US 12,379,980 B2
System and method for managing data processing systems based on user input
Timothy M. Lambert, Austin, TX (US); and Jeffrey Leighton Kennedy, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,901.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256368 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 18/30 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 9/546 (2013.01) [G06F 18/30 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing operation of a data processing system, the method comprising:
making an identification that the data processing system has entered a state in which output from an interface system to the data processing system is ignored by a processing complex of the data processing system, the interface system comprises a peripheral devices switch;
based on the identification:
reallocating a shared channel from the processing complex to a management controller for the data processing system, the shared channel at least in part carrying the output to the processing complex while the shared channel is allocated to the processing complex, and the reallocating of the shared channel comprises at least powering a port of the data processing system that operably connects the shared channel to the interface system;
while the shared channel is reallocated to the management controller, obtaining user input from the interface system using the shared channel; and
performing an action set based on the user input to modify operation of the data processing system.