CN106649002A - Server and method for automatically overhauling baseboard management controller - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a server, which comprises a baseboard management controller, a control chip group and a basic input/output system, wherein the baseboard management controller is provided with a reset pin which receives a reset signal for resetting a power supply; the control chip group is electrically connected with the reset pin of the baseboard management controller; the basic input/output system is electrically connected with the control chip group, and periodically repeatedly sends a query instruction in a power-on self test process, and the query instruction is sent to the baseboard management controller via the control chip group; whether a replying instruction from the baseboard management controller is received or not is judged; if the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller is not received, the basic input/output system sends the reset signal to the reset pin of the baseboard management controller via the control chip group so as to reset the power supply of the baseboard management controller. By use of the server, an effect of automatic overhauling can be achieved, manpower is saved, and overhauling time is shortened.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of system and the method for repairing electronic bits of data automatically, particularly relate to a kind of server and the automatically method of maintenance baseboard management controller.
Background technology
Existing baseboard management controller（Baseboard Management
Controller, BMC）Suitable for server, and support wisdom Platform Management Interface（Intelligent Platform Management
Interface, IPMI）Industrial standard, for the state of the computer hardware on supervising server host computer plate, such as environment temperature, rotation speed of the fan, electric power thus supplied.However, when the baseboard management controller occurs exception, such as systemic-function collapse or hardware problem, prior art all needs the heartbeat for sending manpower that the baseboard management controller is inspected to by server（heartbeat）Cresset, when cresset is non-lit up, personnel just judge that the baseboard management controller crashes, and are overhauled, and not only increase repair time and labor intensive cost, thus become an important topic to be solved.
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of server.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a kind of method of automatic maintenance baseboard management controller.
Server of the present invention, including a baseboard management controller, a control chip group, and a basic input-output unit.
The baseboard management controller has the replacement port that one reset signal of reception resets power supply.
The control chip group electrically connects the replacement port of the baseboard management controller.
The basic input-output unit electrically connects the control chip group, and when electrifying startup, inquiry instruction is sent via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller, and judge whether to receive the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller, if not, then the basic input-output unit sends replacement port of the reset signal via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller, and the power supply of the baseboard management controller is reset.
The method of the baseboard management controller of maintenance automatically of the invention, including a step（A）, a step（B）, a step（C）, and a step（D）.
The step（A）It is the server electrifying startup.
The step（B）It is that the basic input-output unit sends inquiry instruction via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller.
The step（C）It is that the basic input-output unit judges whether to receive the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller.
The step（D）If being step（C）Judged result be no, then the basic input-output unit sends a reset signal via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller.
Of the invention the effect of is：During server electrifying startup, when the basic input-output unit inquires that the baseboard management controller does not but receive reply, the basic input-output unit will the power supply of the baseboard management controller reset, the effect of automatic maintenance is reached with this, and manpower can be saved and shorten the repair time.
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Fig. 1 is a system block diagrams, illustrates the embodiment of server of the present invention；And
Fig. 2 is a flow chart, illustrates the embodiment of the method for the baseboard management controller of maintenance automatically of the invention.
【Specific embodiment】
Refering to Fig. 1, an embodiment of server of the present invention includes a baseboard management controller（Baseboard Management
Controller, BMC）1st, a control chip group 2, a basic input-output unit（Basic Input/Output System, BIOS）3, and an inter-integrated circuit bus interface（Inter-Integrated Circuit
Bus, I2C Bus）4.
The baseboard management controller 1 has the replacement port that one reset signal of reception resets power supply（reset pin）, and the ready port of the initialization indication signal of an output one（ready pin）.Wherein, in the baseboard management controller before initialization is not yet completed, the initialization indication signal is default to be in not ready current potential, and initializes ready in the baseboard management controller 1 and be converted into a ready current potential.
The control chip group 2 has multiple universal input output ports（General-Purpose
Input/Output pins, GPIO pins）, one of universal input output port electrically connects the replacement port of the baseboard management controller 1, and another universal input output port electrically connects the ready port of the baseboard management controller 1 to receive the initialization indication signal.In this example, the control chip group 2 is with platform controller hub（Platform Controller Hub, PCH）To implement.
The basic input-output unit 3 electrically connects the control chip group 2, and within a start time, judges whether the baseboard management controller 1 initializes ready.In the present embodiment, the basic input-output unit 3 is instructed with the baseboard management controller 1 via the control chip group 2 with wisdom Platform Management Interface（IPMI command）Link up.Wherein, the start time refer on the server electricity after to the basic input-output unit 3 start perform one start self detect（Power-On Self Test, POST）Front this period of time, and the length of the start time sets, mainly when send initialization indication signal according to the baseboard management controller 1, typically about 60 seconds to 90 seconds.
The inter-integrated circuit bus interface 4 electrically connects the baseboard management controller 1 and the control chip group 2, to transmit the instruction of the wisdom Platform Management Interface between the baseboard management controller 1 and the control chip group 2.
Refering to Fig. 2, automatically the method for maintenance baseboard management controller is implemented in the server shown in Fig. 1 to the present invention.Each step of the method described further below.
First, in step, the server electrifying startup.
Then, in step E, the basic input-output unit 3 reads the initialization indication signal from the baseboard management controller 1 within the start time via the control chip group 2, to judge it is ready whether the baseboard management controller 1 initializes.In more detail, the basic input-output unit 3 read the once initialization indication signal at interval of one second, and whether be converted into the ready current potential to judge it is ready whether the baseboard management controller 1 initializes from the not ready current potential according to the initialization indication signal.If being judged as YES, that is, step B is proceeded directly to, if being judged as NO, into step F.
Then, in step F, the basic input-output unit 3 judges whether start time reaches a start time upper limit.If not yet returning to step E more than the start time upper limit of the basic input-output unit 3, the initialization indication signal is persistently read, to judge it is ready whether the baseboard management controller 1 initializes；If through the start time upper limit（Such as 90 seconds）Even if still no initializtion is ready for the baseboard management controller 1, that is, proceed directly to step B.Although consequently, it is possible to the baseboard management controller 1 is because systemic-function is collapsed or hardware occurs problem, so that the initialization indication signal is unchanged to shift to the ready current potential, the basic input-output unit 3 also may proceed to boot up flow process.
Then, in stepb, the basic input-output unit 3 start perform the start self detection, and in now send an inquiry instruction via the control chip group 2 to the baseboard management controller 1.Wherein, inquiry instruction can inquire the instruction of the version information of baseboard management controller 1 to implement.
Then, whether in step C, the basic input-output unit 3 judges whether to receive the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller 1, to confirm the baseboard management controller 1 as survival.Wherein, the replying instruction is the version information of the passback of baseboard management controller 1.If being judged as YES for step C, that is, enter step G；If being judged as NO for step C, enters step D.
In step D, if the basic input-output unit 3 is not received by the replying instruction of the baseboard management controller 1 in step C, then judge that the baseboard management controller 1 is not survived, cannot normal operation provide service, the basic input-output unit 3 sends replacement port of the reset signal via the control chip group 2 to the baseboard management controller 1, and the power supply of the baseboard management controller 1 is reset.
Then, in step J, the baseboard management controller is received and restarts itself after the reset signal, and reenters step E, is judged whether the baseboard management controller 1 initializes by the basic input-output unit 3 ready.Therefore, by the checking mechanism of the basic input-output unit 3, when the baseboard management controller 1 cannot normal operation when, cresset need not be inspected by manpower and judge its operation situation, the basic input-output unit 3 directly restarts the baseboard management controller 1, can save human cost and shorten the repair time.
In step G, if the basic input-output unit 3 receives the replying instruction of the baseboard management controller 1 in step C, the basic input-output unit 3 waits a scheduled time, and into step H.
Then, in steph, the basic input-output unit 3 judges that the performed start self detects whether to terminate, if the basic input-output unit 3 is judged still in self detection-phase of the start, then return to step B, and repeat step B, step C, step G, that is, the basic input-output unit 3 can be in the interprocedual of self detection of the start, at interval of the scheduled time, periodically repeat to send inquiry instruction, to confirm that the baseboard management controller 1 is initialized ready and be maintained as existing state.If the basic input-output unit 3 judges to terminate the start self detection-phase, step I is entered.
Then, in step I, the basic input-output unit 3 completes the start and self detects that i.e. handover system control gives operating system.
To sum up explanation understands, when the present invention is electrically activated on the server, the basic input-output unit 3 reads the initialization indication signal to judge it is ready whether the baseboard management controller 1 initializes in the start time, and in the interprocedual of self detection of the start, periodically repeat to send inquiry instruction, to confirm that the baseboard management controller 1 is initialized ready and be maintained as existing state.If not receiving the replying instruction of the baseboard management controller 1, the basic input-output unit 3 sends the replacement port of the reset signal to the baseboard management controller 1, the power supply of the baseboard management controller 1 is reset, the effect of automatic maintenance is reached with this, so as to saving manpower and shortening the repair time, so the purpose of the present invention can be reached really.
The foregoing is only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is impossible to which the practical range of the present invention is limited with this, the simple, equivalence changes made according to scope of the present invention patent and patent specification content generally and modification are all still covered by the present invention within the scope of the patent.
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1. a kind of server, it is characterised in that：The server includes：
One baseboard management controller, with the replacement port that one reset signal of reception resets power supply；
One control chip group, electrically connects the replacement port of the baseboard management controller；And
One basic input-output unit, electrically connect the control chip group, and when electrifying startup performs self detection of a start, inquiry instruction is sent via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller, and judge whether to receive the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller, if it is not, then the basic input-output unit sends replacement port of the reset signal via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller, the power supply of the baseboard management controller is reset.
2. according to the server described in claim 1, it is characterised in that：If the basic input-output unit judges to receive the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller, after then the basic input-output unit waits a scheduled time, judge that the performed start self detects whether to terminate, if it is not, repeating to send the inquiry instruction.
3. according to the server described in claim 1, it is characterised in that：Also there is the baseboard management controller output one to initialize the ready port of indication signal, and the control chip group electrically connects the ready port of the baseboard management controller to receive the initialization indication signal, the basic input-output unit is within the start time performed before the start is detected self, the initialization indication signal from the baseboard management controller is read via the control chip group, judge whether the baseboard management controller initializes according to this ready, if, then the basic input-output unit sends the inquiry instruction, if not, then the basic input-output unit judges whether start time reaches a start time upper limit, if sending the inquiry instruction.
4. according to the server described in claim 2, it is characterised in that：The initialization indication signal is default to be in not ready current potential, and initialize ready in the baseboard management controller and be converted into a ready current potential, whether the basic input-output unit is converted into the ready current potential to judge it is ready whether the baseboard management controller initializes according to the initialization indication signal from the not ready current potential.
5. according to the server described in claim 1, it is characterised in that：The server also includes：
One inter-integrated circuit bus interface, electrically connect the control chip group and the baseboard management controller, will transmit to the baseboard management controller from the inquiry of control chip group instruction, and will transmit to the control chip group from the replying instruction of the baseboard management controller.
6. a kind of method of automatic maintenance baseboard management controller, performed by a server, the server includes that a baseboard management controller, one electrically connect the control chip group of the baseboard management controller, and the basic input-output unit for electrically connecting the control chip group, the method that baseboard management controller is overhauled automatically includes：
（A）The server electrifying startup；
（B）The basic input-output unit performs a start and self detects, and sends inquiry instruction via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller；
（C）The basic input-output unit judges whether to receive the replying instruction from the baseboard management controller；And
（D）If step（C）Judged result be no, then the basic input-output unit sends a reset signal via the control chip group to the baseboard management controller.
7. according to the method for the automatic maintenance baseboard management controller described in claim 5, it is characterised in that：The method also includes：
（G）If step（C）Judged result be yes, then the basic input-output unit waits a scheduled time,
（H）The basic input-output unit judges that the performed start self detects whether to terminate, if it is not, i.e. repeat step（B）.
8. according to the method for the automatic maintenance baseboard management controller described in claim 5, it is characterised in that：The method is additionally included in step（A）Afterwards the step of（E）And step（F）：
（E）The basic input-output unit judges whether the baseboard management controller initializes ready within the start time performed before the start is detected self, if being judged as YES, that is, enters step（B）；And
（F）If step（E）Judged result be no, then the basic input-output unit judges whether start time reaches a start time upper limit, if otherwise returning to step（E）If entering step（B）.
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