Patent ID: 7844866

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for reporting operating system faults on an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) compliant server, the computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by an operating system in a computer system, an operating system fault in the operating system; notifying, by the operating system, system firmware included in the computer system of the operating system fault; generating, by the system firmware, an alert for the operating system fault; responsive to receiving the alert for the operating system fault by an IPMI compliant sensor, converting the alert for the operating system fault into an IPMI event, wherein the sensor is an original equipment manufacturer event reporting mechanism that is unique to a particular manufacturer; storing the IPMI event in an internal event log; creating an IPMI system event record for the IPMI event; and sending the IPMI event to a host management controller in order to enable reporting of the operating system fault.