CN102479140A - Computer system and hard disk state display method - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a computer system and a hard disk state display method. The computer system is used for displaying and controlling the state of a hard disk and a main engine bus adapter card of the computer system is used for detecting the state of the hard disk; the hard disk state is displayed by lights sent out by a state lamp; a base board management controller and the main engine bus adapter card are arranged on a main board; and the base board management controller is used for monitoring and recording the state of the hard disk. A microcomputer is arranged on the rear board of the hard disk to decode the information transmitted from the main engine bus adapter card and control the display of the state lamp.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of computer system, and particularly relevant for a kind of computer system and disk state display packing thereof that contains hard disk.
Background technology
Flourish along with information; The management of storage device also just more seems important; And general usually storage device server (Storage Server) is for hard disk (HD; Hard Disk) management and control are earlier by the state of hard disk controller detecting hard disk, but and send the LED cresset controlling signal of corresponding disk state to complicacy program logic device (Complex Programmable Logic Device; CPLD) decode, and make LED according to the demonstration of lighting a lamp of this signal.But the complicacy program logic device is fit to be used for realizing various computings and combinational logic (combinational logic).But equal to have comprised several programmable array logics (PAL) in the complicacy program logic device; Mutual connection line between each programmable array logic also can carry out procedural planning, burning; But the complicacy program logic device is used the integration practice of this All-in-One (All-In-One); Make one of which just can realize thousands of logic locks, even hundreds thousand of the circuit that the logic lock could constitute.
Yet, but involving great expense of complicacy program logic device must occupy a large amount of areas, but and the complicacy program logic device can't recording disk takes place variety of event.In addition, when upgrading firmware, then need pass through other computer assisted, just can carry out, can't directly utilize this machine to upgrade its firmware.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, one side of the present invention provides a kind of computer system, can reduce manufacturing cost and circuit area, but and the variety of event that recording disk took place, and can upgrade its firmware voluntarily.
According to one embodiment of the invention; The computer frame system is used and is shown and the control disk state that this computer frame system contains plurality of states lamp, a hard disk backboard, a plurality of from microcontroller, plurality of hosts plate, plurality of hosts bus adapter (Host Bus Adapter at least; And a plurality of baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller HBA); BMC).Host bus adapter hard disk controller is detected the state of a plurality of hard disks, and status lamp electrically connects hard disk backboard to send the state that light shows hard disk.Host bus adapter and baseboard management controller are arranged on the motherboard.Be arranged on the hard disk backboard from microcontroller, and be electrically connected at the host bus adapter, to receive and decoding host bus adapter message transmitted through the data signals line.These pass through cresset control line connection status lamp from microcontroller, and by the message of decoding and passing over from the main frame bus adapter, control the demonstration of cresset.Baseboard management controller is then monitored the also state of recording disk.One host microcontroller is electrically connected to those microcontrollers and those baseboard management controllers.
In the middle of this embodiment, if only there are three motherboards, but still will control 24 status lamps, so each motherboard just must be responsible for the outer status lamp of quota.This moment, motherboard can send the cresset control signal to host microcontroller through second control signal wire, and host microcontroller then can send to responsible for microcontroller, like this then status lamp that may command is extra.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of disk state display packing of computer system, can reduce manufacturing cost and circuit area, but and the variety of event that recording disk took place, and under existing operating system, upgrade its firmware.
According to another embodiment of the present invention; The disk state display packing of computer system is used the state that control plurality of states lamp shows a plurality of hard disks; This disk state display packing is: detect the state of at least one hard disk, and produce a cresset control signal according to the detecting result; Decoding cresset control signal, by decoded this cresset control signal to light or to close this status lamp to show the state of hard disk.
The disk state display packing of the computer system of above embodiment and computer system; But carry out the decoding of disk state to replace the complicacy program logic device from microcontroller; Therefore can reduce manufacturing cost and circuit area; But and the variety of event that recording disk took place, and under existing operating system, upgrade its firmware.
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For letting above and other objects of the present invention, characteristic, advantage and the embodiment can be more obviously understandable, appended graphic explanation be following:
Fig. 1 is the computer system calcspar that illustrates an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the computer system calcspar that illustrates another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the disk state display packing process flow diagram that illustrates an embodiment of the present invention computer system.
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101: computer system 107-1～107-24: status lamp
109: hard disk backboard
111-1～111-4: from microcontroller
117-1～117-4: motherboard
119: host bus adapter 121: baseboard management controller
125: 129: the first control signal wires of host microcontroller
131: cresset control line 133: data signal line
Control signal wire 201～207 in 137: the second: step
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The disk state display packing of computer system of following examples and computer system; But carry out the decoding of disk state to replace the complicacy program logic device from microcontroller; Therefore can reduce manufacturing cost and circuit area; But and the variety of event that recording disk took place, and can upgrade its firmware voluntarily.
Please with reference to Fig. 1, it illustrates the computer system calcspar of an embodiment of the present invention.Computer system 101 can show and the control disk state that this computer system contains hard disk 105 (not icon), status lamp 107-1～107-24, hard disk backboard 109 and motherboard 117-1～117-4.Whether motherboard 117-1～117-4 is provided with host bus adapter 119, can be used to detect the state of several hard disks, normal with the action of confirming hard disk.
Be provided with several on the hard disk backboard 109 from microcontroller 111-1～111-4; These are electrically connected at host bus adapter 119 from microcontroller 111-1～111-4 through data signal line 133; To receive and decoding host bus adapter 119 message transmitted, this data signal line 133 can use continuous general input and output (Serial General Purpose Input/Output; SGPIO) or I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit; I2C) communications protocol.These are electrically connected to status lamp 107-1～1-7-24 from microcontroller 111-1～111-4 and through cresset control line 131, send the state that light shows hard disk with state of a control lamp 107, and status lamp 107 can come real the work by light emitting diode.For instance, light emitting diode is sustainable luminous or extinguish and represent whether fault of hard disk, and speed flash is melted or slowly dodged to melt and whether express this hard disk just at access data soon; The plug state that can cresset otherwise shows hard disk.
Can 8051 single-chips or other single-chip comes real the work from microcontroller 111-1～111-4; But this single-chip is economical and practical and area less than the complicacy program logic device; Therefore can reduce the manufacturing cost and the area occupied of computer system 101; In addition, the single-chip form from microcontroller 111-1～111-4 multiple signal of can decoding, the for example continuous general input and output of decodable code (Serial General Purpose Input/Output; SGPIO) signal and I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit; I2C) signal; But compare with the complicacy program logic device of a kind of signal of only decoding, by single-chip real do from microcontroller 111-1～111-4 more applicable to various types of hard disk controllers 103, increased the elasticity of circuit collocation.
Several host bus adapters (Host Bus Adapter; HBA) 119 with several baseboard management controllers (Baseboard Management Controller; BMC) 121 to be arranged at motherboard 117-1～117-4 last, wherein a last host bus adapter 119 and the baseboard management controller 121 of being provided with respectively of each motherboard 117-1～117-4.Host bus adapter 119 is that hard disk is carried out access, and according to the State Control status lamp 107-1～107-24 of hard disk.
For example, baseboard management controller 121 can initiatively provide the software/hardware of computer system system state supervision, event log recorder, restart system control function, incident produced warning and automatic system control functions such as (like outages) automatically.By this baseboard management controller 121, can directly upgrade from the firmware of microcontroller 111, increased the convenience that upgrades.
Please with reference to Fig. 2, it illustrates the computer system calcspar of another embodiment of the present invention.Because product planning is only used three motherboard 117-1～117-3 under same framework, motherboard 117-1～117-3 will occur through two situations of coming state of a control lamp 107-1～107-24 from microcontroller 111 this moment sometimes.This moment, motherboard 117-1～117-3 can send the signal of lighting a lamp to host microcontroller 125 through second control signal wire 137; And host microcontroller 125 can be according to the status lamp 107 that need light, with signal send to be responsible for lighting this this status lamp 107 from microcontroller 111.For instance; When having four motherboard 117-1～117-4 (Fig. 1), four from microcontroller 111-1～111-4 and status lamp 107-1～107-24; Wherein motherboard 117-1 is connected directly to from microcontroller 111-1, and is connected directly to status lamp 107-1～107-6 from microcontroller 111-1; Therefore motherboard 117-1 and from microcontroller 111-1 state of a control lamp 107-1～107-6 only.Yet when only using three motherboard 117-1～117-3 (Fig. 2), hard disk backboard 109 does not change, so from the not change of connected mode of microcontroller 111-1～111-4 and status lamp 107-1～107-24.
Owing to have only three motherboard 117-1～117-3 will control 24 status lamp 107-1～107-24, so each motherboard will be responsible for controlling 8 status lamps.So, the then necessary state of a control lamp 107-1～107-8 of motherboard 117-1, wherein the mode of state of a control lamp 107-1～107-6 is identical with before, does not give unnecessary details in addition.Because motherboard 107-1 and state of a control lamp 107-7 and 107-8's is directly not online from microcontroller 111-2; So when wanting state of a control lamp 107-7 and 107-8; Then send the cresset control signal to host microcontroller 125 through second control signal wire 137, host microcontroller 125 then can send to responsible for microcontroller 111-2.In like manner; When motherboard 117-2 wants state of a control lamp 107-14; Also be to send the cresset control signal to host microcontroller 125 through second control signal wire 137; Again by host microcontroller 125 send to be responsible for status lamp 107-14 from microcontroller 111-3, may command status lamp 104-14 so then.
Though traditional framework is known disk state, also can show its state, can't let the user know present occurrence, must one piece ground inquiry motherboard MB go to look into whether have record what.The mistake that each motherboard all has baseboard management controller record temperature variation, record to take place; So this embodiment of the present invention second control signal wire capable of using; When hard disk is plugged, send information on the corresponding motherboard baseboard management controller through second control signal wire, utilize the function of baseboard management controller; The state of recording disk on one's own initiative is so that inform the user.
Please with reference to Fig. 3, it illustrates the disk state display packing process flow diagram of an embodiment of the present invention computer system.The a plurality of status lamps of disk state display packing system control of computer system show the state of a plurality of hard disks; This disk state display packing is: the state (step 201) of detecting at least one hard disk; The result produces a cresset control signal (step 203) according to detecting; The cresset control signal (step 205) of decoding then, by decoded this cresset control signal to light or to close this status lamp to show the state (step 207) of hard disk.For example,, then send the cresset control signal and extinguish status lamp, tell the user that this hard disk breaks down corresponding to this hard disk when finding that a certain hard disk breaks down.
The disk state display packing of the computer system of above embodiment and computer system; But carry out the decoding of disk state to replace the complicacy program logic device from microcontroller; Except that can increasing the convenience that upgrades firmware, also can be applicable to Different products planning.
Though the present invention discloses as above with embodiment; Right its is not in order to limit the present invention; Any under the present invention the those of ordinary skill of technical field; Do not breaking away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, when can doing various changes and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking the appended claims person of defining.
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1. computer system, to show and the control disk state that this computer system comprises:
The plurality of hosts plate;
The plurality of states lamp;
The plurality of hosts bus adapter is arranged at respectively on those motherboards, and those host bus adapters carry out access to a plurality of hard disks, and according to those status lamps of State Control of hard disk;
A plurality of baseboard management controllers are arranged at respectively on those motherboards;
One hard disk backboard;
A plurality of from microcontroller; Be arranged on this hard disk backboard, and be electrically connected to those host bus adapters respectively, those also are electrically connected to those status lamps from microcontroller; And by the message of decoding and passing over, to control those status lamps from those host bus adapters; And
One host microcontroller is electrically connected to those microcontrollers and those baseboard management controllers.
2. computer system as claimed in claim 1 also comprises one first control signal wire, is electrically connected at those between microcontroller and the host microcontroller, the data and instruction is passed to from microcontroller, to control these from microcontroller.
3. computer system as claimed in claim 1 also comprises one first control signal wire, is electrically connected at those between microcontroller and this host microcontroller, and this host microcontroller upgrades those firmwares from microcontroller through this first control signal wire.
4. computer system as claimed in claim 1 also comprises a cresset control line, is electrically connected on those between microcontroller and those status lamps, sends the state that light shows hard disk in order to those from those status lamps of microprocessor controls.
5. computer system as claimed in claim 1; Also comprise a plurality of data signal lines; Be electrically connected at this host bus adapter and those between the microcontroller, those receive and this host bus adapter message transmitted of decoding through those data signal lines from microcontroller.
6. computer system as claimed in claim 5, wherein those data signal lines use continuous general input and output or I2C communications protocol.
7. the disk state display packing of a computer system is used the state that control plurality of states lamp shows a plurality of hard disks, and this disk state display packing comprises:
Detect the state of at least one hard disk;
State detecting result according to hard disk produces a cresset control signal;
This cresset control signal of decoding; And
According to decoded this cresset control signal, light or close this status lamp to show the state of hard disk.
8. disk state display packing as claimed in claim 7 also comprises when finding that a certain hard disk breaks down, and then sends this cresset control signal and extinguishes the status lamp corresponding to this hard disk, tells the user that this hard disk breaks down.
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