IP Library Patent Application 14843073
Patent Application
App. No. 14/843,073

SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

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App. No.
14/843,073
Abstract

The disclosure server management provides a plurality of servers, each of the servers comprising a basic input/output system (BIOS), the BIOS is configured for collecting a hardware information of the server; a controller is configured for obtaining the hardware information from the BIOS of each of the servers; and a monitor is configured for displaying the hardware information transmitted by the controller. A server management method is also provided.

Claims (13)

1 . A server management system comprising:

a rack;

a plurality of servers mounted in the rack, each server comprising a basic input/output system (BIOS), which is configured for collecting hardware information of the servers;

a controller configured for obtaining the hardware information from the BIOS of each of the servers; and

a monitor configured for displaying the hardware information transmitted by the controller.

2 . The server management system of claim 1 , wherein the server management system comprises a basic management controller (BMC), the controller obtains the hardware information from the BIOS through the BMC.

3 . The server management system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS further comprises a system management BIOS (SMBIOS) table, the BIOS stores the hardware information of the server in the SMBIOS table.

4 . A server management method comprising:

collecting a hardware information of a server by a basic input/output system (BIOS), and transmitting the hardware information to a basic management controller (BMC);

obtaining the hardware information from the BIOS by the BMC, and transmitting the hardware information to the a controller; and

obtaining the hardware information from the BMC by the controller, and displaying the hardware information through a monitor.

5 . The server management method of claim 4 , wherein the BIOS further comprises a system management BIOS (SMBIOS) table, the BIOS stores the hardware information of the server in the SMBIOS table.

6 . The server management method of claim 4 , wherein the BIOS collects the hardware information of the server before the server enters the operating system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: CLOUD NETWORK TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045281/0269 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2015
From: SU, FANG-CING
To: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036476/0784 →