Patent ID: 8555118

Claim:
A first server, comprising: a timer, a switch, and a storage system; a baseboard management controller (BMC); and one or more programs that are stored in and executed by the BMC of the server, the one or more programs comprising: a first determination module operable to determine whether the storage system comprises overtime information of the timer, in response to the first server being powered on; a deleting module operable to delete the overtime information from the storage system in response to the determination if the storage system comprises the overtime information; a first writing module operable to write a predetermined initial value into the timer to enable the timer to start timing, upon the condition that an operating system of the first server is started; a control module operable to disconnect a first network port and a second network port of the first server through the switch when the initial value is written into the timer; a sending module operable to send a predetermined reset command to the timer to reset the timer at regular intervals, in response to that the first server works normally; the control module further operable to connect the first network port and the second network port to the switch to process the network data received from the first network port, in response to that the first server does not work normally; and a second writing module operable to write the overtime information into the storage system, in response to that the timer times out and generates the overtime information.