HARDWARE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF COMPUTER COMPONENTS THROUGH PHYSICAL LAYOUT DIAGRAMS

摘要

In one aspect, a system includes a service processor (SP), having a processor, a non-volatile memory and a communication interface. The SP receives a component information of components of a host computer from a basic input/output system (BIOS) being executed at a central processing unit (CPU) of the host computer through the communication interface, and stores the received component information in the non-volatile memory. When the SP receives a managing instruction from a remote management computer to change the component information of at least one designated component of the components of the host computer, the SP updates the corresponding component information stored in the non-volatile memory based on the managing instruction. Once the component information is updated, the SP may, in response to receiving the component information from the BIOS, send the updated component information back to the host computer through the communication interface.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a service processor (SP), comprising a processor, a non-volatile memory and a communication interface, wherein the non-volatile memory stores computer executable code configured to, when executed at the processor,
receive, from a basic input/output system (BIOS) being executed at a central processing unit (CPU) of a host computer through the communication interface, component information of components of the host computer;store the received component information in the non-volatile memory;in response to a managing instruction from a remote management computer to change the component information of at least one designated component of the components of the host computer, update the component information corresponding to the at least one designated component stored in the non-volatile memory based on the managing instruction; andin response to the component information received from the BIOS being executed at the CPU of the host computer, send the updated component information of the at least one designated component to the host computer through the communication interface.