Patent ID: 8886998
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control server, comprising: a storage device; a processor: one or more network interfaces electronically connected with one or more network interfaces of one or more test servers; one or more programs that are stored in the storage device and being executed by the processor, the one or more programs comprising: an information record module operable to record a network interface number and an IP address of a baseboard management controller (BMC) of each of the one or more test servers in a record, and store the record into the storage device; an IP address setting module operable to set an IP address of a network card of the control server, wherein the IP address of the network card of the control server falls within the same network segment of the IP addresses of the BMCs of the one or more test servers; a command generation module operable to generate a test command, wherein the test command comprises information in relation to a number of times for powering on a test server, a number of times for powering off the test server, and a time interval between a power-on operation and a power-off operation; and a command sending module operable to send the test command to each of the one or more test servers according to the network interface number and the IP address of each of the one or more test servers that is recorded in the record, so that the BMC of each of the one or more test servers performs power-on/power-off operations according to the test command.