Management of headless hardware in data center

The invention provides a data center controller that maintains operation of at least one of its constituent headless hardware devices. An example of a headless hardware device may be server, or a server blade. The data center controller identifies that a particular headless hardware device has an unmanaged state, which means the headless hardware device is non-bootable without further code. In response, the data center controller decides which of one or more operational supplements are to be installed on the headless hardware device. The one or more operational supplements are sufficient at least to transition the headless hardware device from an unmanaged state to a managed state, thus allowing the headless hardware device to complete the boot process. The operational supplement(s) might include a management interface through which the data center controller might provide further management instructions to the headless hardware device. 维持其组分无头硬件设备中的至少个的操作的数据中心控制器。无头硬件设备的个示例可以是服务器，或服务器刀片。数据中心控制器标识特定无头硬件设备具有非受