Techniques of monitoring and updating system component health status

1. A method of operating a computer system, the computer system including an initialization component of a host, comprising:

detecting, by an operating system of the host, that at least one hardware component of the host is in one of one or more predetermined health conditions;

determining, at the host and in response to the detection, to transmit health data of the host to a service processor of the host for determining at the service processor a corrective action directed to the one predetermined health condition;

sending an interrupt to a processor of the host in response to the determination to transmit the health data;

receiving, at the processor of the host, the interrupt during executing the operating system of the host at the processor;

switching, at the processor, to a system management mode (SMM) in response to the interrupt;

executing, at the processor, the initialization component in the SMM;

obtaining, at the initialization component and in the SMM, health data indicating that the at least one hardware component of the host is in the one predetermined health condition;

initiating, by the initialization component executed in the SMM at the host, a data transfer from the host to a service processor of the host, including: sending, from the initialization component executed in the SMM at the host to the service processor of the host, a message in accordance with a management protocol, wherein the message is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) system event log (SEL) record in accordance with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) standards and including the health data;

sending, at the initialization component and in the SMM, a request to the service processor to obtain an instruction of the corrective action, wherein the service processor determines the corrective action based on the health data; and

receiving, at the initialization component and in the SMM, the instruction of a corrective action from the service processor through an IPMI message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing a communication channel with the service processor in accordance with the management protocol,

constructing the message, the message is in a format defined by the management protocol for transferring system event log data; and

including the health data in the message prior to sending the message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer system further includes the service processor, the method further comprising:

receiving, at the service processor, the message from the initialization component;

extracting the health data from the message; and

storing the health data in a data store.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining that a first hardware component of the at least one hardware component is defective based on the health data in the data store.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first hardware component is determined to be defective based on a number of times the first hardware component has been in the one or more predetermined health conditions.

6. A computer system, comprising:

a host, including:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

detect, by an operating system of the host, that at least one hardware component of the host is in one of one or more predetermined health conditions;

determine, at the host and in response to the detection, to transmit health data of the host to a service processor of the host for determining at the service processor a corrective action directed to the one predetermined health condition;

send an interrupt to the at least one processor of the host in response to the determination to transmit the health data;

receive the interrupt during executing the operating system of the host at the at least one processor;

switch to a system management mode (SMM) in response to the interrupt;

execute an initialization component of the host in the SMM;

obtain, at the initialization component and in the SMM, health data indicating that the at least one hardware component of the host is in the one predetermined health condition;

initiate, by the initialization component executed in the SMM at the host, a data transfer from the host to a service processor of the host, wherein to initiate the data transfer, the at least one processor is further configured to: send, from the initialization component executed in the SMM at the host to the service processor of the host, a message in accordance with a management protocol, wherein the message is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) system event log (SEL) record in accordance with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) standards and including the health data;

send, at the initialization component and in the SMM, a request to the service processor to obtain an instruction of the corrective action, wherein the service processor determines the corrective action based on the health data; and

receive, at the initialization component and in the SMM, the instruction of a corrective action from the service processor through an IPMI message.

7. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

establish a communication channel with the service processor in accordance with the management protocol,

construct the message, the message is in a format defined by the management protocol for transferring system event log data; and

include the health data in the message prior to sending the message.

8. The computer system of claim 6 , wherein the computer system further includes the service processor, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, at the service processor, the message from the initialization component;

extract the health data from the message; and

store the health data in a data store.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine that a first hardware component of the at least one hardware component is defective based on the health data in the data store.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the first hardware component is determined to be defective based on a number of times the first hardware component has been in the one or more predetermined health conditions.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for operating a computer system, the computer system including an initialization component of a host, comprising code to:

detect, by an operating system of the host, that at least one hardware component of the host is in one of one or more predetermined health conditions;

determine, at the host and in response to the detection, to transmit health data of the host to a service processor of the host for determining at the service processor a corrective action directed to the one predetermined health condition;

send an interrupt to the at least one processor of the host in response to the determination to transmit the health data;

receive, at the processor of the host, the interrupt during executing the operating system of the host;

switch, at the processor, to a system management mode (SMM) in response to the interrupt;

execute, at the processor, an initialization component of the host in the SMM;

obtain, at the initialization component and in the SMM, health data indicating that the at least one hardware component of the host is in the one predetermined health condition;

initiate, by the initialization component executed in the SMM at the host, a data transfer from the host to a service processor of the host, wherein to initiate the data transfer, the at least one processor is further configured to: send, from the initialization component executed in the SMM at the host to the service processor of the host, a message in accordance with a management protocol, wherein the message is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) system event log (SEL) record in accordance with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) standards and including the health data;

send, at the initialization component and in the SMM, a request to the service processor to obtain an instruction of the corrective action, wherein the service processor determines the corrective action based on the health data; and

receive, at the initialization component and in the SMM, the instruction of a corrective action from the service processor through an IPMI message.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the code is further configured to:

establish a communication channel with the service processor in accordance with the management protocol,

construct the message, the message is in a format defined by the management protocol for transferring system event log data; and

include the health data in the message prior to sending the message.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the computer system further includes the service processor, wherein the code is further configured to:

receive, at the service processor, the message from the initialization component;

extract the health data from the message; and

store the health data in a data store.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the code is further configured to:

determine that a first hardware component of the at least one hardware component is defective based on the health data in the data store.