Patent ID: 8819318

Claim:
A baseboard management controller (BMC) for a server, comprising: a storage system; at least one processor; and one or more programs being stored in the storage system and executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising: a setting module operable to set an voltage level of a general purpose input output (GPIO) pin of the BMC to a high level if the server is powered on; an initialization module operable to initialize a BIOS of the server, and pull down the voltage level of the GPIO pin to a low level, wherein a serial port of the server is used by the BIOS; a control module operable to control the BMC to use the serial port if the BMC requests to use the serial port and the voltage level of the GPIO pin is at a high level; and the control module further operable to pull up the voltage level of the GPIO pin to the high level if the BMC does not request to use the serial port and the BIOS has been initialized.