Patent ID: 9542288
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A system for diagnosis of a server motherboard, there being a management module of the server motherboard and peripheral devices managed by the management module capable of being powered by a server power source and a USB port, wherein in response to the management module of the server motherboard and the peripheral devices managed by the management module being powered by the USB port, a power supply line of the server power source is isolated, the system comprising: hardware, including a processor and memory; an identifying module implemented at least by the hardware and configured to identify the peripheral devices managed by the management module, in response to the management module of the server motherboard and the peripheral devices managed by the management module being powered by the USB port; an initializing module implemented at least by the hardware and configured to, for each of the identified peripheral devices managed by the management module, initializing the peripheral device, and then shutting down the power supply of the peripheral device; a communication establishing module implemented at least by the hardware and configured to establish a communication between the management module and a diagnosis host through the USB port; and a command executing module implemented at least by the hardware and configured to execute a command in response to the command being received from the diagnosis host.