Server and control method thereof
AssigneesInventec Corporation, Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation
InventorsWei Huang, Yu-Xi Chen
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a server and a control method thereof, and the server includes a memory unit and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The memory has an address space into which a specific string is written. When the server is booted, the BIOS is started to inquire the address space and determine whether the address space has the specific string or not, to determine whether to load a BIOS default setup. When the address space has the specific string, the BIOS loads the BIOS default setup and deletes the specific string in the address space.
Claims10
A server control method for a server, comprising:
- booting the server;
- inquiring an address space in a storage unit by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the server;
- by the BIOS, determining whether there is a specific string in the address space, to determine whether to load a BIOS default setup;
- loading the BIOS default setup and deleting the specific string from the address space by the BIOS when the BIOS determines that there is the specific string in the address space;
- and
- starting an operating system of the server.
A server, comprising:
- a storage unit, having an address space in which there is a specific string;
- and
- a BIOS, for inquiring the address space to determine whether there is the specific string in the address space so as to determine whether to load a BIOS default setup or not, when the server is booted;
- wherein when the BIOS determines there is the specific string in the address space, the BIOS loads the BIOS default setup and deletes the specific string from the address space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.