Patent ID: 8566435

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for modeling a configuration of a baseboard of a computer system, the baseboard comprising components communicatively connected to a management module monitoring operations associated with the computer system, the method comprising: (a) detecting a presence of a plurality of components included in the configuration of the baseboard, wherein a component classification of the plurality of detected components is unknown; (d) defining a plurality of description files, each description file corresponding to a component which may be included within a configuration for the computer system, wherein the plurality of description files each specify a component classification for the component corresponding to each description file, wherein the plurality of description files are configured to be compiled and loaded into a firmware of the management module; (b) identifying the component classification for each of the plurality of detected components using the plurality of description files; and (c) creating a graphical representation of the configuration of the baseboard, wherein the graphical representation is displayed on a display device as a collection of graphical user interface icons, wherein a first icon represents the management module and a plurality of other icons represent the plurality of detected components, the plurality of other icons being selected based on the component classification identified for each of the plurality of detected components, the graphical representation indicating a corresponding contact pin on the management module to which each of the plurality of detected components is coupled.