CN1315078C - A method for acquiring BIOS information through remote configuration - Google Patents
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The present invention discloses a method for remotely configuring and obtaining the information of a basic input-output system (BIOS), which comprises: a client writes the IP address of a control end into the storage area of a network card, and the control end sends control commands to the network card at the client; a control command belonging to ASF is obtained by filtration with the network card at the client, and is forwarded to the control chip of the network card, which judges the received command; a BIOS command is stored in a fixed storage area according to a certain format; when the BIOS of the client starts, the BIOS obtains the BIOS configuration command from the fixed storage area; according to the fixed format of the BIOS, the needed BIOS information is sent to the control chip of the network card, which secondarily processes the received BIOS information packages the received BIOS information into an alarm packet, and sends the alarm packet to the control end. The present invention realizes the remote configuration of the BIOS, enables a system administrator to remotely help a user of the client set the BIOS, and reduces the workload of the administrator so as to enhance work efficiency.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the computer network management technology, particularly relate to a kind of method of obtaining Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS) information by Remote configuration.
Background technology
Along with the continuous development of computer industry, the application of computing machine in enterprise popularized gradually, can be for some more deep computer literacy, and general computer user can fully understand, as: BIOS is set and to the processing of computer corruption.When going wrong, the network manager will beat up and down usually between each terminal user, has so both wasted the very big energy of keeper, has reduced system manager's efficient again.So, more and more stronger to the needs that computing machine is managed concentratedly.
Network centralized management scheme based on software comes across the nineties, and it is guaranteeing that the user occupies under the prerequisite of sufficient system time, and network management personnel's dream is progressively come true.These solutions help network management personnel's remote access computer system, regularly obtain system operation situation and assets inventory.Management system realizes being rejected to the function that complex failure is debugged these types from asset management, system maintenance, problem.
Use above-mentioned management tool, IT department of enterprise should reduce the number of times of visit remote system, reduces technical support personnel's the expense and the total cost of ownership of system.Yet, the superiority of these management tools does not find full expression, where the shoe pinches is that the solution based on software can not be provided under the system hibernates state and do not have telemanagement under the operation system state, for example: system hibernates, off-mode, operating system suspends, system start-up.
Can't move in operating system or application software, or during fluctuation of service---this also just the IT managerial personnel be badly in need of diagnosing and when repairing by the remote access system ability.Yet this moment, the telemanagement scheme but is difficult to the remote access capability that provides required.Measured ASF (Alert StandardFormat alert standard format) standard has been filled up the blank of remote alarms and controlling mechanism, and it is applicable to notebook computer, desktop computer, workstation or server.' transmission ' (warning) of ASF technology and ' reception ' (Long-distance Control) function all are based on hardware, rely on the system scheme of network.This makes it really have the independence of CPU and operating system, is provided to the more stable connection of control desk.
But in the ASF standard, it has only stipulated network interface card and BIOS by client, realizes long-range boot sequence and long-range reception BIOS information and the POST warning information that computing machine is set, and does not have according to actual conditions, is provided with at BIOS and stipulates.To the configuration management of BIOS with to obtain BIOS information then be that most of keeper is needed.Particularly, need the system manager to be configured to client in person, increased keeper's workload, influenced work efficiency the configuration of BIOS.
Do not retrieve as yet at present about to the administration extensions of BIOS and the document of realization.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is based on the expansion to the ASF standard, a kind of method of obtaining Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (BIOS) information by Remote configuration has been proposed, can can carry out the setting of BIOS by the long-range user who helps client by the system manager, and can carry out the setting of BIOS simultaneously to many machines.
The present invention obtains the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, operates in the network system, and described system comprises control end and client, and both link to each other by Ethernet, comprise the steps:
Step 1: client drives and operates in the client software of operating system by the network interface card on the operating system layer, and the IP address of control end is write in the memory block of network interface card;
Step 2: control end sends to control command the network interface card of client by the monitoring host-host protocol;
Step 3: the network interface card of client filters out the control command that belongs to ASF, and this control command is changeed
To the control chip on the network interface card;
Step 4: control chip is judged the order that receives, and for the BIOS order, then stores fixing storage area into according to certain form;
Step 5: when the customer end B ios boot, BIOS obtains the BIOS configuration order from fixing storage area; BIOS is according to set form, and the BIOS information of needs is sent on the control chip of network interface card, and control chip carries out secondary treating with the BIOS information of receiving, is packaged into the alarm bag that meets monitoring host-host protocol regulation, will alarm to wrap sending to control end.
Aforesaidly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, the control command of described step 2 comprises control command intrinsic in the ASF standard, to the configuration order of BIOS, and user-defined configuration order.
Aforesaidly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, the fixing storage area of described step 4 comprises the EEPROM of network interface card and the ACPI of BIOS.
Aforesaidly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information, in the described step 5,, then carry out normal BIOS and start if from fixing storage area, do not obtain the BIOS configuration order by Remote configuration.
The aforesaid method of obtaining basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, described step 5 specifically comprises: according to the configuration of control chip on the definition of ASF and the network interface card, BIOS sends to POST procedural information and POST warning information on the control chip on the network interface card by SMBus.
Aforesaidly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, in the described step 5, be the IP address according to the control end that is write down in the memory block, and the alarm bag is sent to control end.
Aforesaidly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, also comprise: control end is according to the information that gets access to, and analyzes and puts in order to user's output and show.
The present invention has realized Remote configuration BIOS, particularly the user in client is unfamiliar with under the situation of BIOS setting, can can carry out the setting of BIOS by the long-range user who helps client by the system manager, and can carry out the setting of BIOS simultaneously to many machines, so just significantly reduce keeper's workload, improved work efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is the network system synoptic diagram of operation the method for the invention;
Fig. 2 is the basic controlling flow process figure of the method for the invention;
Fig. 3 is the process flow diagram that BIOS starts work in the method for the invention.
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The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment.
Referring to Fig. 1, the method for the invention may operate in the network system, and described system comprises control end and client, and both link to each other by Ethernet.Wherein:
Client operates on the monitored computing machine, and its hardware device that realization relied on has: network interface card, be positioned at control chip, EEPROM, the BIOS of network interface card, ACPI on the network interface card.Its software that realization relied on has: network interface card drives, operates in the client software Agent SW of operating system.Control end operates on the long-range monitoring equipment, by sending order to client, realizes the management to customer end B IOS, can obtain POST warning information and the BIOS information that client is sent simultaneously.It realizes final human-computer interaction interface.The present invention is specifically related to the computing machine of monitoring client Long-distance Control client, by the control chip on the network interface card on the client computer, control command is directly sent to BIOS, just to some basic configuration commands of BIOS, it comprises these control commands: basic parameter setting, disc driver setting, keyboard setting, storer setting, Cache setting, ROM SHADOW setting, security set, bus cycles parameter setting, Power Management Setup, system state are scouted setting, integrated interface setting and some other parameter setting.When computer starting, BIOS sends to the control chip of network interface card with BIOS information and POST warning information, and the control chip of network interface card turns back to control end with these information.The keeper just can obtain BIOS information like this.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of the method for the invention.Specifically be described as follows in conjunction with Fig. 2:
Client drives and operates in the client software Agent SW of operating system by the network interface card on the operating system layer, the IP address of control end is write among the EEPROM of network interface card.
Control end sends to control command the network interface card of client by the monitoring host-host protocol.Wherein control command comprises control command intrinsic in the ASF standard, the configuration order of having expanded with the present invention to BIOS, these configuration orders comprise: basic parameter setting, disc driver setting, keyboard setting, storer setting, Cache setting, ROM SHADOW setting, security set, bus cycles parameter setting, Power Management Setup, system state are scouted setting, integrated interface setting and some other parameter setting, also comprise user-defined configuration order in these configuration orders, as: when BIOS starts, send which BIOS information to control end.
The network interface card of client if find it is the control command of ASF, is so just passed to this control command the control chip on the network interface card by filtering.
Control chip on the network interface card is resolved the order of receiving.Below can carry out two kinds of implementations:
The first, the control chip on the network interface card judge the order that receives, if the listed BIOS order of the present invention, then these orders stored on the EEPROM on the network interface card according to certain form.When the customer end B ios boot, at first shake hands by the control chip on SMBus and the network interface card, if find that new configuration order is arranged, then carry out these configuration orders, if not then carry out normal start-up course.If contain the order that oriented control end sends BIOS information in the above-mentioned configuration order, then BIOS is according to set form, and the BIOS information of needs is sent on the control chip of network interface card by SMBus.Continue to carry out normal BIOS start-up course then.
It two is that the control chip on the network interface card is judged the order that receives, if the listed BIOS order of the present invention is then stored these orders in the ACPI table into according to certain form.When the customer end B ios boot, at first judging to have from ACPI table does not have new configuration order, if find that new configuration order is arranged, then carries out these configuration orders, if not then carry out normal start-up course.
Fig. 3 is the flow process that BIOS starts work in the method for the invention, and in conjunction with Fig. 3, in the start-up course of BIOS, according to the definition of ASF, BIOS will send to POST procedural information and POST warning information on the control chip on the network interface card by SMBus.
Control chip on the network interface card carries out secondary treating to BIOS information, POST procedural information and the POST warning information of receiving, be packaged into the alarm bag that meets monitoring host-host protocol regulation, the IP address of the control end of being noted down according to EEPROM or ACPI table will alarm to wrap sending to control end.
Control end is analyzed and is put in order according to the information that gets access to, and shows in the monitoring interface of control end.
It should be noted last that: above embodiment is the unrestricted technical scheme of the present invention in order to explanation only, although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to the foregoing description, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: still can make amendment or be equal to replacement the present invention, and not breaking away from any modification or partial replacement of the spirit and scope of the present invention, it all should be encompassed in the middle of the claim scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind ofly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, operate in the network system, described system comprises control end and client, and both link to each other by Ethernet, it is characterized in that, comprise the steps:
Step 1: client drives and operates in the client software of operating system by the network interface card on the operating system layer, and the IP address of control end is write in the memory block of network interface card;
Step 2: control end sends to control command the network interface card of client by the monitoring host-host protocol;
Step 3: the network interface card of client filters out the control command that belongs to ASF, and this control command is given to control chip on the network interface card;
Step 4: control chip is judged the order that receives, and for the BIOS order, then stores fixing storage area into according to certain form;
Step 5: when the customer end B ios boot, BIOS obtains the BIOS configuration order from fixing storage area; Then BIOS is according to set form, and the BIOS information of needs is sent on the control chip of network interface card, and control chip carries out secondary treating with the BIOS information of receiving, is packaged into the alarm bag that meets monitoring host-host protocol regulation, will alarm to wrap sending to control end.
2, the method for obtaining basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the control command of described step 2 comprises control command intrinsic in the ASF standard, to the configuration order of BIOS, and user-defined configuration order.
3, according to claim 1ly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, it is characterized in that: the fixing storage area of described step 4 comprises the EEPROM of network interface card and the ACPI of BIOS.
4, according to claim 1ly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information, it is characterized in that: in the described step 5,, then carry out normal BIOS and start if from fixing storage area, do not obtain the BIOS configuration order by Remote configuration.
5, the method for obtaining basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described step 5 specifically comprises: according to the configuration of control chip on the definition of ASF and the network interface card, BIOS sends to POST procedural information and POST warning information on the control chip on the network interface card by SMBus.
6, according to claim 1ly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information, it is characterized in that: in the described step 5, be IP address, the alarm bag is sent to control end according to the control end that is write down in the memory block by Remote configuration.
7, according to claim 1ly obtain the method for basic input output systematic information by Remote configuration, it is characterized in that, also comprise: control end is according to the information that gets access to, and analyzes and puts in order to user's output and show.
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