CN218497488U

CN218497488U - Server mainboard startup and shutdown test tool, device and system

Info

Publication number: CN218497488U
Application number: CN202222534877.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张博
Original assignee: Shanghai Lingcun Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Lingcun Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-23
Filing date: 2022-09-23
Publication date: 2023-02-17
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-23

Abstract

The utility model provides a server mainboard on-off test tool, device and system, constitute server mainboard on-off test tool through display element, the control unit, execution unit and standard connector to and the control unit is connected with display element, execution unit electricity simultaneously, and standard connector is connected with execution unit electricity, then when going on the electricity to the server mainboard that awaits measuring, the control unit is used for controlling execution unit to switch on; when the mainboard of the server to be tested is powered off, the control unit is used for controlling the execution unit to be cut off. When testing, be connected power adapter and standard connector promptly, the server mainboard that awaits measuring is connected with the execution unit, can pass through the control unit to the control of execution unit under the condition of not closing power adapter in whole test procedure to directly power on and off the server mainboard that awaits measuring, avoided the erroneous judgement because of power adapter switching on and shutting down failure leads to, improve efficiency of software testing.

Description

Tool, device and system for testing startup and shutdown of server mainboard

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a test technical field, concretely relates to server mainboard switching on and shutting down test tool, device and system.

Background

At present, after most computer mainboards are produced, a series of testing methods are needed to screen out bad computer mainboards because the yield rate is difficult to reach 100%. The on-off test is the most time-consuming and labor-consuming test item in the series of test methods. To fully verify the stability of the motherboard, the power on/off test is often performed hundreds of times or more, which wastes time, and if the power on/off test of the computer motherboard is manually performed by a worker, productivity is wasted.

The existing testing method is that a relay is usually used at the front end of a power adapter to perform timing switch operation of 220V alternating current, and because the power adapter is often provided with a large capacitor and has long discharging time, the shutdown time is prolonged, and the testing efficiency is influenced. If the delay after shutdown is not enough, the power adapter starts the next round of test without complete power failure, the next startup failure is caused, and the test efficiency is further influenced, namely the test method has the problem of low test efficiency.

Therefore, the prior art is to be improved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a main aim at provides a server mainboard switching on and shutting down test tool, device and system to can solve the technical problem that efficiency of software testing is low that most of test methods exist in the correlation technique at least.

The utility model discloses a first aspect provides a server mainboard power on/off test tool, server mainboard power on/off test tool includes display element, the control unit, execution unit and standard connector, the control unit simultaneously with the display element, execution unit electricity is connected, standard connector with the execution unit electricity is connected, standard connector is used for being connected with the power adapter, execution unit is used for being connected with the server mainboard electricity that awaits measuring; when the server mainboard to be tested is powered on, the control unit is used for controlling the conduction of the execution unit; and when the server mainboard to be tested is powered off, the control unit is used for controlling the execution unit to be cut off.

The utility model discloses a second aspect provides a testing arrangement, the server mainboard switching on and shutting down test tool of casing and first aspect.

The utility model discloses a third aspect provides a test system, including power adapter, the server mainboard that awaits measuring and second aspect testing arrangement.

The utility model provides a server mainboard on-off test tool, device and system constitutes server mainboard on-off test tool through display element, the control unit, execution unit and standard connector to and the control unit is connected with display element, execution unit electricity simultaneously, and standard connector is connected with execution unit electricity, then when going on electricity to the server mainboard that awaits measuring, the control unit is used for controlling execution unit to switch on; when the mainboard of the server to be tested is powered off, the control unit is used for controlling the execution unit to be stopped. When testing, be connected power adapter and standard connector promptly, the server mainboard that awaits measuring is connected with the execution unit, can pass through the control unit to the control of execution unit under the condition of not closing power adapter in whole test procedure to directly power on and off the server mainboard that awaits measuring, avoided the erroneous judgement because of power adapter switching on and shutting down failure leads to, improve efficiency of software testing.

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 some embodiments described in the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a test system in the related art;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a server motherboard startup and shutdown test tool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a server motherboard startup and shutdown test tool according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a testing process of the testing tool for turning on and off the server motherboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The realization, the functional characteristics and the advantages of the utility model are further explained by combining the embodiment and referring to the attached drawings.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

It is noted that relative terms such as "first," "second," and the like may be used to describe various components, but these terms are not intended to limit the components. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another component. For example, a first component could be termed a second component, and, similarly, a second component could be termed a first component, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The term "and/or" refers to a combination of any one or more of the associated and descriptive terms.

Referring to fig. 1, in a testing system disclosed in the related art, the testing system includes a controller, a relay, a power adapter and a testing machine, the controller is connected to the relay and the testing machine, an output terminal of the relay is connected to an input terminal of the power adapter, an output terminal of the power adapter is connected to the testing machine, and the controller is used for controlling the testing machine to be powered off and controlling the relay to be turned on to control the testing machine to be automatically powered on in a powered-off state. The testing system mainly realizes the testing by using the relay to carry out the timing switch operation of 220V alternating current at the front end of the power adapter, and because the power adapters are often provided with large capacitors and have long discharging time, the shutdown time is prolonged, and the testing efficiency is influenced. If the delay after shutdown is not enough, the power adapter starts the next round of test without complete power failure, the next startup failure is caused, and the test efficiency is further influenced, namely the test system has the problem of low test efficiency.

In order to solve the above technical problem, please refer to fig. 2, fig. 2 shows a server motherboard switching on and shutting down test tool 1 provided by the present invention, the server motherboard switching on and shutting down test tool 1 includes a display unit 10, a control unit 11, an execution unit 12 and a standard connector 13, the control unit 11 is connected with the display unit 10 and the execution unit 12 electrically, the standard connector 13 is connected with the execution unit 12 electrically, the standard connector 13 is used for being connected with a power adapter 2, and the execution unit 12 is used for being connected with a server motherboard 3 to be tested electrically.

Specifically, the control unit 11 represents a device with a control function, such as a CPU or a single chip microcomputer, and is capable of controlling the on/off of the execution unit 12, that is, controlling the connection state between the power supply voltage of the power adapter 2 and the server motherboard 3 to be tested, by transmitting a control signal. When the execution unit 12 is on, the connection state between the power supply voltage of the power adapter 2 and the server motherboard 3 to be tested is on (power-on); when the execution unit 12 is turned off, the connection state between the power supply voltage of the power adapter 2 and the server board 3 to be tested is off (power down). That is, when the server motherboard 3 to be tested is powered on, the control unit 11 is used for controlling the conduction of the execution unit 12; when the server motherboard 3 to be tested is powered off, the control unit 11 is used for controlling the execution unit 12 to be turned off.

Specifically, the display unit 10 generally refers to a device capable of having a display function, such as a display screen, a nixie tube, or the like. The display control command transmitted by the control unit 12 is received to perform corresponding display, and the real-time status of the control unit 12, such as the working mode, the startup delay, the shutdown delay, the total cycle number, the current cycle number, etc., can be displayed.

Specifically, the execution unit 12 generally refers to a device having an on or off state, such as a control switch, a relay, a conventional switch circuit, and the like. Since one end of the execution unit is electrically connected to the server motherboard 3 to be tested, and the setting position of the execution unit 12 is on the channel of the power supply voltage, the state of the execution unit can correspondingly control the transmission state of the power supply voltage.

In particular, the standard connector 13 generally refers to a standard ATX interface (power interface) or other power interface, which is used for receiving the power supply voltage transmitted by the power adapter 2.

According to the embodiment, when the server motherboard on-off test tool 1 is used for testing, the server motherboard on-off test tool is mainly connected with the power adapter 2 through the standard connector 13 as an interface; meanwhile, the execution unit 12 is connected with the server mainboard 3 to be tested, so that the power adapter 2 and the server mainboard 3 to be tested are communicated, and the power supply voltage provided by the power adapter 2 can be transmitted to the server mainboard 3 to be tested for startup and shutdown tests. Therefore, the execution unit can be controlled by the control unit under the condition that the power adapter is not turned off in the whole test process, so that the power of the mainboard of the server to be tested is directly switched on and off, the misjudgment caused by the failure of the power adapter in the startup and shutdown process is avoided, and the test efficiency is improved.

It should be understood that, because the power adapter 2 often has a large capacitance and is discharged for a long time, if the power adapter cannot be completely discharged, the power adapter 2 will have a chance of failing to power up the next time it is powered on. In the application, the server mainboard startup and shutdown test tool 1 is placed at the rear stage of the power adapter 2, so that the power adapter 2 is always in the on state, and the problem is avoided.

Referring to fig. 3, the control unit is a single chip microcomputer, the single chip microcomputer is provided with 1 GPIO signal pin, and the control signal is transmitted to the execution unit 12 through the 1 GPIO signal pin, so as to control the on/off of the execution unit 12, that is, the on/off of the execution unit 12.

The single chip microcomputer is further provided with an information receiving pin, and the information receiving pin is used for being electrically connected with the server mainboard 3 to be tested and receiving a signal for indicating successful startup. For example, the successful boot flag is a designated character string "PowerOnOk" sent by the automatically executed test script after the server motherboard 3 to be tested boots successfully. Of course, the boot success flag is not necessarily a "PowerOnOk" character string, but may also be a symbolic character string in the boot log. Meanwhile, the successful start-up flag can also capture the debug code dropped from the 80 port.

The single chip microcomputer is further provided with a first information output pin electrically connected with the display unit, the information output pin is used for transmitting a display control instruction to the display unit, and the display unit correspondingly displays the working state of the single chip microcomputer. Generally, when the display unit is a nixie tube, the nixie tube is usually composed of a plurality of lamp beads, so that the display diversity is provided, and different characters composed of various lamp beads can be displayed, such as 'power-on delay', 'power-off delay', and the like.

In this embodiment, the server motherboard startup and shutdown test tool 1 further includes an alarm unit, and a second information transmission pin of the single chip microcomputer is electrically connected with the alarm unit; the alarm unit can be a buzzer which is controlled by the singlechip, and the buzzer can give out slow dripping sound when the test is normally finished; when the test fails, the buzzer will sound a short and jerky alarm.

In the present embodiment, the execution unit includes a first relay and a second relay; the input of first relay and the input of second relay all are connected with standard connector electricity, and the output of first relay and the output of second relay all are used for being connected with the server mainboard that awaits measuring is electric. Generally, the relays are additionally provided with 4 channels, so that the single chip microcomputer can respectively control the states of the first relay and the second relay, namely control the on and off of the first relay and the second relay, and selectively transmit the corresponding power supply voltage to the mainboard of the server to be tested, thereby meeting different test conditions.

In this embodiment, the tool for testing the startup and shutdown of the server motherboard further includes a first standard ATX plug and a second standard ATX plug, the output end of the first relay is electrically connected to the server motherboard to be tested through the first standard ATX plug, and the output end of the second relay is electrically connected to the server motherboard to be tested through the second standard ATX plug. The first standard ATX plug can be a 24PIN standard ATX plug, the second standard ATX plug can be a 4+4PIN standard ATX plug, and power can be supplied to almost all server mainboards on the market through matching of the two standard ATX plugs.

In addition, the server mainboard startup and shutdown test tool is also provided with 3 keys for setting parameters. The following describes a testing process of the server motherboard startup and shutdown testing tool (the working process is shown in fig. 4):

the test flow can be divided into a test mode and a debug mode. The test mode does not stop testing when the startup and shutdown are failed, and the test result is counted out after the test is finished to generate a test log. And when the debugging mode is failed in startup and shutdown, the test can be immediately stopped, the field is protected, and the buzzer gives an alarm to wait for the treatment of an engineer. The test mode and the debug mode are selected by a dial switch.

Before the test is started, parameters are required to be set, and the working parameters comprise total cycle number, startup overtime time and shutdown delay time. The server mainboard is set to be powered on and automatically started in the BIOS, and enters the server system to set the test script to be powered on and automatically started.

In the test mode, after the parameters are set, a start key is pressed to start testing, the single chip microcomputer controls the relay to be closed, the server mainboard is waited for entering the system, and the test script is executed. If the serial port of the singlechip receives the PowerOk character string, the relay is disconnected after the soft shutdown is finished, and the next round of test is carried out after the shutdown delay. After the startup is successful each time, the test script adds one to the startup success frequency, and the startup and shutdown test tool judges whether the set total cycle frequency is reached. If not, the test is continued, and if the total cycle number is reached, the buzzer is controlled to sound.

In the debugging mode, the test mode is basically the same as the test mode, but if the singlechip does not receive the PowerOk character string within the overtime of starting up, the test is stopped, and the buzzer is controlled to alarm. The operator can release the alarm through the key and continue the test.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model, possess following advantage: 1. the power on/off test tool performs on/off control on direct current at the rear stage of the power adapter, and the power adapter is always in an on state, so that the problem that the power adapter is long in power-off discharge time is effectively solved. Therefore, the waiting time between two tests is shortened, and the testing efficiency is effectively improved. 2. Because the power adapter is in the open state all the time, need not to follow the power on-off of server mainboard together, just avoided the erroneous judgement because of power adapter trouble arouses. 3. The startup and shutdown test tool adopts the standard ATX power supply standard, can use all power adapters conforming to the ATX power supply standard to supply power, and can also perform startup and shutdown tests on all server mainboards conforming to the ATX power supply standard. The universality is better. 4. The startup and shutdown testing tool uses the single chip microcomputer as a main control, the nixie tube as a display, and the buzzer as an alarm unit, and is all the cheapest components, low in cost and simple in structure. 5. For whether the server startup is successful or not by measuring voltage in the prior art, the startup and shutdown test tool judges that the startup is successful by receiving the PowerOk character string sent by the server system through the serial port, does not need additional wire welding, is simpler to operate, can ensure that an operating system of a mainboard of the server runs normally, and has higher accuracy. 6. This switching on and shutting down testing tool can all control bee calling organ and whistle when the test finishes with test error, in time reminds operating personnel to handle, but save time improves efficiency of software testing. 7. The startup and shutdown testing tool provides a debugging mode, can protect the field when the test fails, and is convenient for engineers to find and analyze problems. 8. The startup and shutdown testing tool performs soft shutdown on the server through the testing script, and can effectively avoid hard disk damage and data loss caused by accidental power failure.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not the scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent flow changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings or the direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The server mainboard startup and shutdown test tool is characterized by comprising a display unit, a control unit, an execution unit and a standard connector, wherein the control unit is electrically connected with the display unit and the execution unit at the same time;

when the server mainboard to be tested is powered on, the control unit is used for controlling the conduction of the execution unit; and when the mainboard of the server to be tested is powered off, the control unit is used for controlling the execution unit to be stopped.

2. The tool for testing the startup and shutdown of the server mainboard according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is a single chip microcomputer, the single chip microcomputer is provided with a GPIO signal pin, and the GPIO signal pin is electrically connected with the execution unit and controls the on/off of the execution unit.

3. The tool for testing the startup and shutdown of the server motherboard as recited in claim 2, wherein the single chip microcomputer further comprises an information receiving pin, and the information receiving pin is used for being electrically connected to the server motherboard to be tested and receiving a startup success indication signal.

4. The tool for testing the on/off of the server motherboard as recited in claim 2, wherein the single chip microcomputer further comprises a first information output pin electrically connected to the display unit, and the information output pin is used for transmitting a display control command to the display unit.

5. The tool for testing the startup and shutdown of the server mainboard according to claim 4, wherein the display unit is a group of nixie tubes, and the nixie tubes are used for displaying the working state of the singlechip.

6. The tool for testing the startup and shutdown of the server mainboard according to claim 2, further comprising an alarm unit, wherein a second information transmission pin of the single chip microcomputer is electrically connected with the alarm unit.

7. The tool for testing the on/off state of the server main board according to claim 1, wherein the execution unit comprises a first relay and a second relay;

the input end of the first relay and the input end of the second relay are electrically connected with the standard connector, and the output end of the first relay and the output end of the second relay are electrically connected with a server mainboard to be tested.

8. The tool according to claim 7, further comprising a first standard ATX plug and a second standard ATX plug, wherein the output terminal of the first relay is electrically connected to the server motherboard to be tested via the first standard ATX plug, and the output terminal of the second relay is electrically connected to the server motherboard to be tested via the second standard ATX plug.

9. A testing apparatus, comprising a housing and a tool for testing the on/off of a server motherboard according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. A test system comprising a power adapter, a server board to be tested, and the test apparatus according to claim 9.