Patent ID: 9372769
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A server inspecting method comprising: starting up a server; performing, by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the server, a power-on self-test of the server to generate current hardware configuration data; and determining, by a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the server, whether preset hardware configuration data and the current hardware configuration data match, the BMC coupled with a non-volatile memory of the server and capable of causing the server to start up, the preset hardware configuration data stored beforehand in the non-volatile memory; wherein when the current hardware configuration data and the preset hardware configuration data have one or more mismatches, the BMC records the mismatch or mismatches in an event log; and wherein the event log has a first field, a second field, and a third field, the first field associated with names of hardware of the server, the second field associated with the preset hardware configuration data, the third field associated with the current hardware configuration data.