JP2013125494A - Computing device, computation resource management system, program, and method for increasing and decreasing available computation resource - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage increase and decrease of a computation resource on the basis of a license key different for each configuration of server.SOLUTION: A server identification information generation unit 134 generates server identification information which uniquely indicates a server and includes identification information of a mother board and a type of scalable board. An input unit receives input of unique procedure information including the server identification information and increase and decrease information indicating increase and decrease of an available computation resource. When the procedure information includes the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit 134, a computation resource increase and decrease unit 138 increases or decreases a computation resource available to a server among a plurality of computation resources according to the increase and decrease information.

Description

  The present invention includes a motherboard including a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of a server to be operated by the connected motherboard, and a controller that controls the server, and the server among the plurality of computing resources is The present invention relates to a computing device, a computing resource management system, a program, and a usable computing resource increasing / decreasing method for increasing / decreasing available computing resources.

  A licensor that is a distributor of a computing device sells a computing device loaded with a plurality of computing resources in advance to a licensee that is a user of the computing device, and the computing device is based on a contract between the licensor and the licensee. Business models that limit available computing resources are known. Specifically, when a licensee receives a license key from a licensor according to a contract and the computing device receives an input of the license key from the licensee, the calculation resource indicated by the license key is increased or decreased. According to this business model, the licensor does not have to manufacture a computing device with a different performance, thereby reducing the production cost. On the other hand, the licensee can change the performance of the computing device according to the purpose of use by concluding a contract with the licensor as necessary.

  In addition, a system has been commercialized that uses a model change kit to replace whether a computing device is used as one server or physically divided into a plurality of servers (see Non-Patent Document 1). In the system disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1, the configuration of servers operated by the same computing device differs depending on the model change kit. For example, a server in one configuration and a server in another configuration operate as different devices. For example, the server when the computing device is operated as one server and the servers when the computing device is operated as two servers operate differently.

  A license authentication system capable of continuing license authentication even when the hardware is changed is disclosed in Patent Document 1. Specifically, license authentication is performed based on a combination of a license key associated with the application and an authentication key associated with the combination of the license key and an e-mail address.

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  However, when the calculation resources available using the license authentication technology disclosed in Patent Literature 1 are increased or decreased with respect to the system disclosed in Non-Patent Literature 1 (for example, the identification information of the motherboard of the computing device as a license key) ), It is possible to increase / decrease the calculation resources even for the server after changing the configuration of the server on which the computing device operates.

  Specific examples are shown below. The licensee acquires a license key that increases the number of CPU (Central Processing Unit) cores that can be used by the server when the computing device is operated as one server from the licensor. The licensee then operates the computing device as two servers with the model change kit. At this time, for each of the two servers, the calculation resources can be increased or decreased based on the license key acquired by the licensee. That is, there is a problem that the calculation resources are increased or decreased based on the same license key even for a server different from the server to which the contract is applied.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a computing device, a computing resource management system, a program, and an available computing resource increase / decrease method that solve the above-described problems.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and includes a motherboard having a plurality of calculation resources, a model change kit indicating the type of server to be operated in the own device, and a controller for controlling the server. A computing device for increasing / decreasing computing resources available to the server among the plurality of computing resources, the server identifying uniquely indicating the server, including the identification information of the motherboard and the type of the model change kit A server identification information generation unit that generates information, unique procedure information including server identification information, an input unit that receives input of increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources, and the server identification information generation unit When server identification information is included in the procedure information, the server uses the plurality of computing resources according to the increase / decrease information. Characterized in that it comprises a computational resource adjuster that performs increase or decrease of the ability of computational resources.

  The present invention is also a computing resource management system comprising the computing device and a management device that manages the computing device, the management device including server identification information generated by the computing device, and the management device Procedural information that does not overlap with that generated by the apparatus in the past is generated, and increase / decrease information that indicates an increase / decrease in computational resources that can be used by the server is generated in association with the procedure information.

  In addition, the present invention comprises a motherboard including a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of a server to be operated on the connected motherboard, and a controller that controls the server, and among the plurality of computing resources, the A server identification information generation unit that generates server identification information that uniquely identifies the server, including a motherboard identification information and a model change kit type, and a computing device that increases or decreases the computing resources available to the server When the procedure information includes unique procedure information including identification information, an input unit that accepts input of increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources, and server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit In accordance with the increase / decrease information, the calculation resource increase / decrease is performed to increase / decrease the calculation resource available to the server among the plurality of calculation resources. Is a program for functioning as a.

  Further, the present invention provides a computing device comprising a mother board having a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of a server to be operated in the own device, and a controller for controlling the server. An available computing resource increase / decrease method for increasing / decreasing available computing resources of the server, wherein the server identification information generating unit of the computing device includes the identification information of the motherboard and the type of the model change kit, A server identification information generation step for generating server identification information uniquely indicating a server, and an input unit of the calculation device inputs unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources And an input step for receiving the server identification information generated by the server identification information generating unit. Distribution, if included in the procedure information, in accordance with the increase or decrease information, and having a computational resource increase and decrease step of increasing or decreasing of the server are available computational resources of the plurality of computing resources.

  In addition, the present invention provides a computing device that includes a plurality of computing resources and includes a motherboard that changes a server to be operated according to the type of model change kit to be connected, and the server can be used among the plurality of computing resources. An available computing resource increase / decrease method for increasing / decreasing a computing resource, wherein the controller connected to the motherboard and the model change kit and controlling the server includes identification information of the motherboard and a type of the model change kit The server identification information generation step for generating server identification information that uniquely identifies the server and the management device that manages the computing device include server identification information generated by the controller and do not overlap with those generated in the past A procedure information generation step for generating procedure information, and the management device relates to the procedure information. In addition, an increase / decrease information generation step for generating increase / decrease information indicating an increase / decrease in computational resources available to the server, an input step in which the controller receives input of the procedure information and the increase / decrease information, and server identification information of the controller Is included in the procedure information, the controller has a calculation resource increase / decrease step for increasing / decreasing a calculation resource available to the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. .

  According to the present invention, increase / decrease in computing resources can be managed based on a license key that is different for each form of server.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the computing resource management system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the calculation apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. The software configuration of the BMC board will be described. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the calculation apparatus when a scalable board and a BMC board are replaced. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the calculation resource management system at the time of performing increase / decrease in a calculation resource. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the basic composition of the calculation apparatus by this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a computing resource management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The computing resource management system includes a computing device 100, a management device 200, and a user terminal 300. The computing device 100 and the user terminal 300 are devices owned by the user of the computing device 100, and the management device 200 is a device owned by the seller of the computing device 100.

  The computing device 100 functions as a device including one or two servers. In addition, the computing device 100 controls what is available to the server among the built-in computing resources according to the license key received from the user terminal 300.

  The management apparatus 200 issues a license key that controls increase / decrease in calculation resources available to the server of the calculation apparatus 100. The license key includes procedure information for uniquely specifying a calculation resource increase / decrease procedure and increase / decrease information for instructing increase / decrease of the calculation resource. The license key issued by the management apparatus 200 is delivered to the user as a document.

  The user terminal 300 is connected to the computing device 100 via a network and inputs / outputs information.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the computing device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2A, the computing device 100 includes a motherboard 110, a scalable card 120 (model change kit), one or two BMC boards 130 (controller / BMC is an abbreviation for Baseboard Management Controller), and eight PMMs 140. (Processor Memory Module). Note that the scalable card 120, the BMC board 130, and the PMM 140 are detachably provided on the motherboard 110 as shown in FIG. The PMM 140 is mounted so as to straddle the scalable card 120 and the motherboard 110.

The motherboard 110 includes a card socket 112 into which the scalable card 120 is installed, a BMC socket 113 into which the BMC board 130 is installed, and a PMM socket 114 into which the PMM 140 is installed. By mounting the scalable card 120, the BMC board 130, and the PMM 140 in each socket, the scalable card 120, the BMC board 130, and the PMM 140 can communicate with each other via the motherboard 110. Further, the motherboard 110 outputs a unique socket identification signal (terminal identification information) for each BMC socket 113 to the BMC board 130 via the BMC socket 113 (terminal). As a result, the BMC socket 113 can detect which BMC socket 113 is mounted.
Moreover, the motherboard 110 includes an EEPROM 111 (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) that stores identification information of the motherboard 110.

  The scalable card 120 defines the configuration of a server that operates on the computing device 100. For example, in the present embodiment, as a type of the scalable card 120, a server configuration including two servers that operate using four PMMs 140 and a server configuration including one server that operates using eight PMMs 140 are defined. There is something to define. Then, when the user attaches one of the scalable cards 120 indicating a desired server configuration to the motherboard 110, the computing device 100 can be operated with the server configuration.

The BMC board 130 includes a BMC that controls a server defined by the scalable card 120 and a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device) that supplies auxiliary information to the BMC. The CPLD reads the socket identification signal from the BMC socket 113 of the motherboard 110 and notifies the BMC. The BMC generates server identification information uniquely indicating a server to be managed based on the type of the scalable card 120, the identification information of the motherboard 110, and the socket identification signal. In addition, the BMC receives a license key input from the user terminal 300 via a communication port (not shown) that communicates with the outside, and manages the computing resources that can be used by the server based on the license key. Do.
When the number of servers defined by the scalable card 120 is two, as shown in FIG. 2, two BMC boards 130 are inserted into the BMC socket 113, and the number of servers defined by the scalable card 120 is If there is one, only one BMC board 130 is inserted into the BMC socket 113.

  Each PMM 140 includes calculation resources such as a CPU and a memory.

FIG. 3 explains the software configuration of the BMC board 130.
The CPLD 131 of the BMC board 130 includes a socket identification unit 133 (terminal identification unit). The socket identification unit 133 reads a socket identification signal from the BMC socket 113 of the motherboard 110 and identifies identification information of the BMC socket 113 from the socket identification signal.

  The BMC 132 of the BMC board 130 includes a server identification information generation unit 134, an input / output unit 135, a storage unit 136, a past input determination unit 137, and a calculation resource increase / decrease unit 138.

  The server identification information generation unit 134 reads the identification information of the motherboard 110 from the EEPROM 111 of the motherboard 110. Further, the server identification information generation unit 134 reads the type of the scalable card 120 from the scalable card 120. Further, the server identification information generation unit 134 reads the identification information of the BMC socket 113 from the CPLD 131. Then, the server identification information generating unit 134 connects the identification information of the motherboard 110, the type of the scalable card 120, and the identification information of the BMC socket 113, and generates a server identification information with a checksum attached thereto. Record in the storage unit 136.

  The input / output unit 135 outputs the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit 134 to the user terminal 300 via the communication port. Specifically, the input / output unit 135 outputs a management WEB page including server identification information in response to HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) access from the user terminal 300. On the other hand, the input / output unit 135 receives an input of a license key from the user terminal 300 via the communication port.

  The storage unit 136 stores the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit 134 and the license key procedure information that the input / output unit 135 has received in the past.

  The past input determination unit 137 determines whether the input of the license key that the input / output unit 135 has received has been received in the past. Specifically, the past input determination unit 137 determines that the input of the license key has been received in the past when the procedure information indicating the same value as the procedure information included in the license key is stored in the storage unit 136. .

  When the past input determination unit 137 determines that the license key input has not been received in the past, the calculation resource increase / decrease unit 138 increases or decreases the calculation resource available to the server according to the increase / decrease information included in the license key. Do.

Next, the operation of the computing resource management system according to this embodiment will be described. First, an operation when the scalable board and the BMC board 130 of the computing device 100 are replaced will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computing device 100 when the scalable board and the BMC board 130 are replaced.
When the scalable board and the BMC board 130 are mounted on the motherboard 110, first, the socket identification unit 133 of the BMC board 130 reads a socket identification signal from the BMC socket 113 of the motherboard 110, and the BMC socket 113 in which the BMC board 130 is mounted. Is identified (step S1).

  Next, the server identification information generation unit 134 reads the identification information of the motherboard 110 from the EEPROM 111 of the motherboard 110 (step S2). Next, the server identification information generation unit 134 reads the type of the scalable card 120 from the scalable card 120 (step S3). Next, the server identification information generation unit 134 reads the socket identification information from the socket identification unit 133 (step S4). Then, the server identification information generation unit 134 generates the server identification information by combining the information read in Steps S2 to S4, and adds a checksum to the combined information, and stores the server identification information in the storage unit It is recorded in 136 (step S5).

  Thereby, the server identification information generation part 134 can generate | occur | produce the server identification information which shows a different value for every said server, when a plurality of servers are provided for every motherboard 110 for every server structure.

Next, an operation when the computing resource is increased or decreased by the computing resource management system will be described.
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the computing resource management system when computing resources are increased or decreased.
First, the seller of the computing device 100 inputs a procedure ID issuance instruction to the management device 200 when a contract for increasing / decreasing computing resources available to the server is concluded with the user. The management device 200 issues a unique procedure ID when receiving an instruction to issue a procedure ID. For example, the management apparatus 200 includes a database that stores a plurality of procedure IDs and whether or not the procedure IDs are already used, and issues one procedure ID by reading one unused procedure ID from the database. Then, an entry form in which the procedure ID is described is output (step S11). Note that the entry form is provided with an input field for server identification information of the server for increasing or decreasing the calculation resource.

  When the management apparatus 200 outputs an entry form, the seller sends the entry form to the user. When the user receives the entry form from the seller, the user performs HTTP access to the BMC board 130 that manages the server that is the target of the increase / decrease of the calculation resource in the calculation apparatus 100 via the user terminal 300.

  When receiving the HTTP access from the user terminal 300, the input / output unit 135 of the BMC board 130 reads the server identification information recorded in the storage unit 136 in step S5, and displays the management WEB page including the server identification information as the user terminal. It outputs to 300 (step S12).

Next, the user refers to the management WEB page displayed on the user terminal 300, and enters the server identification information described in the management WEB page on the entry form. Then, the user sends the entry form to the seller.
When the seller receives the entry form from the user, the seller inputs the procedure ID and server identification information described in the entry form to the management apparatus 200.

When receiving the procedure ID and the server identification information from the seller, the management apparatus 200 converts the procedure ID and the server identification information into procedure information using a predetermined algorithm (step S13). Thereby, the management apparatus 200 can generate procedure information that does not overlap with those generated in the past. The procedure information can be converted back into procedure ID and server identification information by the computing device 100. Then, the management apparatus 200 issues a license key including the generated procedure information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources (step S14). At this time, the management apparatus 200 records the procedure ID and server identification information in association with each other in the database.
Next, the seller notifies the license key issued by the management apparatus 200 to the user.

When the user receives the license key notification from the seller, the user inputs the license key to the BMC board 130 that manages the server whose calculation resources are to be increased / decreased through the user terminal 300. .
When the input / output unit 135 of the BMC board 130 receives an input of a license key from the user terminal 300, the past input determination unit 137 reversely converts the procedure information included in the license key into a procedure ID and server identification information. (Step S15). Next, the past input determination unit 137 determines whether or not the server identification information obtained by the inverse transformation matches the server identification information stored in the storage unit 136 (step S16).

  When the past input determination unit 137 determines that the server identification information is different from that stored in the storage unit 136 (step S16: NO), the past input determination unit 137 ends the process without performing the calculation resource increase / decrease process. As a result, it is possible to prevent the calculation resource increase / decrease process from being performed using the license key for another server. On the other hand, when the past input determination unit 137 determines that the server identification information is the same as that stored in the storage unit 136 (step S16: YES), the procedure ID obtained by the reverse conversion is stored in the storage unit 136. Is stored (step S17).

  When the past input determination unit 137 determines that the procedure ID is stored in the storage unit 136 (step S17: YES), the past input determination unit 137 ends the process without performing the calculation resource increase / decrease process. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the calculation resource increase / decrease process from being performed a plurality of times using the same license key. On the other hand, when the past input determination unit 137 determines that the procedure ID is not stored in the storage unit 136 (step S17: NO), the computational resource increase / decrease unit 138 records the procedure ID in the storage unit 136 (step S17). S18). Then, the calculation resource increase / decrease unit 138 performs calculation resource increase / decrease processing according to the increase / decrease information included in the license key (step S19).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the computing device 100 can perform increase / decrease processing of available computing resources for each motherboard 110, for each server configuration, and for each server when provided with a plurality of servers. .

  When the scalable card 120 is replaced after the license key is issued, the seller changes the scalable card 120 by replacing the data of the type of the scalable card 120 in the server identification information stored in the database of the management apparatus 200. The server identification information can be known in advance. Therefore, the license key can be attached together with the scalable card 120 of the server, and the calculation resources that can be used can be increased or decreased smoothly.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is possible to
For example, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which the computing device 100 functions as one server or functions as two servers by the scalable card 120. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a scalable card that functions as three or more servers. There may be 120. In this case, the motherboard 110 is provided with the BMC sockets 113 corresponding to the maximum number of servers.

  In this embodiment, the case where the CPLD 131 includes the socket identification unit 133 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the BMC 132 includes the socket identification unit 133 and the BMC 132 directly recognizes the socket identification information. There may be.

  Further, in this embodiment, since the computing device 100 may be operated as a plurality of servers by the scalable card 120, the case where the server identification information is generated using the socket identification information has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, as a type of the scalable card 120, one that defines a server configuration including one server that operates using four PMMs 140, and one that defines a server configuration including one server that operates using eight PMMs 140 Is prepared, that is, when the computing device 100 always operates as one server, it is not always necessary to use socket identification information.

  In the present embodiment, the calculation resource increasing / decreasing unit 138 has described the case of determining whether or not the procedure ID reversely converted from the procedure information matches the procedure ID stored in the storage unit 136. Not limited. For example, when the storage unit 136 stores the procedure information itself, the calculation resource increase / decrease unit 138 can obtain the same effect as that of the present embodiment by comparing the procedure information itself. Since the procedure information can be uniquely obtained from the procedure ID and the server identification information, it is determined whether or not the procedure ID reversely converted from the procedure information matches the procedure ID stored in the storage unit 136. This is equivalent to comparing the procedure IDs themselves.

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FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing the basic configuration of the computing device 100 according to the present invention.
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration illustrated in FIG. 3 is described as an embodiment of the BMC board 130 included in the computing device 100 according to the present invention. The basic configuration of the computing device 100 according to the present invention is as illustrated in FIG. .
That is, the computing device 100 according to the present invention has a basic configuration of the server identification information generation unit 134, the input unit (the input / output unit 135 in the above-described embodiment), and the calculation resource increase / decrease unit 138.

The server identification information generation unit 134 generates server identification information that uniquely indicates a server, including the identification information of the motherboard 110 and the type of scalable board.
The input unit receives input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources.
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit 134 is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease unit 138 increases or decreases the calculation resources available to the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information.
Thereby, the computing device 100 can manage the increase / decrease of the computing resources based on the license key that is different for each form of the server.

  The computing device 100 and the management device 200 described above have a computer system inside. The operation of each processing unit described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above processing is performed by the computer reading and executing this program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  A part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Appendix 1)
A motherboard including a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of server to be operated in the own device, and a controller for controlling the server, and the computing resources usable by the server among the plurality of computing resources. A computing device for increasing and decreasing;
A server identification information generating unit for generating server identification information uniquely indicating the server, including identification information of the motherboard and a type of the model change kit;
An input unit for receiving input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources;
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease is performed to increase / decrease the calculation resource usable by the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. And a computing device.

(Appendix 2)
The motherboard is provided with a plurality of terminals connected to the controller,
A terminal identification unit that reads terminal identification information uniquely indicating the terminal from a terminal of the motherboard to which the controller is connected;
The calculation apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the server identification information generation unit generates the server identification information including identification information of the motherboard, a type of the model change kit, and the terminal identification information.

(Appendix 3)
A past input for determining whether or not an input of procedure information indicating the same value as the procedure information has been received in the past when the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information It has a judgment part,
The computing resource increasing / decreasing unit increases or decreases the computing resource available to the server when the past input determining unit determines that the procedure information indicating the same value has not been received in the past. The calculation apparatus according to Supplementary Note 1 or Supplementary Note 2.

(Appendix 4)
A storage unit is provided for storing procedure information that has been accepted in the past.
The past input determination unit determines that the input of procedure information indicating the same value has been received in the past when the procedure information received by the input matches the procedure information stored in the storage unit,
The calculation resource increase / decrease unit increases / decreases the calculation resource available to the server when the procedure information that has received the input does not match the procedure information stored in the storage unit, and the procedure information is stored in the storage unit. The calculation apparatus according to appendix 3, wherein: is recorded.

(Appendix 5)
A computing resource management system comprising: the computing device according to any one of appendix 1 to appendix 4; and a management device that manages the computing device,
The management device includes server identification information generated by the computing device, generates procedure information that does not overlap with that previously generated by the management device, and is used by the server in association with the procedure information. A calculation resource management system characterized by generating increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease of the resource.

(Appendix 6)
A computer comprising a motherboard having a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of a server to be operated on the connected motherboard, and a controller for controlling the server, and a computation usable by the server among the plurality of computing resources. A computing device that increases and decreases resources
A server identification information generating unit for generating server identification information uniquely indicating the server, including identification information of the motherboard and a type of the model change kit;
An input unit that accepts input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources,
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease is performed to increase / decrease the calculation resource usable by the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. Program to make it function as a part.

(Appendix 7)
In a computing device comprising a motherboard comprising a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating the type of server to be operated in the device, and a controller for controlling the server, the server can be used among the plurality of computing resources. An available computing resource increase / decrease method for increasing / decreasing a computing resource,
A server identification information generating step for generating server identification information uniquely indicating the server, wherein the server identification information generating unit of the computing device includes the identification information of the motherboard and the type of the model change kit;
The input unit of the computing device receives an input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available calculation resources;
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease unit of the computing device can use the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. And a computing resource increase / decrease step for increasing / decreasing various computing resources.

(Appendix 8)
The motherboard is provided with a plurality of terminals connected to the controller,
Before the server identification information generation step, the controller has a terminal identification step of reading terminal identification information uniquely indicating the terminal from the terminal of the connected motherboard,
The use according to claim 7, wherein, in the server identification information generation step, the controller generates the server identification information including identification information of the motherboard, a type of the model change kit, and the terminal identification information. Possible calculation resource increase / decrease method.

(Appendix 9)
A computing device comprising a plurality of computing resources and having a motherboard that changes a server to be operated according to the type of model change kit to be connected, and increases or decreases the computing resources available to the server among the plurality of computing resources. A method for increasing / decreasing available computing resources,
Server identification information that is connected to the motherboard and the model change kit and that controls the server generates server identification information that uniquely identifies the server, including the motherboard identification information and the model change kit type Generation step;
A management device for managing the computing device includes a server information generated by the controller, and a procedure information generating step for generating procedure information that does not overlap with that generated in the past;
Increase / decrease information generation step in which the management device generates increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in computational resources available to the server in association with the procedure information;
An input step in which the controller receives input of the procedure information and the increase / decrease information;
When the server identification information of the controller is included in the procedure information, the controller increases / decreases a calculation resource available to the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. A method for increasing or decreasing an available computing resource, comprising:

(Appendix 10)
The motherboard is provided with a plurality of terminals connected to the controller,
Before the server identification information generation step, the controller has a terminal identification step of reading terminal identification information uniquely indicating the terminal from the terminal of the connected motherboard,
The use according to appendix 9, wherein in the server identification information generation step, the controller generates the server identification information including identification information of the motherboard, a type of the model change kit, and the terminal identification information. Possible calculation resource increase / decrease method.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Computing device 110 ... Motherboard 111 ... EEPROM 112 ... Card socket 113 ... BMC socket 114 ... PMM socket 120 ... Scalable card 130 ... BMC board 131 ... CPLD 132 ... BMC 133 ... Socket identification part 134 ... Server identification information generation part 135 ... Input / output unit 136 ... storage unit 137 ... past input determination unit 138 ... calculation resource increase / decrease unit 140 ... PMM 200 ... management device 300 ... user terminal

Claims (10)

A motherboard including a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of server to be operated in the own device, and a controller for controlling the server, and the computing resources usable by the server among the plurality of computing resources. A computing device for increasing and decreasing;
A server identification information generating unit for generating server identification information uniquely indicating the server, including identification information of the motherboard and a type of the model change kit;
An input unit for receiving input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources;
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease is performed to increase / decrease the calculation resource usable by the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. And a computing device. The motherboard is provided with a plurality of terminals connected to the controller,
A terminal identification unit that reads terminal identification information uniquely indicating the terminal from a terminal of the motherboard to which the controller is connected;
The calculation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server identification information generation unit generates the server identification information including identification information of the motherboard, a type of the model change kit, and the terminal identification information. A past input for determining whether or not an input of procedure information indicating the same value as the procedure information has been received in the past when the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information It has a judgment part,
The computing resource increasing / decreasing unit increases or decreases the computing resource available to the server when the past input determining unit determines that the procedure information indicating the same value has not been received in the past. The computing device according to claim 1 or 2. A storage unit is provided for storing procedure information that has been accepted in the past.
The past input determination unit determines that the input of procedure information indicating the same value has been received in the past when the procedure information received by the input matches the procedure information stored in the storage unit,
The calculation resource increase / decrease unit increases / decreases the calculation resource available to the server when the procedure information that has received the input does not match the procedure information stored in the storage unit, and the procedure information is stored in the storage unit. The computer according to claim 3, wherein: A computing resource management system comprising the computing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and a management device that manages the computing device,
The management device includes server identification information generated by the computing device, generates procedure information that does not overlap with that previously generated by the management device, and is used by the server in association with the procedure information. A calculation resource management system characterized by generating increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease of the resource. A computer comprising a motherboard having a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating a type of a server to be operated on the connected motherboard, and a controller for controlling the server, and a computation usable by the server among the plurality of computing resources. A computing device that increases and decreases resources
A server identification information generating unit for generating server identification information uniquely indicating the server, including identification information of the motherboard and a type of the model change kit;
An input unit that accepts input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available computing resources,
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease is performed to increase / decrease the calculation resource usable by the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. Program to make it function as a part. In a computing device comprising a motherboard comprising a plurality of computing resources, a model change kit indicating the type of server to be operated in the device, and a controller for controlling the server, the server can be used among the plurality of computing resources. An available computing resource increase / decrease method for increasing / decreasing a computing resource,
A server identification information generating step for generating server identification information uniquely indicating the server, wherein the server identification information generating unit of the computing device includes the identification information of the motherboard and the type of the model change kit;
The input unit of the computing device receives an input of unique procedure information including server identification information and increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in available calculation resources;
When the server identification information generated by the server identification information generation unit is included in the procedure information, the calculation resource increase / decrease unit of the computing device can use the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. And a computing resource increase / decrease step for increasing / decreasing various computing resources. The motherboard is provided with a plurality of terminals connected to the controller,
Before the server identification information generation step, the controller has a terminal identification step of reading terminal identification information uniquely indicating the terminal from the terminal of the connected motherboard,
The said server identification information generation step WHEREIN: The said controller produces | generates the said server identification information including the identification information of the said motherboard, the classification of the said model change kit, and the said terminal identification information. How to increase or decrease available computing resources. A computing device comprising a plurality of computing resources and having a motherboard that changes a server to be operated according to the type of model change kit to be connected, and increases or decreases the computing resources available to the server among the plurality of computing resources. A method for increasing / decreasing available computing resources,
Server identification information that is connected to the motherboard and the model change kit and that controls the server generates server identification information that uniquely identifies the server, including the motherboard identification information and the model change kit type Generation step;
A management device for managing the computing device includes a server information generated by the controller, and a procedure information generating step for generating procedure information that does not overlap with that generated in the past;
Increase / decrease information generation step in which the management device generates increase / decrease information indicating increase / decrease in computational resources available to the server in association with the procedure information
An input step in which the controller receives input of the procedure information and the increase / decrease information;
When the server identification information of the controller is included in the procedure information, the controller increases / decreases a calculation resource available to the server among the plurality of calculation resources according to the increase / decrease information. A method for increasing or decreasing an available computing resource, comprising: The motherboard is provided with a plurality of terminals connected to the controller,
Before the server identification information generation step, the controller has a terminal identification step of reading terminal identification information uniquely indicating the terminal from the terminal of the connected motherboard,
The said server identification information generation step WHEREIN: The said controller produces | generates the said server identification information including the identification information of the said motherboard, the classification of the said model change kit, and the said terminal identification information. How to increase or decrease available computing resources.

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