Method and apparatus for protecting creditability of server hardware based on baseboard management controller

An apparatus for protecting credibility of server hardware, the apparatus comprising:

• a reference value setting module located outside of BMC and configured to set reference values of credible hardware components, encrypt the reference values, and write the encrypted reference values into the available record regions in the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) of a server;
• a measuring module located inside of BMC and configured to measure the credibility of the hardware component, obtain information of a target hardware component of the server through the BMC by parsing the response byte data stream and extracting needed target fields;
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• a validating module located inside of BMC and configured to first read the encrypted reference value from the FRU, then perform a decryption operation, and then complete a hardware credibility validation and determine whether the obtained information of the component is matched with the reference value;
• if they are not matched, one hardware component of the server is incredible and a poweroff operation is performed, otherwise, the hardware of the server is credible, and the server is allowed to continue to run.