TW201514719A - System and method for managing servers of data center - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for managing servers of a data center. The system and method is implemented by a host computer, which includes a first network interface card (NIC1) and a second network interface card (NIC2). The NIC1 connects to a plurality of servers through a private network switch, and the NIC2 connects to at least one remote terminal device through a public network switch. The host computer searches an IP address for a server in the data center when a user request is received from the remote terminal device, and obtains SOL information of the server according to the IP address. The user can manage and maintain each server of the data center through the remote terminal device according to the SOL information of the server.

Description

In-cabinet server management system and method

The present invention relates to a server management system and method, and more particularly to an in-cabinet server management system and method.

At present, with the development of the Internet Data Center (IDC: Internet Data Center), the number of IDC servers has also increased rapidly with the development of IDC. In order to facilitate unified management, the designer superimposes the multiple servers into one cabinet and designs the cabinet management controller to realize the allocation and management of the server resources in the cabinet.

However, the cabinet management controller manages the common parts of the cabinet server, such as redundant power supplies, fans and network management. As the IDC scales up and the number of servers increases, IT personnel use traditional management methods such as connecting monitors. It is more difficult for the keyboard to manage and maintain the operating system of the server. If the BMC of the server is used for SOL (Server Over LAN) switching to manage and maintain the operating system of the server, there are also corresponding disadvantages. On the one hand, each server's BMC needs to allocate a fixed IP address. In the face of increasingly scarce IP addresses, it invisibly increases the management cost of the enterprise; on the other hand, for the management of multiple IP addresses, It is not easy to remember and operate, which undoubtedly increases the workload of IT staff and is prone to human error.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a server management system and method in the cabinet, which can realize management and maintenance of all servers in the cabinet through the cabinet management controller.

The in-cabinet server management system runs in a cabinet management controller, and the rack management controller includes a first network interface card, a second network interface card, and a storage device. The first network interface card is connected to a plurality of servers through an internal network switch, and the second network interface card is connected to the remote terminal device through a public network switch. The server management system in the cabinet includes: a server module searching block, searching for all servers connected to the internal network switch in the cabinet, and obtaining an IP address of each searched server. The information acquisition module is configured to send an IPMI command to each server according to the IP address of each server, obtain the location number of each server through the first network interface card, and each server The location number and its corresponding IP address are stored in the storage device; the request processing module is configured to receive, by the second network interface card, a user request sent by the remote terminal device, where the user request includes the location of the required request server The number, and the IP address corresponding to the location number of the required request server in the storage device according to the user request; the server management module is configured to obtain the SOL connection information of the server according to the IP address of the server, Sending the SOL connection information of the server to the remote terminal device through the second network interface card, and accessing the server through the remote terminal device according to the SOL connection information of the server Remote management and maintenance.

The in-cabinet server management method is applied to a computer, and the method includes the steps of: searching all the servers connected to the internal network switch in the cabinet, and obtaining an IP address of each searched server; The IP address of each server sends an IPMI command to the respective server, and obtains the location number of each server through the first network interface card; the location number of each server and its corresponding IP address Stored in the storage device; receive a user request sent by the remote terminal device through the second network interface card, the user request includes the location number of the required request server; and search for the required request server location in the storage device according to the user request The IP address corresponding to the number; obtain the SOL connection information of the server according to the IP address of the server, and send the SOL connection information of the server to the remote terminal device through the second network interface card; according to the server The SOL connection information is remotely managed and maintained by the remote terminal device for the server.

Compared with the prior art, the in-cabinet server management system and method of the present invention can perform maintenance on all server operating systems in the cabinet by simply logging in to the cabinet management controller through the remote terminal device. Management, reducing the allocation of IP addresses and IP addresses of the public network, and centrally managing the security settings for each server in the cabinet management controller, which makes the servers in the cabinets more secure. Sex, easy to manage program development.

1‧‧‧Cabinet Management Controller

10‧‧‧Server Management System

101‧‧‧Server Search Module

102‧‧‧Information Acquisition Module

103‧‧‧Request Processing Module

104‧‧‧Server Management Module

11‧‧‧First Network Interface Card

12‧‧‧Second network interface card

13‧‧‧Storage equipment

14‧‧‧Central processor

2‧‧‧Server

3‧‧‧Internal network switch

4‧‧‧ public network switch

5‧‧‧Remote terminal equipment

6‧‧‧Cabinet

1 is a schematic diagram of an operating environment of a preferred embodiment of a server management system in an in-cabinet according to the present invention.

2 is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the server management system in the cabinet of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of a server management method in an in-cabinet according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a schematic diagram of an operating environment of a preferred embodiment of the in-cabinet server management system 10 of the present invention is shown. In the embodiment, the in-cabinet server management system 10 is installed and runs in the rack management controller 1. The rack management controller 1 further includes, but is not limited to, a first network interface card (NIC1) 11 And a second network interface card (NIC2) 12. The first network interface card 11 is connected to the plurality of servers 2 via the internal network switch 3, and the second network interface card 12 is connected to the remote terminal device 5 via the public network switch 4. Each server 2 includes a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) for controlling the server 2, and each BMC is integrated with a BMC network card for connecting to the internal network switch 3 and the rack management controller 1 Communicate. The cabinet management controller 1 is a computing device such as a main control computer and a management server. The remote terminal device 5 is a computing device such as a desktop computer (PC), a notebook computer or a workstation.

In order to facilitate unified management, each server 2 is uniformly superimposed in a cabinet 6, and the operating system resources of all the servers 2 in the cabinet 6 are allocated and managed by the cabinet management controller 1. The cabinet 6 includes a cabinet management controller 1, a plurality of servers 2, and an internal network switch 3. The rack management controller 1 is connected to the internal network switch 3 through the first network interface card 11 and to the public network switch 4 through the second network interface card 12. The remote management device 5 can remotely manage and maintain each server 2 in the cabinet 6. The internal network switch 3 is connected to the BMC network card of the respective server 2, and the internal network switch 3 has an IP address allocation function, and each server 2 can be assigned an IP address.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the in-cabinet server management system 10 of the present invention. In the embodiment, the in-cabinet server management system 10 includes a server search module 101, an information acquisition module 102, a request processing module 103, and a server management module 104. The functional module referred to in the present invention refers to a series of program instruction segments that can be executed by the central processing unit 14 of the rack management controller 1 and can perform a fixed function, which is stored in the storage device 13 of the rack management controller 1. . The respective function modules 101-104 will be specifically described in the flowchart of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, it is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the server management method in the cabinet of the present invention. In the embodiment, the server management method in the cabinet is applied to the cabinet management controller 1 to implement the SOL network service of each server 2 in the cabinet 6 through the cabinet management controller 1 (Server Over LAN, SOL ) Management and maintenance. As long as the user logs in to the rack management controller 1 through the remote terminal device 5, the operation and management of all the server 2 operating systems in the cabinet 6 can be realized, and the allocation of the IP address of the public network and the IP address are reduced. management. Since the cabinet management controller 1 sets a unified security configuration for each server 2 for centralized management, the server 2 in the cabinet has high security and facilitates development of the SOL management program.

In step S31, the server search module 101 starts the operating system of the rack management controller 1, and creates a thread by the operating system. In this embodiment, the thread is used to search all servers 2 in the cabinet 6 and scan the IP address of each server 2 that is searched.

In step S32, the server search module 101 searches for all the servers 2 connected to the internal network switch 3 in the cabinet 6 by using the thread created by the operating system, and acquires the IP address of each server 2. In this embodiment, the internal network switch 3 has an IP address allocation function, and each server 2 can be assigned an IP address.

In step S33, the information obtaining module 102 sends an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) command to the respective server 2 according to the IP address of each server 2, and acquires each server 2 through the first network interface card 11. The location number. The IPMI instruction is an open standard computer hardware management interface instruction that defines a specific method by which an embedded management system communicates. The IPMI command communicates with the server 2 through the baseboard management controller (BMC) of each server 2.

In step S34, the information acquisition module 102 stores the location number of each server 2 and its corresponding IP address in the storage device 13. In this embodiment, the location number of each server 2 corresponds to the IP address or MAC address of the server 2, for example, the location number of the server 2 may be a digit "001, 002, 003 ...." It can more directly describe the location information of each server 2 in the cabinet 6.

In step S35, the request processing module 103 receives the user request sent by the remote terminal device 5 through the second network interface card 12, and the user request includes the location number of the required request server 2. In the present embodiment, the remote terminal device 5 sends a user request to the public network switch 4, and the cabinet management controller 1 receives the user request sent by the remote terminal device 5 from the public network switch 4 through the second network interface card 12.

In step S36, the request processing module 103 searches the storage device 13 for the IP address corresponding to the location number of the request server 2 according to the received user request. In this embodiment, since the storage device 13 stores the location numbers of all the servers 2 in the cabinet 6 and their corresponding IP addresses, the location number of the server 2 can be found in the storage device 13 according to the required request. The IP address corresponding to the server 2.

In step S37, the server management module 104 obtains the SOL connection information of the server 2 from the server 2 according to the IP address of the searched server 2, and transmits the server to the server through the second network interface card 12. The SOL connection information is sent to the remote terminal device 5. In this embodiment, the SOL connection information refers to network connection information of all servers 2 connected to the internal network switch 3, including an IP address, a MAC address, and a network input and output nickname. The second network interface card 12 of the rack management controller 1 transmits the SOL connection information of the server to the remote terminal device 5 through the public network switch 4.

In step S38, when the user logs in to the rack management controller 1 through the remote terminal device 5, the server management module 104 performs remote management and maintenance on the server through the remote terminal device 5 according to the SOL connection information of the server. In this embodiment, the user can input the IP address of one or multiple servers in the cabinet on the remote terminal device 5, that is, the operating system of the corresponding server 2 can be maintained. The remote terminal user can also modify the remote management program of each server 2 through the remote terminal device 5 according to requirements, for example, but not limited to the ipmitool program, by increasing the corresponding parameters of the server 2, that is, directly from the far side The end implements SOL network connection management of the server 2 connected to a specific location in the cabinet 6. Since all the servers 2 in the cabinet 6 are connected to the rack management controller 1 based on the IP address, the present invention can allow a plurality of remote terminal devices 5 to be simultaneously connected to the rack management controller 1, thereby greatly saving the IT of the enterprise. Managed costs.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and has been used in a wide range of applications. Any other equivalent conversion or modification that is not in the spirit of the present invention should be included in the following patent application. Within the scope.

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1‧‧‧Cabinet Management Controller

10‧‧‧Server Management System

11‧‧‧First Network Interface Card

12‧‧‧Second network interface card

2‧‧‧Server

3‧‧‧Internal network switch

4‧‧‧ public network switch

5‧‧‧Remote terminal equipment

6‧‧‧Cabinet

Claims (12)

An in-cabinet server management system runs in a cabinet management controller, where the cabinet management controller includes a first network interface card, a second network interface card, and a storage device, and the first network interface card passes through the internal network The switch is connected to a plurality of servers, and the second network interface card is connected to the remote terminal device through a public network switch, wherein the server management system in the cabinet includes:
The server module search block is used to search all the servers connected to the internal network switch in the cabinet, and obtain the IP address of each searched server;
The information acquisition module is configured to send an IPMI command to each server according to the IP address of each server, obtain the location number of each server through the first network interface card, and place each server The location number and its corresponding IP address are stored in the storage device;
a request processing module, configured to receive, by using the second network interface card, a user request sent by the remote terminal device, where the user request includes a location number of the required request server, and is used to search for a required request in the storage device according to the user request The IP address corresponding to the location number of the server; and the server management module, configured to obtain the SOL connection information of the server according to the IP address of the server, and the SOL of the server through the second network interface card The connection information is sent to the remote terminal device, and the remote management and maintenance of the server is performed through the remote terminal device according to the SOL connection information of the server. The in-cabinet server management system of claim 1, wherein the server module search block is further used to create a working system for the cabinet management controller when the operating system is activated. Search for threads of all servers in the cabinet. The in-cabinet server management system of claim 1, wherein each of the servers includes a baseboard management controller BMC, and each BMC is integrated with a BMC network card. The in-cabinet server management system according to claim 3, wherein the IPMI command is a specification command for managing a computer hardware interface, and the IPMI command is transmitted through a BMC network card of each server. The server communicates with an internal network switch. The in-cabinet server management system of claim 1, wherein the internal network switch allocates an IP address to each server in the cabinet. The in-cabinet server management system according to claim 1, wherein the SOL connection information refers to network connection information of a server connected to the internal network switch, including an IP address and a MAC address. Address and network input and output apostrophes. An in-cabinet server management method is applied to a computer. The cabinet management controller includes a first network interface card, a second network interface card, and a storage device. The first network interface card passes through an internal network switch and a plurality of The server is connected, and the second network interface card is connected to the remote terminal device through the public network switch, wherein the method includes the following steps:
Search all the servers connected to the internal network switch in the cabinet and obtain the IP address of each searched server;
Send IPMI commands to the respective servers according to the IP address of each server, and obtain the location number of each server through the first network interface card;
Storing the location number of each server and its corresponding IP address in the storage device;
Receiving, by the second network interface card, a user request sent by the remote terminal device, where the user request includes a location number of the required request server;
Searching the storage device for the IP address corresponding to the location number of the required request server according to the user request;
Obtaining the SOL connection information of the server according to the IP address of the server, and transmitting the SOL connection information of the server to the remote terminal device through the second network interface card; and transmitting the SOL connection information according to the server The terminal device performs remote management and maintenance for the server. The method for managing an in-cabinet server according to the seventh aspect of the invention, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
When the operating system of the rack management controller is activated, a thread for searching all servers in the cabinet is created by the operating system. The in-cabinet server management method according to claim 7, wherein each of the servers includes a baseboard management controller BMC, and each BMC is integrated with a BMC network card. The method for managing an in-cabinet server according to claim 9, wherein the IPMI command is a specification command for managing a hardware interface of the computer, and the IPMI command is transmitted through a BMC network card of each server. The server communicates with an internal network switch. The in-cabinet server management method according to claim 7, wherein the internal network switch allocates an IP address to each server in the cabinet. The method for managing an in-cabinet server according to claim 7, wherein the SOL connection information refers to network connection information of a server connected to the internal network switch, including an IP address and a MAC address. Address and network input and output apostrophes.