Robert Harold Cox
Architects at Bee Cave Rd, Austin, TX

2003014, Jul 24, 2003

Jan 18, 2002

10/051682

Robert Cox - Austin TX, US
Stephanos Heracleous - Austin TX, US
Clayton Walther - Austin TX, US

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

G06F015/177

709/221000, 717/171000

An information handling system validates a network configuration. The information handling system includes a network interface in communication with a network of devices. The information handling system also includes a predefined set of valid device attributes, stored in a computer-usable medium. In addition, the information handling system includes processing resources in communication with the network interface and the computer-usable medium. The processing resources receive user input requesting a validation process and, in response, automatically communicate with the devices via the network interface to discover attributes of the devices. The processing resources also automatically compare the discovered attributes with the predefined set of valid device attributes, and the processing resources generate output data that indicates whether the discovered attributes match the valid device attributes. For example, the output data may identify an invalid attribute among the discovered attributes and a corresponding valid attribute from the predefined set of valid device attributes.

7340649, Mar 4, 2008

Mar 20, 2003

10/394348

Karthikeyan Angamuthu - Austin TX, US
Robert V. Cox - Austin TX, US
Stephanos S. Heracleous - Austin TX, US

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

G06F 11/00

714 27, 714 26, 709220, 709221

A system and method for determining fault isolation in an enterprise computing system is disclosed. A method includes automatically troubleshooting errors in an enterprise computing system that receives at an analyzer engine a status notification from a first component. In response to receiving the status notification, the method automatically selects a first analyzer policy file from a set of analyzer policy files based on the status notification received at the analyzer engine, wherein the analyzer policy file contains troubleshooting logic for determining root causes for errors. The method automatically attempts to communicate with a second component based on the troubleshooting logic within the first analyzer policy file. The method automatically determines a root cause for the status notification based on the troubleshooting logic in the selected analyzer policy file and based on information obtained in connection with the attempt to communicate with the second component.

2009020, Aug 13, 2009

Feb 7, 2008

12/027361

Robert Cox - Austin TX, US
Sudhir Shetty - Cedar Park TX, US
Puneet Dhawan - Austin TX, US

G06F 1/32

713320

A system and method for enabling power conservation when making placement and relocation decisions. More specifically, a virtualized environment power conservation module enables power conservation when making placement and relocation decisions within a virtual environment. The virtualized environment power conservation module assigns virtual machines among a group of physical hosts in order to minimize the net power consumption. The virtualized environment power conservation module makes use of server power profile or real time power consumption data to make power consumption aware Virtual Machine assignment decisions. In certain embodiments, a server system exposes real power consumption (e.g. System Watts, Cumulative kWh. etc.) via system management interfaces. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the server systems may expose real power consumption via standard power profiles. These systems leverage PMBus-enabled power supplies to read the power metric information.

7664986, Feb 16, 2010

Feb 14, 2008

12/031125

Karthikeyan Angamuthu - Austin TX, US
Robert V. Cox - Austin TX, US
Stephanos S. Heracleous - Austin TX, US

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

G06F 11/00

714 27, 714 26, 709220, 709221

A system and method for determining fault isolation in an enterprise computing system is disclosed. A method includes automatically troubleshooting errors in an enterprise computing system that receives at an analyzer engine a status notification from a first component. In response to receiving the status notification, the method automatically selects a first analyzer policy file from a set of analyzer policy files based on the status notification received at the analyzer engine, wherein the analyzer policy file contains troubleshooting logic for determining root causes for errors. The method automatically attempts to communicate with a second component based on the troubleshooting logic within the first analyzer policy file. The method automatically determines a root cause for the status notification based on the troubleshooting logic in the selected analyzer policy file and based on information obtained in connection with the attempt to communicate with the second component.

4412006, Oct 25, 1983

Mar 25, 1982

6/361586

Robert D. Cox - Austin TX
Clyde W. Frank - Iowa City IA

University of Iowa Research Foundation - Iowa City IA

G01N 2176

436110

A technique of determination of nitrate-nitrite content of a test sample, without also determining additional nitrogen content. The technique is highly selective and sensitive, to the parts per billion level. The nitrate-nitrite content of a sample is reduced to nitric oxide which is determined via its chemiluminescence reaction with ozone. Nitrite is selectively reduced under mild conditions and the total nitrate-nitrite content is determined by stronger reduction conditions. Specific reducing agents to be used in combination with the chemiluminescence reaction are also provided.