IN-BAND/OUT-OF-BAND ALERT DELIVERY SYSTEM

摘要

IN-BAND/OUT-OF-BAND ALERT DELIVERY SYSTEM An in-band/out-of-band alert delivery system far a computer system manager includes an alert log which maintains a record of alerts to be delivered and the status of those alerts, an alert manager for making a first attempt to deliver each alert, and a retry manager for making subsequent attempts to deliver alerts as becomes necessary and appropriate. The alert delivery system may also include a bus master interface manager for making inband alert deliveries and a communications manager for making out-of-band alert deliveries. Telephone numbers are provided to the communications manager by an alert destination list. Outof-band alert deliveries may be made via a modem, a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter, or the like.