KVM HAVING BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH DETECTION AND WARNING FUNCTIONS

摘要

A device, apparatus, system and method for determining failure of a computerhostamong a plurality of hosts. The host failure detection device may beintegrated in a KVMapparatus. The device monitors the video output of the plurality of hosts andif identifiesa Blue Screen of Death or BIOS failure Black Screen, it issues a warning andlogs thedetails of the discovered failure. The device may attempt to recover thefailed host bytransmitting emulated keyboard and mouse commands to the failed host.