Patent ID: 8914484

Claim:
A method for managing server apparatuses, applicable to a management apparatus, the method comprising: searching a server apparatus to be managed by the management apparatus; receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) from the BMC of the server apparatus by the management apparatus; obtaining identification information of an Operating System (OS) of the server apparatus according to the IP address by the management apparatus; binding the IP address and the identification information by the management apparatus; and updating an out-of-band message received from the BMC into a server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information by the management apparatus; wherein the step of updating the out-of-band message received from the BMC into the server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information by the management apparatus comprises: analyzing the out-of-band message to obtain the IP address, a sensor type and an event type; determining a state of the server apparatus according to the event type; and updating the state of the server apparatus into the server object of the management apparatus according to the identification information.