Server and inspecting method thereof
AssigneesInventec Corporation, Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation
InventorsWei HUANG, ZhongYing QU, LAI KONG
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a server and a inspecting method thereof. The server comprises a baseboard management controller, a field-replaceable unit coupled with the baseboard management controller, and a basic input/output system (BIOS). After the server is powered on, the BIOS starts running, performs power-on self-test for the server to generate current hardware configuration data, and obtains preset hardware configuration data from the field-replaceable unit through the baseboard management controller. The BIOS then determines whether the current and the preset hardware configuration data agree.
Claims10
A server inspecting method comprising:
- starting up a server;
- performing, by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the server, a power-on self-test of the server to generate current hardware configuration data of the server;
- obtaining, by the BIOS, preset hardware configuration data from a field-replaceable unit (FRU) of the server through a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the server, wherein the FRU is coupled with the BMC;
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- determining, by the BIOS, whether the current hardware configuration data and the preset hardware configuration data match.
A server comprising:
- a baseboard management controller (BMC) capable of causing the server to start up;
- a field-replaceable unit (FRU), coupled with the BMC, for storing preset hardware configuration data;
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- a basic input/output system (BIOS) for performing a power-on self-test of the server to generate current hardware configuration data of the server, obtaining preset hardware configuration data from the FRU through the BMC, and determining whether the current hardware configuration data and the preset hardware configuration data match.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.