Patent ID: 8370748

Claim:
A method for executing a Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware Command Line Protocol (SMASH CLP) command from a World Wide Web (Web) browser application program, the method comprising: providing a Web server program and a SMASH CLP engine within firmware of a baseboard management controller (BMC) coupled with a system management bus of a host computer; receiving a request to execute a SMASH CLP command from a Web browser application program at the Web server program, wherein the SMASH CLP command is posted to the Web server program; in response to the request, executing the SMASH CLP engine within the firmware to run the SMASH CLP command at the BMC such that the SMASH CLP engine causes the BMC to retrieve, through the system management bus, information regarding the host computer; and returning the retrieved information regarding the host computer in an XML format to the Web browser application program; wherein the firmware comprises a stored web page that is configured to display a graphical user interface for visually constructing the SMASH CLP command when rendered by the Web browser application program.