Patent ID: 7725742

Claim:
A remote monitor module for monitoring a plurality of power initialization events/state signals on a system board of a computer system, comprising: a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) for connecting with a remote management host; and a monitor logic in circuit connection with the BMC, and a power-up sequence controller and a plurality of basic voltage domains of the system board, transmitting a plurality of basic enable signals received from the power-up sequence controller to enable the basic voltage domains, and transmitting a plurality of basic valid signals received from the basic voltage domains to the power-up sequence controller, and generating and transmitting a plurality of power initialization event/state signals to the remote management host through the BMC, wherein a basic power-up sequence is defined in the power-up sequence controller and a monitor power-up sequence is defined in the monitor logic, the basic power-up sequence being included in the monitor power-up sequence, and the monitor logic configured to transmit the basic enable and valid signals and the power initialization event/state signals according to the monitor power-up sequence, and wherein the monitor logic further comprises at least one condition checker and at least one event latch, the condition checker configured to confirm whether at least one extra state signal from at least one extra state signal source is at a designed voltage level, and the event latch configured to latch and keep the checked extra state signal at a specific voltage level and transmit to the BMC.