KR102162148B1 - How to recognize the current server location in the data center and display the server location it was located in - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a method for recognizing a server location in a data center and displaying the server location. When a server or a rack is installed in a data center, the installation location of the server or rack can be automatically checked and displayed.

Description

How to recognize the server location in the data center and how to display the server location {HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE CURRENT SERVER LOCATION IN THE DATA CENTER AND DISPLAY THE SERVER LOCATION IT WAS LOCATED IN}

The present invention relates to a server location recognition and server location display method, and more particularly, to a server location recognition and server location display method of a data center displaying various information on a server installed in the data center.

A data center is a facility where a computer system, communication equipment, and storage are installed. These data centers play a big role in storing and distributing big data.

There are many equipment that can install servers called racks in data centers, and multiple servers are installed and managed in each rack. In connection with such data center management, there arises a problem that a large number of servers, racks, and data centers must be managed, which requires considerable labor costs.

This is because when an administrator or a worker who installs a server installs or moves a server, he or she must check the server installation location, and a person must directly input it into the program that manages the server.

However, in the prior art, as disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0965157 (registered on June 14, 2010), only a technology for controlling and managing a server is being developed, and the server is installed and the installation location of the server is displayed. There was no technology to improve the convenience of managers.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0965157 (registered on June 14, 2010)

Therefore, the first object of the present invention to solve this problem is to automatically check the installation locations of servers, racks, etc., arrange them on the authoring tool, and display them, so that the location of the server in the data center that the administrator can easily check. It is to provide a method of recognition and server location display.

In order to achieve the first object, the present invention provides a management server receiving data center information from a user terminal, a server installed in a data center connecting a network, and receiving an IP address from a DHCP server by the server, The server transmits the first information to the management server, the management server stores the first information, the management server analyzes the first information, and the management server transmits the first information to the user terminal. 1 Provides a method of recognizing a server location of a data center and displaying the location of a server comprising the step of transmitting an information analysis result.

The step of the server transmitting the first information to the management server may include a step of the server transmitting the second information to the management server.

The transmitting of the first information analysis result to the user terminal by the management server may include displaying, by the user terminal, the first information on the server by using the first information analysis result.

The first information may include a data center id, a rack id, a server location inside the rack, and a server name.

The step of storing the first information by the management server may include the step of storing the second information by the management server, and the step of transmitting the first information analysis result to the user terminal by the management server The management server may include analyzing the second information, and the management server transmitting a result of analyzing the second information to the user terminal.

The second information may include server model information and server-related information.

The transmitting of the first information analysis result to the user terminal by the management server may include displaying, by the user terminal, the second information on the server by using the second information analysis result.

According to the method for recognizing the server location of the data center and displaying the server location of the data center described above, the installation location of servers, racks, etc. is automatically checked, placed on an authoring tool, and displayed, so that an administrator can easily check it. There is.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for implementing a method for recognizing a server location in a data center and displaying a server location according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing a schematic flow of a method of recognizing a server location and displaying a server location in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of first information in a method for recognizing a server location and displaying a server location in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a display of first information and second information by a user terminal in a method of recognizing a server location and displaying a server location in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Terms and words used in this specification and claims are not limited to the usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventor is based on the principle that the concept of terms can be appropriately defined in order to describe the user's invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Throughout the specification, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless specifically stated to the contrary. In addition, “… Wealth”, “… Ki”, “… However, terms such as "," "module", and "device" mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by a combination of hardware and/or software.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described, and the present embodiments will be described in detail.

Terms used in the embodiments of the present invention have selected general terms that are currently widely used as possible while considering functions in the present invention, but this may vary according to the intention or precedent of a technician working in the field, the emergence of new technologies, etc. . In addition, in certain cases, there are terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning of the terms will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding embodiments. Therefore, the terms used in the present embodiments should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the overall contents of the present embodiments, not a simple name of the term.

In an embodiment of the present invention, terms including an ordinal number such as first and second may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited by the terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first element may be referred to as a second element, and similarly, a second element may be referred to as a first element. The term and/or includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, a singular expression includes a plurality of expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention, terms such as "include" or "have" are intended to designate the existence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or a combination thereof described in the specification. It is to be understood that the possibility of the presence or addition of other features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof, or further other features, is not excluded in advance.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, a'module' or'unit' performs at least one function or operation, and may be implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. In addition, a plurality of'modules' or a plurality of'units' may be integrated into at least one module and implemented as at least one processor except for the'module' or'unit' that needs to be implemented with specific hardware.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, when a part is "connected" with another part, it is not only "directly connected", but also "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. This includes cases where there is.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for implementing a method for recognizing a server location in a data center and displaying a server location according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a server location recognition and a server location in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention. A diagram showing a schematic flow of a server location display method.

1 to 2, data transmission/reception between the server 10, the DHCP server 20, the management server 200, and the user terminal 100 may be performed by wired or wireless communication.

In the case of wireless communication, various communication chips such as a Wi-Fi chip, a Bluetooth chip, an NFC chip, and a wireless communication chip may be used. At this time, the WiFi chip, the Bluetooth chip, and the NFC chip perform communication in a WiFi method, a Bluetooth method, and an NFC method, respectively. Among them, the NFC chip refers to a chip that operates in the NFC (Near Field Communication) method using a 13.56 MHz band among various RF-ID frequency bands such as 135 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 433 MHz, 860 to 960 MHz, and 2.45 GHz. In the case of using a Wi-Fi chip or a Bluetooth chip, various types of connection information such as SSID and session key are first transmitted and received, and various types of information may be transmitted and received after communication is connected using the same. A wireless communication chip means a chip that performs communication according to various communication standards such as IEEE, Zigbee, 3rd Generation (3G), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and Long Term Evoloution (LTE).

The management server 200 may receive data center information from the user terminal 100 (S230).

Here, the user terminal 100 may be implemented as various electronic devices including input devices such as smart phones, tablet PCs, notebook PCs, desktop PCs, and output devices for outputting a display and sound.

In addition, the server 10 installed in the data center may connect a network (S231).

In addition, the server 10 may be assigned an IP address from the DHCP server 20 (S232).

More specifically, the server 10 can be automatically assigned an IP address from the DHCP server 20, and the DHCP server 20 automatically considers the number of servers 10 installed in the rack during the IP address assignment process. IP address can be assigned.

Through this, there is an effect of preventing accidents in which a problem occurs in the server 10 due to incorrect IP address assignment.

In addition, the server 10 may transmit the first information to the management server 200 (S233).

More specifically, the server 10 may transmit the first information to the management server 200 through a DCMI (Data Center Management Interface) protocol, and the management server 200 receives the first information from the server 10. Thereafter, the IP address of the server 10 may be matched with the first information of the server 10 and stored.

Here, the first information may include a data center id, a rack id, a server location inside the rack, and a server name.

Also, the server 10 may transmit the second information to the management server 200.

More specifically, the server 10 may transmit the second information to the management server 200 through the IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) protocol, and the management server 200 uses the second information to the server 10 Can be configured automatically.

Here, the second information may include server model information and server-related information.

In addition, the management server 200 may store the first information (S234).

Also, the management server 200 may store the second information.

In addition, the management server 200 may analyze the first information (S235).

Here, the management server 200 may analyze the first information and check the data center ID, the rack ID, the location of the server inside the rack, and the server name that the first information may include.

In addition, the management server 200 may transmit the first information analysis result to the user terminal 100 (S236).

This first information analysis result may mean a data center id, a rack id, a server location inside the rack, and a server name that the management server 200 analyzes and checks the first information.

In addition, the user terminal 100 may display first information on the server 10 by using the first information analysis result.

More specifically, the result of analyzing the first information is that the data center, rack, and server location inside the rack are checked in the authoring tool of the user terminal 100 and the server name is automatically placed on the authoring tool. Can help you do it.

That is, by using the first information analysis result, the user terminal 100 can determine the location of the data center, rack, and rack in which the server 10 is installed, and automatically place the server 10 on the authoring tool. , The user terminal 100 may display the result of the arrangement of the server 10 on the authoring tool.

Throughout the specification, the authoring tool means software used for authoring, and authoring refers to the work of organizing various types of data such as text, graphics, audio data, and digital image data into one multimedia content.

In this way, in consideration of the data center where the server 10 of the user terminal 100 is installed, the rack and the location of the rack, the corresponding server 10 is installed in which data center and in which rack on the authoring tool. Since the server 10 is automatically disposed, there is an effect of overcoming the problem of having to manually place the server 10 manually.

In addition, the management server 200 may analyze the second information, and the management server 200 may transmit the second information analysis result to the user terminal 100.

More specifically, the management server 200 analyzes the second information to check server model information and server-related information that may be included in the second information, and the management server 200 provides the checked server model information and server-related information. 2 As a result of information analysis, it can be transmitted to the user terminal 100.

In addition, the user terminal 100 may display second information on the server 10 by using the second information analysis result.

Here, the second information displayed by the user terminal 100 is information on the server 10 and may include CPU, MEMORY, PCI, STORAGE, POWER, and the like, as well as the temperature of the CPU and MEMORY, and the speed of the fan.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents of first information in a method for recognizing a server location and displaying a server location in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3(a) shows a standard for adding a host name to DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), and FIG. 3(b) is a data center that the first information may contain. The id, the rack id, the location of the server inside the rack, and the server name are shown as host names, which are added to DHCP.

The first information may be transmitted from the server 10 to the management server 200 in the same standard as in (b) of FIG. 3.

4 is a diagram illustrating a display of first information and second information by a user terminal in a method of recognizing a server location and displaying a server location in a data center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the management server 200 can check which server 10 is connected through the data center id, the rack id, the location of the server inside the rack, and the server name checked by analyzing the first information. 1 The management server 200 may transmit the information analysis result to the user terminal 100, and the user terminal 100 may display the received first information analysis result.

The display of the first information analysis result by the user terminal 100 includes a first UI 430 indicating which server is installed in which rack and which data center, and which floor, and a second UI ( 431), the arrangement of the rack and a third UI 432 for a group of racks in which a network-connected server is currently installed, and a fourth UI 433 for the second information analysis result.

As described above, the user terminal 100 displays the first information analysis result and the second information analysis result, thereby automatically confirming and displaying the installation locations of the server 10 and the rack, so that the administrator can easily check the effect. have.

As described above, the configuration and operation of a method for recognizing a server location of a data center and displaying a server location according to an embodiment of the present invention can be made. Meanwhile, in the description of the present invention, a specific embodiment has been described, but various modifications are made to the present invention. It can be implemented without departing from the scope of.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and variations can be made by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Those of ordinary skill in the technical field related to the present embodiment will appreciate that it may be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics of the above-described substrate. Therefore, the methods of disclosure should be considered from an explanatory point of view rather than a limiting point of view. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the present invention.

10: server 20: DHCP server
100: user terminal 200: management server

Claims (7)

Receiving, by the management server, data center information from a user terminal;
Connecting a network by a server installed in the data center;
Receiving, by the server, an IP address assigned from a DHCP server;
The server transmits first information including a data center ID and server name to the management server through a first protocol, and the server transmits second information including server model information to the management server through a second protocol. Transmitting;
After the management server receives the first information, matching and storing the IP address of the server with the first information of the server;
Storing the first information and the second information by the management server;
Analyzing, by the management server, the first information and the second information;
Transmitting, by the management server, a first information analysis result and a second information analysis result to a user terminal; And
The user terminal displays first information on the server using the first information analysis result, and the CPU information, memory information, PCI information, storage space information, and power of the server using the second information analysis result Displaying information and fan speed information;
Server location recognition and server location display method of the data center comprising a.
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