating system of the CEC to recognize the new MAC address of the replacement DCCA; powering on the replacement DCCA; removing the fencing off of the first DCCA; and resetting an FSP of the replacement DCCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald P Corrado, Anthony Joseph Cozzolino, Gerald Fahr, Bret G Bidwell, Ellick Chi-lick Law, Patrick Caffrey, William Wajda
  • CONCURRENT REPLACEMENT OF DISTRIBUTED CONVERSION AND CONTROL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20200285484
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a first distributed conversion and control assembly (DCCA) in a central electronics complex (CEC) of a computer system, the CEC containing the first DCCA and a second DCCA, each of the first DCCA and the second DCCA having a flexible service processor (FSP); determining that the computer system satisfies preconditions for concurrent replacement of the first DCCA; disabling control software for a thermal and power management device (TPMD) of the first DCCA; fencing off the first DCCA; depowering the first DCCA; receiving a new media access control (MAC) address of a replacement DCCA; reconfiguring an operating system of the CEC to recognize the new MAC address of the replacement DCCA; powering on the replacement DCCA; removing the fencing off of the first DCCA; and resetting an FSP of the replacement DCCA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald P. Corrado, Anthony Joseph Cozzolino, Gerald Fahr, Bret G. Bidwell, Ellick Chi-lick Law, Patrick Caffrey, William Wajda