US 12,229,567 B2
Fault isolation in a director processor slice or board
John Creed, Innishannon (IE); and Owen Martin, Hopedale, MA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,732.
Prior Publication US 2024/0370270 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/3861 (2013.01) [G06F 9/30038 (2023.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
monitoring an execution flow corresponding to a slice on a director board of a storage array, wherein the execution flow includes one or more of a thread and a thread group;
identifying an exception event corresponding to the execution flow;
determining if the exception event corresponds to previous consecutive exception events of the execution flow; and
isolating the execution flow based on an analysis of the exception event.