Patent ID: 8694987

Claim:
A server rack system, comprising: a plurality of rack internal devices, wherein each rack internal device at least comprises a control chip, and the rack internal devices comprise a plurality of servers; an integrated management module (IMM), respectively coupled to the control chips, wherein the IMM stores integrated management firmware, and the integrated management firmware has latest version firmware of the control chips integrated therein, and records latest version serial numbers of the latest version firmware; and a management switch, coupled to the control chips and the IMM, wherein the control chips comprise a plurality of fan control boards (FCBs), and at least one power control unit; the IMM is coupled to the FCBs and rhe at least one power control unit through the management switch; when the server rack system is started, the IMM automatically obtains a current version serial number of a currently installed firmware of each of the FCBs and the at least one power control unit through the management switch, and compares the current version serial number of the currently installed firmware of each of the FCBs and the at least one power control unit with the latest version serial number recorded in the integrated management firmware to determine whether to update the currently installed firmware of each of the FCBs and the at least one power control unit.