CN100541444C - The management system of multiple main board system - Google Patents

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CN100541444C
CN100541444C CNB2007100962957A CN200710096295A CN100541444C CN 100541444 C CN100541444 C CN 100541444C CN B2007100962957 A CNB2007100962957 A CN B2007100962957A CN 200710096295 A CN200710096295 A CN 200710096295A CN 100541444 C CN100541444 C CN 100541444C
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The present invention has disclosed a kind of management system, main board system more than supervision and the some system boards of control tool.Management system inclusion region card is in order to optionally to be substituted on the system board control card based on baseboard management controller.Town Card mainly comprises general input-output unit (GPIO device) and basic logic device.Central management module also is used for management system, sees through management bus and control card or Town Card to monitor and the control system mainboard.Town Card simultaneously, provides customized surveillance coverage according to from the state signal on the command signal surveillance mainboard of central management module.Therefore, Town Card can promote elasticity that management system carries out, reduce needed cost of numerous control cards and maintenance support based on baseboard management controller.

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The management system of multiple main board system
Technical field
The present invention is a kind of about the management system in the computer system, particularly is applied in the management system on the multiple main board system with a plurality of system boards.
Background technology
To the nonidentity operation system, such as: cluster system, symmetrical expression multiprocessing system (SMP system, Symmetric Multi-Processing system), storage server (storage server) and the network equipment etc., install in a single-rack (rack) or body (chassis) that mainboard management system (multi-mainboardsystem) is a typical entity framework more than several mainboards (mainboards) or the motherboard (mother boards).In these systems, each mainboard is regarded as same independently computing machine.Be each mainboard in the management system, a regional baseboard management controller (BMC, BaseboardManagement Controller) is used in the system, to manage as district management or mainboard level (board-level).Another managerial class in system if having, will be a central management module; It sees through regional baseboard management controller and manages all mainboards, and controls the function of some systemic hierarchial (system-level) or body level (chassis-level).
The 1st figure shows the exemplary embodiments of multiple main board system in the prior art.Cluster system 100 comprises five mainboards, and running is a host node 110 (head node) and four compute node 120 (computenodes) respectively.Each compute node 120 has the regional baseboard management controller 121 of a special use to monitor and to control execution and some operating states of its assembly, for example: temperature, voltage, fan speed, power supply supply situation, bus error, system hardware safety or the like.Usually, these states that are monitored are collected and are seen through a management bus 130 by regional baseboard management controller 121 and are sent to the central management module 111 that is arranged on the host node 110.In certain embodiment, central management module 111 comprises a central substrate Management Controller (not shown) to manage all regional baseboard management controllers 121.
Outside the division operation node 120, the functional module of some systemic hierarchial, for example: power supply module 140, system fan module 150 and other functional module 160, also manage by central management module 111.Each functional module may comprise a controller that is connected to management bus 130, to reach administrative purposes; For example: power supply module 140 has power supply provisioning controller 141 and several power-supply units 142 (PSUs, powersupply units), is directly managed by central management module 111.
Yet, consider design and economic problems closely, in multiple main board system, the regional baseboard management controller that a special use is provided on each mainboard is not always necessary; Particularly in the low order system.All system boards all have the management system of regional baseboard management controller, and not only cost is expensive but also lack customized elasticity.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the invention provides a management system to solve aforementioned most problem.The application of Town Card can promote management system to carry out last elasticity, reduce based on numerous control cards of baseboard management controller required cost and maintenance support.
Disclose a kind of management system at one of the present invention embodiment, in order to monitor and at least one system board of management.This management system comprises management bus, central management module, and Town Card (local card) or based on the control card (BMC-based management card) of baseboard management controller.Central management module sees through management bus and sends some command signals to system board, and sees through the some state signals of system bus reception from system board.Town Card or control card are selected a ground and are provided with on the system board, have an identical management interface respectively with connected system mainboard and management bus.
Wherein, Town Card can see through management interface and be set on the system board, and see through management bus control/supervision in order to select the control card of ground replacement based on baseboard management controller in addition; Wherein Town Card comprises general input and output (GPIO, General Purpose Input/Output) device and basic logic device (basiclogic).General input-output unit provides some general input and output pins, to see through management interface reception/transmission order/state signal between basic logic device and management bus.Basic logic device processing command/state signal also sees through management interface and is transmitted between general input-output unit and the system board.The basic logic device of Town Card comprises command decoder, state/event monitor, control circuit and multiplexer.The some command signals of command decoder decipher reach from one of management bus and select signal.State or event monitor see through the some state/event signals of management interface reception from system board.The command signal of control circuit after according to decipher produces controlling signal (control signal) and state of a control signal (control-status signal); Wherein controlling signal is transferred into system board.Multiplexer receives state of a control signal and state signal, and is sent to general input-output unit according to the selection signal selectivity after the decipher.
In addition, central management module sees through management bus and transmits some command signals to system board, and sees through the some state/event signals of management bus reception from system board; Wherein central management module comprises the control card based on baseboard management controller, in order to transmit command signal and accepting state signal; Wherein central management module more comprises central general input-output unit and central logic device.The general input-output unit of central authorities provides some general input and output pins, with reception/transmission order/state signal between control card and central logic device.Central logic device processing command/state signal also is transmitted between central general input-output unit and the management bus.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of typical management system in the routine techniques.
Fig. 2 is one of the present invention's management system embodiment.
Fig. 3 A is another embodiment of the present invention's management system.
Fig. 3 B is the present invention's synoptic diagram of part about the management path on Town Card
Fig. 3 C is the thin portion synoptic diagram of another embodiment of Town Card of the present invention
Fig. 4 A is the synoptic diagram of another embodiment of the present invention's management system.
Fig. 4 B is the thin portion synoptic diagram of the embodiment of the present invention's central management module.
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Basically, the special management system that the invention provides that in the following example, is disclosed, it mainly comprises " Town Card " and reaches " control card ", as the alternative that is compatible with the identical management interface on each system board.One or more control cards on the system board are optionally substituted by Town Card, so that minimum management function and ability that some is customized to be provided.In a desirable embodiment, using promptly is enough to the whole multiple main board system of telemanagement based on one of baseboard management controller (BMC-based) central management module and one or more Town Card.Perhaps, some control card still can remain on some system board, so that complete management function to be provided.In the present invention, the device meaning based on baseboard management controller is that this device is provided with a baseboard management controller; No matter be to be set at (on-board) or card last (on-card) on the plate.
See also the 2nd figure, a kind of multiple main board system 200 as knife edge system, cluster system or symmetrical expression multiprocessing system in, management system mainly comprises central management module 211 and the several regions card 221 that is arranged at respectively on several system boards 210 and 220.System board 210 runnings are " host node ", and system board 220 runnings are managed by host node for " compute node ".Central management module 211 and these Town Cards 221 see through management bus 230 links with exchange message.
In the present invention, the system board running is one " operator system (computing sub-system) ".Usually seeing through one or more CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) and the Installed System Memory (all not showing among the figure) that system bus connected is necessary for system board.Promptly in one of the present invention embodiment, system board can be implemented as a CPU (central processing unit) card/plate (CPU card/board).For example, a high performance computing system (HPC, High Performance Calculating) may comprise several CPU (central processing unit) plates and operate as system board as supercomputer; Other common system component may be scattered in different printing circuit board (PCB, Printed Circuit Board), for example: backboard (backplane) or feature board/card (functionboards/cards).System board can be a typical motherboard in certain embodiment of the present invention, it has the system component of deciding on implementing usually, for example: north bridge or South Bridge chip (or system chipset), one or several basic input/outputs (BIOS, or in be built in the start map of memory storage), i/o controller (for example super i/o controller, Super I/O controller), and as the input/output bus/connector of the usefulness of connection.
Central management module 211 sees through management bus 230 and transmits some command signals to system board 220 and functional module 240, and sees through some state signals that management bus 230 receives from system board 220 and functional module 240.Central management module 211 comprises a central substrate Management Controller (not shown) basically, it can be embodied as one at plate (on-board) remote controllers, or (for example: servo management subcard at the telemanagement card, SMDC, Server Management Daughter Card) goes up the remote control unit of running.In the present invention, centre baseboard management controller supervision/control is through the assembly property of the system board of design among the central management module 211, and different thereon operating states, for example: temperature, voltage, fan speed, power supply supply status, bus error and system hardware safety or the like.See through management bus 230 and Town Card 221, central management module 211 can monitor/control system mainboard 220.System board 210 itself reaches some systemic hierarchial or body level functional module 240, and for example power supply unit 140, system fan module 150 or the like also can be by central management module 211 supervision/controls.In a word, manage all system board 210,220 and functional modules 240 in multiple main board system 200 based on the central management module 211 of baseboard management controller.
In addition, for ease of the outer telemanagement of multiple main board system 200 bodies, the centre baseboard management controller can see through telemanagement link (not shown) and be connected in a telemanagement main frame (not shown) among the central management module 211.This telemanagement link can be compatible with IPMI (Intelligent Platform ManagementInterface, IPMI) specification, for example see through that system's input/output bus, network interface connect (network interface controller/connector/bus), serial port (Serial Port) connects or even the communication link of System Management Bus (SMBus, System Management Bus).
Management bus 230 can be in the present embodiment various have with System Management Bus/internal integrate circuit bus (I2C Bus, Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus) bus of same hardware level framework, for example: System Management Bus/internal integrate circuit bus itself, Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB, Intelligent Platform Management Bus) or even be intelligent body management bus (ICMB, Intelligent Chassis Management Bus).Management bus transmits command signal and state signal between central management module and Town Card (or following control card) under IPMI in the present invention.Usually management bus can be electrically connected and be realized by link mutually (for example backboard/middle plate/side plate) of communication lead between central management module and Town Card (or control card) and/or printed circuit board (PCB) kenel.
Town Card 221 mainly sends from the state signal of system board 220 and receives command signal from central management module 211.Basically Town Card 221 need a cassette interface (not shown) with system board 220 and management bus 230 communications.Other circuit region card 221 also is necessary so that activation basis card function, reception/send from or be sent to the order or the state signal of system board 220 or management bus 230.
See also 3A figure, be one of the present invention embodiment.Management system 300 comprises all through one of Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) connection control card 310 and several Town Cards 330.
Control card 310 is carried out main management function for based on baseboard management controller as same central management module (not shown).Control card 310 can insert in any system board 320 or a backboard/middle plate (mid-plane)/side plate (side-plane) or the last slot based on IPMI of switch boards (switch-board) of position in multiple main board system.In addition, control card 310 can connect a remote supervision module (not shown) with Long-distance Control.
The control card (not shown) that Town Card 330 substitutes in whole system boards 220, each Town Card 330 has a basic logic device 340, general input-output unit 350 and management interface 360.In the present invention, Town Card and the quilt control card of displacement have the replacement of identical management interface with compatibility.Management interface 360 is one to be compatible with the cassette interface of IPMI specification, but and the slot (not shown) on the insertion system mainboard 320 based on IPMI.Generally speaking, management interface 360 can use following open platform management framework (OPMA, Open Platform Management Architecture) specification (is defined by US business's ultra micro company, defined by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) or advance rank management interface (ASMI, Advanced System Management Interface) specification (by US business Intel Company definition) and realized.
General input-output unit 350 some GPIO (general input and output) pin is to see through management interface 360 at logic device 340 and management bus (Intelligent Platform Management Bus 315) reception/transmission order/state signal.Common general input and output expander (GPIO expander) often is used to reach this purpose; Certain controller with general input and output pin (GPIO pin) of not utilization also is used to reach this purpose.See through management interface 360 and Intelligent Platform Management Bus 315, general input-output unit 350 can be connected in control card 310 to receive and to transmit command signal to basic logic device 340.Relative, general input-output unit 350 also receives from basic logic device 340 state signals, and is sent to control card 310 through management interface 360, Intelligent Platform Management Bus 315.
Basic logic device 340 processing commands/state signal, and see through management interface 360 and between general input-output unit 350 and system board 320, transmit.The 340 main deciphers of basic logic device are from the command signal of control card 310, and see through management interface 360 and produce and transmit rigid line control output (hardwired controloutput) to system board 320.Rigid line control output comprises the purpose of controlling signal in order to the purpose that reaches state LED (statusLED) control, power supply/replacement control, interrupt control or the like.In addition, basic logic device 340 receives the rigid line state input (hardwired control input) from system board 320, and is sent to control card 310 through general input-output unit 350, management interface 360, Intelligent Platform Management Bus 315.The input of rigid line state can comprise the different conditions signal from the monitoring circuit on the system board 320, inductor or the like.
Again, the one or more district management buses on system board 320 or Intelligent Platform Management Bus 315 (management bus) 321 see through management interface 360 connections of Town Card 330.Town Card 330 more comprises a management path 331, comprises several electronics cablings (electroic traces) with connection management bus (Intelligent Platform Management Bus 315) and district management bus 321.Therefore, central management module or control card 310 can see through district management bus 321 and directly receive state signal from monitoring arrangement 322 with supervision.Same, control card 310 can directly transmit command signal with control monitoring arrangement 322.In an embodiment, district management bus 321 is to be compatible with IPMI or System Management Bus/internal integrate circuit bus, can be certain monitor, internal memory or the like by the monitoring arrangement 322 of management bus 321 controls.
In 3B figure, disclosing a part is the management interface on basis with OPMA (Open Platform ManagementArchitecture, open platform management framework).As be defined in 1.1 revised editions (" Open Platform Management Architecture Specification rev.1.1 " of OPMA specifications, the OPMA specifications of US business AMD) in, Town Card 330 uses the 200OPMA pin as management interface 360.Odd number pin 31-67 is defined as System Management Bus (SMBus)/internal integrated circuit (I2C) interface.Assign according to the pin in the OPMA specifications, pin 65 (MCARD_I2C_SHARED_SCL) and pin (MCARD_I2C_SHARED_SDA) can be used to connect the management bus (not shown) based on IPMI; Pin 39 (MCARD_I2C_PRIVATE0_SCL), 41 (MCARD_I2C_PRIVATE0_SDA), 59 (MCARD_I2C_PRIVATE1_SCL) and 61 (MCARD_I2C_PRIVATE1_SDA) are connected to based on the district management bus of IPMI or based on the district management bus of System Management Bus/internal integrated circuit.Usually pin 39/41 (or pin 59/61) and pin 65/67 can see through the direct connection of electronics cabling to form a simple management path (not shown).In 3B figure, management path (not indicating) further comprises a System Management Bus hub 338 (SMBus hub), to change as the multiple signals between electronics cabling 322-337.Pin 39/41 and 59/61 sees through electronics cabling 332/333 and 334/335 and is connected to System Management Bus hub 338; Pin 65/67 also sees through electronics cabling 336/337 and is connected to System Management Bus hub 338.Therefore, the management path is easier to and pin 39/41 or pin 59/61 communication pin 65/67, and sets up a link between management bus and district management bus.
3C figure discloses a kind of embodiment of the present invention's Town Card.The basic logic device 340 of Town Card 330 comprises a command decoder 341, some control circuits 342, a multiplexer (multiplexer) 343 and some Status Monitors 344.
Command decoder 341 decipher command signals reach originally to transmit from one of central management module selects signal.Originally these command signals and selection signal transmit by central management module or distance host (all not showing among the figure).Command signal after the decipher is sent to control circuit 342 to produce the rigid line control output (hardwired control output) of the some controlling signal of tool.Selection signal after the decipher is sent to multiplexer 343.
Status Monitor 344 receives the rigid line state input (hardwiredcontrol input) from the system board (not shown), to monitor the system state of appointment, for example: power supply status, button state or the like.In fact Status Monitor 344 also provides customized ability to monitor any particular state.Basic logic device 340 also can comprise the event monitor (not shown).Basic logic device 340 may there is no and comprise extra customized state/event monitor (not shown); The position that can select will be positioned on Town Card 330 or the system board 320.But a complexity program logic device (CPLD, Complex Programmable Logic Device) can be used as Status Monitor and/or even the usefulness of event monitor.State/event monitor can be realized by several flip-flops (flip-flops) and logic lock (logic gates).
Multiplexer 343 receives from the state signal of Status Monitor 344 and from the state of a control signal of control circuit 342, and subsequently according to being sent to general input-output unit 350 from the selection signal selectivity after command decoder 341 deciphers.
About actual embodiment, carry out if central management module is implemented as a separate printed circuit boards (PCB) (mutually web or insert card), need as design that Town Card is similar with the difference on the minimizing firmware.Simultaneously, a control card can be in order to carry out the Core Feature of central management module.
See also 4A figure, a multiple main board system 400 comprises through system interface and all is arranged at one of (each partly all is labeled as grey) central management module 410, a system board 420 (host node), several system board 440 (compute node) and several functional modules 450 on the backboard 460.
Central management module 410 and system board 420 be use and management card 411,421 respectively.Opposite, the control card on system board 440 (being removed) is then replaced by Town Card 441.Each system board 420,440 has the identical slot (not shown) based on IPMI, for the usefulness of control card 421 or Town Card 441; Prerequisite is that each control card and Town Card have the management interface (not shown) as cassette interface.Central management module 410 sees through management bus 430 connection management cards 421 and Town Card 441.
For reaching minimum firmware difference in central management module 410 and 441 of Town Cards, the two all must possess similar hardware structure.Town Card 441 can use design as described above; Yet central management module 410 needs to do some modification.
See also 4B figure, as an insertion card architecture, central management module 410 has a system interface 421 and inserts on the backboard 460 (4A figure) of multiple main board system 400.Central management module 410 also comprises a control card 411, one a central general input-output unit and a central logic device 414.System interface 421 can be the card-plate (card-board) of any pattern/specification or the binding mutually between plate-plate (board-board).On reality is implemented, central management module 410 can be set to be positioned at backboard 460 in plate (on-board) module.So, system interface 412 is promptly inessential for central management module 410.
Insert on the central management module 410, based on the control card 411 of baseboard management controller, be in order to carrying out internal control/supervisions, and the management function that the outside is provided is to a distance host (not shown).Control card 411 can directly see through at card (on-card) path (electronics cabling or circuit) and system interface 412, or is connected in management bus 430 through central general input-output unit 413, central logic device 414 and system interface 412 indirectly.Therefore, control card 411 has the ability to transmit control card 421, Town Card 441 and the functional module 450 of order/controlling signal to the 4A figure.Simultaneously, can be transferred into the control card 411 of central management module 410 from the state signal of system board 420,440 and functional module 450.
The general input-output unit 413 of central authorities is connected in 414 of control card 411 and central logic devices, and some general input and output pins (GPIO pin) are provided, to allow most input signals and limited output signal.Common one general input and output (GPIO) expanders (expander) often are used to reach this purpose; Some controller with GPIO pin of not utilization also can be utilized.The general input-output unit of the Town Card that general input-output unit 413 is disclosed with previous embodiment basically has same design and function.
The 414 main deciphers of central logic device see through system interface 412 then and produce and transmit controlling signal to system board 420,440 and/or functional module 450 from the command signal of control card 411.Again, 414 receptions of central logic device are from the state signal of the system board on the backboard 460 420,440 and functional module 450 or other device.Central logic device 414 can comprise the assembly of similar necessity, for example the basic logic device of the Town Card that previous embodiment disclosed.For instance, central logic device 414 can comprise a command decoder, some control circuits and a multiplexer (all not showing among the figure).Some customized states/event monitor (not shown) can select to be used for the central logic device 414 or the control card 411 of central management module 410.
Except that system interface 412, central management module 410 can comprise other cassette (card-type) interface or even the lead (cables) that is used for various objectives.For example: control card 411 can be connected in a telemanagement link 470 with the communication of telemanagement main frame (not shown).But also connection control system level or body level function, for example state LED (status-LED) control or button state (button-status) supervision of control card 411 in addition.
In a word, central management module is based on baseboard management controller, can comprise one thereon at a base board Management Controller or a control card based on baseboard management controller, to transmit command signal and accepting state signal.Central management module can further comprise a central general input-output unit and a central logic device.The general input-output unit of central authorities provides some general input and output pins, with reception/transmission order/state signal between control card and logic device; Central logic device processing command/state signal also transmits between general input-output unit of central authorities and management bus.Cassette (card-type) or board-like (board-type) central management module can further comprise a system interface to connect the management bus of other mutual web.
Thin portion combination about the central logic device can comprise following assembly: a command decoder, in order to the decipher command signal and originally transmit from one of control card of central management module and select signal; State/event monitor is in order to see through the state signal of management bus and Town Card reception from system board; Control circuit produces at least one controlling signal and at least one state of a control signal in order to the command signal after the foundation decipher, and controlling signal sees through management bus and Town Card is sent to system board; And multiplexer, in order to receiving state of a control signal and state signal, and optionally be sent to general input-output unit according to the selection signal after the decipher.
Though technology contents of the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment, so it is not in order to limiting the present invention, anyly has the knack of this skill person, does a little change and retouching in the spirit that does not break away from the present invention, all should be covered by in the present invention's the category.

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1. management system in order to monitor and at least one system board of control, comprises:
One management bus;
One central management module sees through this management bus and transmits some command signals to this system board, and sees through the some state signals of this management bus reception from this system board; And
One Town Card, it is arranged on this system board, and this Town Card has a management interface in order to be connected in this system board and this management bus; Wherein, this Town Card comprises a general input and output GPIO device and a basic logic device, this general input-output unit provides some general input and output pins, to see through this management interface this some orders/state signal of reception/transmission between this basic logic device and this management bus, this basic logic device is handled this some orders/state signal and is seen through this management interface and is transmitted between this general input-output unit and this system board.
2. management system according to claim 1 is characterized in that this management interface system is compatible with the specification of IPMI IPMI, open platform management framework OPMA or high order system management interface ASMI.
3. management system according to claim 1 is characterized in that this basic logic device comprises:
One command decoder is in order to this command signal of decipher and originally transmit from one of this central management module and select signal;
At least one Status Monitor or event monitor see through the state signal of this management interface reception from this system board;
At least one control circuit produces at least one controlling signal and at least one state of a control signal in order to this command signal after the foundation decipher, and this controlling signal is transferred into this system board; And
One multiplexer receives this state of a control signal and this state signal, and optionally is sent to this general input-output unit according to this selection signal after the decipher.
4. as the management system as described in the claim 3, it is characterized in that this Town Card more comprises a management path, connect one of this system board district management bus and this management bus in order to see through this management interface, use at least one monitoring arrangement that directly is controlled on this system board.
5. management system according to claim 1, wherein this central management module is for based on baseboard management controller.
6. management system according to claim 1 is characterized in that this central management module comprises based on one of baseboard management controller control card, in order to transmit this command signal and to receive this state signal.
7. management system in order to monitor and at least one system board of control, comprises:
One management bus;
One central management module sees through this management bus and transmits some command signals to this system board, and sees through the some state signals of this management bus reception from this system board; And
One Town Card, it is arranged on this system board, this Town Card has a management interface in order to be connected in this system board and this management bus, this Town Card comprises a general input-output unit and a basic logic device, this general input-output unit provides some general input and output pins, to see through this management interface this some orders/state signal of reception/transmission between this basic logic device and this management bus, this basic logic device is handled this some orders/state signal and is seen through this management interface and is transmitted between this general input-output unit and this system board;
Wherein, this central management module comprises based on one of baseboard management controller control card, in order to transmit this command signal and to receive this state signal, this central management module more comprises a central general input-output unit and a central logic device, the general input-output unit of these central authorities provides some general input and output pins, with this some orders/state signal of reception/transmission between this control card and this central logic device, this central logic device is handled this some orders/state signal and is transmitted between the general input-output unit of these central authorities and this management bus.
8. as the management system as described in the claim 7, it is characterized in that this central logic device comprises:
One command decoder is in order to this command signal of decipher and originally transmit from one of this control card of this central management module and select signal;
At least one Status Monitor or event monitor see through this management bus and this Town Card reception this state signal from this system board;
At least one control circuit produces at least one controlling signal and at least one state of a control signal according to this command signal after the decipher, and this controlling signal sees through this management bus and this Town Card is transferred into this system board; And
One multiplexer receives this state of a control signal and this state signal, and optionally is sent to the general input-output unit of these central authorities according to this selection signal after the decipher.
9. as the management system as described in the claim 7, it is characterized in that this central management module more comprises a system interface, in order to connect this management bus.
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