Method for monitoring temperature of computer components to determine ambient chassis temperature

A computer-implemented method for monitoring temperatures in a blade server to determine ambient temperature, comprising:

• (a) determining a temperature of an administrator module in the blade server;
• (b) setting a variable AB to zero;
• (c) determining if the blade server includes any blades to poll for temperature data;
• (d) if the blade server includes any blades to poll for temperature data, determining a blade with a highest temperature value;
• (e) if the highest blade temperature is higher than the variable AB, setting the variable AB to the highest blade temperature;
• (f) determining if the variable AB is set to zero;
• (g) if the variable AB is set to zero, reporting the ambient temperature as the temperature determined in step (a);
• and
• (h) if the variable AB is not set to zero, reporting the value of the variable AB as the ambient temperature.

A computer readable media comprising computer code for implementing a method for monitoring temperatures in a blade server to determine ambient temperature, comprising:

• (a) determining a temperature of an administrator module in the blade server;
• (b) setting a variable AB to zero;
• (c) determining if the blade server includes any blades to poll for temperature data;
• (d) if the blade server includes any blades to poll for temperature data, determining a blade with a highest temperature value;
• (e) if the highest blade temperature is higher than the variable AB, setting the variable AB to the highest blade temperature;
• (f) determining if the variable AB is set to zero;
• (g) if the variable AB is set to zero, reporting the ambient temperature as the temperature determined in step (a);
• and
• (h) if the variable AB is not set to zero, reporting the value of the variable AB as the ambient temperature.