Patent ID: 7426592

Claim:
A management function setting method for dynamically setting a plurality of management functions of an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) of a computer system, the method comprising the steps of: (1) modularizing the management functions of the IPMI, and providing each of the modularized management functions with a function status flag for indicating whether the modularized management function is enabled or disabled; (2) executing a power-on self test (POST) process by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the computer system to detect the function status flag, and then enabling one or more of the modularized management functions needed by a user by changing the function status flags of the needed management functions to indicate that the needed management functions are enabled, and disabling the remaining modularized management functions by changing the function status flags of the remaining modularized management functions to indicate that the remaining modularized management functions are disabled; and (3) initializing the needed management functions, with the function status flags of the needed management functions indicating that the needed management functions are enabled, wherein at least one of the function status flags is set by the user through inputting of predetermined codes to the BIOS.