JPS63285633A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time needed for study of factors of a trouble as well as for an information processing job by checking whether the hardware revision information is coincident or not with the readable revision display value set by a dip switch on a circuit board in a real device and displaying this checking result. CONSTITUTION:In a system generation SG state, the hardware revision informa tion is supplied as an SG factor and it is checked whether the input hardware revision is coincident or not with the revision corresponding to software. If not, this fact is displayed and at the same time it is checked whether said hardware revision information is coincident or not with those readable revision display values set by dip switches 22, 25 and 28 on the circuit boards 21, 24 and 27 in a real device respectively. If not, this fact is displayed. In such a way, a trouble can be easily detected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an information processing device, and particularly to revision management of software and hardware.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in this type of information processing apparatus, when software is upgraded or hardware is modified, it is often necessary to perform each modification work in synchronization. Since this work is managed in a system different from that of the information processing device itself, there is a problem in that problems are noticed only after the actual job is executed.

(Problem 5 to be solved by the invention) The above-mentioned management problems of conventional information processing devices occur because the software cannot sufficiently recognize hardware change information, and it is necessary to investigate the cause and perform processing work. The disadvantage is that it takes a long time.

An object of the present invention is to input hardware revision information as the SG cause during system generation (SG), check whether the input hardware revision matches the corresponding version of software,
If there is a discrepancy, this will be displayed, and if there is a discrepancy, the hardware revision information will be checked to see if it matches the readable revision display value set by the dip switch on the circuit board in the actual device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device system that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks by displaying a message to that effect, and is configured so that it does not take a long time to process the problem.

(Means for Solving the Problems) An information processing device system according to the present invention includes an input means, a display means, and a display/correction means.

The input means is for inputting hardware revision information as an SG factor in system generation (SG).

The display means is for checking whether or not the input hardware revision matches the corresponding version of the software, and if they do not match, displaying information to the effect of this mismatch.

The display/correction means checks whether the hardware revision information matches a readable revision information value set by a dip switch in the actual device;
If there is a discrepancy, information indicating the discrepancy is displayed and correction is made.

(Example) Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a main storage device, 2 is a central processing unit, 3 is a disk control device, 41.
42 is a disk device, 5 is a magnetic tape control device, 61 and 62 are magnetic tape devices, 7 is a unit record control device, 8 is a high-speed printing device, and 9 is a console device with a keyboard.

In the system of the present invention, optimizing one disk device as a system disk for each user is called system generation (SG). The parameters input for this optimization are called SG factors, and there are various factors.

For example, the capacity of the main storage device 1, the disk device 41°42
, the type of magnetic tape device 61, 62, and the number of characters per line of the high-speed printing device 8, etc., and if the Tohaku Kaisho is connected, the terminal type, protocol type, and utility program type are specified. By inputting the specifications and parameter specifications of the special peripheral device control program, an optimized system disk dedicated to the user is generated. This operation is performed by executing a program dedicated to SG.

On the other hand, software (general programs including O8) and hardware (including microprograms) are changed to address bugs, improve performance, improve operability, and improve reliability. At this time,
It is necessary to change the software and hardware in synchronization, and if only one was changed independently, the system could not function (it may take a long time to investigate the cause and process it).

To solve this problem, software and hardware revision information is defined as an SG factor, the hardware revision information is input as a parameter in the SG work, and the validity is checked by the IQ program.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when the SG program is executed. In FIG. 2, step 211
Now display the SG screen.

Thereafter, in step 212, hardware revision information is input in the SG factor input. In step 213, the correspondence between the permitted value and the input value is checked as the SGfi factor. In step 214, validity is determined including input errors, and if it is not valid, the defective part is displayed, and step 212 is executed and the process returns to the cause input section 809.

On the other hand, if appropriate, for each device in the actual computer system, the hardware revision set for each circuit board that makes up the device can be updated to the central processing unit 2.
The peripheral devices are sequentially read according to steps 216 to 218.

In step 220, the hardware revision as the set SG factor is compared with the read revision, and if it is not valid, the hardware malfunction is corrected in step 2.
1 and returns to step 216 again. Step 21
Steps 1 to 215 do not necessarily require the use of the user system; it is also possible to perform steps 211 to 215 in advance and leave the processes requiring the user system to steps 216 to 221.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing connections of a circuit board for transmitting revision information related to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. In Figure 3, 21, 24° 27 are circuit boards, respectively.
22, 25.28 are dip switches, 23,
26 and 29 are drivers, and 20 is a pass line.

The revision information set by the dip switches 22, 25, 28 provided on the circuit boards 21, 24, 27 is transmitted to the pass line 20 via the drivers 23, 26, 29.
It is connected to the.

Although not specified, status information is reported from the microprocessor on each device to the respective host device via the interface according to instructions from the software.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of correspondence between dip switch setting values and hardware revisions. switch 81
When ~S4 is on, it can be considered as @1'', and if it is a 4-bit switch, 16 types of revisions can be set.

Dip switches 22, 25, and 28 must be painted locked to prevent them from being easily changed by mistake. When setting new dip switches 22, 25, and 28, the circuit board must not be modified. Limited when completed.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention inputs hardware revision information as the SG cause during system generation (SG), and checks whether the input hardware revision matches the corresponding version of the software. It checks whether the hardware revision information matches the readable revision display value set by the dip switch on the circuit board in the actual device. , if there is a discrepancy, it is displayed to that effect, which has the effect of allowing troubles to be easily discovered in advance.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing apparatus system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when the SG program is executed. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the connections of a circuit board for transmitting revision information related to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of correspondence between dip switch setting values and hardware revisions. 1... Main storage device 2... Central processing unit 3... Disk control device 41.42... Disk device 5... Magnetic tape control device 61.62... Magnetic tape device 7... Unit record control device 8...High speed printing device 9...Console device

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input means for inputting hardware revision information as an SG factor in system generation (hereinafter referred to as SG), and checking whether the input hardware revision matches the corresponding version of software. , a display means for displaying the fact that there is a mismatch if there is a mismatch, and checking whether the revision information of the hardware matches a readable revision information value set by a dip switch in the actual device. , and display/correction means for displaying and correcting the fact that there is a mismatch if there is a mismatch.