1. In a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy device associated with a computer system, a method for providing system management, comprising: receiving, by the SIP proxy device and in a SIP format, a system management command from a management device, the management device configured to manage a system component of the computer system; confirming, by the SIP proxy device, an association between the management device and the system component of the computer system; and in response to confirming the association between the management device and the system component of the computer system, providing, by the SIP proxy device, a system management response to the management device in the SIP format; wherein receiving the system management command from the management device comprises receiving, by a first SIP proxy device and in the SIP format, the system management command from a management device and further comprising: detecting, by the first SIP proxy device, a correspondence between the system management command and a second SIP proxy device disposed in electrical communication with the first SIP proxy device, the second SIP proxy device being arranged hierarchically beneath the first SIP proxy device; transmitting, by the first SIP proxy device and in the SIP format, the system management command to the second SIP proxy device; receiving, by the first SIP proxy device and in the SIP format, the system management response from the second SIP proxy device; and transmitting, by the first SIP proxy device and in the SIP format, the system management response to the management device.