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COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SERVERS IN DATA CENTER

  • US 20130254578A1
  • Filed: 02/19/2013
  • Published: 09/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method being executed by a processor of a computing device electrically connected to a data center, the data center comprising one or more servers, each server comprising a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a power supply device, the BMCs comprising candidate BMCs and peripheral BMCs, the method comprising:

  • (a) updating a peripheral BMC list of each candidate BMC, in response that the candidate BMC receives a data packet from the peripheral BMC;

    (b) determining a master BMC from all of the candidate BMCs;

    (c) controlling the master BMC to send starting instructions to each peripheral BMC at a specified time interval, according to a preset start sequence; and

    (d) powering on the power supply devices corresponding to a present master BMC and the candidate BMCs after all of the power supply devices corresponding to the peripheral BMCs have been powered on.

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