CN108932134B - Remote updating method for server BIOS - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a remote updating method of a server BIOS, which is applied to a BISO remote updating system of a server, wherein a BMC is installed in the server, and the method comprises the following steps: initializing the BMC after the server is powered on; after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus; when receiving a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction; the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware; and carrying out remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information. The invention improves the maintenance efficiency of the server and enhances the stability of the server.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a server BIOS remote updating method.
Background
At present, a BMC is used for remote monitoring and management on a mainstream server, when the server is powered on, the BMC starts initialization work, can remotely access a machine through a webpage, and can also remotely update the BIOS, but in the existing scheme, the BIOS firmware is completely updated according to byte, and after the update is completed, the update success is returned. Under the condition, the version information before upgrading and the version information under updating are difficult to visually see, so that research and development personnel are not facilitated to identify whether the version under updating is the version needing upgrading or not, and the condition of updating errors is easy to generate.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a server BIOS remote updating method, aiming at improving the server maintenance efficiency and enhancing the stability of a server.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a remote update method for a server BIOS, which is applied to a server BIOS remote update system, wherein a BMC is installed in the server, and the method includes the following steps:
initializing the BMC after the server is powered on;
after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus;
when receiving a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction;
the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware;
and carrying out remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information.
A further technical solution of the present invention is that the step of performing a remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the parsed BIOS firmware version information includes:
the BMC presents the current BIOS firmware version information and the analyzed BIOS firmware version information to a user on a user terminal BMC webpage interface;
the BMC receives an update confirmation instruction input by a user at a user terminal BMC webpage interface;
the step of performing remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the parsed BIOS firmware version information includes:
and carrying out remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the updating confirmation instruction.
The further technical scheme of the present invention is that the step of presenting the current BIOS firmware version information and the resolved BIOS firmware version information to the user at the web interface of the user terminal BMC by the BMC further includes:
the BMC receives an update cancelling instruction input by a user on a user terminal BMC webpage interface;
and canceling the updating operation according to the updating canceling instruction.
The further technical scheme of the invention is that the step that after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through the LPC bus comprises the following steps:
after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware in a mode of programming a bottom layer drive code;
when the BMC receives a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the step of acquiring the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction comprises the following steps:
when a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface is received, the BMC acquires the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware through a bottom layer drive code programming mode according to the instruction.
According to the remote updating method of the server BIOS, after the server is powered on, the BMC is initialized; after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus; when receiving a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction; the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware; and carrying out remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information, so that the maintenance efficiency of the server is improved, and the stability of the server is enhanced.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the hardware architecture of the operating environment of the BIOS remote update method of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a server BIOS remote update method according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a server BIOS remote updating method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
The terms involved in the embodiments of the present invention include:
BMC: a board Management Controller (Baseboard Management Controller). The IPMI standard is built in a mainboard and supports the IPMI standard of the industry standard. The functions provided by the BMC include: local and remote diagnostics, console support, configuration management, hardware management, and troubleshooting.
SPI: SPI is an abbreviation for Serial Peripheral Interface (Serial Peripheral Interface). SPI is a high-speed, full-duplex, synchronous communication bus, and only occupies four lines on the pin of chip, has saved the pin of chip, saves space on the overall arrangement of PCB simultaneously, provides convenience, and is exactly because of this simple easy-to-use characteristic, more and more chips have integrated this kind of communication protocol now, for example AT91RM 9200.
In consideration of the fact that when the BIOS of the existing server is updated remotely, research personnel cannot accurately and intuitively see the current version information and the version information being updated, BIOS updating errors are easily caused, and the development process is influenced, the invention provides a solution.
Specifically, in order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a remote update method for a server BIOS, which is applied to a BISO remote update system of the server, wherein a BMC is installed in the server. Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a hardware structure diagram of an operating environment of a remote BIOS update method according to the present invention.
Wherein, the BMC and the south bridge (PCH) are connected through LPC. The BMC is connected with the BIOS Flash through an SPI protocol.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a server BIOS remote updating method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 2, the method for remotely updating the server BIOS according to the embodiment includes the following steps:
step S100, after a server is powered on, initializing the BMC;
step S200, after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus;
step S300, when receiving a BIOS updating command input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the command;
step S400, the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain the analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware;
and S500, performing remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, after the BMC is powered on and operated, the current BIOS firmware version information and the parsed BIOS firmware version information may be embodied in the BMC web interface of the user terminal, which depends on a function module of the BMC program, and are stored in the BMC Flash, and are called after the server motherboard is powered on.
According to the technical scheme, after the server is powered on, the BMC is initialized; after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus; when receiving a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction; the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware; and carrying out remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information, so that the maintenance efficiency of the server is improved, and the stability of the server is enhanced.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a server BIOS remote updating method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment shown in fig. 2 is that, in the step S500, before the step of performing the remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the parsed BIOS firmware version information, the step includes:
step S501, the BMC presents the current BIOS firmware version information and the analyzed BIOS firmware version information to a user on a user terminal BMC web interface.
Therefore, the current BIOS firmware version information and the analyzed BIOS firmware version information are presented to a user on the user terminal BMC webpage interface, so that the user can conveniently and accurately identify whether the version being updated is the version needing to be updated, and the accuracy of BIOS updating is improved.
Step S502, the BMC receives an update confirmation instruction input by a user on the user terminal BMC web interface.
In the step S500, the step of performing the remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information includes:
step S503, the current BIOS version is remotely updated according to the update confirmation instruction.
By receiving an update confirmation instruction input by a user on the user terminal BMC webpage interface and performing remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information, the problem that the BIOS update is wrong can be solved for the user.
In addition, in this embodiment, in the step S501, after the step of presenting the current BIOS firmware version information and the parsed BIOS firmware version information to the user on the web interface of the BMC of the user terminal, the BMC further includes the following steps:
and the BMC receives an update cancelling instruction input by a user on a user terminal BMC webpage interface.
And canceling the updating operation according to the updating canceling instruction.
In this embodiment, after the server is powered on, the step of acquiring, by the BMC, the version information of the current BIOS firmware via the LPC bus may include:
and after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware in a mode of programming the bottom layer drive code.
When the BMC receives a BIOS update instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC web interface, the step of acquiring version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction may include:
when a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface is received, the BMC acquires the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware through a bottom layer drive code programming mode according to the instruction.
In summary, according to the remote update method for the server BIOS of the present invention, by using the above technical solution, after the server is powered on, the BMC is initialized; after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus; when receiving a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the instruction; the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware; and carrying out remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information, so that the maintenance efficiency of the server is improved, and the stability of the server is enhanced.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A remote updating method for a server BIOS is applied to a BISO remote updating system of a server, wherein a BMC is installed in the server, and the method comprises the following steps:
initializing the BMC after the server is powered on;
after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through an LPC bus;
when receiving a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the BMC acquires version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the BIOS updating instruction;
the BMC analyzes the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware to obtain analyzed BIOS firmware version information of the version of the uploaded BIOS firmware;
performing remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information;
the step of performing remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the parsed BIOS firmware version information comprises:
the BMC presents the current BIOS firmware version information and the analyzed BIOS firmware version information to a user on a user terminal BMC webpage interface;
the BMC receives an update confirmation instruction input by a user at a user terminal BMC webpage interface;
the step of performing remote update operation on the current BIOS version according to the analyzed BIOS firmware version information comprises the following steps:
performing remote updating operation on the current BIOS version according to the updating confirmation instruction;
the step of presenting the current BIOS firmware version information and the analyzed BIOS firmware version information to a user on the user terminal BMC web interface by the BMC further comprises:
the BMC receives an update cancelling instruction input by a user on a user terminal BMC webpage interface;
canceling the updating operation according to the updating canceling instruction;
after the server is started, the step that the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware through the LPC bus comprises the following steps:
after the server is started, the BMC acquires the version information of the current BIOS firmware in a mode of programming a bottom layer drive code;
when the BMC receives a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface, the step of acquiring the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware according to the BIOS updating instruction comprises the following steps:
when a BIOS updating instruction input by a user through a user terminal BMC webpage interface is received, the BMC acquires the version information of the uploaded BIOS firmware through a bottom layer drive code programming mode according to the BIOS updating instruction.
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