Patent ID: 8078702

Claim:
A method for detecting a node of a server device, comprising: when a node which performs a boot procedure at a first server slot of a plurality of server slots installed in the service device is detected, obtaining a serial number and a first slot ID (Identification), wherein the serial number has a recognizable feature for identifying the node, and the first slot ID is allocated to the first server slot; determining whether the serial number exists in a first data row of a comparison list, and whether the first data row is correctly corresponding to the first slot ID; and when the first data row is not correctly corresponding to the first slot ID, moving a data address recorded in the first data row to a second data row of the comparison list, wherein the first slot ID is correctly corresponding to the second data row; when the serial number does not exist in the first data row, using the serial number to update a third data row of the comparison list corresponding to the first slot ID, and deleting the data pointed by a data address recorded in the third data row.