Patent ID: 7337243

Claim:
A module to couple to a computer system, the module comprising: a sensor resident on the module to detect and output event information; a controller to couple via a system management bus to an other controller resident on an other module in the computer system; a memory coupled to the controller, the memory to include: instructions to determine whether the controller is to be an active or a standby system management controller for the computer system; instructions to be executed by the controller if the controller is to be an active system management controller, the instructions be executed by the controller if the controller is to be an active system management controller to include: the controller to log a system event; the controller to collect system field replaceable unit inventory information; the controller to forward system management information to a standby system management controller; and the controller to process a management request; instructions to be executed by the controller if the controller is to be a standby system management controller; and a system event log to include system event information, the system event information to include the event information detected by the sensor.