Electronic device with baseboard management controller updating system

An electronic device comprising:

• a baseboard management controller (BMC) storing sensor data;
• a storage unit storing a sensor data record (SDR) table, wherein, the SDR table records two kinds of sensor data, a first kind of sensor data are data of motherboard components of the electronic device, and a second kind of sensor data are date of non-motherboard components of the electronic device, each of the second kind of sensor data includes a switch variable, and the first kind of sensor data does not include the switch variable;
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• a processing unit executing a BMC updating system, wherein, the BMC updating system comprises:
• a update data obtaining module configured to obtain the SDR table from the storage unit in response to an updating operation;
• a scanning module configured to scan the non-motherboard components of the electronic device to determine whether there is one non-motherboard component corresponding to one of the second kind of sensor data of the SDR table, and set the value of the switch variable of the corresponding one of the second kind of sensor to the predetermined value when determining one non-motherboard component is corresponding to one of the second kind of sensor data of the SDR table;
• an update object determining module configured to determine the first kind of sensor data and the second kind of sensor data whose switch variable is the predetermined value are sensor data to be used to update;
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• an update control module configured to update the sensor data of the BMC of the electronic device according to the determined sensor data to be used to update.

A method for updating a baseboard management controller (BMC) of an electronic device, comprising:

• obtaining a sensor data record (SDR) table from a storage unit of the electronic device in response to an updating operation, wherein, the SDR table records two kinds of sensor data, a first kind of sensor data are data of motherboard components of the electronic device, and a second kind of sensor data are date of non-motherboard components of the electronic device, each of the second kind of sensor data comprises a switch variable, and the first kind of sensor data does not comprises the switch variable;
• scanning the non-motherboard components of the electronic device to determine whether there is one non-motherboard component corresponding to one of the second kind of sensor data of the SDR table, and setting the value of the switch variable of the corresponding one of the second kind of sensor to the predetermined value if yes;
• determining the first kind of sensor data and the second kind of sensor data whose switch variable is the predetermined value are sensor data to be used to update;
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• updating the sensor data of the BMC of the electronic device according to the determined sensor data to be used to update.