CN114416495A

CN114416495A - Method and system for monitoring and controlling server by using liquid crystal display

Info

Publication number: CN114416495A
Application number: CN202111592157.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郭弋铭; 宋黎明; 陈光亮
Original assignee: Lenovo Changfeng Technology Beijing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Changfeng Technology Beijing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-23
Filing date: 2021-12-23
Publication date: 2022-04-29

Abstract

The application discloses a method and a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, wherein the method is applied to a system for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display, and the method comprises the following steps: by obtaining first control information; setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2. The technical problem that the state of each device in the server cannot be directly observed and supervised in the prior art is solved. The technical effect of displaying, monitoring and controlling the state of each device in the server in real time through the liquid crystal display is achieved.

Description

Method and system for monitoring and controlling server by using liquid crystal display

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of computer application, in particular to a method and a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display.

Background

In actual life work, the firmware of the network card is often required to be updated, however, the existing network card firmware updating and network card working mode option modification are both required to be performed under an operating system after the device is started or after the network card is initialized after the device is started, and the device is restarted after the modification, so that the modification can be effective. How to observe and monitor the state of each device in the server intuitively and directly control the existing state, thereby reducing the frequency of restarting the device and improving the happiness of the user for using the device is a research with practical significance.

In the process of implementing the technical solution in the embodiment of the present application, the inventor of the present application finds that the above-mentioned technology has at least the following technical problems:

the technical problem that the state of each device in a server cannot be directly observed and supervised exists in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to provide a method and a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, which are used for solving the technical problem that the state of each device in the server cannot be directly observed and supervised in the prior art.

In view of the foregoing problems, embodiments of the present application provide a method and a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a device for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, the device comprising: a liquid crystal screen; the BMC is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen, and is internally provided with a VGA (video graphics array) and a USB (universal serial bus) driver; the CPLD is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen; the PCIe device and the NVMe device are in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen; and the BIOS is in communication connection with the liquid crystal display.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, where the method is implemented by a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, and the method includes: obtaining first control information; setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2.

In a third aspect, the present application further provides a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, configured to execute the method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display according to the first aspect, where the system includes: a first obtaining unit: the first obtaining unit is used for obtaining first control information; a first setting unit: the first setting unit is configured to set the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, U.2 according to the first control information, and update drivers, FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, U.2.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the processor implements the steps of the method according to the second aspect when executing the program.

One or more technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application have at least the following technical effects or advantages:

1. by obtaining first control information; setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2. The technical effect of displaying, monitoring and controlling the state of each device in the server in real time through the liquid crystal display is achieved.

2. After the liquid crystal display is connected with each device through the bus, the state of each device can be monitored, and drivers and FW of each device (BIOS, BMC, CPLD, PCIe device, NVMe device and the like) can be updated.

3. The built-in memory chip EEPRom of LCD screen can collect log, memory state information etc. in real time, has reached the technical effect of convenient setting and troubleshooting.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present application, and the present application can be implemented according to the content of the description in order to make the technical means of the present application more clearly understood, and the following detailed description of the present application is given in order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present application more clearly understandable.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only exemplary, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a server monitoring and controlling device using a liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a process of obtaining first monitoring information according to the motherboard voltage and current, the fan, the back plate, and the ID lamp information in the method for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

the device comprises a liquid crystal screen 100, a BMC200, a CPLD300, a PCIe device 410, an NVMe device 420, a BIOS500, an EEPROM110, an I2C bus 600, an SMBUS700, an SPI800, a first obtaining unit 11, a first setting unit 12, a bus 300, a receiver 301, a processor 302, a transmitter 303, a memory 304 and a bus interface 305.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, and solves the technical problem that the state of each device in the server cannot be directly observed and supervised in the prior art. The technical effect of displaying, monitoring and controlling the state of each device in the server in real time through the liquid crystal display is achieved.

In the following, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is to be understood that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments of the present application, and it should be understood that the present application is not limited by the example embodiments described herein. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present application without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some but not all of the elements relevant to the present application are shown in the drawings.

Summary of the application

In view of the above technical problems, the technical solution provided by the present application has the following general idea:

the application provides a method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, which is applied to a system for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display, wherein the method comprises the following steps: by obtaining first control information; setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2.

Having thus described the general principles of the present application, various non-limiting embodiments thereof will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a device for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, where the device for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display is used to display, monitor and control states of devices in a server, where the device for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display includes:

a liquid crystal panel 100;

further, an EEPROM110 is disposed in the liquid crystal panel;

specifically, the server monitoring and controlling device utilizing the liquid crystal screen comprises the liquid crystal screen, and the liquid crystal screen is installed on the outer side of a case of the server to be monitored and controlled. The EEPROM is a charged Erasable Programmable read only memory (Electrically Erasable Programmable read only memory), and is a memory chip with no data loss after power failure. The technical effects of no loss of server data after power failure and plug-and-play are achieved by installing the electrified erasable programmable read-only memory in the liquid crystal display. The I2C bus is a simple, bidirectional two-wire synchronous serial bus. The technical effect of using only two wires to transfer information between devices connected to the bus is achieved by the I2C bus. The device for monitoring and controlling the server by utilizing the liquid crystal screen comprises the liquid crystal screen, and the liquid crystal screen is arranged on the outer side of a case of the server to be monitored and controlled.

The BMC200 is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen, and VGA and USB drivers are arranged in the BMC;

the CPLD300 is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen;

further, the liquid crystal screen is in communication connection with the BMC and the CPLD through an I2C bus 600.

Specifically, the BMC, i.e., a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), is an independent system, and does not depend on other hardware (such as a CPU, a memory, and the like) on the system, nor on the BOS, the OS, and the like (the BMC may interact with the BOS and the OS). The BMC is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen, and a VGA driver and a USB driver are arranged in the BMC. A Driver, generally referred to as a Device Driver, is a special program that allows a computer and a Device to communicate with each other. The operating system can only control the hardware equipment to work through the interface, and if the driver of some equipment is not installed correctly, the equipment cannot work normally. The VGA driver is a display card driver, information processed by the display card is finally output to a display, and an output interface of the display card is a bridge between a computer and the display and is responsible for outputting corresponding image signals to the display. The USB driver refers to a Universal serial Bus (USB for short), and is an external Bus standard used for standardizing connection and communication between a computer and external devices.

And the CPLD is also in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen. The CPLD adopts programming technologies such as CMOS EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, SRAM and the like, and forms a programmable logic device with high density, high speed and low power consumption. The I2C bus is a simple, bidirectional two-wire synchronous serial bus. The technical effect of using only two wires to transfer information between devices connected to the bus is achieved by the I2C bus.

A PCIe device 410 and an NVMe device 420 communicatively connected with the LCD screen;

further, the PCIe device and the NVMe device are connected with the liquid crystal screen through the SMBUS 700.

Specifically, the PCIe device and the NVMe device are also in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen. The PCIe device, namely, a PCI-express (peripheral component interconnect express), is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, and PCIe belongs to high-speed serial point-to-point dual-channel high-bandwidth transmission, and the connected devices allocate an independent channel bandwidth and do not share a bus bandwidth, and mainly support functions such as active power management, error reporting, end-to-end reliability transmission, hot plug, and quality of service (QOS). The NVMe device, namely, a Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification (NVMHCIS for short), is a logical device Interface Specification, is a bus transmission protocol Specification based on a device logical Interface similar to AHC1, and is used for accessing a Non-Volatile Memory medium attached through a PCI Express bus, for example, a solid state disk drive using a flash Memory. The SMBUS refers to a System Management Bus (System Management Bus) and is applied to low-speed communication in mobile PC and desktop PC systems. Through SMBUS will PCIe equipment and NVMe equipment with the LCD screen is connected, has reached only through a control bus control the mainboard promptly to collect corresponding information's technological effect.

BIOS500, the BIOS is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen.

Further, the Bios is in communication connection with the liquid crystal display through the SPI 800.

Specifically, the Bios is also communicatively connected to the liquid crystal panel. The Bios refers to a Basic Input Output System (Basic Input Output System), which is a standard firmware interface in the industry. The liquid crystal screen is arranged on the outer side of the case of the server to be monitored and controlled, and after all devices in the server are in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen, the technical effects of displaying, monitoring and controlling all devices in the server in real time are achieved. The SPI refers to a Serial Peripheral Interface (Serial Peripheral Interface), is a high-speed, full-duplex, synchronous communication bus, and occupies only four wires on the pins of the chip, saving the pins of the chip, and providing convenience for space saving in the layout of the PCB. The SPI is used for connecting the Bios and the liquid crystal display, so that the technical effect that the information can be transmitted at high speed while the simplicity and the easiness in use are achieved.

Example two

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, where the method is applied to a system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, and the method specifically includes the following steps:

step S100: obtaining first control information;

specifically, the method for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal screen is applied to the system for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal screen, and the liquid crystal screen is additionally arranged outside the server case and is connected with the BMC, the CPLD, the BIOS, the PCIe device and the like through the I2C bus, so that the state information of each device in the server is acquired, and then each device is monitored and controlled. The first control information is sent by the server monitoring control system by using the liquid crystal screen and is used for controlling the state of each device in the server through the liquid crystal screen. Through acquiring the first control information, the technical effect of monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display is achieved.

Step S200: setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2.

Specifically, according to the first control information, the user operates the liquid crystal display to set each device in the server, that is, sets the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, and U.2, and completes updating the Driver and FW of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, and U.2 by setting. Wherein the PCH is an integrated south bridge (Platform Controller Hub) of Intel corporation. The U.2 interface, U.2 interface, is essentially SATA Express, and consists of 2 SATA6Gbps interfaces and a mini SATA interface with only 4pin pins, where the small interface can only access PCI-E lines. The greatest benefit of the U.2 is to remain backwards compatible. The Driver or Driver for PCIe, U.2, FW is actually an abbreviation for firmware, which is firmware (of a computer) stored in memory rather than software, and can be understood as being stored in, for example, Flash, and automatically activated after booting to control the electronic system in response to user operations, i.e., branches of embedded software engineer roles. Through the control operation on the liquid crystal display, the technical effect of setting and updating the states of all the devices in the server is achieved.

Further, the embodiment of the present application further includes step S300:

step S300: and carrying out data transmission with BIOS, BMC, CPLD, PCH and PCIe devices.

Specifically, in the method for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal screen, the liquid crystal screen is operated to transmit data of devices such as a BIOS, a BMC, a CPLD, a PCH, a PCIe and the like which are in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen, that is, the liquid crystal screen can be used as a keyboard, a mouse and a display, after the liquid crystal screen is connected with the devices through a bus, the states of the devices can be monitored, and drivers and FWs of the devices (the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCIe devices, the NVMe devices and the like) can be updated, if the devices are updated in a power-on state and a non-power-on state, the devices are directly powered on after the updating is completed, and the process can be restarted once less.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the embodiment of the present application further includes a step S400:

step S410: obtaining voltage and current of a main board, information of a fan, a back board and an ID lamp;

step S420: and obtaining first monitoring information according to the voltage and current of the main board, the fan, the back board and the ID lamp information.

Particularly, the liquid crystal screen is installed outside the server case, the liquid crystal screen can display the voltage and current of the main board, the fan, the back board and the ID lamp information in real time, and the real-time monitoring of the state of each device in the server is completed based on the real-time display information. In addition, the built-in memory chip EEPRom of LCD screen can collect log, memory state information etc. in real time, has reached the technological effect of convenient setting and troubleshooting.

To sum up, the method for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display provided by the embodiment of the application has the following technical effects:

EXAMPLE III

Based on the same inventive concept as the method for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display in the foregoing embodiment, the present invention further provides a system for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display, and please refer to fig. 4, where the system includes:

a first obtaining unit 11, wherein the first obtaining unit 11 is used for obtaining first control information;

a first setting unit 12, where the first setting unit 12 is configured to set the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, U.2 according to the first control information, and update drivers, FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, U.2.

Further, the system further comprises:

the first transmission unit is used for carrying out data transmission with the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH and the PCIe equipment.

Further, the system further comprises:

the second obtaining unit is used for obtaining the voltage and current of the main board, the fan, the back board and the ID lamp information;

and the third obtaining unit is used for obtaining first monitoring information according to the voltage and current of the main board, the fan, the back board and the ID lamp information.

In the present description, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and the focus of the description of each embodiment is on the difference from other embodiments, and the method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display in the first embodiment of fig. 1 and the specific example are also applicable to the system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display in the present embodiment. The device disclosed by the embodiment corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiment, so that the description is simple, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Exemplary electronic device

The electronic device of the embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 5.

Fig. 5 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Based on the inventive concept of the method for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display in the foregoing embodiment, the present invention further provides a system for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display, wherein a computer program is stored thereon, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of any one of the methods for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display are implemented.

Where in fig. 5 a bus architecture (represented by bus 300), bus 300 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, bus 300 linking together various circuits including one or more processors, represented by processor 302, and memory, represented by memory 304. The bus 300 may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. A bus interface 305 provides an interface between the bus 300 and the receiver 301 and transmitter 303. The receiver 301 and the transmitter 303 may be the same element, i.e., a transceiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium.

The processor 302 is responsible for managing the bus 300 and general processing, and the memory 304 may be used for storing data used by the processor 302 in performing operations.

The application provides a method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, which is applied to a system for monitoring and controlling the server by using the liquid crystal display, wherein the method comprises the following steps: by obtaining first control information; setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2. The technical problem that the state of each device in the server cannot be directly observed and supervised in the prior art is solved. The technical effect of displaying, monitoring and controlling the state of each device in the server in real time through the liquid crystal display is achieved.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, apparatus, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely software embodiment, an entirely hardware embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application is in the form of a computer program product that may be embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media having computer-usable program code embodied therewith. And such computer-usable storage media include, but are not limited to: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a portable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk Memory, a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), and an optical Memory.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create a system for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including an instruction system which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks. While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An apparatus for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a liquid crystal screen;

the BMC is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen, and is internally provided with a VGA (video graphics array) and a USB (universal serial bus) driver;

the CPLD is in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen;

the PCIe device and the NVMe device are in communication connection with the liquid crystal screen;

and the BIOS is in communication connection with the liquid crystal display.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein an EEPROM is provided inside the liquid crystal panel.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal screen is communicatively coupled to the BMC and the CPLD via an I2C bus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the PCIe device and NVMe device are connected to the liquid crystal screen through an SMBUS.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said Bios is communicatively coupled to said liquid crystal screen via SPI.

6. A method for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal screen, wherein the method is applied to the device according to any one of claims 1-5, and the method comprises the following steps:

obtaining first control information;

setting the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2 according to the first control information, and updating drivers and FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe and U.2.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the method comprises:

and carrying out data transmission with BIOS, BMC, CPLD, PCH and PCIe devices.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining voltage and current of a main board, information of a fan, a back board and an ID lamp;

and obtaining first monitoring information according to the voltage and current of the main board, the fan, the back board and the ID lamp information.

9. A system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal screen, wherein the system comprises:

a first obtaining unit: the first obtaining unit is used for obtaining first control information;

a first setting unit: the first setting unit is configured to set the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, U.2 according to the first control information, and update drivers, FWs of the BIOS, the BMC, the CPLD, the PCH, the PCIe, U.2.

10. A system for monitoring and controlling a server by using a liquid crystal display, comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor executes the program to realize the steps of the method according to any one of claims 6 to 8.