Method for updating system information of a computer device

A method for updating system information of a server, the method to be implemented by a baseboard management controller (BMC) and comprising steps of:

• a) upon activation of the BMC, determining whether the BMC is in a power on reset (PoR) state, and receiving current system information that is associated with the server from a central processing unit that executes a basic input/output system to obtain the current system information during a power-on self-test process of the server, wherein the server includes the BMC, a first non-volatile memory that stores system information, a second non-volatile memory that stores firmware of the BMC and that is different from the first non-volatile memory, a volatile memory and the central processing unit;
• b) when it is determined that the BMC is in the PoR state, determining whether system information that is stored in the first non-volatile memory of the server conforms with the current system information;
• c) when the determination made in step b) is negative, storing the current system information in the first non-volatile memory;
• and
• wherein the system information stored in the first non-volatile memory is associated with configuration of the server and configuration information of a field replaceable unit;
• said method further comprising:
• when it is determined in step a) that the BMC is not in the PoR state, determining whether the second non-volatile memory has any system information stored therein;
• when it is determined that the second non-volatile memory has system information stored therein, accessing the system information stored in the second non-volatile memory and storing the system information read from the second non-volatile memory in the volatile memory;
• when it is determined that the second non-volatile memory does not have any system information stored therein, accessing the system information stored in the first non-volatile memory and storing the system information thus accessed in the volatile memory;
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• storing the system information thus accessed in the second non-volatile memory when it is determined that the second non-volatile memory does not have any system information stored therein.