KVM having blue screen of death detection and warning functions

摘要

A device, apparatus, system and method for determining failure of a computer host among a plurality of hosts. The host failure detection device may be integrated in a KVM apparatus. The device monitors the video output of the plurality of hosts and if identifies a Blue Screen of Death or BIOS failure Black Screen, it issues a warning and logs the details of the discovered failure. The device may attempt to recover the failed host by transmitting emulated keyboard and mouse commands to the failed host.