CN101937381A - Test method of SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) signal on SAS (Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface) backboard - Google Patents

Test method of SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) signal on SAS (Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface) backboard Download PDF

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CN101937381A
CN101937381A CN 201010270725 CN201010270725A CN101937381A CN 101937381 A CN101937381 A CN 101937381A CN 201010270725 CN201010270725 CN 201010270725 CN 201010270725 A CN201010270725 A CN 201010270725A CN 101937381 A CN101937381 A CN 101937381A
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The invention provides a test method of an SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) signal on an SAS (Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface) backboard. The method comprises the following steps of: accessing an MINI SAS cable in the SAS backboard and a test system; and then carrying out controlling test through a visualized unit. The SAS backboard structurally comprises a data generating and processing unit simulating an SGPIO signal, the visualized unit and an MINI SAS interface. Compared with the prior art, the test method of the SGPIO signal on the SAS backboard has the advantages of reasonable design, simple structure, convenient use, easy maintenance, and the like, greatly simplifies the test flow under the conditions that server and hard disk resources are not occupied, avoids repeatedly plugging a hard disk and repeatedly booting up or shutting down a server in a traditional test mode and realizes the graphic interface of the SGPIO signal test flow.

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The method of testing of SGPIO signal on a kind of SAS backboard
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method of testing of serial I/O SGPIO signal, the method for testing of SGPIO signal on specifically a kind of SAS backboard.
Background technology
SGPIO is the abbreviation of English Serial General Purpose Input/Output, be used for the communication between SAS/SATA control card HBA and the hard disk backboard, HBA obtains the hard disk socket situation on the backboard and sends the hard disk LED condition indicative signal by SGPIO.SGPIO bus and MiniSAS line are placed in the cable, to make things convenient for being connected of HBA and backboard.On the SAS backboard, generally adopt SGPIO signal (by the SFF-8485 agreement) to realize the location of hard disk position, the indication of disk state etc. at present; Parsing to the SFF-8485 agreement is generally realized by the programmable logic device (PLD) that is integrated on the SAS backboard, after programmable logic device (PLD) SFF-8485 agreement is resolved, by LED or LCD display device the state of each hard disk is indicated.Current test for SFF-8485 protocol analysis on the SAS backboard of mass production, the main employing: with the SAS backboard connecting system of hard disk full configuration, after powering on, utilize the system software of SAS card collocation, test the state of each hard disk one by one, this mode has the following disadvantages: the one, and test speed is slow, after all needing system to power on for each SAS backboard, utilize software interface, each hard disk position is tested one by one, bring very big inconvenience for like this volume production of system; The 2nd, with the SAS backboard connecting system of hard disk full configuration, long-term test to all impacting hard disk performance, service time, causes the waste of hard disk resource, simultaneously each hard disk is inserted or extracts backboard, all greatly has influence on testing efficiency with stable; The 3rd, in the early stage of SAS back plate design, whether need debug programmable logic device (PLD) repeatedly correct to the parsing of SFF-8485 agreement, need constantly restart server system, the performance of the server system that participates in debugging is produced greater impact, also cause the unnecessary wasting of resources; Therefore the method for testing that needs SGPIO signal on a kind of new SAS backboard, substitute current efficient lower, cause the test mode of the wasting of resources simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
Technical assignment of the present invention is to solve the deficiencies in the prior art, and the method for testing of SGPIO signal on a kind of SAS backboard is provided.
Technical scheme of the present invention realizes that in the following manner hardware environment comprises: simulation SGPIO signal data takes place and processing unit; Disk state user-defined visual unit; The mini sas interface of standard; Wherein, simulation SGPIO signal data takes place to be responsible for producing the signal form that meets the SFF-8485 agreement that needs with processing unit, simultaneously signal frequency is realized dividing the free conversion and control in cycle, to test the sas backboard to the protocol analysis adaptive faculty in the SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range; Disk state user-defined visual unit is shown in the hard disk imagery on the visual LCD Touch Screen, and by crawl touch to screen, location, the hard disk failure information of hard disk is sent in simulation, and realization is manual or the selection of automatic test pattern, under the manual mode, point touches corresponding hard disk position on the LCD Touch Screen, and gives the indication operation that does well; Under the automatic mode, the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal will be from hard disk sequence number extreme lower position on the SAS backboard, finish hard disk sequence number extreme higher position to the SAS backboard, circulation is sent location, the hard disk failure information of each hard disk that meets SFF-8485 protocol signal form and is given the SAS backboard, the tester only need estimate the situation of flashing and the order of hard disk pilot lamp on the SAS backboard, judges that test sas backboard is to SFF-8485 protocol analysis adaptive faculty;
Its concrete testing procedure is as follows:
1) connect MINI SAS cable, this cable one termination is gone into SAS backboard to be measured, the other end inserts the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal, and SAS backboard to be measured need not to connect hard disk; Simultaneously with the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal, SAS backboard to be measured energising;
2) set test pattern on visualization, test pattern is divided into manual mode and automatic mode: under the manual mode, need one one hard disk positions of touching corresponding demonstration on the visualization, and indication is operated according to state; Under the automatic mode, the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal will be from hard disk sequence number extreme lower position on the SAS backboard, finish hard disk sequence number extreme higher position to the SAS backboard, circulation is sent information such as the location, hard disk failure of each hard disk and is given the SAS backboard, the tester only need estimate the situation of flashing and the order of hard disk pilot lamp on the SAS backboard, can judge that testing SA S backboard is to SFF-8485 protocol analysis adaptive faculty;
3) frequency or the frequency range of setting SGPIO signal on visualization, if set the frequency range of SGPIO signal, then the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal can increase from the low frequency value to the high frequency value automatically, with full test SAS backboard to the protocol analysis adaptive faculty in the SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range;
4) configure test pattern and produce the frequency of test signal after, visualization shows the virtual hard disk location drawing, and the current SAS backboard hard disk port status of testing shown, the tester confirms that according to range estimation the state of LED light of the hard disk port position on the SAS backboard is whether consistent with the information that visualization provides, if both information unanimities, then the SAS backboard is normal to the SFF-8485 protocol analysis.
Described visualization is the LCD touch-screen.
Described SAS backboard hard disk port status comprises hard disk locating information, the hard disk failure information that meets the SFF-8485 agreement.
The beneficial effect of the inventive method is:
The method of testing of SGPIO signal on the SAS backboard of the present invention, have characteristics such as graphical, flexible compatibility and extended attribute, after the system of each SAS backboard powered on, test speed was fast, visualization directly shows all disk states, benefits the volume production of system; Test duration is short, can not impact hard disk performance, service time, reduces the waste of hard disk resource, has guaranteed that testing efficiency is with stable; On the basis that does not change existing server S GPIO signal application framework, directly interconnected by SFF-8485 protocol bus and test macro, with the systemic-function refinement, finish by different functional units respectively, can dispose flexibly, reduce the complexity of system management; Need not to take under the situation of server and hard disk resource, greatly simplified testing process, avoid the repeated switching operation that plugs server under operation and the traditional test mode repeatedly of hard disk, realized graphical, the interfaceization of SGPIO signal testing flow process.
Embodiment
The method of testing of SGPIO signal on this a kind of SAS backboard, required hardware environment comprise simulation SGPIO signal data generation and processing unit, visualization, MINI SAS interface; Wherein:
Simulation SGPIO signal data generation and processing unit are used to produce the signal form that meets the SFF-8485 agreement of needs, the free conversion and control of simultaneously signal frequency realize being divided the cycle, with testing SA S backboard to the protocol analysis adaptive faculty in the SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range;
Disk state user-defined visual unit comprises manual mode and automatic mode, and manual mode carries out state indication operation by visualization, automatic mode then by hard disk pilot lamp on the SAS backboard flash and order shows SAS backboard hard disk port status;
The MINI SAS interface of standard;
Its concrete testing procedure is as follows:
1) connect MINI SAS cable, this cable one termination is gone into SAS backboard to be measured, the other end inserts the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal, and SAS backboard to be measured need not to connect hard disk; Simultaneously with the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal, SAS backboard to be measured energising;
2) set test pattern on visualization, test pattern is divided into manual mode and automatic mode: under the manual mode, need one one hard disk positions of touching corresponding demonstration on the visualization, and indication is operated according to state; Under the automatic mode, the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal will be from hard disk sequence number extreme lower position on the SAS backboard, finish hard disk sequence number extreme higher position to the SAS backboard, circulation is sent information such as the location, hard disk failure of each hard disk and is given the SAS backboard, the tester only need estimate the situation of flashing and the order of hard disk pilot lamp on the SAS backboard, can judge that testing SA S backboard is to SFF-8485 protocol analysis adaptive faculty;
3) frequency or the frequency range of setting SGPIO signal on visualization, if set the frequency range of SGPIO signal, then the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal can increase from the low frequency value to the high frequency value automatically, with full test SAS backboard to the protocol analysis adaptive faculty in the SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range;
4) configure test pattern and produce the frequency of test signal after, visualization shows the virtual hard disk location drawing, and the current SAS backboard hard disk port status of testing shown, the tester confirms that according to range estimation the state of LED light of the hard disk port position on the SAS backboard is whether consistent with the information that visualization provides, if both information unanimities, then the SAS backboard is normal to the SFF-8485 protocol analysis.
Described visualization is the LCD touch-screen, and described SAS backboard hard disk port status comprises hard disk locating information, the hard disk failure information that meets the SFF-8485 agreement.
Embodiment
At first, select a SAS backboard of supporting 8 SAS hard disks as the Test Application object, the SAS backboard then connects the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal by MINI SAS cable, thereby construct the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal condition visual patternization, 50 SAS backboards (supporting 8 SAS hard disks) are being carried out under the follow-on test situation, obtain following test data: the frequency that initial setting need be tested, be testing SA S backboard SGPIO signal at 32hz, 1khz, 15khz, 30khz, 50khz, 75khz, 85khz, (Frequency point can freely be set) during 100khz, the SAS backboard is to SFF-8485 protocol analysis ability.Totally 56.3 minutes test duration.
When adopting traditional SGPIO signal testing method, can't set the frequency that needs test, promptly can't testing SA S backboard SGPIO signal in SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range, to the analytic ability of agreement; One of the server that needs operate as normal, the SAS backboard needs 8 SAS hard disks of full configuration, totally 180.6 minutes test duration during test.
There are above data to draw, need not to take under the situation of server and hard disk resource, testing efficiency has greatly been simplified testing process simultaneously than adopting traditional SGPIO signal testing method to improve 3.2 times when adopting method of testing of the present invention, has avoided the operation of plug repeatedly of hard disk.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that and realize that all or part of step that the foregoing description method is carried is to instruct relevant hardware to finish by program, described program can be stored in a kind of readable storage medium storing program for executing, this program comprises one of method step or its combination when carrying out.

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1. the method for testing of SGPIO signal on the SAS backboard, it is characterized in that hardware environment comprises: simulation SGPIO signal data takes place and processing unit; Disk state user-defined visual unit; The mini sas interface of standard; Wherein, simulation SGPIO signal data takes place to be responsible for producing the signal form that meets the SFF-8485 agreement that needs with processing unit, simultaneously signal frequency is realized dividing the free conversion and control in cycle, to test the sas backboard to the protocol analysis adaptive faculty in the SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range; Disk state user-defined visual unit is shown in the hard disk imagery on the visual LCD Touch Screen, and by crawl touch to screen, location, the hard disk failure information of hard disk is sent in simulation, and realization is manual or the selection of automatic test pattern, under the manual mode, point touches corresponding hard disk position on the LCD Touch Screen, and gives the indication operation that does well; Under the automatic mode, the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal will be from hard disk sequence number extreme lower position on the SAS backboard, finish hard disk sequence number extreme higher position to the SAS backboard, circulation is sent location, the hard disk failure information of each hard disk that meets SFF-8485 protocol signal form and is given the SAS backboard, the tester only need estimate the situation of flashing and the order of hard disk pilot lamp on the SAS backboard, judges that test sas backboard is to SFF-8485 protocol analysis adaptive faculty; Its concrete testing procedure is as follows:
1) connect MINI SAS cable, this cable one termination is gone into SAS backboard to be measured, the other end inserts the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal, and SAS backboard to be measured need not to connect hard disk; Simultaneously with the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal, SAS backboard to be measured energising;
2) set test pattern on visualization, test pattern is divided into manual mode and automatic mode: under the manual mode, need one one hard disk positions of touching corresponding demonstration on the visualization, and indication is operated according to state; Under the automatic mode, the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal will be from hard disk sequence number extreme lower position on the SAS backboard, finish hard disk sequence number extreme higher position to the SAS backboard, circulation is sent information such as the location, hard disk failure of each hard disk and is given the SAS backboard, the tester only need estimate the situation of flashing and the order of hard disk pilot lamp on the SAS backboard, can judge that testing SA S backboard is to SFF-8485 protocol analysis adaptive faculty;
3) frequency or the frequency range of setting SGPIO signal on visualization, if set the frequency range of SGPIO signal, then the test macro of SAS backboard SGPIO signal can increase from the low frequency value to the high frequency value automatically, with full test SAS backboard to the protocol analysis adaptive faculty in the SFF-8485 agreement specified signal frequency range;
4) configure test pattern and produce the frequency of test signal after, visualization shows the virtual hard disk location drawing, and the current SAS backboard hard disk port status of testing shown, the tester confirms that according to range estimation the state of LED light of the hard disk port position on the SAS backboard is whether consistent with the information that visualization provides, if both information unanimities, then the SAS backboard is normal to the SFF-8485 protocol analysis.
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