CN103049342A - Method of accessing starting information - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a method of using an intelligent platform management interface to access starting information of a computer host system and the method is applicable to the computer host system with a substrate management controller. The method of accessing starting information includes the following steps of starting or resetting the computer host system, utilizing the substrate management controller to start the function of transmitting serial port commands through a local area network, recording starting information by the substrate management controller and starting time stamp of starting or resetting the computer host system, determining whether the computer host system loads an operating system program or not, if so, stopping recording the starting information and utilizing the substrate management controller to close the function of transmitting serial port commands through the local area network, and sending command information to extract the starting information and the starting time stamp. According to the method of accessing starting information, the starting information can be easily read by users through browsers and the method is easy to operate and facilitates general users.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of access method of the information of starting shooting, particularly a kind of method of using the start information of intelligent platform supervision interface accessed computer host computer system.
Background technology
After computer host system starts, operating system (Operating System, OS) before the acquire the right of control, computer host system has a series of mechanism and is responsible for detecting and initialization computer host system and peripheral hardware unit thereof, referred to herein as start (Pre-boot) stage.In case the display device initialization is finished, display device just begins to show all kinds of devices and debugging information at screen.For example, display device comprises demonstration Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) initialization information of information, processor information, storer information etc., these initialization informations present mainly with mode word, yet these initialization informations flash across mostly.
In general, after the operating system acquire the right of control began to manage whole computer host system, the user just can't review the various initialization informations that start-up phase presents.Yet when finding that computer host system has abnormal behaviour or error logging to occur, the user wants to utilize all kinds of initialization informations in start process, seeks to have or not any information for judging abnormal, and again start is bound to get.If computer host system is as server, then again start except terrible in the face of process complicated and tediously long operating system switching on and shutting down program, and all get temporarily as whole service routines that server provides and to stop.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of access method of the information of starting shooting, use that the user must again not started shooting with regard to the various start information of energy access.
The present invention proposes a kind of access method of the information of starting shooting, be applicable to the to have baseboard management controller computer host system of (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC).The access method of start information comprises the following steps.At first, startup or replacement computer host system.And by the function of baseboard management controller unlatching by Local Area Network transfer sequence port order (Serial over LAN, SOL).Record again the zero-time mark of start information and start-of-record startup or replacement computer host system by baseboard management controller.Then, judge whether computer host system is written into operating system program.If, the function that then stops to record the start information and pass through the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence by the baseboard management controller switch.Send command information to extract start information and zero-time mark.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned by baseboard management controller record start information and start-of-record starts or the step of the zero-time mark of replacement computer host system comprises and utilizes extensible markup language (Extensible Markup Language, XML) record start information and zero-time mark, and utilize the identification function of extensible markup language that start information and zero-time mark are classified.Then, start information and zero-time mark are stored in the storage unit of baseboard management controller.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned before opening the step of the function of passing through the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence by baseboard management controller, also comprise by Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) send the first announcement information to baseboard management controller, wherein the first announcement information is in order to notify baseboard management controller to open the function of passing through the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence.
In one embodiment of this invention, before the above-mentioned function closing by baseboard management controller by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence, also comprise by Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) sending the second announcement information to baseboard management controller, wherein the second announcement information is in order to notify baseboard management controller to close function by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned the first announcement information and the second announcement information all meet intelligent platform supervision interface (Intelligent Platform Management Interface, IPMI) the defined information format of specification.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned command information meets the defined customized command information form of intelligent platform supervision interface specification.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned after extracting the step of start information and zero-time mark, also comprising on start shooting information and the zero-time mark is shown in computer host system is connected the screen.
In one embodiment of this invention, the access method of above-mentioned start information also comprise provide the user by browser to read start information and zero-time mark.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned step by baseboard management controller record start information comprises record Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) information, processor information, storer information, start selftest (Power On Self Test, POST) one of them or its combination of information is with as the start information.
Based on above-mentioned, the access method of start information provided by the present invention, be stored in the baseboard management controller can prolong extension markup language by the Word message with start-up phase, the socket that the extendibility that the utilization intelligent platform supervision interface has and baseboard management controller provide makes things convenient for the user to read various start information by browser.The user can utilize all kinds of initialization informations in start process, seeks to have or not any information for judging abnormal, and need not again to start shooting or restart server.
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Fig. 1 is the baseboard management controller of one of embodiment of the invention and the schematic diagram that computer host system carries out communication.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of access method of the start information of one of embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that utilizes extensible markup language record start information and zero-time mark of one of embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of access method of the start information of one of embodiment of the invention.
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110: baseboard management controller 112: the socket controller
114: storage unit 120: the Local Area Network Port
130: interchanger 140: the serial port connector
150: substrate sequence controller 160: computer host system
300: extensible markup language 310～350: information
S210～S260: each step of the access method of start information
S410～S480: each step of the access method of start information
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For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate accompanying drawing to be described in detail below.
The access method of start information of the present invention is applicable to the to have baseboard management controller computer host system of (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC).Wherein, computer host system for example is server or PC, but the present invention is not as limit.In one embodiment, computer host system comprises one or more processor, storer, the bus-bar take PCI as the basis and Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) (Basic Input Output System, BIOS) information etc.
Specifically, baseboard management controller is the core of intelligent platform supervision interface (Intelligent Platform Management Interface, IPMI).Therefore, baseboard management controller can utilize the bus-bar and the computer host system that meet intelligent platform supervision interface to link, for example, the bus-bar that meets intelligent platform supervision interface comprises LPC (Low Pin Count) bus-bar, parallel address/data bus-bar, system management bus-bar (SMBus), socket, serial port (serial port) etc.
Fig. 1 is the baseboard management controller of one of embodiment of the invention and the schematic diagram that computer host system carries out communication.Please refer to Fig. 1, baseboard management controller 110 has a socket controller (Network Interface Controller, NIC) 112 and baseboard management controller 110 can be connected with LAN Port (LAN Port) 120, therefore baseboard management controller 110 accessible region territory networks and carry out communication with computer host system 160.Perhaps, baseboard management controller 110 also can be connected with serial port connector (serial port connector) 140 by interchanger 130, and computer host system 160 can utilize serial port connector 140 and the output input message on its serial port is directed into baseboard management controller 110.In addition, the interchanger 130 of the present embodiment also is connected with a substrate sequence controller 150.
The present invention namely is the two-way information sharing function that utilizes aforesaid substrate Management Controller 110 and computer host system 160, and the various initialization informations of computer host system 160 in each start-up phase can be stored in the storage unit 114 of baseboard management controller 110, storage unit 114 for example is the fixed of any pattern or packaged type random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM).Afterwards, the user just can utilize and meet the defined command information of intelligent platform supervision interface specification and extract or read initialization information in the storage unit 114 that is stored in baseboard management controller 110.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of access method of the start information of one of embodiment of the invention.The method of the present embodiment is applicable to hardware framework shown in Figure 1, below namely arrange in pairs or groups Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 come that the present invention will be described.
At first shown in step S210, start the power supply of computer host system 160 or computer host system 160 is carried out cold boot/warm boot-strap reset (reset).At this moment, computer host system 160 enters start (Pre-boot) stage.Before os starting, computer host system 160 can be carried out many with relevant initialize routine and the trace routine of hardware, with the execution environment of complete operation system.In these initialization and testing process, except basic system bios, also comprised the BIOS of specific peripheral device such as display device, storage device.In case when the serial port initialization is finished, then in step S220, open the function of passing through Local Area Network transfer sequence port order (Serial over LAN, SOL) by baseboard management controller 110.
In step S230, be recorded in above-mentioned BIOS by baseboard management controller 110 again and carry out the start information that produces in initialization and the testing process, and start-of-record starts or the zero-time mark (timestamp) of replacement computer host system 160.In the present embodiment, utilize extensible markup language (eXtensible Markup Language, XML) to record start information and zero-time mark.Extensible markup language is computer information symbol to understand, by this kind markup language, can process article that comprises various information etc. between the computer.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of utilizing of one of embodiment of the invention extensible extension markup language record start information and zero-time mark.Please refer to Fig. 3, utilize the label function of extensible markup language also start information and zero-time mark to be classified, the user carries out access to the start information after being more conducive to.Extensible markup language 300 comprises and has recorded BIOS information 310, processor information 320, storer information 330, start selftest (Power On Self Test, POST) information 340, other information 350 and time mark information 360, wherein every information has respectively detailed details information.For example storer information 330 has recorded type of memory 332, memory access frequency 334 and memory span 336.Then, just above-mentioned start information and zero-time mark are stored in the storage unit 114 of baseboard management controller 110.
Next shown in step S240, judge whether computer host system 160 is written into operating system program.If not, then baseboard management controller 110 continues the various start information of record; If namely computer host system 160 enters the running status of operating system, subsequent steps S250 then, baseboard management controller 110 stop to record the start information and close function by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence.
At last in step S260, baseboard management controller 110 is sent start information and zero-time mark in command informations are stored in baseboard management controller 110 with extraction the storage unit 114.Wherein, command information is for meeting the defined customized order of intelligent platform supervision interface specification (OEM Command) information format.Customized command information is the extended function that a kind of intelligent platform supervision interface has, therefore, as long as allow the upper level applications of computer host system 160 understand the definition of customized command information, can send the command information of extracting start information and zero-time mark to baseboard management controller 110.Moreover, the access method of start information of the present invention also provide the user by browser to read start information and zero-time mark.This is because a piece of wood serving as a brake to halt a carriage body of baseboard management controller 110 comprises web interface (Web interface) usually, be a kind of interface of following the Http agreement, so the user can browse by browser.
Accordingly, the access method of start information of the present invention enters in the running status of operating system at computer host system 160, can provide at any time the user to extract various start information by command information, and the present invention has also simplified the complexity of operation, provide the user to browse various start information by the web interface of browser, simple to operate, be beneficial to user's use.
Below illustrate as example for an embodiment again.Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of access method of the start information of one of embodiment of the invention.The access method of the present embodiment is equally applicable to have the computer host system of baseboard management controller, for example is the baseboard management controller 110 of Fig. 1 and the hardware structure of computer host system 160.
At first, startup or replacement computer host system (step S410).Send the first announcement information to baseboard management controller by BIOS, wherein the first announcement information is in order to notify baseboard management controller to open the function (step S420) of passing through the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence.Specifically, when BIOS begins that computer host system carried out various initialize routines and trace routine, when the serial port between computer host system and the baseboard management controller was finished initialization, then BIOS can send the first announcement information to baseboard management controller by system bus.The first announcement information must meet the defined information format of intelligent platform supervision interface standard, opens the function of passing through the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence in order to notify baseboard management controller.
Baseboard management controller just can be opened the function (step S430) by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence after receiving the first announcement information.Then, baseboard management controller just continues the zero-time mark (step S440) of record start information and start-of-record startup or replacement computer host system.And judge whether computer host system is written into operating system program (step S450).If not, represent that then computer host system not yet finishes initialize routine and trace routine, therefore get back to step S440, continue the various start information of record.If computer host system has entered the running status of operating system really, then send the second announcement information to baseboard management controller by BIOS, wherein the second announcement information is in order to notify baseboard management controller to close function (step S460) by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence.The second announcement information must meet the defined information format of intelligent platform supervision interface standard equally, closes function by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence in order to notify baseboard management controller.
Baseboard management controller just can stop to record the start information and close function (step S470) by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence after receiving the second announcement information.At last, send command information to extract start information and zero-time mark (step S480).If computer host system comprises a display device, for example be liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD), then the various initialization such as the start information extracted and zero-time mark and detection information can be shown on the liquid crystal display, make things convenient for the user to browse by browser.
The present embodiment place different from last embodiment is, when the serial port that carries out communication between computer host system and the baseboard management controller is finished initialization, because BIOS can learn first this information than baseboard management controller, therefore BIOS sends by system bus and begins to record the announcement information of start information to baseboard management controller, begun rapidly record start information by to be allowed baseboard management controller, and can not omitted to some extent.In like manner, when computer host system is finished the initialization of various BIOS and trace routine, because BIOS can judge first whether computer host system enters normal operating system state, therefore, also give notice information to baseboard management controller by BIOS, and then allow baseboard management controller immediately stop record start information.Other thin section flow processs as for the present embodiment comprise in the above-described embodiments, therefore do not repeat them here.
In sum, the access method of start information of the present invention, be stored in the baseboard management controller with extensible markup language by the Word message with start-up phase, enter the running status of operating system at computer host system after, use the extendibility that intelligent platform supervision interface has and can provide at any time the user to extract various start information by customized command information.And the socket that utilizes baseboard management controller to provide makes things convenient for the user to read various start information by browser, and operation technique simply is beneficial to user's use.
Although the present invention by embodiment openly as above; so it is not to limit the present invention, any those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when the conversion that can do to be equal to and modification, therefore protection scope of the present invention is when being as the criterion with the scope that claims were defined.
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1. the access method of the information of starting shooting is applicable to have a computer host system of a baseboard management controller, and its step comprises:
Start or this computer host system of resetting;
Open a function by the port order of Local Area Network transfer sequence by this baseboard management controller;
Recorded an initial time mark of this start information and start-of-record startup or this computer host system of resetting by this baseboard management controller;
Judge whether this computer host system is written into operating system program; If stop to record this start information and close this by the function of Local Area Network transfer sequence port order by this baseboard management controller; And send a command information to extract this start information and this zero-time mark.
2. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the step that is recorded this zero-time mark of this start information and start-of-record startup or this computer host system of resetting by this baseboard management controller comprises:
Utilize an extensible markup language to record this start information and this zero-time mark, and utilize the label function of this extensible markup language that this start information and this zero-time mark are classified; And will start shooting information and this zero-time mark are stored in the storage unit of this baseboard management controller.
3. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, opened this step by the function of Local Area Network transfer sequence port order by this baseboard management controller before, also comprises:
Send one first announcement information to this baseboard management controller by a Basic Input or Output System (BIOS), wherein this first announcement information is in order to notify this baseboard management controller to open this by the function of Local Area Network transfer sequence port order.
4. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, is being closed this by this baseboard management controller by before the function of Local Area Network transfer sequence port order, also comprises:
Send one second announcement information to this baseboard management controller by this Basic Input or Output System (BIOS), wherein this second announcement information is in order to notify this baseboard management controller to close this by the function of Local Area Network transfer sequence port order.
5. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, this first announcement information and this second announcement information meet the defined information format of an intelligent platform supervision interface specification.
6. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this command information meets the defined customized command information form of an intelligent platform supervision interface specification.
7. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises after the step of extracting this start information and this zero-time mark:
This start information is shown on the screen that is connected with this computer host system with this zero-time mark.
8. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Provide the user by a browser to read this start information and this zero-time mark.
9. the access method of start information as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the step that is recorded this start information by this baseboard management controller comprises:
Record a Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) information, a processor information, a storer information, a start selftest information one of them or its combination, with as this start information.
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