TW201723825A - Server system for reading firmware version through inter-integrated circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

A server system for reading firmware version through general purpose input/output is provided in the present invention. In the server system, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) has a CPLD firmware version. A baseboard management controller (BMC) is electrically connected to the CPLD through an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C). The BMC reads the CPLD firmware version through the I2C to get the CPLD firmware version.

Description

Read the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface

The present invention relates to a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface, and more particularly to a server system for obtaining a firmware version information of a complex programmable logic device through an internal integrated circuit interface.

With the rapid advancement of technology, the development of the Internet has made various electronic devices full of people's lives. Whether enterprises or individuals have used personal computers such as desktop computers or notebook computers to handle transactions, even through the Internet. The road to implement multinational e-commerce, and the equipment needed to construct the network is the server, so that the server is widely used in the enterprise or Internet Service Provider (ISP) room.

Generally, the server has a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and a firmware is provided therein for driving to maintain the normal function of the complex programmable logic device, but in practice, due to The function needs to be expanded or has other needs, so that the firmware often needs to be updated to maintain the optimal state of the complex programmable logic device. However, in the prior art, the user needs to confirm whether the firmware version is the latest version before updating. The method of confirming the firmware version is confirmed by the code displayed on the 8080 LED (Electrical Port 80 LED) electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device, but the user wants to confirm that the 埠80 is illuminated. The code displayed by the polar body In the process, it is necessary to actually view the position set by the server (for example, a computer room), thereby causing inconvenience to the user in updating the firmware.

In view of the limitation of the firmware version display mode, the user generally needs to view the location set by the server when confirming the version, which causes inconvenience. Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface, which mainly uses a substrate management controller to read firmware version information of a complex programmable logic device through an internal integrated circuit interface. To solve the above problems.

Based on the above objective, the main technical means adopted by the present invention provides a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface, including a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) and a substrate management control. Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). The complex programmable logic device has a firmware version information of a complex programmable logic device. The substrate management controller is electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) interface, and the complex programmable logic device version information is read through the internal integrated circuit interface.

In the preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned auxiliary technical means for reading the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface, the complex programmable logic device is provided with a first general-purpose input/output (General Purpose I/O; GPIO). The server system for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface further includes an expander, the expander is provided with a second general-purpose input/output interface, and is electrically connected to the substrate management controller by an internal integrated circuit interface. And the second general-purpose input/output interface is electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device via the first universal input/output interface, and the complex programmable logic device is transmitted through The first general-purpose input/output interface transmits the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device, so that the second general-purpose input/output interface transmits the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device, and the substrate management controller reads through the internal integrated circuit interface. The expander obtains the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device.

In a preferred embodiment of the foregoing technical means for reading a firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface, the first general-purpose input/output interface includes at least eight first pins, and the second general-purpose input and output The interface includes at least eight second pins, and the at least eight first pins and the at least eight second pins respectively transmit complex programmable logic device version information by using a first digit information. In addition, the expander is provided with at least eight first registers, and the at least eight first registers are electrically connected to the at least eight second pins, thereby temporarily storing the at least eight second pins For a digital information, the baseboard management controller obtains the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device by reading the first digit information temporarily stored in the at least eight first temporary registers of the expander through the internal integrated circuit interface.

In the preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned auxiliary technical means for reading the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface, the substrate management controller includes a reading unit and an analyzing unit, and the reading unit is internally integrated. The circuit interface is electrically connected to the expander for reading the first digit information temporarily stored in each of the at least eight first registers, and the analyzing unit is electrically connected to the reading unit for parsing each of the at least eight The first digit information temporarily stored in a temporary register is used to parse the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device. In addition, the complex programmable logic device is provided with at least eight second temporary registers, and each of the at least eight second temporary storage devices respectively stores the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device by using a second digital information. The substrate management controller reads the at least eight second registers through the internal integrated circuit interface to read the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device.

The preferred embodiment of the foregoing technical means for reading the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface further includes a network interface module electrically connected to the substrate management controller for receiving A read command to read the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device.

After the main technical means of reading the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface adopted by the present invention, the firmware version of the complex programmable logic device in the complex programmable logic device can be read through the substrate management controller. Information, so the user can know the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device through the remote end without viewing the version information at the location set by the server, thereby greatly increasing the convenience of the user.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described by the following examples and drawings.

1, 1a‧‧‧ read the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface

11, 11a‧‧‧ Complex programmable logic devices

111, 111a‧‧‧ Complex programmable logic device version information

112‧‧‧First universal input and output interface

113a‧‧‧Second register

12, 12a‧‧‧Baseboard management controller

121, 121a‧‧‧ reading unit

122, 122a‧‧‧ analytical unit

13‧‧‧Expander

131‧‧‧Second universal input and output interface

132‧‧‧First register

14, 14a‧‧‧ Network Interface Module

S1, S1a‧‧‧ read instructions

The first figure shows a first block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The second figure shows a second block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure shows a first block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The fourth figure shows a second block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth figure shows a block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the server system for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface provided by the present invention, the combined implementation manners are numerous, and therefore will not be further described herein, and only four preferred embodiments are specifically described. .

Please refer to the first figure. The first figure shows a first block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown. For example, the server system 1 that reads the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface includes a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) 11, a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) 12, and an extension. (expander) 13. The complex programmable logic device 11 has a complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111, and the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111 is, for example, firmware version information, which can be 1.0, 2.0 or other versions. News.

The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) 12 is electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device 11 via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) interface (not shown). The expander 13 is electrically connected between the complex programmable logic device 11 and the substrate management controller 12, wherein the expander 13 is electrically connected to the substrate management controller 12 by the internal integrated circuit interface described above, and the expander 13 The general purpose input/output (GPIO) interface is electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device 11 so that the expander 13 can be electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device 11 through its universal input/output interface. . Among them, substrate management control The controller 12 reads the firmware version firmware information 111 of the complex programmable logic device through the internal integrated circuit interface described above.

Specifically, please refer to the second figure. The second figure shows a second block diagram of the server system for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the complex programmable logic device 11 further includes a first general-purpose input/output interface 112, and the first general-purpose input/output interface 112 includes at least eight first pins (the preferred embodiment of the present invention is only eight For example, the figure is not shown). The substrate management controller 12 includes a reading unit 121 and an analyzing unit 122. In the second figure, the reading unit 121 is electrically connected to the expander 13 through an internal integrated circuit interface, and the analyzing unit 122 is electrically connected to the The reading unit 121, wherein the reading unit 121 and the parsing unit 122 can be a processor or other functional circuit that can perform processing functions.

The expander 13 is provided with a second general-purpose input/output interface 131 and at least eight first registers 132 (only one is shown). Similarly, the second universal input/output interface 131 includes at least eight seconds. The connector 13 is electrically connected to the at least eight second pins included in the second general-purpose input/output interface 131 through a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The at least eight first pins included in the first general-purpose input/output interface 112 enable the expander 13 to be electrically connected to the complex program through the first universal input/output interface 112 via the second universal input/output interface 112. Logic device 11. The at least eight first registers 132 are electrically connected to the at least eight second pins in a one-to-one correspondence, and the at least eight first registers 132 are electrically connected to the substrate by an internal integrated circuit interface. The reading unit 121 of the controller 12 is managed.

The complex programmable logic device 11 transmits the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111 through the first universal input/output interface 112, so that the second universal input/output interface 131 transmits the complex programmable logic device firmware version information. 111, specifically The at least eight first pins and the at least eight second pins respectively transmit the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111 by using a first digit information, and the transmission method is, for example, that each pin represents one The digits, for example, the digits of "0000001" are respectively transmitted from the top-down eight first pins in the second figure (the digital information referred to in the preferred embodiment of the present invention is one of the above numbers, and Each pin transmits only one digit. When the eight second pins receive the numbers in "0000001", the synchronization also transmits the numbers in "0000001".

At this time, the eight first temporary registers 132 temporarily store the first digit information of each of the at least eight second pins after the second pin transmits the respective numbers in the "0000001" (ie, respectively store the respective numbers described above). digital). The reading unit 121 in the substrate management controller 12 reads the first digit information temporarily stored by the at least eight first registers 132 of the expander 13 through the internal integrated circuit interface (ie, the above numbers, each of the first A buffer 132 stores only one number), and the result of the reading is transmitted to the parsing unit 122, so that the parsing unit 122 can parse the first digit information temporarily stored in each of the at least eight first registers 132. The complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111 is further parsed to cause the baseboard management controller 12 to acquire the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111.

In the above analysis manner, for example, the parsing unit 122 may be provided with a preset comparison table (as shown in the following table), and the comparison table has a correspondence between the version and the digital information to be in the parsing unit. 122, when receiving the first digit information, and combining the first digit information, and finding the corresponding first digit information in the comparison table, the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111 can be parsed, the comparison table As follows:

Please refer to the third figure. The third figure shows a first block diagram of a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the difference from the first preferred embodiment is that the server system 1a that reads the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface includes only a complex programmable logic device 11a and a substrate management controller 12a. The substrate management controller 12a is directly connected to the complex programmable logic device 11a by an internal integrated circuit interface to obtain the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111a directly through the internal integrated circuit interface.

Specifically, please refer to the fourth figure. The fourth figure shows a second block diagram of the server system for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the complex programmable logic device 11a includes at least eight second registers 113a (only eight in the fourth figure, not shown), and the reading unit 121a of the substrate management controller 12a. The eight second registers 113a are electrically connected through an internal integrated circuit interface. Each of the at least eight second temporary registers 113a stores the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111a with a second digital information (the same as the first preferred embodiment), for the substrate management control. After the reading unit 121a of the device 12a reads the at least eight second temporary registers 113a through the internal integrated circuit interface, the parsing unit 122a analyzes the second digital information stored in each of the eight second temporary registers 113a. The substrate management controller 12a reads the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111a, wherein the above analysis manner is the same as the first preferred embodiment, and details are not described herein.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a block diagram showing a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the difference from the first preferred embodiment is that the server system 1 that reads the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface further includes a network interface module 14 and a network interface module. The 14-series is electrically connected to the baseboard management controller 12, and the network interface module 14 can be, for example, a network card, but the other embodiments are not limited thereto. The network interface module 14 can receive a read command S1 sent by the user to transmit the read command S1 to the baseboard management controller 12 to cause the baseboard management controller 12 to read the expander 13 The complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111 transmitted by the complex programmable logic device 11 (for example, triggering the reading unit 121 shown in the second figure to be read) is read by the substrate management controller 12 After the completion, the parsed result (for example, parsed by the parsing unit 122 shown in the second figure) is transmitted back to the user via the web interface module 14 for the user to understand.

Please refer to the sixth figure. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the difference from the second preferred embodiment is that the server system 1a for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface further includes a network interface module 14a, and the network interface module 14a is electrically connected. Connected to the baseboard management controller 12a, the network interface module 14a can receive a read command S1a sent by the user to transmit the read command S1 to the baseboard management controller 12a for substrate management. The controller 12a reads the complex programmable logic device firmware version information 111a transmitted by the complex programmable logic device 11a, and the rest are the same as the third preferred embodiment, and therefore will not be described again.

In summary, the spirit of the present invention is that the substrate management controllers 12 and 12a can read the digital information transmitted by the complex programmable logic devices 11 and 11a through the internal integrated circuit interface, and can directly know the complex programmable logic after parsing. The device firmware version information 111, 111a, so that the user does not need to personally go to the location set by the server to greatly improve the convenience of use.

The features and spirit of the present invention are more clearly described in the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. The scope of the Ming is limited. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalents within the scope of the invention as claimed.

1‧‧‧Reading the firmware version of the server system through the internal integrated circuit interface

11‧‧‧Complex programmable logic devices

111‧‧‧Complex Programmable Logic Device Firmware Version Information

12‧‧‧Base Management Controller

13‧‧‧Expander

Claims (7)

A server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface, comprising: a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) having firmware information of a complex programmable logic device; A Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) interface, and is read out through the internal integrated circuit interface. The firmware version of the complex programmable logic device. A server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface as described in claim 1 wherein the complex programmable logic device is provided with a first general purpose input/output (General Purpose I/O; GPIO). The server system for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface further includes an expander, the expander is provided with a second general-purpose input/output interface, and the internal integrated circuit interface is electrically connected to the interface a substrate management controller, and the second general-purpose input/output interface is electrically connected to the complex programmable logic device via the first universal input/output interface, and the complex programmable logic device transmits the first universal input The output interface transmits the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device, so that the second general-purpose input/output interface transmits the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device, and the substrate management control The device reads the expander through the internal integrated circuit interface to obtain the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device. The server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface as described in claim 2, wherein the first general-purpose input/output interface includes at least eight first pins, and the second universal input The output interface includes at least eight second pins, and the at least eight first pins and the at least eight second pins respectively transmit the complex programmable logic device firmware version information by using a first digit information. A server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface as described in claim 3, wherein the expander is provided with at least eight first registers, the at least eight first registers Electrically connecting to the at least eight second pins, thereby temporarily storing the first digit information of each of the at least eight second pins, and the substrate management controller reads the expander through the internal integrated circuit interface The first digital information temporarily stored by the at least eight first temporary registers obtains the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device. The server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface as described in claim 4, wherein the substrate management controller comprises: a reading unit electrically connected through the internal integrated circuit interface The expansion device is configured to read the first digit information temporarily stored in each of the at least eight first temporary registers; and a parsing unit electrically connected to the reading unit to parse each of the at least eight The first digit information temporarily stored by the first register is used to parse the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device. A server system for reading a firmware version through an internal integrated circuit interface as described in claim 1 wherein the complex programmable logic device is provided with at least eight second registers, each at least eight The second temporary storage device stores the firmware version firmware information of the complex programmable logic device by using a second digit information, so that the substrate management controller reads the at least eight second temporary registers through the internal integrated circuit interface. Extract the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device. The server system for reading the firmware version through the internal integrated circuit interface, as described in claim 1, wherein the network interface module is electrically connected to the baseboard management controller for receiving A read command to read the firmware version information of the complex programmable logic device.