Monitoring of an electronic device with a system management controller

A method of monitoring an electronic device, the method comprising:

• monitoring multiple system components of the electronic device;
• initiating a network connection with a management circuit in response to the one or more system components not operating within the predetermined operating range;
• maintaining a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack with the management circuit to communicate with the remote device;
• generating automatically, a message to a remote device in response to one or more of the system components not operating within the predetermined operating ranges;
• and
• sending the message.

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, which when executed by a system management circuit cause the system management circuit to:

• monitor multiple system components of the electronic device;
• initiate a network connection with a management circuit in response to the one or more system components not operating within the predetermined operating range;
• maintain a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack with the management circuit to communicate with the remote device;
• generate, automatically, a message to a remote device in response to one or more of the system components not operating within the predetermined operating ranges;
• and
• send the message.

An apparatus for monitoring an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

• means for monitoring multiple system components of the electronic device;
• means for initiating a network connection with the management circuit in response to the one or more system components not operating within the predetermined operating range;
• means for maintaining a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack with a system management device;
• and
• means for generating, automatically, a message to a remote device in response to one or more of the system components not operating within a predetermined operating ranges.