CN104391548A - Method for improving chip FW burning efficiency of server Expander board cards - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for improving the chip FW burning efficiency of server Expander board cards, and belongs to the field of server board cards. According to the method, the FW burning of a plurality of Expander black board master chips can be achieved in one step by a single server node and an SAS card through cascading among board cards. The method can replace a traditional refresh method and greatly shortens the time for FW burning, and the method is simple and quick in operation. FW writing of the Expander black board chips can be quickly realized by addressing and running an xflash tool of a corresponding FW version under a windows or Linux system of a server.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to server board field, particularly relate to a kind of method improving server Expander board chip FW burning efficiency.
Background technology
In the epoch that this data explosion increases, the Storage and Processing of data seems particularly important, has penetrated in industry-by-industry and field.Such as: Research Center is colleges and universities in one's power, military enterprise, Internet enterprises etc., especially for current internet industry, the importance that the growth rapidly of network data makes data store is more outstanding, for the memory module in server--hard disk, in the storage of data, play vital effect; If server is the core of network data, so server hard disc is exactly the data warehouse of this core, and all software and user data are all stored in here.
On server master board, connect hard disk number determine the size of memory data output.Therefore, for a server storing data, the data of the more storages of hard disk are more, and the increase of hard disk can make the connector of connection hard disk and mainboard increase, and then the free space of meeting reduced mainboard.Therefore, the application of SAS card and Expander card just seems particularly important.Hard disk signal on mainboard can pass on SAS card by PCIE, then, passes to hard disk backboard, finally arrive hard disk by Expander card, just can be increased the quantity of hard disk, realize the storage of more data by the expansion of Expander card.
Concerning user, the hard disc data stored on the server is the most valuable.Therefore, the reliability of hard disk is very important.For the working environment of overlength working time, data transmission and the stability stored and reliability to be ensured in server operation process, the stability of hard disk will be ensured.So just require that the FW of Expander board is suitable, make can communicate normally between hard disk and Expander card, avoid hard disk to fall dish, the serious consequence of machine of even delaying.In test process, be the normal operation of Deterministic service device hard disk, sometimes need to change the FW of Expander board, once determine that change version refreshes the FW of all Expander boards with regard to needing.Each refreshing all needs Expander card to change, and then refresh under system, the time is longer, and more numerous and diverse; Also have one to be that band is outer to refresh, be connected with the com port on computer by the Debug port on Expander card, then refresh under DOS, often select a slice Expander card, do a burning action, each burning action needs 5-6 minute, also needs to reconnect lower a slice Expander board after burning completes, and so workload is very large.When server board card batch is produced, the burning link of Expander board chip FW can become the bottleneck of production efficiency.
Summary of the invention
For solving this problem, a kind of method improving Expander board chip FW burning efficiency is proposed herein.The method be by board between cascade, under the windows system or linux system of server, directly carry out batch burning refresh.
The present invention proposes a kind of method improving server Expander board chip FW burning efficiency.Its main thought is: by the cascade between board, utilizes individual server node, disposablely can realize the FW burning of multiple Expander backboard master chip.This method can replace traditional method for refreshing, saves the time of burning FW greatly, and simple and quick.By addressing under the windows system or linux system of server, run the xflash instrument of corresponding FW version, realize writing with a brush dipped in Chinese ink of Expander backboard chip FW fast.
General band refreshes the method for Expander board chip FW outward, is directly connected the Debug port of Expander board, then under DOS, performs refurbishing procedure, carry out the refresh work of solid core and configuration file by the COM port on PC.The drawback of this method for refreshing is: each Expander board only has a Debug port, and carrying out refreshing like this can only piecemeally carry out, and will re-start assembling at every turn, can waste a lot of time after having refreshed.
Method for refreshing after improvement, refreshes Expander board chip FW by cascade, chooses a server node, a slice SAS card, can carry out the refreshing of FW to multiple Expander card.Wherein: every sheet Expander card is all powered separately by power supply, all used miniSAS interface to be connected between SAS card and one-level Expander card, between one-level Expander card with secondary Expander, every a slice Expander card has 5 miniSAS ports, so every a slice Expander card can cascade downwards 4, material is thus formed cascaded topology figure as shown in Figure 2.Under windows system or linux system, namely by writing with a brush dipped in Chinese ink Software tool xflash.exe, realize the refreshing to polylith expansion card FW and configuration file.
By by the cascade between board, by addressing under the windows system or linux system of Server, and run the xflash instrument of corresponding FW version, writing with a brush dipped in Chinese ink of Expander board chip FW can be realized fast;
By individual server node, carry out the disposable FW burning realizing multiple Expander backboard chip, simple and quick.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is that generalized ribbon refreshes FW method schematic diagram outward.
Accompanying drawing 2 is that after improving, FW refreshes topological schematic diagram.
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More detailed elaboration is carried out to content of the present invention below:
Before FW burning, need the preparation carrying out hardware and software.After putting up hardware platform, can the system of entering software be utilized to carry out burning refreshing.
1), hardware prepares: as shown in table 1
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hardware configuration list
2), software preparation:
Get out xflash.exe replication tool; Expander.fw file; Expander.bin file.
For making the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearly, will do the present invention below and describing in detail further.When doing online burning to Expander board chip FW according to following steps:
1), the hardware preparatory stage:
After taking mainboard, mainboard installs CPU and internal memory; Be connected with mainboard with PSU, realize to main board power supply; SAS card is arranged on PCIE slot, according to the topological diagram shown in Fig. 2, utilizes MiNiSAS cable to connect, stand-by after connecting display and keyboard.
2), the software preparation stage:
First compiled replication tool: xflash.exe; Then, get out Expander board chip and want the FW file of burning with bin file, be placed on inside USB flash disk.
3), the FW burning stage:
After file copy above to USB flash disk, USB flash disk is plugged in the USB interface of mainboard, under start enters linux system, by file copy under system folder, first get avail is utilized to carry out addressing operation, the Expander board SAS address of all cascades is read out, then according to SAS address, utilizes replication tool to carry out burning.
4), burning confirms:
Can show reset successfully after burning completes and confirms, then the FW version information of Expander board chip can be read out confirmation by replication tool.
Above, for a kind of real case step improving the method for burn-recording of Expander board chip FW burning efficiency describes, the burning of Expander board FW can be realized according to above operating process.
Claims (3)
1. improve a method for server Expander board chip FW burning efficiency, it is characterized in that, refresh Expander board chip FW by cascade, choose a server node, a slice SAS card, multiple Expander card is carried out to the refreshing of FW.
2. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, every sheet Expander card is all powered separately by power supply, all used miniSAS interface to be connected between SAS card and one-level Expander card, between one-level Expander card with secondary Expander, every a slice Expander card has 5 miniSAS ports, and so every a slice Expander card can cascade downwards 4.
3. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, by addressing under the windows system or linux system of server, runs the xflash instrument of corresponding FW version, realizes writing with a brush dipped in Chinese ink of Expander backboard chip FW.
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