CN112667545A - Server asset information query management method - Google Patents

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CN112667545A
CN112667545A CN202011585065.9A CN202011585065A CN112667545A CN 112667545 A CN112667545 A CN 112667545A CN 202011585065 A CN202011585065 A CN 202011585065A CN 112667545 A CN112667545 A CN 112667545A
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The embodiment of the application provides a server asset information query management method, belongs to the technical field of server management, and solves the problem that in the existing scheme, the query of server asset information needs to depend on peripheral equipment or depends on query one by one, and the efficiency is low. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring initial asset information of a server; storing the initial asset information; acquiring real-time asset information of the server; comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information; if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information; and copying the real-time asset information and storing the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC label circuit.

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Server asset information query management method
Technical Field
The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of server management, in particular to a server asset information query management method.
Background
With the rise of big data and artificial intelligence, the demand of a data center for a server shows a new round of growth trend, and in the face of thousands of server nodes of the data center, how to acquire configuration and asset information of the server in the fastest way becomes an important ring influencing an operation and maintenance way. Especially when a data center machine room faces a certain node and needs to know configuration information to perform further debug analysis, the prior technical scheme is to inquire previous purchase records and orders according to the SN number of a server so as to know related configuration and delivery information; connecting a display and a keyboard on a machine, then starting up the machine and entering a BIOS to check and collect related configuration asset information; inquiring IP, user name and password of a BMC of an administrator, logging in the BMC to check and collect related configuration asset information; the manpower required to be invested is not only large, but also the searching is inconvenient, and professional technicians are required to help to collect the data, so that the operation and maintenance and debug operation efficiency on site are extremely influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a server asset information query management method, which solves the technical problems of low efficiency, time consuming and labor consuming when obtaining server asset information in the prior art.
The embodiment of the application provides a server asset information query management method, which comprises the following steps:
acquiring initial asset information and real-time asset information of a server;
comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information;
if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information;
and copying the real-time asset information and storing the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, wherein the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is arranged corresponding to the server.
Optionally, before the step of obtaining the real-time asset information of the server, the method further includes:
and storing the initial asset information of the server into a register of the server.
Optionally, the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is an NFC chip supporting I2C reading and writing.
Optionally, before the step of copying the real-time asset information to be stored in a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, the method includes:
and setting the chip pins provided with the NFC tag circuit according to preset chip pin information.
Optionally, the preset chip pin information is connection information of the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit.
Optionally, the step of setting the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit according to the preset chip pin information includes:
connecting the AC0 pin and the AC1 pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a coil;
connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a substrate management controller in the server;
connecting the GPO pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a substrate management controller in the server;
connecting a VCC pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a positive electrode of a power supply;
connecting the VSS pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a grounding circuit;
and connecting the V-EH pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a V-EH device.
Optionally, the step of connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit to the board management controller in the server includes:
connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit to the input end of a preset connector on the server mainboard;
and connecting the output end of a preset connector on the server mainboard with a substrate management controller in the server.
Optionally, the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit are connected to an input end of a preset connector on the server motherboard through a spi bus or an I2c bus, and an output end of the preset connector on the server motherboard is connected to the substrate management controller in the server through the spi bus or the I2c bus.
Optionally, the method further includes:
and arranging a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit outside the server, wherein the chip is used for checking the real-time asset information stored in the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit.
Optionally, the step of copying the real-time asset information and storing the copied real-time asset information in a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit includes:
and writing the real-time asset information into the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit through the baseboard management controller.
According to the method for inquiring and managing the asset information of the server, the initial asset information and the real-time asset information of the server are obtained; comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information; if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information; and copying the real-time asset information and storing the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, wherein the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is arranged corresponding to the server. The problem that server asset information needs to be collected through professional technicians or the tedious process that peripheral devices such as a display keyboard need to be used is solved, and the efficiency of collecting the server asset information is greatly improved.
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FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for managing asset information query of a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of preset chip pin information provided in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a schematic circuit diagram of an NFC tag according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for managing asset information query of a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a schematic location diagram of a server asset information query management device according to an embodiment of the present application.
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To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the embodiments in the present application.
The terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, as referred to in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements but may alternatively include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
An asset information query management method for a server provided by an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1, includes:
s101, acquiring initial asset information and real-time asset information of a server;
illustratively, the initial asset information includes FRU information and asset information, the FRU information is field replaceable unit information and does not change substantially after leaving a factory, and the asset information is dynamically adjusted when a machine is changed; the real-time asset information includes current FRU information and current asset information.
S102, comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information;
for example, since the FRU information does not change substantially after shipment, the asset information and the current asset information are compared, and parameters are less compared, thereby freeing resources.
S103, if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information;
for example, the real-time asset information is covered on the initial asset information to complete an information updating process, and the information updating can facilitate an operator to more efficiently know about the modification of the machine during maintenance.
And S104, copying the real-time asset information and storing the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC label circuit, wherein the chip provided with the NFC label circuit is arranged corresponding to the server.
Illustratively, the baseboard management controller BMC copies the real-time asset information and stores the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, so that the BMC is combined with the NFC chip, and the use scene of the BMC is increased.
Acquiring initial asset information and real-time asset information of a server; comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information; if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information; and copying the real-time asset information and storing the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, wherein the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is arranged corresponding to the server. The problem that server asset information needs to be collected through professional technicians or the tedious process that peripheral devices such as a display keyboard need to be used is solved, and the efficiency of collecting the server asset information is greatly improved.
In a possible implementation manner, before the step of obtaining the initial asset information and the real-time asset information of the server, the method further includes:
and storing the initial asset information of the server into a register of the server.
Illustratively, the initial asset information is stored in a register of the server for extraction, so as to avoid loss and the occurrence of a situation that updating and comparison cannot be performed.
Optionally, the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is an NFC chip supporting I2C reading and writing.
Illustratively, the NFC chip supporting I2C read-write is convenient for wiring, and avoids the influence on the server itself caused by adding too many lines.
In a possible implementation manner, before the step of copying the real-time asset information to be stored in a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, the method includes:
and setting the chip pins provided with the NFC tag circuit according to preset chip pin information.
In a possible implementation manner, the preset chip pin information is connection information of the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit.
In a possible implementation manner, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the step of setting the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit according to the preset chip pin information, in this example, adopts an ST25DVXX chip, and includes:
connecting the AC0 pin and the AC1 pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit to a coil, wherein three capacitors NC are arranged on the coil, and the three capacitors NC are as follows: a capacitor C201, a capacitor C200 and a capacitor C205;
connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a substrate management controller in the server, namely connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with ST25DV-SCL pin and ST25DV-SCA pin;
connecting a GPO pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a baseboard management controller in the server, namely connecting an ST25DV-GPO pin;
a VCC pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is connected to a power supply positive electrode 3V3, the power supply positive electrode 3V3 is connected to an ST25DV-GPO pin through a resistor R200 having a resistance value of 20K, to the ST25DV-SCL pin through a resistor R201 having a resistance value of 5K1, and to the ST25DV-SCA pin through a resistor R202 having a resistance value of 5K 1;
connecting the VSS pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a grounding circuit GND through a resistor R203 with a resistance value of 0R;
and connecting a V-EH pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a V-EH device, wherein the V-EH pin is connected with a power supply anode 3V3 through R204, the power supply anode 3V3 is connected with a capacitor C207 and then grounded, and the V-EH pin is connected with a capacitor C206 of 10n and then grounded.
Exemplarily, the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit is set according to preset chip pin information, so that the tag circuit of the NFC is connected to the I2C resource of the BMC, and the BMC is convenient to control the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit to perform an update operation.
In one possible embodiment, the step of connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit to the board management controller in the server includes:
connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit to the input end of a preset connector on the server mainboard;
and connecting the output end of a preset connector on the server mainboard with a substrate management controller in the server.
For example, as shown in fig. 3, the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit are connected to an input terminal of a preset connector on the server motherboard; and connecting the output end of a preset connector on the server mainboard with a substrate management controller in the server.
In a possible implementation manner, the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit are connected to an input end of a preset connector on the server motherboard through a spi bus or an I2c bus, and an output end of the preset connector on the server motherboard is connected to a board management controller in the server through the spi bus or an I2c bus.
For example, as shown in fig. 3, the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit are connected to an input end of a preset connector on the server motherboard through a spi bus or an I2c bus, and an output end of the preset connector on the server motherboard is connected to a board management controller in the server through the spi bus or an I2c bus.
In one possible embodiment, the method further comprises:
and arranging a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit outside the server, wherein the chip is used for checking the real-time asset information stored in the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit.
In a possible embodiment, the step of copying the real-time asset information to be stored in a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit includes:
and writing the real-time asset information into the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit through the baseboard management controller.
Acquiring initial asset information and real-time asset information of a server; comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information; if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information; and copying the real-time asset information and storing the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, wherein the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit corresponds to the current server. The problem that server asset information needs to be collected through professional technicians or the tedious process that peripheral devices such as a display keyboard need to be used is solved, and the efficiency of collecting the server asset information is greatly improved.
Referring to fig. 4, a server is powered on, a BMC is initialized, and the BMC collects FRU and asset information after initialization, where the FRU information is field replaceable unit information, collects various sensor information, checks a server state, and performs BMC initialization default operation content, where the FRU and asset information is the real-time asset information;
when initializing the default operation content, the BMC is operated to initialize the added content: judging whether the FRU and asset information is consistent with a current NFC label register or not according to the FRU and asset information, namely comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information; if the FRU and the asset information are consistent with the current NFC label register, the BMC is continuously initialized to default operation content; and if the FRU and the asset information are not consistent with the current NFC label register, updating the NFC label register and triggering the write operation of an NFC label chip, wherein the NFC label chip is a chip provided with an NFC label circuit.
Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5, an NFC tag circuit supporting an I2C interface is mounted on a box ear of the server; the tag circuit is connected to an i2c/ipmi connector reserved on the mainboard through a cable, so that the BMC chip is physically connected with the NFC tag; writing the NFC tag through i2c under the BMC, writing corresponding factory information and asset information into the NFC tag, and then even if the power is down, that is, the power module 1 and the power module 2 are disconnected simultaneously, the corresponding factory information and asset information may also exist in the NFC tag, when the server is configured additionally, for example, one or more of the system fan 1, the system fan 2, the system fan 3, and/or the system fan 4 is added, the asset information of the server is changed, and the NFC tag may be written through i2c under the BMC, and the corresponding factory information and asset information may be written into the NFC tag; when the server changes the configuration, for example, the storage unit is changed, the asset information of the server changes, and the NFC tag may be written by i2c under the BMC, so that the corresponding factory information and the asset information are written into the NFC tag. The user only needs to take out the mobile phone and open the NFC to get the information when the user wants to check the configuration and some factory information of the machine, and the information can be obtained by approaching the ear of the machine box, so that the method is extremely convenient, wherein the asset information is the real-time asset information.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures, and moreover, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are used merely to distinguish one description from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are merely specific implementations of the embodiments of the present application, which are used to illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application and not to limit the embodiments, and the scope of the embodiments of the present application is not limited thereto, and although the embodiments of the present application are described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: any person skilled in the art can modify or easily conceive the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent substitutes for some technical features within the technical scope disclosed in the embodiments of the present application; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the scope of the embodiments of the present application. Are intended to be covered by the scope of the embodiments of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A method for inquiring and managing asset information of a server is characterized by comprising the following steps:
acquiring initial asset information and real-time asset information of a server;
comparing the real-time asset information with the initial asset information;
if the real-time asset information is inconsistent with the initial asset information, covering the initial asset information with the real-time asset information;
and copying the real-time asset information to a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, wherein the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is arranged corresponding to the server.
2. The method for server asset information query management according to claim 1, further comprising, before the step of obtaining the real-time asset information of the server:
storing the initial asset information of the server into a register of the server.
3. The server asset information query management method according to claim 1, wherein the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit is an NFC chip supporting I2C reading and writing.
4. The method for managing asset information query of a server according to claim 3, wherein before the step of copying the real-time asset information to be stored in a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit, the method comprises:
and setting the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit according to the preset chip pin information.
5. The server asset information query management method according to claim 4, wherein the preset chip pin information is connection information of the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit.
6. The server asset information query management method according to claim 5, wherein the step of setting the chip pin provided with the NFC tag circuit according to preset chip pin information includes:
connecting an AC0 pin and an AC1 pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a coil;
connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a substrate management controller in the server;
connecting the GPO pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a substrate management controller in the server;
connecting a VCC pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a positive electrode of a power supply;
connecting the VSS pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit with a grounding circuit;
and connecting the V-EH pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit with a V-EH device.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit to a baseboard management controller in the server includes:
connecting the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip provided with the NFC label circuit to the input end of a preset connector on the server mainboard;
and connecting the output end of a preset connector on the server mainboard with a substrate management controller in the server.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the SCL pin and the SCA pin of the chip with the NFC tag circuit are connected to the input terminal of the preset connector on the server motherboard through a spi bus or an I2c bus, and the output terminal of the preset connector on the server motherboard is connected to the board management controller in the server through the spi bus or an I2c bus.
9. The server asset information query management method according to claim 1, further comprising:
and arranging a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit outside the server, wherein the chip is used for checking the real-time asset information stored in the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit.
10. The method for managing asset information query of a server according to claim 1, wherein the step of copying the real-time asset information to be stored in a chip provided with an NFC tag circuit includes:
and writing the real-time asset information into the chip provided with the NFC tag circuit through the baseboard management controller.
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