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MANAGING INVENTORY DATA FOR COMPONENTS OF A SERVER SYSTEM

  • US 20130013759A1
  • Filed: 07/07/2011
  • Published: 01/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a global management controller configured to perform an operation for managing vital product data (VPD) associated with a plurality of components, each component configured to provide the associated VPD responsive to a request; and

    a plurality of local management controllers operatively connected to the global management controller, each local management controller configured to manage a respective subset of the plurality of components;

    wherein the operation comprises;

    receiving, from a first local management controller of the plurality of local management controllers;

    (i) VPD of a first component in the subset managed by the first local management controller and (ii) a first checksum generated based on the VPD of the first component;

    storing the VPD and the first checksum of the first component;

    receiving, from the first local management controller, an indication that the VPD has changed, wherein the indication specifies a second checksum generated based on the changed VPD of the first component; and

    responsive to the indication, determining whether the stored VPD is up-to-date by comparing the second checksum with the stored checksum.

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