KR20030064040A - Apparatus for setting unit and managing database - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A unit setting and database management system is provided to install various units at a slot by using a PnP(Plug and Play) function which automatically recognizes the units set by a user as well as a conventional installation method which fixes a unit according to a position on a slot. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a state collector(230), a state processor(210), a message processor(250), a processor(210), a database allotment and pointer processor(241), and a memory(240). The state collector(230) monitors the state on the kind of a unit installed on each slot. The state processor(210) outputs an instruction corresponding to the unit installation state data collected by the state collector(230). The message processor(250) processes the unit installation state data like an instruction directly set at a user terminal for generating a database on the unit installed on the slot, and operating the unit. The processor(210) performs the overall control of the components. The database allotment and pointer processor(241) links each slot to a unit management database. The memory(240) stores each slot data, and the database including the unit data matched with a corresponding slot.

Description

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The present invention relates to configuration management of equipment used in a real-time operating system, and more particularly, to a unit setting and a database management apparatus for setting a slot required for configuring a network equipment in a slot.

In general, the physical shape of the network equipment is basically composed of several types of units that provide racks, shelves, and services. These units will be mounted in their proper locations to provide service.

1 is a block diagram of a main processor unit which performs control on a conventional unit mounting and mounting.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional unit setting and database management apparatus executes a command output by the user terminal 10 and receives information on a thread / seam of a unit from each slot 31 to 3n. It consists of the main processor unit 20 to perform the overall management of.

The main processor unit 20 performs a control corresponding to each slot by using the state collecting unit 23 for monitoring the state of each slot 31 to 3n and information collected from the state collecting unit 23. A memory 24 storing a state processor 21, a processor 22 for performing overall control, and an actual slot position (address) at which the unit is mounted, and a database of units that can be mounted in each slot. Is made of.

The processor unit 22 generates and operates a database of fixed slots on a memory because a unit that can be mounted in each slot is fixed.

This type of equipment is difficult to maintain, and flexible operation is impossible. That is, in order to mount a unit to provide a specific service, since the position is determined, it cannot be mounted unless it is a fixed position, and if the position to be mounted is already occupied, the unit cannot be additionally mounted. .

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and plug and play for automatically recognizing a user-configured or mounted unit, not a method of mounting only a fixed unit according to a slot position. Its purpose is to provide a unit setting and database management device that allows various units to be mounted in slots and flexible configurations.

1 is a block diagram of a unit setting and a database management by a conventional fixed slot;

2 is a block diagram of setting a unit and managing a database by user setting and automatic recognition according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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100: user terminal 200: main processor unit

210: state processing unit 220: processor unit

230: status collector 240: memory

241: database allocation and pointer processing

250: message processing section 310 to 3n0: slot status indicating section

410 to 4n0: Unit A to Unit *

Unit setting and database management apparatus according to the present invention for achieving this object comprises a state collecting unit for monitoring the status of the type of unit mounted in each slot; A state processing unit outputting a corresponding command according to the information collected by the state collecting unit; A message processing unit for processing this information as a command for setting this information directly in the user terminal according to the unit setting collected in the state collecting unit; A processor unit in charge of overall control of the system; A database allocation and pointer processing unit for connecting the database of each slot and unit; And a memory in which a database for each slot information and a unit matching the slot is stored.

In addition, another unit setting and database management apparatus according to the present invention comprises a state collecting unit for monitoring the state of the type of unit mounted in each slot; A state processing unit outputting a corresponding command according to the information collected by the state collecting unit; A user terminal for inputting a type of a unit to be serviced at a slot position; A message processing unit for processing a command for a setting input from a user terminal; A processor unit in charge of overall control of the system; A database allocation and pointer processing unit for connecting the database of each slot and unit; And a memory in which a database for each slot information and a unit matching the slot is stored.

In this case, the memory unit may further include a flag for distinguishing the unit setting from the automatic recognition mode and the user setting mode.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of setting a unit and managing a database by user setting and automatic recognition according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus for setting the unit and managing the database by user setting and automatic recognition includes the actual slot positions 310, 320,... 410,420, ... 4n0), the database allocation and pointer processing unit 241 connecting the slots 310, 320, ... 3n0 and the database of the units 410, 420, ... 4n0, and the state of monitoring each slot. The collection unit 230, the state processing unit 210 for processing the state, the processor unit 220 responsible for all processing, the memory 240 for storing or providing the program and data to the processor, to service the location of the slot And a message processing unit 250 for processing a command for a setting input from the user terminal 100.

In the memory 240, a flag for distinguishing between a database generated by a user setting and a database generated by automatic recognition is located in each slot.

Hereinafter, a unit setting method according to a user's manipulation of the terminal 100 using the apparatus made as described above will be described.

First, a message about a setting command is sent to the unit corresponding to the main processor of the device through the user terminal 100 of the type of the unit to be serviced at the location of the slot desired by the user. The device transfers the message from the message processor 250 to the processor, and configures a database of the unit desired by the user in the memory 240 to operate the unit.

Hereinafter, a method of setting a unit through automatic recognition using the apparatus made as described above will be described.

When the state collecting unit 230 collects the type of the unit periodically and informs the message processing unit 250 of the information when the state collecting unit 230 is mounted and mounted in the slot through the automatic recognition, the message processing unit 250 displays the information. The information is processed like a command directly set by the user terminal 100 to generate a database of units mounted in actual slots in a memory via a processor so that the unit can be operated.

At this time, a flag must be placed in each slot information of the memory to distinguish between user setting and automatic recognition. This is to prevent the setting information from being changed due to the automatic recognition setting by the user. On the contrary, the unit setting by the automatic recognition is not changed from the setting information by the user setting.

Therefore, the flag is used to prevent the above operation, and it is necessary to give priority to two types of unit setting by user and unit setting by automatic recognition.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, not only the unit fixed to the slot position is mounted but also various units are automatically set by the plug and play function or the user's setting, so that it is not necessary to always have a fixed database for each slot. In addition, the memory can be efficiently used, and the configuration of the equipment can be used in various ways.

Claims (3)

A state collecting unit for monitoring a state of a type of a unit mounted in each slot; A state processing unit outputting a corresponding command according to the information collected by the state collecting unit; A message processing unit for processing this information as a command for setting this information directly in the user terminal according to the unit setting collected in the state collecting unit; A processor unit in charge of overall control of the system; A database allocation and pointer processing unit for connecting the database of each slot and unit; And And a memory for storing a database of each slot information and a unit matching the corresponding slot. A state collecting unit for monitoring a state of a type of a unit mounted in each slot; A state processing unit outputting a corresponding command according to the information collected by the state collecting unit; A user terminal for inputting a type of a unit to be serviced at a slot position; A message processing unit for processing a command for a setting input from a user terminal; A processor unit in charge of overall control of the system; A database allocation and pointer processing unit for connecting the database of each slot and unit; And And a memory for storing a database of each slot information and a unit matching the corresponding slot. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the memory unit further comprises a flag for distinguishing the unit setting from the automatic recognition mode and the user setting mode. .