CN117289963A - Method and equipment for online updating target area of server platform service firmware - Google Patents

Method and equipment for online updating target area of server platform service firmware Download PDF

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CN117289963A
CN117289963A CN202311061829.8A CN202311061829A CN117289963A CN 117289963 A CN117289963 A CN 117289963A CN 202311061829 A CN202311061829 A CN 202311061829A CN 117289963 A CN117289963 A CN 117289963A
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The invention provides a method and equipment for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on line, relating to the technical field of firmware updating, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining information, update operation and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system; and under the condition that the service firmware of the server platform is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, updating the target area by adopting the information of the updating file and the target area. The invention does not influence the continuity of the user service in the process of online updating the target area of the server platform service firmware, thereby improving the working efficiency.

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Method and equipment for online updating target area of server platform service firmware
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of firmware update technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for online updating a target area of a server platform service firmware.
Background
The server platform services (Server Platform Services, SPS) are one basic service embedded in Intel (Intel) chips, with interactions with basic input output systems (Basic Input Output System, BIOS). SPS firmware is a set of firmware for intel corporation's south bridge chip (Platform Controller Hub, PCH), with areas of SPS firmware stored in the BIOS flash chip.
In the server application scenario, the SPS firmware, as a management platform of the server, may be used to monitor, configure, and manage the server system, and simplify server management tasks and improve reliability, security, and performance of the server system.
However, in the related art, when the SPS firmware needs to be updated, for example: the collocation and the use scene change of the server lead to that certain configuration information in the SPS firmware needs to be updated, certain data in the SPS firmware possibly influence timely cleaning and the like during use, and the whole area of the SPS firmware can be updated, so that the continuity of user service can be influenced, and the working efficiency is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a method and equipment for online updating a target area of a server platform service firmware, which are used for solving the defect that the continuity of user service is affected and the working efficiency is reduced by upgrading the whole area of the SPS firmware when the SPS firmware needs to be updated in the related art, and achieving the purpose that the continuity of the user service is not affected and the working efficiency is improved in the online updating process of the target area of the server platform service firmware.
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on-line based on out-of-band, applied to a baseboard management controller, the method comprising:
determining information, update operation and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system;
and under the condition that the server platform service firmware is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, carrying out the updating operation on the target area by adopting the updating file and the information of the target area.
According to the method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware based on the out-of-band online provided by the invention, the method for determining the information, the updating operation and the updating file of the target area of the server platform service firmware comprises the following steps:
receiving a user updating instruction sent by a target tool, wherein the user updating instruction carries information of the target area and the updating operation;
and responding to the user updating instruction, analyzing the information of the target area and the updating operation from the user updating instruction, acquiring the updating file from the updating catalog of the target tool, and loading the updating file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller.
According to the method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on line based on the out-of-band, the information of the target area comprises the starting address of the target area and the size of the target area;
the updating operation of the target area by adopting the updated file and the information of the target area comprises the following steps:
and executing the updating operation from the starting address of the target area by adopting the updating file until the area size of the updating operation reaches the size of the target area.
The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware based on the out-of-band online provided by the invention further comprises the following steps:
sending a first switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, wherein the first switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch from a normal mode to the repair mode;
and sending a take-over instruction to the basic input/output system flash memory chip, wherein the take-over instruction is used for indicating that the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller.
According to the method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on line based on the out-of-band, the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip comprises the following steps: the control right of the serial peripheral interface of the basic input output system flash memory chip and the unique read-write right of the basic input output system flash memory chip.
The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware based on the out-of-band online provided by the invention further comprises the following steps:
and after the updating operation is finished, sending a second switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, wherein the second switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch back to the normal mode from the repair mode.
The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware based on the out-of-band online provided by the invention further comprises the following steps:
and determining whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted according to the storage type of the target area.
According to the method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on line based on the out-of-band, the method for determining whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted according to the storage type of the target area comprises the following steps:
under the condition that the storage type of the target area is data, determining that the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted;
and under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted.
According to the method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on line based on the out-of-band, after determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, the method further comprises the following steps:
And sending a first restarting instruction to the server platform service firmware under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, wherein the restarting instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to restart.
According to the method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on line based on the out-of-band, after determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, the method further comprises the following steps:
and sending a second restarting instruction to the server under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the basic input and output system, wherein the second restarting instruction is used for indicating the server to restart.
In a second aspect, the present invention further provides an apparatus for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on-line based on out-of-band, which is applied to a baseboard management controller, and the apparatus includes:
the determining module is used for determining information, updating operation and updating files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system;
and the updating module is used for carrying out the updating operation on the target area by adopting the updating file and the information of the target area under the condition that the server platform service firmware is in a repairing mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller.
In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a baseboard management controller, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the processor implements the method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to any one of the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, the present invention also provides a server, including: the baseboard management controller, the server platform service firmware, and the bios flash chip according to the third aspect of the present invention, where the baseboard management controller is communicatively connected to the server platform service firmware and the bios flash chip, respectively, and the server platform service firmware is communicatively connected to the bios flash chip.
In a fifth aspect, the present invention further provides a system for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on an out-of-band online, which includes a client and a server according to the fourth aspect, where the client is used to run a target tool, and the client is communicatively connected to the server.
In a sixth aspect, the present invention also provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online as described in any one of the first aspects above.
In a seventh aspect, the present invention also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online as described in any one of the first aspects above.
The invention provides a method and equipment for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on line, wherein a baseboard management controller determines information, updating operation and updating files of the target area of the server platform service firmware, and the target area is stored in a basic input/output system flash memory chip, so that the target area of the server platform service firmware which needs to be updated in the basic input/output system flash memory chip can be distinguished; then, when the service firmware of the server platform is in a repair mode and the control right of the flash memory chip of the basic input/output system is taken over by the baseboard management controller, namely, the service firmware of the server platform can be modified, and the baseboard management controller takes over the control of the flash memory chip of the basic input/output system, the update file and the information of the target area are adopted to update the target area, the update operation can be independently carried out on the target area of the service firmware of the server platform, the data of other areas can not be influenced, and thus, the continuity of user business can not be influenced in the process of online updating the target area of the service firmware of the server platform, thereby improving the working efficiency.
Further, the update file is adopted to start the update operation from the initial address of the target area until the area size of the update operation reaches the size of the target area, and the updated area can be determined to be the target area through the initial address of the target area and the size of the target area. Therefore, the error update cannot be caused, and the problem of downtime of the server system caused by the update error can be avoided.
Further, if the storage type of the target area is data, the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted; if the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, and whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted or not can be rapidly judged according to the storage type of the target area, so that the updating efficiency of the target area is improved.
Further, if the type of the configuration information is determined to be the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, only the server platform service firmware is restarted, so that the update of the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware in the target area is enabled.
Further, if the type of the configuration information is determined to be the configuration information related to the bios, the entire server needs to be restarted to enable the update of the configuration information related to the bios in the target area to be effective.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of a target area based on out-of-band online update server platform service firmware according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an interactive flow diagram of a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a baseboard management controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
The inventors noted during the course of the invention that:
in the server application scenario, the SPS firmware, as a management platform of the server, may be used to monitor, configure, and manage the server system, and simplify server management tasks and improve reliability, security, and performance of the server system. For example: SPS firmware may control allocation of interfaces on the PCH (e.g., universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) interface, serial advanced technology attachment (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, SATA) hard disk interface, high speed serial computer expansion bus standard (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, PCIE) interface, etc.), rate adaptation of the interface buses, power consumption control, power management controller (Power Management Controller, PMC) control, etc. through cross-over (Strap) signals.
However, some configuration information in the SPS firmware may be different according to the collocation of the servers and the usage scenario, or some data in the SPS firmware may affect the usage and need to be cleaned in time. At this time, if the whole BIOS flash is updated and is validated by restarting, not only the continuity of the user service but also the working efficiency and the stability of the server use are affected.
In the related art, the Intel seamless out-of-band (Intel Seamless OOB) based basic service may support online upgrades to BIOS/SPS/CPU microcode. However, these current approaches only upgrade the entire area of SPS firmware, which can affect the continuity of user traffic, thereby reducing the efficiency of operation.
Based on this, the embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on line, and under the condition that the server platform service firmware is in a repair mode and the control right of a basic input/output system is taken over by a baseboard management controller, updating the target area to be updated in the server platform service firmware by adopting an updating file. Therefore, the continuity of the user service is not affected in the process of online updating the target area of the server platform service firmware, and the working efficiency is improved.
First, a system for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of a target area based on out-of-band online update server platform service firmware according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the system may include: a client 1 and a server 2. The client 1 is used for running a target tool, an update catalog of the target tool is used for storing update files, and the client 1 is in communication connection with the server 2.
In some embodiments, the server 2 may include: the baseboard management controller 21, the server platform service firmware 22 and the basic input output system flash memory chip 23, the baseboard management controller 21 is respectively in communication connection with the server platform service firmware 22 and the basic input output system flash memory chip 23, and the server platform service firmware 22 is in communication connection with the basic input output system flash memory chip 23.
Specifically, the target tool is a tool that can interact with the baseboard management controller 21, such as a Utool or the like. The Utool is a tool which can be interacted with the baseboard management controller 21 and is developed by a user, and the main function of the Utool is to send a command to the baseboard management controller 21, obtain required information from the baseboard management controller 21, and send a command to the baseboard management controller 21 to complete some works. The Utool performs different functions through different interface protocols, mainly in an out-of-band manner, according to some unified interface protocols defined with the baseboard management controller 21. For example, the baseboard management controller 21 is notified to update the BIOS flash by sending a BIOS update (updatebios) command, and the value of the thermal design power consumption (Thermal Design Power, TDP) of the motherboard is set by a thermal design power consumption setting (SetTdp) command.
The baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) 21 is a dedicated controller for monitoring and managing servers. The main functions of the baseboard management controller 21 may include:
1) Device information management
Server information (model number, manufacturer, date, component production and technology information, chassis information, motherboard information, etc.), BMC information (server hostname, internet protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) address, BMC firmware version, etc.) is recorded.
2) Server state monitoring management
Detecting the health states of the components (CPU, memory, hard disk, fan, frame, etc.) of the server, such as temperature, voltage, and the like, and simultaneously adjusting the fan rotating speed in real time according to the conditions of each temperature acquisition point to ensure that the server does not generate over-temperature and the overall power consumption is controlled not to be too high; if any abnormality occurs in the single board component, the information is timely reported to the upper network manager through a plurality of industry universal specifications such as simple network management protocol (Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP), simple mail transmission protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, SMTP), red fish (Redfish) protocol and the like.
3) Remote control management of servers
Powering on and off, restarting, maintaining, firmware updating, system installation and the like of the server.
4) Maintenance management
Log management, user management, BIOS management, alarm management, etc.
Server platform services firmware 22 is intended to provide support for server management and control, the primary functions of which may include: hardware monitoring, remote management, configuration management, security management, virtualization support, fault management, performance management, and the like.
The bios flash memory chip 23 is a nonvolatile memory chip on the motherboard, and has a main function of initializing hardware, starting and running an operating system.
Out Of Band (OOB) is a server management solution provided by intel, and aims to realize remote management and monitoring Of a server through an Out Of Band management technology. OOB management refers to managing and controlling a server through an independent management channel, except for the normal running operating system of the server.
Based on the system shown in fig. 1, a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 2 and 3.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the invention. The method is applied to the baseboard management controller 21 in fig. 1, and as shown in fig. 2, the method may include the steps of:
Step 201, determining information, update operation and update file of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system;
step 202, under the condition that the server platform service firmware is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, updating the target area by adopting the information of the updating file and the target area.
In step 201, the region of the server platform service firmware is stored in the bios flash memory chip, and the information of the target region of the server platform service firmware is determined, so that the region to be updated (i.e., the target region) can be distinguished from the region of the server platform service firmware stored in the bios flash memory chip.
For the update operation, if the update operation is modification, the update file is an update file for modification, which is prefabricated by a user; if the update operation is erasure, the update file is an update file that the user previously made for erasure, for example, an update file of all 0 xFF.
In step 202, the server platform services firmware is in repair (Recovery) mode, i.e., the server platform services firmware may be modified. The control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, namely, the baseboard management controller takes over the control of the basic input/output system flash memory chip.
In one possible implementation, the baseboard management controller sends a first switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, where the first switching instruction is used to instruct the server platform service firmware to switch from a normal mode to a repair mode, so that the server platform service firmware can be modified. The baseboard management controller sends a take-over instruction to the basic input/output system flash memory chip, and the take-over instruction is used for indicating the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip to be taken over by the baseboard management controller, so that the baseboard management controller can control the basic input/output system flash memory chip.
Optionally, the control right of the basic input output system flash memory chip may include: the control right of the serial peripheral interface of the basic input/output system flash memory chip and the unique read-write right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip can shield other devices from reading and writing the basic input/output system flash memory chip through the serial peripheral interface of the input/output system flash memory chip.
Under the condition that the service firmware of the server platform can be modified and the baseboard management controller takes over the control of the basic input/output system flash memory chip, the update file and the information of the target area are adopted to update the target area, so that the update operation can be independently carried out on the target area of the service firmware of the server platform, and the data of other areas can not be influenced. Therefore, the continuity of the user service is not affected in the process of online updating the target area of the server platform service firmware, and the working efficiency is improved.
The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on line provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the steps that firstly, a baseboard management controller determines the information, updating operation and updating files of the target area of the server platform service firmware, and the target area is stored in a basic input and output system flash memory chip, so that the target area of the server platform service firmware which needs to be updated in the basic input and output system flash memory chip can be distinguished; then, when the service firmware of the server platform is in a repair mode and the control right of the flash memory chip of the basic input/output system is taken over by the baseboard management controller, namely, the service firmware of the server platform can be modified, and the baseboard management controller takes over the control of the flash memory chip of the basic input/output system, the update file and the information of the target area are adopted to update the target area, the update operation can be independently carried out on the target area of the service firmware of the server platform, the data of other areas can not be influenced, and thus, the continuity of user business can not be influenced in the process of online updating the target area of the service firmware of the server platform, thereby improving the working efficiency.
In an example embodiment, step 201 may include the sub-steps of:
step 2011, receiving a user update instruction sent by a target tool, wherein the user update instruction carries information of a target area and update operation;
in step 2012, in response to the user update command, the information and the update operation of the target area are parsed from the user update command, the update file is obtained from the update catalog of the target tool, and the update file is loaded into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller.
In step 2011, the target tool is illustratively an Utool, and since the Utool can interact with the baseboard management controller, the user determines the target area to be updated, and whether the update operation is to update the content or erase the content, and creates an update file according to the update requirement. Then, the user can send a user update instruction to the baseboard management controller through the Utool, wherein the user update instruction carries information of the target area and update operation so as to inform the baseboard management controller of updating the target area through out-of-band.
In step 2012, the user copies the update file to the update catalog of the target tool in advance. The baseboard management controller responds to the user update instruction, firstly analyzes the information and update operation of the target area from the user update instruction, then acquires the update file from the update catalog of the target tool, and loads the update file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller.
In this embodiment, the baseboard management controller may parse the information and the update operation of the target area from the user update instruction through the target tool, and then obtain the update file from the update catalog of the target tool and load the update file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller, so that the information, the update operation and the update file of the target area may be obtained.
In one example embodiment, the information of the target area includes a start address of the target area and a size of the target area; step 202 may include: and starting to execute the updating operation from the starting address of the target area by adopting the updating file until the area size of the updating operation reaches the size of the target area.
Specifically, the configuration information of different areas of the server platform service firmware in the bios flash chip is shown in table 1:
table 1 server platform service firmware configuration information table
As can be seen from table 1, each region has its one-to-one starting address.
In this embodiment, the update file is used to start the update operation from the start address of the target area until the area size of the update operation reaches the size of the target area, and the updated area can be determined as the target area by the start address of the target area and the size of the target area. Therefore, the error update cannot be caused, and the problem of downtime of the server system caused by the update error can be avoided.
In an example embodiment, the method further comprises: after the updating operation is completed, a second switching instruction is sent to the server platform service firmware, and the second switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch from the repairing mode to the normal mode, so that the server platform service firmware can be restored to the normal mode.
In an example embodiment, the method further comprises: and determining whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted according to the storage type of the target area, and manually restarting the server platform service firmware without manually judging whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, so that the updating efficiency of the target area can be improved, and the working efficiency is improved.
In an example embodiment, determining whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted according to the storage type of the target area includes: under the condition that the storage type of the target area is data, determining that the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted; and under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted.
Specifically, as can be seen from table 1, some areas store data, and some areas store configuration information. Areas storing data may cause downtime of the server system if erased or modified. The area for storing the configuration information is required to be configured correctly according to different configuration requirements, otherwise, unexpected abnormal phenomena are caused.
And, some areas are variable, and some areas are constant. For the variable areas, the update can be immediately effective, and some data to be cleaned is placed in the areas. For unchanged areas, mainly storage configurations, a restart of the server platform service firmware may be required to take effect.
If the storage type of the target area is data, the target area is changeable and can be immediately validated after being updated, so that the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted.
If the storage type of the target area is configuration information, then the target area is unchanged and the server platform service firmware may need to be restarted to be effective.
In this embodiment, if the storage type of the target area is data, the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted; if the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, and whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted or not can be rapidly judged according to the storage type of the target area, so that the updating efficiency of the target area is improved.
In one example embodiment, after determining that the server platform services firmware needs to be restarted, the method further comprises: and sending a first restarting instruction to the server platform service firmware under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, wherein the restarting instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to perform restarting operation.
Specifically, if the storage type of the target area is configuration information, the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, and after determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, the type of the configuration information is determined. If the type of the configuration information is the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, the server platform service firmware is only restarted, namely the baseboard management controller sends a first restarting instruction to the server platform service firmware. The server platform service firmware responds to the first restarting instruction to perform restarting operation.
In this embodiment, if the type of the configuration information is determined to be the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, only the server platform service firmware is restarted, so that the update of the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware in the target area is enabled.
In another example embodiment, after determining that the server platform services firmware needs to be restarted, the method further comprises: and sending a second restarting instruction to the server under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the basic input and output system, wherein the second restarting instruction is used for indicating the server to perform restarting operation.
Specifically, if the storage type of the target area is configuration information, the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, and after determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted, the type of the configuration information is determined. If the type of the configuration information is the configuration information related to the basic input and output system, the whole server needs to be restarted, namely the baseboard management controller sends a second restarting instruction to the server. And the server responds to the second restarting instruction to perform restarting operation.
In this embodiment, if the type of the configuration information is determined to be the configuration information related to the bios, the entire server needs to be restarted to validate the update of the configuration information related to the bios in the target area.
In order to more clearly understand the present invention, a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online is specifically described below by way of specific embodiments.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is an interactive flow chart of a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include the steps of:
Step 301, receiving information of a target area, update operation and update files input by a user by using the Utool, wherein the update files are stored in an update catalog of the Utool;
step 302, the Utool generates a user update instruction based on the information of the target area and the update operation, and sends the user update instruction to the baseboard management controller;
step 303, the baseboard management controller responds to the user update instruction, analyzes the information and update operation of the target area from the user update instruction, acquires the update file from the update catalog of the target tool, and loads the update file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller;
step 304, the baseboard management controller sends a first switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, wherein the first switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch from a normal mode to a repair mode;
step 305, the baseboard management controller sends a take-over instruction to the basic input/output system flash memory chip, wherein the take-over instruction is used for indicating the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip to be taken over by the baseboard management controller;
step 306, the baseboard management controller starts to execute the updating operation from the initial address of the target area by adopting the updating file until the area size of the updating operation reaches the size of the target area;
Step 307, after finishing the updating operation, the baseboard management controller sends a second switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, where the second switching instruction is used to instruct the server platform service firmware to switch from the repair mode to the normal mode;
step 308, sending a restart instruction to the server platform service firmware when the storage type of the target area is the configuration information.
In step 301, a user first determines a target area to be updated and an update operation, and creates an update file according to an update requirement. The user may then input information of the target area to the Utool, update the operation, and store the update file in an update catalog of the Utool. The Utool receives information of a target area, an update operation and an update file input by a user.
In step 302, since the Utool may interact with the baseboard management controller, the Utool generates a user update instruction based on the information of the target area and the update operation, and transmits the user update instruction to the baseboard management controller.
In step 303, the baseboard management controller responds to the user update command, first parses the information of the target area and the update operation from the user update command, then obtains the update file from the update catalog of the target tool, and loads the update file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller.
In step 304, the baseboard management controller sends a first switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, and the server platform service firmware switches the server platform service firmware from the normal mode to the repair mode in response to the first switching instruction, so that the server platform service firmware can be modified.
In step 305, the baseboard management controller sends a take-over instruction to the bios flash chip, and the bios flash chip responds to the take-over instruction to take over control of the bios flash chip by the baseboard management controller, so that the baseboard management controller can control the bios flash chip.
Optionally, the control right of the basic input output system flash memory chip may include: the control right of the serial peripheral interface of the basic input/output system flash memory chip and the unique read-write right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip can shield other devices from reading and writing the basic input/output system flash memory chip through the serial peripheral interface of the input/output system flash memory chip.
In step 306, the baseboard management controller starts the update operation from the start address of the target area using the update file until the area size of the update operation reaches the size of the target area, and can determine that the updated area is the target area through the start address of the target area and the size of the target area. Therefore, the error update cannot be caused, and the problem of downtime of the server system caused by the update error can be avoided.
In step 307, the baseboard management controller sends a second switch instruction to the server platform service firmware after completing the update operation. The server platform service firmware responds to the second switching instruction, and switches the server platform service firmware from the repair mode to the normal mode, so that the server platform service firmware can be restored to the normal mode.
In step 308, the server platform services firmware has some areas storing data and some areas storing configuration information. Areas storing data may cause downtime of the server system if erased or modified. The area for storing the configuration information is required to be configured correctly according to different configuration requirements, otherwise, unexpected abnormal phenomena are caused.
And, some areas are variable, and some areas are constant. For the variable areas, the update can be immediately effective, and some data to be cleaned is placed in the areas. For unchanged areas, mainly storage configurations, a restart of the server platform service firmware may be required to take effect.
If the storage type of the target area is data, the target area is changeable and can be immediately validated after being updated, so that the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted.
If the storage type of the target area is configuration information, then the target area is unchanged and the server platform service firmware may need to be restarted to be effective.
In one possible implementation manner, if the type of the configuration information is configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, the server platform service firmware is only restarted, that is, the baseboard management controller sends a first restart instruction to the server platform service firmware. The server platform service firmware responds to the first restarting instruction to perform restarting operation.
In another possible implementation, if the type of the configuration information is configuration information related to the bios, the entire server needs to be restarted, that is, the baseboard management controller sends a second restart instruction to the server. And the server responds to the second restarting instruction to perform restarting operation.
In this embodiment, the Utool may obtain the information, update operation and update file of the target area input by the user, the baseboard management controller switches the server platform service firmware from the normal mode to the repair mode through the first switching instruction, and takes over the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip by the baseboard management controller through the take-over instruction, and the update operation is performed from the start address of the target area by adopting the update file until the area size of the update operation reaches the size of the target area, so that the target area can be accurately updated, and the problem of server downtime caused by error update is avoided. Therefore, the continuity of the user service is not affected in the process of online updating the target area of the server platform service firmware, and the working efficiency is improved. After the updating operation is completed, the baseboard management controller switches the service firmware of the server platform from the repairing mode to the normal mode through the second switching instruction, so that the service firmware of the server platform can be restored to the normal mode. And restarting the server platform service firmware through a restarting instruction under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, so that the updating of the target area is effective.
The device based on the target area of the out-of-band online updating server platform service firmware provided by the invention is described below, and the device based on the target area of the out-of-band online updating server platform service firmware described below and the method based on the target area of the out-of-band online updating server platform service firmware described above can be correspondingly referred to each other.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus is applied to the baseboard management controller shown in fig. 1, and as shown in fig. 4, the apparatus may include:
a determining module 41, configured to determine information, update operations, and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system;
and the updating module 42 is configured to perform an updating operation on the target area by using the information of the updating file and the target area when the server platform service firmware is in the repair mode and the control right of the bios flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller.
In one example embodiment, the determination module 41 includes:
The receiving unit is used for receiving a user updating instruction sent by the target tool, wherein the user updating instruction carries information of a target area and updating operation;
the analysis unit is used for responding to the user updating instruction and analyzing the information and updating operation of the target area from the user updating instruction;
an acquisition unit for acquiring an update file from an update catalog of a target tool;
and the loading unit is used for loading the updated file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller.
In one example embodiment, the information of the target area includes a start address of the target area and a size of the target area; the update module 42 is specifically configured to: and starting to execute the updating operation from the starting address of the target area by adopting the updating file until the area size of the updating operation reaches the size of the target area.
In an example embodiment, further comprising:
the first sending module is used for sending a first switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, wherein the first switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch from a normal mode to a repair mode;
the second sending module is used for sending a take-over instruction to the basic input/output system flash memory chip, wherein the take-over instruction is used for indicating the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip to be taken over by the baseboard management controller.
In one example embodiment, the control rights of the basic input output system flash memory chip include: control rights of a serial peripheral interface of the basic input output system flash memory chip and unique read-write rights of the basic input output system flash memory chip.
In an example embodiment, further comprising: and the third sending module is used for sending a second switching instruction to the server platform service firmware after the updating operation is completed, wherein the second switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch from the repairing mode to the normal mode.
In an example embodiment, further comprising: and the restarting judging module is used for determining whether the server platform service firmware needs restarting according to the storage type of the target area.
In an example embodiment, the restart determination module is specifically configured to:
under the condition that the storage type of the target area is data, determining that the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted;
and under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted.
In an example embodiment, further comprising: and the fourth sending module is used for sending a first restarting instruction to the server platform service firmware when the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware after the server platform service firmware is determined to need restarting, wherein the restarting instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to restart.
In an example embodiment, further comprising: and the fifth sending module is used for sending a second restarting instruction to the server when the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the basic input and output system after the fact that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted is determined, wherein the second restarting instruction is used for indicating the server to restart.
Fig. 5 illustrates a physical schematic diagram of a baseboard management controller, and as shown in fig. 5, the baseboard management controller may include: processor 510, communication interface (Communications Interface) 520, memory 530, and communication bus 540, wherein processor 510, communication interface 520, memory 530 complete communication with each other through communication bus 540. Processor 510 may invoke logic instructions in memory 530 to perform a method for updating a target area of server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online, the method comprising: determining information, update operation and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system; and under the condition that the service firmware of the server platform is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, updating the target area by adopting the information of the updating file and the target area.
Further, the logic instructions in the memory 530 described above may be implemented in the form of software functional units and may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium when sold or used as a stand-alone product. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
In another aspect, the present invention also provides a computer program product, where the computer program product includes a computer program, where the computer program can be stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where the computer program when executed by a processor can perform a method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online provided by the above methods, where the method includes: determining information, update operation and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system; and under the condition that the service firmware of the server platform is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, updating the target area by adopting the information of the updating file and the target area.
In yet another aspect, the present invention further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, is implemented to perform the method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online provided by the above methods, the method comprising: determining information, update operation and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system; and under the condition that the service firmware of the server platform is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, updating the target area by adopting the information of the updating file and the target area.
The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the elements illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physically separate, and the elements shown as elements may or may not be physical elements, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.
From the above description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments may be implemented by means of software plus necessary general hardware platforms, or of course may be implemented by means of hardware. Based on this understanding, the foregoing technical solution may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method described in the respective embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limiting; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

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1. A method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on-line based on out-of-band, applied to a baseboard management controller, the method comprising:
determining information, update operation and update files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system;
and under the condition that the server platform service firmware is in a repair mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller, carrying out the updating operation on the target area by adopting the updating file and the information of the target area.
2. The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware based on the out-of-band online of claim 1, wherein determining the information, the update operation, and the update file of the target area of the server platform service firmware comprises:
receiving a user updating instruction sent by a target tool, wherein the user updating instruction carries information of the target area and the updating operation;
and responding to the user updating instruction, analyzing the information of the target area and the updating operation from the user updating instruction, acquiring the updating file from the updating catalog of the target tool, and loading the updating file into the executable memory of the baseboard management controller.
3. The method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online of claim 2, wherein the information of the target area includes a start address of the target area and a size of the target area;
the updating operation of the target area by adopting the updated file and the information of the target area comprises the following steps:
and executing the updating operation from the starting address of the target area by adopting the updating file until the area size of the updating operation reaches the size of the target area.
4. A method of updating a target area of server platform services firmware based on out-of-band online as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:
sending a first switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, wherein the first switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch from a normal mode to the repair mode;
and sending a take-over instruction to the basic input/output system flash memory chip, wherein the take-over instruction is used for indicating that the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller.
5. The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware based on the out-of-band online of claim 4, wherein the control right of the basic input output system flash memory chip comprises: the control right of the serial peripheral interface of the basic input output system flash memory chip and the unique read-write right of the basic input output system flash memory chip.
6. The method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online of claim 4, further comprising:
and after the updating operation is finished, sending a second switching instruction to the server platform service firmware, wherein the second switching instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to switch back to the normal mode from the repair mode.
7. The method for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online of claim 6, further comprising:
and determining whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted according to the storage type of the target area.
8. The method for updating the target area of the server platform service firmware on-line out-of-band according to claim 6, wherein the determining whether the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted according to the storage type of the target area comprises:
Under the condition that the storage type of the target area is data, determining that the server platform service firmware does not need to be restarted;
and under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information, determining that the server platform service firmware needs to be restarted.
9. The method for updating a target area of server platform services firmware on-line out-of-band as recited in claim 8, further comprising, after determining that the server platform services firmware needs to be restarted:
and sending a first restarting instruction to the server platform service firmware under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the server platform service firmware, wherein the restarting instruction is used for indicating the server platform service firmware to restart.
10. The method for updating a target area of server platform services firmware on-line out-of-band as recited in claim 8, further comprising, after determining that the server platform services firmware needs to be restarted:
and sending a second restarting instruction to the server under the condition that the storage type of the target area is the configuration information related to the basic input and output system, wherein the second restarting instruction is used for indicating the server to restart.
11. An apparatus for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware on-line based on an out-of-band, applied to a baseboard management controller, the apparatus comprising:
the determining module is used for determining information, updating operation and updating files of a target area of the server platform service firmware; the target area is stored in a flash memory chip of the basic input/output system;
and the updating module is used for carrying out the updating operation on the target area by adopting the updating file and the information of the target area under the condition that the server platform service firmware is in a repairing mode and the control right of the basic input/output system flash memory chip is taken over by the baseboard management controller.
12. A baseboard management controller comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the program, implements a method of updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.
13. A server, comprising: the baseboard management controller, server platform services firmware, and bios flash chips of claim 12, wherein said baseboard management controller is communicatively coupled to said server platform services firmware and said bios flash chips, respectively.
14. A system for updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online, comprising a client for running a target tool and a server according to claim 13, the client being communicatively connected to the server.
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, which when executed by a processor implements a method of updating a target area of a server platform service firmware based on out-of-band online according to any of claims 1 to 10.
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