Method for managing server apparatuses and management apparatus thereof
AssigneeAcer Incorporated
InventorWen-Hsuan Huang
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for managing server apparatuses and a management apparatus thereof are provided. A server apparatus is searched in the management apparatus for receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) of the server apparatus. And identification information of an Operating System (OS) of the server apparatus is obtained according to the IP address. The IP address and the identification information are bound. Then, an out-of-band message received from the BMC is updated into a server object according to the identification information.
Claims10
A method for managing server apparatuses, applicable to a management apparatus, the method comprising:
- searching a server apparatus to be managed by the management apparatus;
- receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) from the BMC of the server apparatus by the management apparatus;
- obtaining identification information of an Operating System (OS) of the server apparatus according to the IP address by the management apparatus;
- binding the IP address and the identification information by the management apparatus;
- and
- updating an out-of-band message received from the BMC into a server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information by the management apparatus;
- wherein the step of updating the out-of-band message received from the BMC into the server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information by the management apparatus comprises:
- analyzing the out-of-band message to obtain the IP address, a sensor type and an event type;
- determining a state of the server apparatus according to the event type;
- and
- updating the state of the server apparatus into the server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information.
A management apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit, comprising a plurality of programes;
- a processing unit, coupled to the storage unit, for executing the programes, wherein the programes comprises:
- a searching unit, arranged for searching a server apparatus to be managed, and receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) from the BMC of the server apparatus;
- a binding unit, arranged for obtaining identification information of an Operating System (OS) of the server apparatus according to the IP address, and binding the IP address and the identification information;
- and
- a management engine, arranged for updating an out-of-band message received from the BMC into a server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information;
- wherein the programes further comprising:
- a parsing unit, arranged for analyzing the out-of-band message to obtain the IP address, a sensor type and an event type, and determining a state of the server apparatus according to the event type, so as to enable the management engine to update the state of the server apparatus into the server object according to the identification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.