Patent ID: 7536493

Claim:
A computer implemented method for identifying a service processor with current setting information for a computer system, the computer implemented method comprising: storing the computer system's system firmware in the service processor, which resides in a slot in the computer system; and responsive to the computer system receiving standby power and prior to the service processor loading system firmware into system memory, which is included in the computer system: retrieving, by the service processor, first stored information for the service processor from a first memory in the service processor; retrieving, by the service processor, second stored information for the service processor from a second memory in the computer system; and comparing, by the service processor, the first stored information with the second stored information to form a comparison as to whether the service processor was previously connected to the computer system and to determine whether the service processor was a last service processor to fully communicate with the system firmware, wherein the service processor has current setting information if the service processor was previously connected to the computer system and was the last service processor to fully communicate with the system firmware.