CN107766198B - Server mainboard monitoring system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a server mainboard monitoring system, which comprises: a plurality of mainboards under test; the system comprises a plurality of monitoring devices, a storage module, a wireless transmission module and an SD card interface, wherein the monitoring devices are respectively and correspondingly electrically connected with a plurality of mainboard under test and are respectively provided with a microprocessor, a storage module, a wireless transmission module and an SD card interface; and a testing end computer which regularly makes the main monitoring device transmit the system operation information of all tested mainboards stored in the SD card to the testing end computer.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a server mainboard monitoring system.
Background
The design of current server, the function is more and more, and the space is more and more littleer, and the system operation information of monitoring this server mainboard is because need weld a lot of wire jumpers, and the time of spending is also more and more, and with regard to timing information, when the mainboard chronogenesis problem appears at present, the engineer just must weld a pile of wire jumpers and erect oscilloscope and measure in order according to the timing diagram of mainboard to find the root cause of problem, this kind of way is consuming time hard.
The timing sequence of the server motherboard is basically controlled by a cpld (complex Programmable Logic device), and once the motherboard has a timing sequence problem during the startup, operation or shutdown process, it is a troublesome problem for engineers and customer service maintenance staff. Especially, when an engineer debugs in a laboratory, the time sequence of the mainboard needs to be measured step by using the oscilloscope, and the mainboard of the server needs to be monitored one by one to find the root of the problem. Doing so wastes time and energy, and the effect is still not good moreover, and can't realize monitoring many servers simultaneously.
In view of this, the present invention provides a server motherboard monitoring system, which can monitor system operation information of a motherboard without welding a stack of patch cords, thereby greatly shortening the monitoring time.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a server mainboard monitoring system which can monitor system operation information of a mainboard under the condition of omitting welding a stack of jumper wires, and greatly shortens monitoring time.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a server motherboard monitoring system, which includes:
a plurality of mainboards under test;
a plurality of monitoring devices, which are respectively and correspondingly electrically connected with the plurality of main boards under test and are respectively provided with a microprocessor, a storage module, a wireless transmission module and an SD card interface, wherein the storage module, the wireless transmission module and the SD card interface are respectively and electrically connected with the corresponding microprocessors, the microprocessor receives a user input, and sets the corresponding monitoring device as one of a main monitoring device and a slave monitoring device according to the user input, the main monitoring device and the slave monitoring devices respectively acquire the system operation information which respectively corresponds to and is electrically connected with the main boards under test by the respective microprocessors and respectively store the system operation information in the respective storage modules, the main monitoring device and the slave monitoring devices are respectively and wirelessly connected by the wireless transmission modules thereon, and the main monitoring device periodically collects the corresponding system operation information of the main boards under test acquired and stored by the slave monitoring devices, the main monitoring device SD card interface can be electrically connected with an SD card in a removable and detachable mode, and the main monitoring device stores the system operation information of the corresponding mainboard under test stored by the storage module on the main monitoring device and the collected system operation information of the corresponding mainboard under test acquired and stored by the slave monitoring devices in the SD card of the main monitoring device; and
and the test end computer is electrically connected with the main monitoring device and is used for enabling the main monitoring device to transmit system operation information of all tested mainboards stored in the SD card of the main monitoring device to the main monitoring device at regular time so as to be used for analyzing and debugging by the test end computer.
Preferably, the plurality of monitoring devices are further provided with a master/slave selection switch respectively, the master/slave selection switch is electrically connected with the microprocessor, and the microprocessor receives the user input through the corresponding master/slave selection switch.
Preferably, the plurality of on-test motherboards are respectively provided with a CPLD device, the plurality of on-test motherboards respectively provide their own power timing information by the CPLD devices thereon, the plurality of monitoring devices respectively read the system operation information of the on-test motherboards respectively corresponding thereto by the microprocessors thereon, and the system operation information includes the power timing information provided by the CPLD devices thereon.
Preferably, the microprocessors of the monitoring devices are respectively connected with the CPLD devices of the motherboards under test through an I2C bus.
Preferably, the plurality of on-test motherboards are further provided with a baseboard management controller, the baseboard management controller is used for collecting system event logs of the corresponding on-test mainboard, the plurality of monitoring devices are respectively in communication connection with the corresponding plurality of on-test mainboards through microprocessors on the monitoring devices, wherein the plurality of on-test mainboards respectively provide their own system event logs through the baseboard management controller on the monitoring devices, the plurality of monitoring devices respectively read the system operation information of the corresponding on-test mainboards through the microprocessors on the monitoring devices, and the system operation information further includes the system event logs provided by the corresponding on-test mainboards through the baseboard management controller on the monitoring devices.
Preferably, the monitoring devices are respectively connected with the baseboard management controllers of the mainboards under test through network communication by the microprocessors on the monitoring devices.
Preferably, the wireless transmission module adopts a bluetooth communication protocol.
Preferably, the wireless transmission module adopts a WiFi communication protocol.
Preferably, the test-end computer is electrically connected to the main monitoring device through a USB.
Preferably, the memory module is an SRAM.
Compared with the prior art, the server mainboard monitoring system provided by the invention has the advantages that the system operation information of a plurality of mainboards under test is monitored simultaneously by utilizing a plurality of monitoring devices, one monitoring device is selected as a main monitoring device to receive the system operation information monitored by other monitoring devices, and finally, the monitoring device which is taken as the main monitoring device is regularly made to send the collected system operation information of the plurality of mainboards under test by the testing end computer, so that the analysis and the processing can be conveniently carried out by utilizing the software in the monitoring device, therefore, the system operation information of the mainboards can be monitored under the condition of omitting welding a stack of jumper wires, and the monitoring time is greatly shortened.
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Fig. 1 is a block schematic diagram of a server motherboard monitoring system according to the present invention.
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Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a server motherboard monitoring system, which includes a plurality of motherboards under test 1, a plurality of monitoring devices 2, and a testing-side computer 3.
A plurality of monitoring devices 2, each of which is electrically connected to the plurality of main boards 1 under test and is respectively provided with a master/slave selection switch 20, a microprocessor 21, a storage module 22, a wireless transmission module 23, and an SD card interface 24, the master/slave selection switch 20, the storage module 22, the wireless transmission module 23, and the SD card interface 24 are respectively electrically connected to the corresponding microprocessor 21, the microprocessor 21 receives a user input through the master/slave selection switch 20, and sets the corresponding monitoring device 2 as one of a master monitoring device and a slave monitoring device according to the user input, the monitoring device 2 (hereinafter referred to as master monitoring device) set as the master monitoring device and the monitoring device 2 (hereinafter referred to as slave monitoring device) set as the slave monitoring device respectively obtain system operation information of the main board 1 under test and are respectively corresponding and electrically connected to the monitoring devices through the respective microprocessors 21, and respectively use the system operation information of the main board 1 under test and the system operation information to the slave monitoring devices as the slave monitoring devices The information is stored in the respective storage module 22, the master monitoring device and the slave monitoring devices are wirelessly connected through the wireless transmission module 23 thereon, and the master monitoring device periodically collects the system operation information of the corresponding on-test motherboard 1, which is acquired and stored by the slave monitoring devices. An SD card 4 is electrically connected to the SD card interface 24 of the main monitoring device in a removable manner, and the main monitoring device stores the system operation information of the corresponding main board 1 under test stored in the storage module 22 of the main monitoring device and the collected system operation information of the corresponding main board 1 under test acquired and stored by the slave monitoring devices into the SD card 4 of the main monitoring device.
The testing computer 3 is electrically connected to the main monitoring device, and is configured to periodically enable the main monitoring device to transmit the system operation information of all the tested motherboards stored in the SD card 4 of the main monitoring device to the main monitoring device for analysis and debugging by the testing computer 3, for example, the software loaded in the testing computer is used to draw a waveform diagram of the system operation information for analysis and debugging by a user.
In this embodiment, two monitoring devices 2 are taken as an example, one of which is the master monitoring device, and the other is the slave monitoring device.
In this embodiment, the plurality of on-test motherboards 1 are respectively provided with a CPLD device 10, the plurality of on-test motherboards 1 respectively provide their own power timing information through the CPLD devices 10 thereon, and the plurality of monitoring devices 2 respectively read the system operation information of the on-test motherboards corresponding thereto through the microprocessors 21 thereon, wherein the system operation information includes the power timing information provided by the CPLD devices 10 thereon.
In this embodiment, the microprocessors 21 of the monitoring devices 2 are respectively connected to the CPLD devices 10 of the motherboards under test through an I2C bus.
In this embodiment, a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) 11 is further disposed on the plurality of on-test motherboards 1, the Baseboard Management Controller 11 is configured to collect System Event logs (System Event logs, SEL) of the on-test motherboards 1 corresponding to the on-test motherboards 11, the plurality of monitoring devices 2 are respectively connected to the plurality of on-test motherboards 1 through micro-processors 21 of the monitoring devices 2, wherein the plurality of on-test motherboards 1 respectively provide their own System Event logs through the Baseboard Management Controller 11 thereon, the plurality of monitoring devices 2 respectively read the System operation information of the on-test motherboards 1 corresponding to the monitoring devices 2 through the microprocessors 21 of the monitoring devices, and the System operation information further includes the System Event logs provided by the Baseboard Management Controller 11 on the corresponding on-test motherboard 1.
In this embodiment, the monitoring devices 2 are respectively connected to the bmcs 11 of the mainboards 1 through network communication by the microprocessors 21 thereon.
In this embodiment, the wireless transmission module 23 employs a bluetooth communication protocol.
In this embodiment, the wireless transmission module 23 adopts a WiFi communication protocol.
In the present embodiment, the testing computer 3 is electrically connected to the monitoring device 2 as a main monitoring device through a Universal Serial Bus (USB).
In the present embodiment, the Memory module 22 is an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory).
In summary, the above embodiments and drawings are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, but not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made by the claims of the present invention should fall within the scope of the present invention.
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1. A server motherboard monitoring system, comprising:
the system comprises a plurality of on-test mainboards, a plurality of power supply time sequence information acquisition module and a plurality of power supply time sequence information acquisition module, wherein the plurality of on-test mainboards are respectively provided with a CPLD device, and are respectively provided with power supply time sequence information by the CPLD devices on the plurality of on-test mainboards;
a plurality of monitoring devices, which are respectively and correspondingly electrically connected with the plurality of main boards under test and are respectively provided with a microprocessor, a storage module, a wireless transmission module and an SD card interface, wherein the storage module, the wireless transmission module and the SD card interface are respectively and electrically connected with the corresponding microprocessors, the microprocessor receives a user input and sets the corresponding monitoring device as one of a main monitoring device and a slave monitoring device according to the user input, the plurality of monitoring devices are respectively and communicatively connected with the corresponding plurality of main boards under test by the microprocessors on the monitoring devices, the plurality of main boards under test respectively provide system event logs of the monitoring devices by the base board management controllers on the monitoring devices, and the plurality of monitoring devices respectively read the system operation information of the corresponding main boards under test by the microprocessors on the monitoring devices, the system operation information further includes the system event log provided by the baseboard management controller on the corresponding on-test mainboard, the system operation information respectively corresponding to and electrically connected to the on-test mainboard is obtained by the monitoring devices of the master monitoring device and the slave monitoring devices respectively through the respective microprocessors and is respectively stored in the respective storage modules, wherein the system operation information respectively read by the microprocessors of the plurality of monitoring devices includes the power timing information provided by the CPLD devices respectively corresponding to the on-test mainboards, and the system event log provided by the baseboard management controller on the corresponding on-test mainboard, the master monitoring device and the slave monitoring devices are respectively wirelessly connected through the wireless transmission modules thereon, and the master monitoring device periodically collects the corresponding system operation information of the on-test mainboard obtained and stored by the slave monitoring devices, the main monitoring device is electrically connected with an SD card in a removable and detachable manner, and stores the system operation information of the corresponding mainboard under test stored by the storage module on the main monitoring device and the collected system operation information of the corresponding mainboard under test acquired and stored by the slave monitoring devices in the SD card of the main monitoring device; and
and the test end computer is electrically connected with the main monitoring device and is used for enabling the main monitoring device to transmit system operation information of all tested mainboards stored in the SD card of the main monitoring device to the main monitoring device at regular time so as to be used for analyzing and debugging by the test end computer.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring devices further comprises a master/slave selector switch electrically connected to the microprocessor, and the microprocessor receives the user input through its corresponding master/slave selector switch.
3. The server board monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the microprocessors of the monitoring devices are respectively connected to the CPLD devices of the motherboards under test through an I2C bus.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring devices are connected to the bmcs of the motherboards under test through network communication via the microprocessors thereof.
5. The monitoring system for the main board of the server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission module employs a bluetooth communication protocol.
6. The server board monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission module employs a WiFi communication protocol.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the test-side computer is electrically connected to the main monitoring device via a USB.
8. The server board monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the storage module is an SRAM.
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