Patent ID: 9009543
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system, comprising: a plurality of hard disk devices; a hard disk device backplane coupled to and configured to manage the plurality of hard disk devices; an information management unit coupled to the hard disk device backplane and configured to obtain a plurality of statuses of the plurality of hard disk devices; a middle backplane coupled to the hard disk device backplane; and a plurality of motherboards, each of the plurality of motherboards having a baseboard management controller and coupled to the information management unit and the middle backplane, respectively, wherein, when an operating system is loaded for operation on the motherboards, the baseboard management controller of each of the plurality of motherboards is coupled to the hard disk device backplane via the middle backplane so as to obtain the plurality of statuses of the hard disk devices, and when the plurality of motherboards are not operated normally, the baseboard management controller of each of the plurality of motherboards acquires the plurality of statuses of the hard disk devices via the information management unit.