CN103685404A - Network service system and method for updating firmware - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a network service system and a method for updating firmware. The method comprises the following steps: transmitting a firmware updating instruction and an updating firmware network address to a plurality of distribution units when firmware of at least one functional unit of a plurality of servers needs to be updated, respectively judging whether a plurality of servers of at least one corresponding cluster comprise base plate management controllers, transmitting the firmware updating instruction and the updating firmware network address to the plurality of servers with the base plate management controllers, acquiring updated firmware from the updating firmware network address, and updating the firmware of at least one functional unit of the plurality of servers with the base plate management controllers.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of firmware renewal technology, and particularly relevant for a kind of method of the element in multiple servers being carried out to firmware renewal.
Background technology
In the fields such as network service and communication, the remote service that many enterprises provide according to it or its business demand and be provided with many servers.In order to reduce the operation costs of burden, these enterprises just wish the data center (Data Center) that these Server Consolidations are become can manage concentratedly, and integrate to reduce by application or hardware resource the cost expense that server admin brings.
In server, possessing has many device elements can utilize firmware (Firmware) more to newly arrive to carry out the adjustment in its function, basic input output system (Basic Input Output System for example, BIOS), baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) etc.The general software referring in the hardware element that is embedded in device of firmware.By upgrading firmware, can adjust states such as the operational paradigm of server, stability.And use suitable firmware version can guarantee that hardware unit brings into play best operational effectiveness.
In general, at (the Complex Programmable Logic Device of for example complex programmable logic device in server, while CPLD) upgrading firmware, need be by for example rack management controller (Rack Management Controller, RMC) by power distribution unit (Power Distribution Unit, PDU), individually CPLD is carried out to the renewal of firmware.Thus, when the quantity of CPLD increases, the workload of RMC will increase thereupon, and then makes firmware upgrade the Efficiency Decreasing of operation.
Summary of the invention
A kind of method that the invention provides network service system and renewal firmware thereof, it can carry out firmware renewal to the element in server by baseboard management controller.
The invention provides a kind of network service system, comprise a plurality of servers, a plurality of allocation units and control unit.Described a plurality of server is divided at least one group, and wherein described in each, server comprises at least one functional unit.Described allocation units described in each allocation units connect respectively at least a group group.Control unit connects described a plurality of allocation units, in order to described a plurality of servers are managed by described a plurality of allocation units.Wherein, when the firmware of at least one functional unit of described a plurality of servers need to upgrade, control unit sends firmwares to described a plurality of allocation units and upgrades instructions and upgrade firmware networks address.Then, described in each, allocation units judge respectively whether the described a plurality of servers in corresponding at least one group comprise baseboard management controller, and send firmware renewal instruction and upgrade firmware networks address to the described a plurality of servers that comprise baseboard management controller.Afterwards, described a plurality of baseboard management controllers are obtained renewal firmware to upgrading firmware networks address, and to comprising that at least one functional unit in described a plurality of servers of baseboard management controller carries out firmware and upgrades operation.
In one embodiment of this invention, described control unit is rack management controller.
Another viewpoint, the invention provides a kind of method of upgrading firmware, is applicable to above-mentioned network service system.Described method comprises the following steps: when the firmware of at least one functional unit of described a plurality of servers need to upgrade, and sends firmware upgrade instruction and upgrade firmware networks address to described a plurality of allocation units.Whether the described a plurality of servers at least one group of judgement correspondence respectively comprise Ji board management Kong Jiu device.To the described a plurality of servers that comprise baseboard management controller, sending firmware upgrades instruction and upgrades firmware networks address.To upgrading firmware networks address, obtain renewal firmware.To comprising that at least one functional unit in described a plurality of servers of baseboard management controller carries out firmware and upgrades operation.
In one embodiment of this invention, described a plurality of allocation units judge respectively whether the described a plurality of servers in corresponding at least one group comprise that the step of baseboard management controller comprises that control unit obtains the region replaceable unit information of described a plurality of servers by described a plurality of allocation units, and whether analyzed area replaceable unit information comprise baseboard management controller to obtain corresponding server, more further analysis result is transferred in allocation units corresponding to group under server.
In one embodiment of this invention, described renewal firmware networks address is the file transfer protocol (FTP) server address that is associated with control unit.
In one embodiment of this invention, at control unit, send firmware and upgrade instruction and upgrade behind firmware networks address, be i.e. data, services corresponding to file opening host-host protocol.
Based on above-mentioned, in network service system provided by the invention and firmware update thereof, by the workload of update server firmware is transferred to the baseboard management controller in server by control unit, the workload of control unit can thereby be reduced.In other words, when the functional unit firmware of update server, control unit only must send firmware to allocation units and upgrade instruction, makes allocation units can notify baseboard management controller to carry out the follow-up firmware about functional unit and upgrades operation.When the workload of control unit reduces, its calculation resources can serve as other computing purposes, and then promotes the task performance of network service system.
For above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, special embodiment below, and coordinate appended graphic being described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the network service system that illustrates according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the renewal firmware method that illustrates according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the network service system that illustrates according to the embodiment of the present invention.
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100,300: network service system
110: control unit
120_1 ~ 120_4: allocation units
130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q, 130_3_1 ~ 130_3_R, 130_4_1 ~ 130_4_S: server
130_1 ~ 130_4: group
ADR: upgrade firmware networks address
FUC: firmware upgrades instruction
S210 ~ S250: step
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With detailed reference to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the example of described one exemplary embodiment is described in the accompanying drawings.In addition, all may part, in graphic and execution mode, use the identical or similar portions of the element/member/symbology of same numeral.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the network service system that illustrates according to the embodiment of the present invention.In the present embodiment, network service system 100 comprises that control unit 110, allocation units 120_1,120_2 and server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q(P, Q are positive integer).Server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P and 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q are divided into the 130_1 of group and 130_2, that is the 130_1 of group comprises server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, and the 130_2 of group comprises server 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q.
Allocation units 120_1 and 120_2 connect respectively each server in the 130_1 of group and 130_2, that is allocation units 120_1 connects 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, and allocation units 120_2 connection server 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q.Control unit 110 connects allocation units 120_1 and 120_2, in order to come management server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P and 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q by allocation units 120_1 and 120_2.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the renewal firmware method that illustrates according to the embodiment of the present invention.Please refer to Fig. 2, the renewal firmware method of the present embodiment is applicable to the network service system 100 of Fig. 1, below the every device explanation of arranging in pairs or groups in Fig. 1 upgrade the detailed step of firmware method.First, in step S210, for example, when the functional unit in server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P and 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q (CPLD) need to upgrade firmware, control unit 110 sends firmware renewal instruction FUC and upgrades firmware networks address AD R to allocation units 120_1 and 120_2.In step S220, allocation units 120_1 and 120_2 react on firmware and upgrade instruction FUC and upgrade firmware networks address AD R and whether judgement is connected in group individually respectively servers comprise BMC.
The 130_1 of group of allocation units 120_1 and connection thereof of take is example, after allocation units 120_1 receives firmware renewal instruction FUC and upgrades firmware networks address AD R, judge whether each server (that is server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P) of the 130_1 of group comprises BMC.In other embodiments, allocation units 120_1 can obtain region replaceable unit (Field Replaceable Unit, the FRU) information of server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, and this FRU information is forwarded to control unit 110.Then, control unit 110 can obtain by analyzing described FRU information the information that whether comprises BMC in server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P of the 130_1 of group.Afterwards, control unit 110 can and then transfer to by the analysis result of FRU information the allocation units 120_1 that the 130_1 of group is corresponding, makes allocation units 120_1 learn that in the server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P of its connection, which server comprises the information of BMC.
In step S230, allocation units 120_1 can be sent to the server that comprises BMC by upgrading firmware networks address AD R, for example server 130_1_1.For example, and in step S240, the BMC in server 130_1_1 can obtain according to upgrading firmware networks address AD R the renewal firmware of the functional unit (CPLD in server 130_1_1) that is applicable to firmware and need upgrades.Then,, in step S250, the functional unit that control unit 110 can need upgrade firmware by the BMC in server 130_1_1 (for example CPLD in server 130_1_1) carries out firmware and upgrades operation.
In other words, when the functional unit in server 130_1_1 need to upgrade firmware, control unit 110 can first judge according to for example FRU information of server 130_1_1 in server, whether 130_1_1 comprises BMC.If server 130_1_1 comprises BMC, control unit 110 can be controlled allocation units 120_1 and be sent to the BMC in server 130_1_1 by upgrading firmware networks address AD R.Then, BMC can obtain renewal firmware according to upgrading firmware networks address AD R, and then the functional unit that can need upgrade firmware carries out firmware renewal operation.
Therefore,, when the functional unit in the server with BMC need to upgrade firmware, control unit 110 can upgrade operation by firmware and transfer to BMC to carry out, and do not need voluntarily functional unit to be carried out to firmware, does not upgrade operation.Thus, the workload of control unit 110 can reduce effectively, and and then by the calculation resources of control unit 110 in order to carry out other computing, the overall efficiency of network service system 100 can effectively be promoted.Yet this area tool knows that the knowledgeable should know conventionally, above-mentioned various operations are only in order to illustrate, and embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this.
In one embodiment of this invention, suppose that it is 0xFF that firmware upgrades instruction FUC, its representative notice allocation units 120_1 and 120_2(be PDU for example) firmware of the functional unit in connected 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P and 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q (for example CPLD) is all upgraded.Upgrading firmware networks address AD R can be file transfer protocol (FTP) (File Transfer Protocol, the FTP) server address (for example ftp server address in RMC) that is associated with control unit 110.Therefore,, when allocation units 120_1 and 120_2 receive the signal of 0xFF for example, can learn now and the functional unit in server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P and 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q (for example CPLD) firmware all should be upgraded.Then, after control unit 110 which server of judgement comprise BMC, allocation units 120_1 and 120_2 can be forwarded on the server with BMC upgrading firmware networks address AD R, make BMC download the firmware version of described renewal according to upgrading firmware networks address AD R.Afterwards, BMC can be by for example universal input output (General Purpose Input/Output, GPIO) pin position is come, in the mode of for example JTAG (Joint Test Action Group, JTAG) specification, functional unit (for example CPLD) is carried out to firmware renewal operation.In this area, have and conventionally know that the knowledgeable should know, above-mentioned various operational scenario are only in order to illustrate, and embodiments of the present invention can be not limited to this.
In other embodiments, control unit 110 is after sending firmware renewal instruction FUC and upgrading firmware networks address AD R, can open the data, services that FTP is corresponding, make for example element of BMC to obtain renewal firmware according to upgrading firmware networks address AD R to FTP, but the present invention not be as limit.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the network service system that illustrates according to the embodiment of the present invention.In the present embodiment, network service system 300 comprises that control unit 110, allocation units 120_1 ~ 120_4 and server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q, 130_3_1 ~ 130_3_R and 130_4_1 ~ 130_4_S(R and S are all positive integer).Wherein, server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q, 130_3_1 ~ 130_3_R and 130_4_1 ~ 130_4_S are divided into the 130_1 ~ 130_4 of group, and the server that belongs to the 130_1 ~ 130_4 of group is connected with allocation units 120_1 ~ 120_4 individually.In the present embodiment, control unit 110 only needs not send 1 firmware to allocation units 120_1 ~ 120_4 and upgrades instruction FUC, can be in server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q, 130_3_1～130_3_R and 130_4_1 ~ 130_4_S, comprise that functional unit in the server of BMC carries out firmware and upgrades operation, and do not need individually server 130_1_1 ~ 130_1_P, 130_2_1 ~ 130_2_Q, 130_3_1 ~ 130_3_R and 130_4_1 ~ 130_4_S to be carried out to firmware, upgrade operation.That is to say, along with comprising that the quantity of server of BMC is larger, the workload that control unit 110 can reduce is just larger, and effect of the present invention thereby more remarkable.And after the workload of control unit 110 reduces, its calculation resources can be used to carry out other arithmetic operation, and then makes the Xiao Neng Lin of network service system 300 to promote thereupon.
In sum, in network service system provided by the invention and firmware update thereof, by the workload of the functional unit firmware in update server is transferred to the baseboard management controller in server by control unit, the workload of control unit can thereby be reduced.In other words, during functional unit firmware in update server, control unit only must send firmware to allocation units and upgrade instruction, makes baseboard management controller in the allocation units announcement server firmware carrying out about functional unit that continues upgrade operation.When the workload of control unit reduces, its calculation resources can serve as other computing purposes, and then promotes the task performance of network service system.
Although the present invention discloses as above with embodiment; so it is not in order to limit the present invention; under any, in technical field, have and conventionally know the knowledgeable; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when doing a little change and retouching, therefore protection scope of the present invention is when being as the criterion depending on the accompanying claim person of defining.
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1. a network service system, comprising:
A plurality of servers, are divided at least one group, and wherein described in each, server comprises at least one functional unit;
A plurality of allocation units, described in each, allocation units connect respectively described at least one group; And
Control unit, connects described a plurality of allocation units, in order to described a plurality of servers are managed by described a plurality of allocation units;
Wherein, when the firmware of described at least one functional unit of described a plurality of servers need to upgrade, described control unit sends firmware to described a plurality of allocation units and upgrades instruction and upgrade firmware networks address, described in each, allocation units judge respectively whether the described a plurality of servers in corresponding described at least one group comprise baseboard management controller, and send described firmware renewal instruction and described renewal firmware networks address to the described a plurality of servers that comprise described baseboard management controller, described baseboard management controller to described renewal firmware networks address is obtained and is upgraded firmware and to comprising that described at least one functional unit in described a plurality of servers of baseboard management controller carries out firmware and upgrades operation.
2. network service system as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described a plurality of allocation units judge respectively whether the described a plurality of servers in corresponding described at least one group comprise that the step of described baseboard management controller comprises:
Described control unit is obtained the region replaceable unit information of described a plurality of servers by described a plurality of allocation units, and analyze described region replaceable unit information and whether comprise described baseboard management controller to obtain corresponding described server, more further analysis result is transferred in described allocation units corresponding to described group under described server.
3. network service system as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described renewal firmware networks address is the file transfer protocol (FTP) server address that is associated with described control unit.
4. network service system as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, sends described firmware upgrade behind instruction and described renewal firmware networks address at described control unit, opens data, services corresponding to described file transfer protocol (FTP).
5. network service system as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described control unit is rack management controller.
6. a method of upgrading firmware, is applicable to network service system, and described network service system comprises:
A plurality of servers, are divided at least one group, and wherein described in each, server comprises at least one functional unit;
A plurality of allocation units, described in each, allocation units connect respectively described at least one group; And
Control unit, connects described a plurality of allocation units, in order to described a plurality of servers are managed by described a plurality of allocation units;
Described method comprises:
When the firmware of described at least one functional unit of described a plurality of servers need to upgrade, to described a plurality of allocation units, send firmwares and upgrade instructions and upgrade firmware networks address;
Whether the described a plurality of servers in described at least one group of judgement correspondence respectively comprise baseboard management controller;
To the described a plurality of servers that comprise described baseboard management controller, send described firmware and upgrade instruction and described renewal firmware networks address;
To described renewal firmware networks address, obtain renewal firmware; And
To comprising that described at least one functional unit in described a plurality of servers of described baseboard management controller carries out firmware and upgrades operation.
7. method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described a plurality of allocation units judge respectively whether the described a plurality of servers in corresponding described at least one group comprise that the step of described baseboard management controller comprises:
Described control unit is obtained the region replaceable unit information of described a plurality of servers by described a plurality of allocation units, and analyze described region replaceable unit information and whether comprise described baseboard management controller to obtain corresponding described server, more further analysis result is transferred in described allocation units corresponding to described group under described server.
8. method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described renewal firmware networks address is the file transfer protocol (FTP) server address that is associated with described control unit.
9. method as claimed in claim 8, is characterized in that, sends described firmware upgrade behind instruction and described renewal firmware networks address at described control unit, opens data, services corresponding to described file transfer protocol (FTP).
10. method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described control unit is rack management controller.
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