Patent ID: 8719390

Claim:
A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a server management method, the computer being communicable with a managed server having a network boot function, the server management method comprising: referring, when the managed server starts network boot, to data stored in a storage unit, the storage unit storing status management data and status-program connection data, the status management data specifying an operation status matching system conditions into which the managed server is to be shifted when the managed server has been network booted, the status-program connection data indicating a program for shifting the managed server into the specified operation status; determining, on the basis of the status management data and the status-program connection data, a program to be executed during the network boot to shift the managed server into the specified operation status; notifying the managed server of information necessary for loading the determined program; and notifying a maintenance server of network information necessary for remote maintenance, the network information being included in the information notified to the managed server, the maintenance server being other than the computer.