CN111464329B

CN111464329B - Starting method, interconnection module and server

Info

Publication number: CN111464329B
Application number: CN202010132997.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陆亦雄
Original assignee: New H3C Information Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: New H3C Information Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-29
Filing date: 2020-02-29
Publication date: 2022-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-02-29
Also published as: CN111464329A

Abstract

The application provides a starting method, an interconnection module and a server, wherein the starting method is applied to the first interconnection module installed in a first installation slot of the server, the server further comprises a management board used for managing the server, and the first interconnection module comprises a main chip and a management chip. The starting method comprises the following steps: the management chip sends a request message to a management board, wherein the request message is used for requesting to acquire the slot position information of the first installation slot position; the management chip receives the slot position information and sends a power-on instruction and the slot position information to the main chip; and after receiving the slot position information, the master chip modifies the mark member-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information and executes the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

Description

Starting method, interconnection module and server

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of electronic devices, and in particular, to a starting method, an interconnection module, and a server.

Background

There is a server integrating computing, storage, switching, management and multi-service expansion functions, which includes one or more installation slots for interconnecting modules, such as: the blade server comprises installation slots of the Ethernet switching module, the hybrid switching module and the FC switching module. Each switch module may be considered an interconnect device, such as a switch.

The plurality of switching modules installed in the server operate independently, and the interconnection modules do not affect each other, thereby bringing about the following problems:

when different interconnection modules leave a factory, distinguishing marks are not set according to the installed positions, so that slot position information of the interconnection modules cannot be effectively distinguished, when service configuration is carried out, configuration of all the interconnection modules needs to be reset and restarted, and efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present application provides a starting method, an interconnection module, and a server.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a starting method, which is applied to a first interconnection module installed in a first installation slot of a server, where the server further includes a management board for managing the server, and the first interconnection module includes a main chip and a management chip; the starting method comprises the following steps:

the management chip sends a request message to a management board, wherein the request message is used for requesting to acquire slot position information of the first installation slot position;

the management chip receives the slot position information and sends a power-on instruction and the slot position information to the main chip;

and after receiving the slot position information, the main chip modifies the identification number-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information, and executes a power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

Optionally, after the management chip sends the request message to the management board, the method further includes:

and if the management chip does not receive the slot position information fed back by the management board, the management chip sends a power-on instruction to the main chip so that the main chip starts the first interconnection module.

Optionally, the main chip receives the slot information and modifies the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to be between the slot information, and further includes:

judging whether the identifier member-id of the first interconnection module is modified or not;

if so, modifying the identification number-id of the first interconnection module as the slot position information;

and if not, executing a power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction to start the first interconnection module.

Optionally, the determining whether to modify the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module, and if so, modifying the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to be the slot information includes:

and judging whether the slot position information is valid, if so, modifying the mark member-id of the first interconnection module to be the slot position information.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a starting method, which is applied to a server including a first interconnection module installed in a first installation slot, where the server includes one or more installation slots for installing interconnection modules and a management board for managing the server, and the first interconnection module includes a master chip and a management chip; the starting method comprises the following steps:

the management chip sends a request message to a management board, wherein the request message is used for requesting to acquire the slot position information of the first installation slot position;

after receiving the request message, the management board sends the slot position information to the management chip;

and after receiving the slot position information, the master chip modifies the mark member-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information and executes the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

Optionally, after the management board receives the request packet, the method further includes:

the management board feeds back a response message which does not carry the slot position information to a management chip;

when the management chip receives a response message which is fed back by the management board and does not carry the slot position information, the management chip sends a power-on instruction to the main chip so that the main chip starts the first interconnection module.

Optionally, after receiving the slot position information and modifying the identifier member-id of the first interconnection module to be between the slot position information, the main chip further includes:

judging whether the identification number-id of the first interconnection module is modified or not;

and if not, executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction to start the first interconnection module.

and judging whether the slot position information is valid, if so, modifying the identification member-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information.

In a third aspect, the present application provides an interconnection module, the interconnection module is installed in a first installation slot of a server, the server further includes a management board for managing the server, the interconnection module includes a master chip and a management chip, wherein,

the management chip is used for sending a request message to a management board, wherein the request message is used for requesting to acquire the slot position information of the first installation slot position;

the management chip is also used for receiving the slot position information and sending a power-on instruction and the slot position information to the main chip;

and the master chip is used for modifying the identification number-id of the interconnection module into the slot position information after receiving the slot position information, and executing a power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the interconnection module.

Optionally, the management chip is further configured to send a power-on instruction to the master chip if the slot information fed back by the management board is not received, so that the master chip starts the interconnection module.

Optionally, the main chip is further configured to determine whether to modify a member-id of the interconnection module;

if so, modifying the identification number-id of the interconnection module as the slot position information;

and if not, executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the interconnection module.

Optionally, the main chip is specifically configured to:

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a server, where the server includes one or more installation slots for installing interconnection modules and a management board for managing the server, an interconnection module installed in a first installation slot is a first interconnection module, and the first interconnection module includes a master chip and a management chip; wherein,

the management board is used for sending the slot position information to the management chip after receiving the request message;

and the master chip is used for modifying the identification number-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information after receiving the slot position information, and executing a power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

the management board is also used for feeding back a response message which does not carry the slot position information to a management chip;

and the management chip is further configured to send a power-on instruction to the main chip when receiving a response message which is fed back by the management board and does not carry the slot position information, so that the main chip starts the first interconnection module.

Optionally, the main chip is further configured to:

Optionally, the main chip is specifically configured to:

In the prior art, each interconnection module is an independent switch, and port names of all interconnection modules are consistent under the current default condition, so that when configuration is performed on service networking of a blade server, in order to distinguish the interconnection modules, the configuration of all the interconnection modules needs to be reconfigured, and then service configuration is performed on the service networking of the blade server, so that the prior art cannot directly perform service configuration on the service networking of the blade server. According to the embodiment of the application, the number-id of the interconnection module is automatically set as the slot position information before service configuration, that is, the interconnection modules can be distinguished through the slot position information, so that additional restarting steps caused by setting the number-id during equipment configuration (such as stacking configuration) can be reduced; after the number-id of the interconnection module is set as the slot position information, when the interconnection module is managed, the displayed port number of the interconnection module comprises the slot position information, so that the slot position information of the interconnection module installation can be distinguished through the displayed port number, the management is convenient, and the errors caused by the fact that a non-professional user cannot distinguish the interconnection module are reduced; in addition, when entering a system of a single interconnection module, slot information of the currently entering interconnection module can be distinguished. According to the embodiment of the application, the interconnection modules can be distinguished through the slot position information, so that the service configuration is directly carried out on the service networking of the blade server, and the efficiency is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an interconnect module according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a starting method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a starting method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a start-up method according to an embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT (S) OF INVENTION

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present application. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

The inventor finds the following problems in the prior art: different interconnection modules leave a factory and are not provided with distinguishing marks according to the installed positions, so that the slot position information of the interconnection modules cannot be effectively distinguished, the management is inconvenient, and meanwhile, operation errors are easy to occur to non-professional users; and each interconnection module operates independently, when service configuration is carried out, the configuration of all interconnection modules needs to be reset and restarted, and service configuration cannot be directly carried out aiming at the service networking of the blade server, so that the efficiency is not high.

In some embodiments of the present application, a startup method is provided for any interconnect module installed in a first installation slot of a server, where the server further includes a management board for managing the server. In the embodiment of the present application, it is described that any interconnect module is taken as a first interconnect module, where the first interconnect module includes a main chip and a management chip, and the first interconnect module shown in fig. 1 is taken as an example, and the first interconnect module includes a main chip CPU, a management chip CPU7513, and a switch module. With reference to fig. 1, the starting method provided in the embodiment of the present application in fig. 2 includes 202 and 206, which are described in detail as follows.

At 202, the management chip CPU7513 sends a request message to the management board, where the request message is used to request to obtain slot position information of the first installation slot position.

In the embodiment of the present application, the request packet provided in the embodiment of the present application is to add a TLV field in the existing request packet or to request the slot information by using the TLV field in the existing request packet. Specifically, the TLV field is used to indicate slot information that needs to be acquired, wherein the TLV field is explained as follows.

T stands for TYPE, which represents the current action. For example, when TYPE is 0, it indicates that slot information is requested; it should be understood that the TYPE value and the current action can be set by user as required, as long as there is no conflict with the existing TYPE value and the current action.

L represents LENGTH, and represents the LENGTH of the field.

V represents VALUE, which represents the content, and the slot information of the response message is carried in this field. For example, when the VALUE is 0, it indicates that slot information is requested.

In one example, the existing request message may be an IPV6 request message.

At 204, the management chip CPU7513 receives the slot position information, and sends a power-on instruction and the slot position information to the master chip CPU.

Wherein, the slot position information received by the management chip CPU7513 is carried in the response message,

the response message provided by the embodiment of the application is to add a TLV field in the existing response message or to request slot position information by using the TLV field in the existing response message, wherein the TLV field is used for indicating feedback slot position information. Generally, the format of the response message provided by the embodiment of the present application is the same as that of the request message provided by the embodiment of the present application. Wherein the TLV field is explained in detail as follows.

T represents TYPE, which represents the current action; when TYPE is 0, it indicates that slot information is requested.

L represents LENGTH, and represents the LENGTH of the field.

V represents VALUE, indicating content, and slot information is carried in this field.

In one embodiment, after receiving the request packet, the management board parses the request packet to obtain TLV information of the request packet as shown in table 1 below:

TABLE 1

T	L	V
			0	15	0

In table 1, T is 0 and indicates that slot position information is requested to be acquired, L indicates that the message length is 15, and V is 0 and indicates that slot position information is acquired.

The management board seals the slot position information in the response message, and feeds back the response message to the management chip CPU7513, where TLV information of the response message is shown in table 2 below:

TABLE 2

T	L	V
			0	125	1

In table 2, T is 0 and indicates that slot information is requested to be obtained, L indicates that the message length is 125, V is 1, and indicates that the value of the slot information is 1.

The management chip CPU7513 sends two messages to the master chip CPU: the format of the data message can be the same as that of the response message provided by the embodiment of the application.

And after the slot position information is received by the main chip CPU at 206, modifying the mark number-id of the first interconnection module as the slot position information, and executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

And after the main chip CPU receives the slot position information, modifying the mark number-id of the interconnection module, namely the first interconnection module, as the slot position information, and then executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

In the prior art, each interconnection module is an independent switch, and port names of all interconnection modules are consistent under the current default condition, so that when configuration is performed on service networking of a blade server, in order to distinguish the interconnection modules, the configuration of all the interconnection modules needs to be reconfigured, and then service configuration is performed on the service networking of the blade server, so that the prior art cannot directly perform service configuration on the service networking of the blade server. In the embodiment of the application, the number-id of the interconnection module is automatically set as the slot information before the service configuration, that is, each interconnection module can be distinguished through the slot information, so that an additional restart step caused by setting the number-id when the equipment is configured (for example, stacking configuration) can be reduced; after the number-id of the interconnection module is set as the slot position information, when the interconnection module is managed, the displayed port number of the interconnection module comprises the slot position information, so that the slot position information installed by the interconnection module can be distinguished through the displayed port number, management is convenient, and errors caused by the fact that a non-professional user cannot distinguish the interconnection module are reduced; in addition, when entering a system of a single interconnect module, slot information of the currently entering interconnect module can be distinguished. According to the embodiment of the application, the interconnection modules can be distinguished through the slot position information, so that the service configuration is directly carried out on the service networking of the blade server, and the efficiency is improved.

In an optional embodiment, after the management chip 202 sends the request message to the management board, 203 and 205 are further included.

203. And the management chip receives a response message which is fed back by the management board and does not carry the slot position information.

After the management board receives the request message of the management chip CPU7513, since some application scenarios, such as a debug and locate scenario, are not suitable for providing the slot position information, it may refuse to provide the slot position information to the management chip CPU7513, and at this time, a response message not carrying the slot position information is fed back to the management board, that is, the fed-back response message does not carry the aforementioned TLV field, and is an existing response message.

205. The management chip sends a power-on instruction to the main chip so that the main chip starts the first interconnection module.

In combination with the above embodiments, in further alternative embodiments, 206 includes: 2061-2064.

2061. The master chip receives slot position information.

2062. Judging whether the identification number-id of the first interconnection module is modified or not;

if yes, 2063 is executed, namely the mark member-id of the first interconnection module is modified to be the slot position information;

if not, 2064 is executed, i.e., the first interconnection module is started.

2063. And modifying the identification number-id of the first interconnection module into slot position information.

2064. The first interconnect module is activated.

Optionally, determining whether to modify the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module, and if so, modifying the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to be slot information, including:

and judging whether the slot position information is valid, and if so, modifying the mark member-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information.

In one example, if the slot information is valid information, the identifier member-id of the first interconnect module is modified to be the slot information. If the slot information is invalid, for example, a messy code or all 0 s, a power-on instruction is executed to start the first interconnection module.

In an optional example, if the VALUE of VALUE in the response message is the VALUE of slot information in the server, the slot information is considered to be valid, and otherwise, the slot information is invalid. For example, if there are 6 installation slots in the server, the VALUE of the slot information is 1 to 6, and if the VALUE of VALUE in the response message is one of 1 to 6, the slot information is considered to be valid, and the rest VALUEs are invalid.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application provides a starting method, which is applied to any interconnection module installed in a first installation slot of a server, where the server further includes a management board for managing the server. In the embodiment of the present application, it is described that any interconnect module is taken as a first interconnect module, where the first interconnect module includes a main chip and a management chip, and the first interconnect module shown in fig. 1 is taken as an example, and the first interconnect module includes a main chip CPU, a management chip CPU7513, and a switch module. With reference to fig. 1, the starting method provided by the embodiment of the present application in fig. 3 is specifically as follows.

300. The management chip CPU7513 sends a request message to the management board, where the request message is used to request to acquire slot position information of the first installation slot position.

Then, the management chip CPU7513 may receive a response packet (herein, may be referred to as a first response packet) carrying the slot position information, and may also receive a response packet (herein, may be referred to as a second response packet) not carrying the slot position information. If the first response message is received, executing 301; if the second response message is received, then 306 is performed.

301. And the management chip CPU7513 receives the slot position information and sends a power-on instruction and the slot position information to the main chip CPU.

302. And the master chip CPU receives the slot position information.

303. And the CPU of the main chip judges whether to modify the identifier member-id of the first interconnection module. If yes, go to 304; if not, go to 307.

304. And modifying the identifier number-id of the first interconnection module into slot position information. Thereafter, 307 is performed.

305. And the management chip CPU7513 receives a second response message fed back by the management board.

306. The management chip CPU7513 sends a power-on instruction to the main chip CPU.

307. The main chip CPU starts the first interconnection module.

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of the present application further provides a starting method applied to a server, where the server includes one or more installation slots for installing interconnection modules and a management board for managing the server, where a first interconnection module is installed in a first installation slot, and the first interconnection module includes a master chip and a management chip. The start-up method shown in fig. 4 comprises 400-403.

400. And the management chip sends a request message to the management board, wherein the request message is used for requesting to acquire the slot position information of the first installation slot position.

The request message provided by the embodiment of the application is that a TLV field is added in the existing request message or slot position information is requested by utilizing the TLV field in the existing request message. Specifically, the TLV field is used to indicate slot information that needs to be acquired, wherein the TLV field is explained in detail as follows.

T represents TYPE, representing the current action. For example, when TYPE is 0, it indicates that slot information is requested; it should be understood that the TYPE value and the current action can be set by user as required, as long as there is no conflict with the existing TYPE value and the current action.

L represents LENGTH, and represents the LENGTH of the field.

401. And after receiving the request message, the management board sends the slot position information to the management chip. The slot position information is carried in the response message, the response message provided by the embodiment of the application is that a TLV field is added in the existing response message or the slot position information is requested by utilizing the TLV field in the existing response message, and the TLV field is used for representing the feedback slot position information. Generally, the format of the response message provided by the embodiment of the present application is the same as that of the request message provided by the embodiment of the present application. Wherein the explanation of the TLV field is as follows.

T represents TYPE and represents the current action; when TYPE is 0, it indicates that slot information is requested.

L represents LENGTH, and represents the LENGTH of the field.

V represents VALUE, representing content, and slot information is carried in this field.

In an embodiment, after receiving the request packet, the management board parses the request packet to obtain TLV information of the request packet as shown in table 3 below:

TABLE 3

T	L	V
			0	15	0

In table 3, T is 0 and indicates that slot position information is requested to be acquired, L indicates that the message length is 15, and V is 0 and indicates that slot position information is acquired.

The management board seals the slot position information in the response message, and feeds back the response message to the management chip CPU7513, where TLV information of the response message is shown in table 4 below:

TABLE 4

T	L	V
			0	125	1

In table 4, T is 0 and indicates that slot information is requested to be obtained, L indicates that the message length is 125, V is 1, and indicates that the value of the slot information is 1.

402. And the management chip receives the slot position information and sends a power-on instruction and the slot position information to the main chip.

The management chip sends two messages to the master chip: the format of the data message can be the same as that of the response message provided by the embodiment of the application.

403. And after receiving the slot position information, the main chip modifies the mark number-id of the first interconnection module as the slot position information and executes the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

In an optional embodiment, after the management board receives the request message, the slot position information may be fed back, and specifically, a first response message carrying the slot position information may be fed back. When some application scenarios, such as a debugging and positioning scenario, are not suitable for providing the slot position information, the slot position information may also be refused to be provided to the management chip CPU7513, and at this time, a response message not carrying the slot position information, that is, a second response message, is fed back to the management board.

404. And the management board feeds back the second response message to the management chip.

405. When the management chip receives a second response message fed back by the management board, the management chip sends a power-on instruction to the main chip so that the main chip starts the first interconnection module.

In other alternative embodiments, 403 comprises: 4031-4034.

4031. The master chip receives slot position information.

4032. Judging whether the identifier member-id of the first interconnection module is modified;

if yes, 4033 is executed, namely the mark member-id of the first interconnection module is modified to be slot position information;

if not, 4034 is executed, namely the first interconnection module is started.

4033. And modifying the identifier number-id of the first interconnection module into slot position information.

4034. The first interconnect module is activated.

An embodiment of the present application further provides an interconnection module, where the interconnection module is installed in a first installation slot of a server, the server further includes a management board for managing the server, the interconnection module includes a main chip and a management chip, a block diagram of the interconnection module may be as shown in fig. 1, where,

the management chip is used for sending a request message to the management board, and the request message is used for requesting to acquire the slot position information of the first installation slot position;

and the main chip is used for modifying the identification number-id of the interconnection module into slot position information after receiving the slot position information, and executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the interconnection module.

Optionally, the management chip is further configured to send a power-on instruction to the main chip if the slot information fed back by the management board is not received, so that the main chip starts the interconnection module.

Optionally, the main chip is further configured to determine whether to modify an identifier member-id of the interconnection module;

if so, modifying the identifier number-id of the interconnection module as slot position information;

and if not, executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction to start the interconnection module.

Optionally, the main chip is specifically configured to:

The application also provides a server, which comprises one or more installation slot positions for installing the interconnection modules and a management board for managing the server, wherein the interconnection modules installed in the first installation slot positions are first interconnection modules, each first interconnection module comprises a main chip and a management chip, and the block diagram of each first interconnection module can be as shown in fig. 1; wherein,

and the main chip is used for modifying the mark member-id of the first interconnection module into slot position information after receiving the slot position information, and executing the power-on starting action indicated by the power-on instruction so as to start the first interconnection module.

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

Optionally, the main chip is further configured to:

judging whether the identifier member-id of the first interconnection module is modified;

if so, modifying the mark member-id of the first interconnection module as slot position information;

Optionally, the main chip is specifically configured to:

The implementation process of the functions and actions of each unit in the module/device is specifically described in the implementation process of the corresponding step in the method, and is not described herein again.

For the module/device embodiment, since it substantially corresponds to the method embodiment, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment for relevant points. The above-described module/device embodiments are only illustrative, wherein the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the scheme of the application. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A starting method is characterized in that the starting method is applied to a first interconnection module installed in a first installation slot position of a server, the server further comprises a management board used for managing the server, and the first interconnection module comprises a main chip and a management chip; the starting method comprises the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, after the management chip sends the request message to the management board, further comprising:

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the master chip receives the slot information and modifies an identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to be between the slot information, and further comprising:

if yes, modifying the identification number-id of the first interconnection module into the slot position information;

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the determining whether to modify the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module, and if so, modifying the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to the slot information includes:

5. The starting method is applied to a server comprising a first interconnection module installed in a first installation slot, wherein the server comprises one or more installation slots for installing the interconnection module and a management board for managing the server, and the first interconnection module comprises a master chip and a management chip; the starting method comprises the following steps:

6. The method according to claim 5, after the management board receives the request message, further comprising:

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the master chip receives the slot information and modifies an identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to be between the slot information, and further comprising:

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the determining whether to modify the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module, and if so, modifying the identifier number-id of the first interconnect module to the slot information includes:

9. An interconnection module, wherein the interconnection module is installed in a first installation slot of a server, the server further comprises a management board for managing the server, the interconnection module comprises a main chip and a management chip, wherein,

10. The module of claim 9, wherein:

the management chip is further configured to send a power-on instruction to the main chip if the slot position information fed back by the management board is not received, so that the main chip starts the interconnection module.

11. The module according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the main chip is further configured to determine whether to modify an identifier number-id of the interconnect module;

12. A server is characterized by comprising one or more installation slots for installing interconnection modules and a management board for managing the server, wherein the interconnection module installed in a first installation slot is a first interconnection module, and the first interconnection module comprises a main chip and a management chip; wherein,

the management chip is used for sending a request message to a management board, wherein the request message is used for requesting to acquire slot position information of the first installation slot position;

13. The server of claim 12, wherein:

14. The server according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the master chip is further configured to: