Managing device health using a management controller of a data processing system

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:

• obtaining, by a management controller of the data processing system and from a storage device the data processing system, diagnostic data, wherein the diagnostic data is generated by the storage device based on operation of the storage device, the storage device is part of hardware resources of the data processing system, the diagnostic data is obtained by the management controller when an operating system of the data processing system is unable to be booted, a processor of the hardware resources of the data processing system is adapted to obtain the diagnostic data from the storage device via an in-band channel of the data processing system when the operating system is booted, the management controller is adapted to obtain the diagnostic data from the storage device via a side band channel when the operating system is unable to be booted, boot data usable to boot the operating system is redundantly stored on the storage device, and the operating system is unable to be booted due to the processor being unable to obtain the boot data from the storage device;
• initiating, by the management controller and using the diagnostic data, performance of a health analysis process to determine a level of health for the storage device;
• in an instance of the initiating in which the level of health meets a criterion:
• obtaining, by the management controller, an action set for updating operation of the data processing system;
• and
• performing, by the management controller, the action set to reduce a level of impact of undesired operation of the storage device on provisioning of computer-implemented services by the data processing system.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of the data processing system, the operations comprising:
• obtaining, by a management controller of the data processing system and from a storage device of the data processing system, diagnostic data, wherein the diagnostic data is generated by the storage device based on operation of the storage device, the storage device is part of hardware resources of the data processing system, the diagnostic data is obtained by the management controller when an operating system of the data processing system is unable to be booted, a processor of the hardware resources of the data processing system is adapted to obtain the diagnostic data from the storage device via an in-band channel of the data processing system when the operating system is booted, the management controller is adapted to obtain the diagnostic data from the storage device via a side band channel when the operating system is unable to be booted, boot data usable to boot the operating system is redundantly stored on the storage device, and the operating system is unable to be booted due to the processor being unable to obtain the boot data from the storage device;
• initiating, by the management controller and using the diagnostic data, performance of a health analysis process to determine a level of health for the storage device;
• in an instance of the initiating in which the level of health meets a criterion:
• obtaining, by the management controller, an action set for updating operation of the data processing system;
• and
• performing, by the management controller, the action set to reduce a level of impact of undesired operation of the storage device on provisioning of computer-implemented services by the data processing system.