摘要 |
A method for detecting a switching failure, applied to a system having a Base Management Controller (BMC), a BIOS and a CPU under an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), so as to avoid failure when the BMC switches from a Fault Resilient Booting (FRB) 3 mechanism to a FRB 2 mechanism. The method at includes the steps of allowing the BMC to perform the FRB 3 mechanism when power-on of the system is detected; canceling the FRB 3 mechanism by the BMC after the BIOS code is obtained by the CPU and starting a timing process for counting a predetermined time; and if the BIOS sends a command to the BMC within the predetermined time to enable the FRB 2 mechanism for monitoring a Power On Self Test (POST) performed by the BIOS, the BMC disabling the self-generated timing process, otherwise establishing and storing a failure record.
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