CN102467435A - Control method of baseboard management controller with customized sensor data records - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a control method of a baseboard management controller (BMC) with customized sensor data records (SDR). The control method comprises the steps of: segmenting a memory of the BMC into an original area and a customized area, wherein the original area comprises corresponding at least one original sensor data record and an original platform event filter (PEF); providing a command set to at least one external system, managing the corresponding at least one customized SDR and the customized PEF by the external system through the command set; polling the original SDR in the original area and the customized SDR in the customized area; judging whether values of the SDRs obtained through the polling accord with a plurality of critical values corresponding to the SDRs respectively; and when the value of the at least one SDR does not accord with the corresponding critical value, obtaining a processing policy according to the corresponding PEF.
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The present invention relates to a kind of baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller; BMC) control method; Being particularly related to a kind ofly provides service to give at least one external system (external system) and has customized detector data record (sensor data record, the control method of BMC SDR).
Background technology
Along with the fast development with network technology of popularizing of computing machine, the service that only can be provided by common computer or equipment is not apply use, so develop the technology that server.Server is a computer platform of being good at handling network technology for a kind of, and it can be linked to variety of network systems, and to the computing machine that is connected through network system various application services is provided.For management server, intelligent platform management interface (Intelligent Platform Management Interface, arise at the historic moment by technology IPMI).The supvr can through IPMI and be disposed at baseboard management controller in the server (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC), monitoring and management server.Wherein (sensor data record is SDR) with platform events screening (platform event filter, PEF) management server through interior a plurality of detecting devices of building and to the detector data record of each detecting device definition for BMC.Yet there is increasing server client to hope to reach the monitoring demand of various uniquenesses now, and exceeds the ability of common BMC.Common BMC can't read the value of extra required detecting device, therefore also can't monitor.
To need be to the different client development different BMC of the manufacturer of this server and firmware thereof supporting extra detecting device, not only lack flexibility, also cause the very trifling time-histories that consumes again of work of BMC exploitation.In addition, the slip-stick artist can progressively write out the firmware of different editions in the exploitation of the different customer demands way, the ROM (read-only memory) of BMC that reburns into (read only memory, ROM) in to upgrade BMC.But will upgrade firmware the time at every turn, all need stop BMC fully, upgrade again and restart.BMC after restarting need define SDR and PEF again again and expend time in, also easily because definition SDR that defines again and PEF can't support former thereby generation system exceptions such as extra detecting device fully.Therefore the risk of traditional update method is also bigger.
Summary of the invention
For addressing the above problem; Technical matters to be solved by this invention is to have proposed a kind of customized detector data record (sensor data record that has; SDR) baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, control method BMC).
Control method with BMC of customized SDR provided by the invention is applicable to the BMC with a memory body, and BMC provides service to give at least one external system (external system).Control method with BMC of customized SDR comprises: the memory body of BMC is divided into an original area and a customized zone; Wherein original area comprises at least one corresponding original detector data record (sensor data record; SDR) and the screening of at least one primary platform incident (platform event filter, PEF); Provide an instruction set to external system, external system is through instruction set management corresponding at least one customized SDR and at least one customized PEF; Original SDR in the poll original area and the customized SDR in the customized zone; Whether the value of judging these SDR that poll obtains meets a plurality of critical values that correspond respectively to these SDR; And when the value of at least one SDR does not meet corresponding critical value, obtain a processing policy according to corresponding PEF.
Wherein instruction set can comprise a newly-increased instruction, and external system increases corresponding customized SDR and customized PEF newly through newly-increased the instruction in customized zone.Instruction set also can comprise a update instruction or a reading command, and the customized SDR that external system increases newly can upgraded or read to external system respectively in customized zone through update instruction or reading command.And update instruction can automatically perform a lock program before carrying out, with the customized SDR that forbids that BMC access desire is upgraded.
Instruction set also can comprise a delete instruction, and external system is deleted customized SDR and the customized PEF that external system increased newly through delete instruction in customized zone.Update instruction also can automatically perform lock program before carrying out, to forbid the customized SDR or the customized PEF of the deletion of BMC access desire.And external system can be earlier confirms that through reading command required customized SDR and customized PEF are not present in after the customized zone, again through newly-increased required customized SDR and the customized PEF of newly-increased instruction.
And external system can comprise through Intelligent Platform Management Bus (Intelligent Platform Management Bus; IPMB) controller that is connected with BMC; An or watchdog routine of an operating system that is connected with BMC through input and output connectivity port (input/output port, I/O port).
In addition, the control method that has the BMC of customized SDR also can comprise: judging whether customized SDR removes in the time limit one is not updated; And when customized SDR is not updated, delete customized SDR and corresponding customized PEF in the removing time limit.
In sum, the control method that has the BMC of customized SDR provides instruction set very to have elasticity to external system.And customized SDR and customized PEF are retained when upgrading BMC, therefore can save the time of definition again, also can avoid causing the unusual of system.
Describe the present invention below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment, but not as to qualification of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of the baseboard management controller of an enforcement example;
Fig. 2 one implements the process flow diagram of control method of the baseboard management controller of the customized detector data record of having of example;
Fig. 3 is the process flow diagram of the control method of the baseboard management controller of the customized detector data record of having of another enforcement example.
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20 servers
22 baseboard management controllers
222 processors
224 memory bodys
24 central processing units
25 server memory bodys
26 storage devices
27 network cards
30 original areas
32,32a, the original detector data record of 32b (original SDR)
34,34a, 34b primary platform incident screening (original PEF)
40 customized zones
42,42a, the customized detector data record of 42b (customized SDR)
44,44a, the customized platform events screening of 44b (customized PEF)
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Below in embodiment, be described in detail detailed features of the present invention and advantage; Its content is enough to make any those skilled in the art to understand technology contents of the present invention and implements according to this; And according to content, the claim scope and graphic that this instructions disclosed, any those skilled in the art can understand purpose and the advantage that the present invention is correlated with easily.
The invention relates to a kind of customized detector data record (sensor data record that has; SDR) baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller; BMC) control method; It is applicable to the baseboard management controller (BMC) with a memory body, and wherein BMC can be in order to manage a server.
Please with reference to Fig. 1, it is the synoptic diagram of the BMC of an enforcement example.Server 20 also can comprise a central processing unit 24, a server memory body 25, a storage device 26 and a network card 27 except comprising BMC 22.BMC 22 then can comprise a processor 222 and memory body 224.And BMC 22 provides service to give at least one external system (external system does not illustrate).Wherein memory body 224 can be read-only (read only memory, ROM) or erasable memory body, and memory body 224 is when supplying power, the data that wherein store can't disappear.
Server 20 can support that (Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI), and moves an operating system through above-mentioned hardware to intelligent platform management interface.Wherein server 20 can use the operating systems such as Windows (Windows) Server 2003 of Linux, FreeBSD or the Microsoft (Microsoft) of Unix; Also can be disc operating system (DOS) (Disk Operating System; DOS) or extensible firmware interface (Extensible Firmware Interface; Extensible Firmware Interface, system EFI).And server 20 also can various labels various server products, the present invention is not to its restriction.
In more detail; Intelligent platform management interface is a kind of standard architecture of server admin platform; It comprises BMC 22, system interface (System Interface), non-volatile memory cells (Non-volatile Storage), Intelligent Platform Management Bus (Intelligent Platform Management Bus; IPMB) and intelligent shelf management bus (Intelligent Chassis Management Bus ICMB) waits 5 assemblies.And wherein most important be exactly BMC 22.
And BMC 22 can be described as managing chip, the operation conditions that it can monitoring server 20.And, can freely (power off) be closed in server 20 electric power unlatchings (power on) or electric power through BMC 22.In addition, BMC 22 similarly is the computing machine of a platform independent, comprises the resource such as processor 222 and memory body 224 of oneself.BMC 22 just can operate under the situation that server 20 is not started shooting, and the running of BMC22 all uses the resource that oneself has, and can not take other resource of the hardware module of server 20.For example, BMC 22 can use the iLO system of company of Hewlett-Packard (HP), the iDRAC system of DELL company of Dell, or the ESB2 system of Intel (Intel) company.
Please cooperate Fig. 1 and with reference to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 one implements the process flow diagram of control method of the BMC with customized SDR of example.
At first the memory body 224 with BMC 22 is divided into an original area 30 and one customized regional 40; Wherein original area 30 comprises corresponding at least one original SDR 32 and the screening of at least one primary platform incident (platform event filter, PEF) 34 (step S100).Original area 30 offers BMC 22 and carries out general operation, and customized regional 40 then provide service to BMC 22 and external system.
In more detail; Through a plurality of detecting devices (sensor) that the script on each hardware modules such as central processing unit 24, server memory body 25, storage device 26 or network card 27 that are disposed at server 20 just has, BMC 22 can monitor the operation conditions of these hardware modules.These detecting devices that originally just have detect the hardware module of being responsible for respectively, and regularly the state of the hardware module of being responsible for are write among the corresponding original SDR 32.And all are corresponding to the BMC 22 of same model, and the detecting device of monitoring all is fixing and identical.And each original PEF 34 has at least one processing policy, for example shuts down, starts shooting again or alert management person.BMC 22 can filter out corresponding processing policy through original PEF 34 to various anomalous events according to the value of original SDR 32.
For example, BMC 22 itself can have the detecting device of the temperature of monitoring central processing unit 24 and the detecting device that detects the load of server memory body 25.And the detecting device of temperature of monitoring central processing unit 24 is corresponding to original SDR 32a and original PEF 34a, and the detecting device of load that detects server memory body 25 is corresponding to original SDR 32b and original PEF 34b.BMC 22 can learn the temperature of central processing unit 24 according to original SDR 32a, and judges the processing policy that need carry out in present temperature according to original PEF 34a.
Have customized SDR BMC control method and provide instruction set to external system, and external system is through instruction set management corresponding at least one customized SDR 42 and at least one customized PEF 44 (step S110).Wherein instruction set can comprise a newly-increased instruction, and external system increases corresponding customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44 newly through newly-increased the instruction in customized regional 40.In other words, the customized SDR 42 and the customized PEF 44 that deposit in customized regional 40 do not belong to the detecting device that BMC 22 originally had, but belong to the detecting device of external system.
External system can comprise a controller that is connected with BMC 22 through IPMB, or a watchdog routine of the operating system that is connected with BMC 22 through input and output connectivity port (input/output port, I/O port).For example external system can be the controller of network card 27, and it can be through extra detector monitors network card 27.The controller of network card 27 (external system just) just can be through newly-increased instruction newly-increased paired customized SDR 42a and customized PEF 44a in customized regional 40.The same storage device 26 or the controller of other hardware module can increase paired customized SDR42b and customized PEF 44b newly in customized regional 40.
Instruction set also can comprise a update instruction or a reading command, and the customized SDR42 that external system increases newly can upgraded or read to external system respectively in customized regional 40 through update instruction or reading command.According to an enforcement example, external system can confirm that through reading command its required customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44 are not present in after customized regional 40 earlier, increases required customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44 newly through newly-increased instruction again.
Instruction set also can comprise a delete instruction, and external system is deleted customized SDR 42 and the customized PEF 44 that external system increased newly through delete instruction in customized regional 40.Be noted that arbitrary external system can only be deleted customized SDR 42 and the customized PEF 44 that oneself increased newly, and can not delete other external system.
And update instruction or delete instruction can automatically perform a lock program before carrying out, to forbid that BMC 22 access desires are upgraded or the customized SDR 42 or the customized PEF 44 of deletion.Through lock program, BMC 22 just not externally system upgrade or read customized regional 40 and carry out corresponding processing when deleting.Therefore can prevent that program from reading customized SDR 42 or the customized PEF 44 that is revised, mistakes such as information entanglement that is caused or incident differentiation.
In addition, external system is assigned newly-increased instruction, update instruction, reading command or the delete instruction of instruction set to BMC 22, and BMC 22 carries out according to the content of instruction again.Therefore external system can be through increasing or upgrade the mode of customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44 newly, the information and the corresponding processing strategy that provide BMC 22 originally not have voluntarily.Thus, change original SDR 32 and original PEF 34 among the whole BMC 22 because divide other customized detecting device demand with regard to not needing.That is to say,, the method for extremely resilient management BMC 22 can be provided also even in the face of the various different demands of client for BMC 22.
And when needing to upgrade the BMC firmware of BMC 22, then only can upgrade the data in the original area 30, and can not have influence on customized regional 40.Wherein the BMC firmware can be the driver of BMC 22 or above-mentioned original PEF 34.In the time of for example need upgrading the firmware version of BMC 22, customized SDR42 and customized PEF 44 are retained, and can avoid because the renewal of BMC 22 is cleared and need be increased newly again, or even cause the problem that external system is unusual.
After newly-increased customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44, external system can be according to the regular detected status of detecting device separately, and situation is quantized the back upgrades corresponding customized SDR 42.And the customized SDR 42 (step S120) in the original SDR 32 in BMC 22 polls (polling) original area 30 and customized regional 40.
And BMC 22 can judge whether the value of the SDR (containing original SDR 32 and customized SDR 42) that poll obtains meets a critical value (step S130) that corresponds respectively to SDR.When the value of at least one SDR did not meet corresponding critical value, BMC 22 is aforementioned for another example to obtain the processing policy (step S140) that carry out according to corresponding PEF (containing original PEF 34 and customized PEF 44).Therefore BMC 22 only need shine the customized SDR 42 of general fashion poll, just can extra easily keyholed back plate originally have the hardware module of direct detecting device.
And implement example in another, the control method with BMC of customized SDR can be like Fig. 3.BMC 22 can judge whether customized SDR 42 was not updated (step S200) and when customized SDR 42 is not updated, just deletes this customized SDR 42 that is not updated and the customized PEF 44 (step S210) corresponding with it in the removing time limit in a removing time limit.For the customized SDR 42 that is not updated for a long time, possibly be that the corresponding long-term off-duty of external system causes.Therefore remove at the customized SDR 42 and the customized PEF 44 that use according to removing the time limit with not ing, can safeguard customized regional 40 and avoid the unnecessary time of BMC 22 costs on customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44 not more efficiently in use.In addition, even corresponding external system is moved once again, also can increase required customized SDR 42 and customized PEF 44 voluntarily newly, and can not make Chang Yichang.
In sum, the control method with BMC of customized SDR provides instruction set newly-increased voluntarily or upgrade customized SDR and customized PEF to external system, and the method for extremely resilient management BMC can be provided.And when needing to upgrade BMC, customized SDR and customized PEF are retained, and therefore can save the time that increases customized SDR and customized PEF again newly, also can avoid causing the unusual of system.
Certainly; The present invention also can have other various embodiments; Under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof; Those of ordinary skill in the art work as can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection domain of the appended claim of the present invention.
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1. one kind has the control method that customized detector data writes down the baseboard management controller BMC of SDR; Be applicable to a baseboard management controller BMC with a memory body; This BMC provides service to give at least one external system; It is characterized in that this control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record comprises:
This memory body of this BMC is divided into an original area and a customized zone, and wherein this original area comprises corresponding at least one original SDR and at least one primary platform incident screening PEF;
Provide an instruction set to this external system, this external system is through corresponding at least one customized SDR and at least one customized PEF of this instruction set management;
This original SDR in this original area of poll and this customized SDR in this customized zone;
Whether the value of judging those SDR that poll obtains meets a plurality of critical values that correspond respectively to those SDR; And
When the value of at least one this SDR does not meet this corresponding critical value, obtain a processing policy according to this corresponding PEF.
2. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; This instruction set comprises a newly-increased instruction, and this external system increases corresponding this customized SDR and this customized PEF newly through this newly-increased instruction in this customized zone.
3. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; This instruction set comprises a update instruction, and this external system is upgraded this customized SDR that this external system increased newly through this update instruction in this customized zone; And this update instruction automatically performs a lock program before carrying out, with this customized SDR that forbids that this BMC access desire is upgraded.
4. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; This instruction set comprises a delete instruction, and this external system is deleted this customized SDR and this customized PEF that this external system increased newly through this delete instruction in this customized zone; And this delete instruction automatically performs a lock program before carrying out, to forbid this customized SDR or this customized PEF of this BMC access desire deletion.
5. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; This instruction set comprises a reading command, and this external system reads this customized SDR that this external system increases newly through this reading command in this customized zone.
6. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 5; It is characterized in that; This external system confirms that through this reading command required this customized SDR and this customized PEF is not present in this customized zone earlier, again through newly-increased required this customized SDR and this customized PEF of this newly-increased instruction.
7. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; This external system comprises a controller that is connected with this BMC through Intelligent Platform Management Bus IPMB, or a watchdog routine of an operating system that is connected with this BMC through the input and output connectivity port.
8. the control method with baseboard management controller of customized detector data record according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Judge whether this customized SDR is not updated in a removing time limit; And
When this customized SDR is not updated, delete this customized SDR and this corresponding customized PEF in this removing time limit.
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