TW201723839A - Method, system, and server for detecting system status - Google Patents

Abstract

In the method, a first step is provided to read a current-fault event of the system status through a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). A second method is provided to determine whether the current-fault event is stored in a desktop server or not. A third step is provided to search a fault priority which is correspond to the current-fault event and make a LED light which is correspond to the fault priority when the current-fault event is stored in a desktop server. A forth step is provided to divide the current-fault event to the fault priority.

Description

System status detection method, system and server

The invention belongs to the field of computer technology, and relates to a detection method and system, in particular to a system state detection method, system and server.

The server generally has a complete chassis, power supply, motherboard, storage and other standard components, so whether HP or other servers have a substrate management control chip (BMC), the system status information is displayed on the panel through the BMC. Above the health light.

The development of existing servers and storage devices is changing with each passing day. New technologies and new products are emerging one after another. The faults are also strange. In the most common crashes, system blue screens and other hardware failures, hard disks, motherboards, memory, data lines and other components. Both can cause malfunctions. For users and even technical service personnel, these faults are generally difficult to accurately judge, and need to run through the BMC scan chain or xregister way to achieve a full day feedback on the system status, and display on the health light, so the status information The display is inseparable from BMC support, but some custom models, such as desktop servers, no longer set up BMC for cost reasons, but the basic functions that BMC can implement need to be retained.

Therefore, how to provide a system state detection method, system and server to solve the problem that the prior art does not use the BMC chip but still needs to implement the basic functions of the BMC to meet the customer's needs has become a technology to be solved by practitioners in the field. problem.

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a method, a system, and a server for detecting a system state, which are used to solve the problem that the BMC chip is not used in the prior art but still needs to implement the basic functions of the BMC to meet customer requirements.

To achieve the above and other related objects, an aspect of the present invention provides a method for detecting a system state, which is applied to a desktop server, and the method for detecting a state of the system includes the following steps: (a) transmitting a complex programmable logic device ( Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) reads a currently occurring fault event associated with the state of the system; (b) determines, by the complex programmable logic device, whether the currently occurring fault event has pre-stored the desktop servo (c) when the result of the step (b) is YES, searching for a fault priority order corresponding to the currently occurring fault event through the complex programmable logic device, according to the corresponding fault The priority order illuminates an LED health light that matches the fault priority order in a predetermined alarm manner; (d) when the determination result of the step (b) is negative, the current fault event is divided into corresponding The fault is prioritized.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fault priority order includes: a fault system related to system state power-on is defined as a first fault priority order; and a fault system occurring during a running process of the system process is defined as a first The second fault priority order; the fault that is related to the system hardware heat dissipation and the system shutdown is defined as a third fault priority order; the fault system that remains in operation with the system hardware heat dissipation system is defined as a fourth fault priority order.

In an embodiment of the invention, the fault events corresponding to the first fault priority order include a memory power failure event, a processor power failure event, and a processor power supply. Controlling at least one of the faulty fault events; the red light of the LED health light flashes at a frequency of 4 Hz when at least one fault event corresponding to the first fault priority sequence occurs.

In an embodiment of the invention, the fault event corresponding to the second fault priority sequence includes a processor reporting a fault event related to the system process; when the processor reports a fault event related to the system process, the fault occurs. The red light of the LED health light is always on.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fault event corresponding to the third fault priority sequence includes at least one of a fan fault event of the system, a temperature sensor overheat fault event of the system, and a processor level superheat fault event; When at least one fault event corresponding to the third fault priority sequence occurs, the yellow light of the LED health light flashes at a frequency of 1 Hz.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fault event corresponding to the fourth fault priority sequence includes one of a processor power overheat fault event and a processor secondary overheat fault event; and at least one of the fourth fault priority orders When the corresponding fault event occurs, the yellow light of the LED health light is always on.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a system state detection system, which is applied to a desktop server, and the system state detection system includes a reading module, a search module, an operation module, and a division module. The reading module is configured to read a currently occurring fault event related to the state of the system; the processing module is electrically connected to the reading module, the searching module, and the operating module And the dividing module, configured to determine whether the currently occurring fault event is pre-existing in the desktop server; if yes, calling a fault priority order corresponding to the currently occurring fault event The search module, and the operation module for lighting an LED health light matched with the fault priority order in a predetermined alarm manner according to the corresponding fault priority order; if not, calling The currently occurring fault event is divided into the partitioning modules in the corresponding fault priority order.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the system state detection system further includes a storage module connected to the partitioning module, and the storage module is configured to divide the currently occurring fault event into a corresponding one. After the fault priority sequence, the currently occurring fault event is stored.

Yet another aspect of the present invention also provides a server, the server including the system state detection system.

In an embodiment of the invention, the server is a desktop server.

As described above, the system state detection method, system, and server of the present invention have the following beneficial effects: the system state detection method, system, and server according to the present invention do not need to use the BMC chip support status information display to achieve The detection of the entire system status tells the user and the tester how to solve the problem through the different colors of the health light, and how to solve it, thus greatly improving the system work efficiency and satisfying the needs of various customers.

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

1‧‧‧System state detection system

11‧‧‧Reading module

12‧‧‧Processing module

13‧‧‧Search module

14‧‧‧Operating module

15‧‧‧Division module

16‧‧‧Memory Module

2‧‧‧Server

The first figure shows a flow chart of the method for detecting the state of the system of the present invention in an embodiment.

The second figure shows a schematic structural diagram of the detection system of the system state of the present invention in an embodiment.

The third figure shows a schematic structural diagram of a server of the present invention in an embodiment.

The embodiments of the present invention are described below by way of specific examples, and those skilled in the art can readily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure of the present disclosure. The present invention may be embodied or applied in various other specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It should be noted that the features in the following embodiments and embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It should be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments merely illustrate the basic concept of the present invention in a schematic manner, and only the components related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, rather than the number and shape of components in actual implementation. Dimensional drawing, the actual type of implementation of each component type, number and proportion can be a random change, and its component layout can be more complicated.

Embodiment 1:

The embodiment provides a method for detecting a system state, and is applied to a desktop server. The method for detecting a state of the system includes the following steps: reading and using the system through a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) State-related a currently occurring fault event; determining, by the complex programmable logic device, whether the currently occurring fault event is pre-existing in the desktop server; if so, searching through the complex programmable logic device And a fault priority sequence corresponding to the currently occurring fault event, and lighting an LED health light matched with the fault priority order in a predetermined alarm manner according to the corresponding fault priority order.

If the determination result of the above step is no, the currently occurring fault event is divided into the corresponding fault priority order.

The method for detecting the state of the system provided by this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The system status detecting method described in this embodiment is applied to the desktop server, that is, a desktop server. The detection method of the system state is based on the fact that the desktop server does not have the BMC. Through the design of the CPLD code, the management of the system status information can be realized on the health light without the management of the BMC chip, to remind the user to perform corresponding Maintenance and testing.

Please refer to the first figure, which is a schematic diagram of a process for detecting a system state in an embodiment. As shown in the first figure, the method for detecting the state of the system specifically includes the following steps:

S1, reading, by the complex programmable logic device, a currently occurring fault event related to the state of the system. The complex programmable logic device is a device developed from PAL and GAL devices and belongs to a large integrated circuit range. It is a digital integrated circuit that users construct their own logic functions according to their needs. The basic design method is to use the integrated development software platform, use the schematic diagram, hardware description language and other methods to generate the corresponding target file, and transmit the code, CPLD code, to the target wafer through the download cable ("in-system" programming). A digital system that implements the design. In this embodiment, the CPLD is mainly composed of a programmable logic macro unit (MC; Macro Cell) surrounding the central programmable interconnect matrix unit. The MC structure is complex and has a complicated I/O unit interconnection structure, and the user can generate a specific circuit structure according to needs, and complete the function of detecting the state of the system.

S2, determining, by the complex programmable logic device, whether the currently occurring fault event is pre-existing in the desktop server; if yes, executing step S3; if not, executing step S4. In this embodiment, each fault event has a corresponding fault priority order, and the fault priority order includes: the fault related to the system state power-on is defined as a first fault priority order; and the system process is in operation The fault that occurred is defined as one The second fault priority order; the fault that causes the system to shut down related to the system hardware heat dissipation is defined as a third fault priority order; the fault that remains related to the system hardware heat dissipation system is defined as a fourth fault priority order. In this embodiment, the priority order is that the first fault priority order is greater than the second fault priority order, and the first fault priority order and the second fault priority order are greater than the third fault priority order. The first fault priority order, the second fault priority order, and the third fault priority order are greater than the fourth fault priority order. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the desktop server is pre-existing, that is, the currently occurring fault events related to the system state in the desktop server are arranged according to the fault priority order.

S4. If the currently occurring fault event is found in the pre-existing desktop server, the fault priority order corresponding to the currently occurring fault event is searched through the complex programmable logic device.

A fault event related to the power failure of the system state is a first fault event. In this embodiment, the first fault event includes a memory power failure event, a processor power failure event, and/or a processor power control error event.

The fault event corresponding to the fault that occurs during the running of the system process for the second fault priority order is referred to as a second fault event. In this embodiment, the second fault event includes a processor reporting a fault event associated with the system process.

A fault event that is related to the hardware heat dissipation of the system and causes the system to be shut down is a third fault event. The fault events corresponding to the third fault priority order include a fan fault event of the system, a temperature sensor overheat fault event of the system, and/or a processor level overheat fault event.

In this embodiment, the processor level one overheat fault event refers to detecting that the temperature of the processor exceeds a preset first overheat threshold.

The fault that the system related to the system hardware heat dissipation remains operational is the fault event corresponding to the fourth fault priority order, which is called a fourth fault event. The fault event of the fourth fault priority sequence includes a processor power overheat fault event and/or a processor secondary overheat fault event.

In this embodiment, the processor secondary overheat fault event refers to detecting that the temperature of the processor is excessively preset by a second superheat threshold. The first superheat threshold is greater than the second superheat threshold.

S5. Light up the LED health light that matches the fault priority order in a predetermined alarm manner according to the corresponding fault priority order. In this embodiment, the LED health light includes a red light, a yellow light, and a green light.

For example, when one or more (at least one) fault events corresponding to the first fault priority order described above, that is, the first fault event occurs, the red light of the LED health light flashes at a frequency of 4 Hz.

When the second fault event, that is, the processor reports a fault event related to the system process, the red light of the LED health light is always on.

When one or more (at least one) fault events corresponding to the third fault priority sequence described above, that is, a third fault event occurs, the yellow light of the LED health light flashes at a frequency of 1 Hz.

When one or more (at least one) fault events corresponding to the fourth fault priority sequence described above, that is, the second fault event occurs, the yellow light of the LED health light is always on.

S4. If the currently occurring fault event is not found in the pre-existing desktop server, the complex programmable logic device divides the currently occurring fault event into corresponding corresponding ones according to user requirements. In the priority order of failure.

S6, the complex programmable logic device will not store the currently occurring fault event that has been pre-existing in the desktop server.

The method for detecting the state of the system described in this embodiment does not need to use the display of the state information of the BMC chip to realize the detection of the state of the whole system, and tells the user and the tester that there is a problem through the different colors of the health light, how to solve the problem. Therefore, the system work efficiency is greatly improved and the needs of various customers are met.

Embodiment 2:

In this embodiment, a system status detection system is applied to a desktop server. The system status detection system includes a reading module, a search module, an operation module, and a division module.

The reading module is configured to read a currently occurring fault event associated with the state of the system.

The processing module is electrically connected to the reading module, the searching module, the operating module, and the dividing module, and is configured to determine whether the currently occurring fault event has pre-existed In the desktop server; if yes, calling the lookup module for finding a fault priority order corresponding to the currently occurring fault event, and for lighting in a predetermined alarm manner according to the corresponding fault priority order The operation module of an LED health light matching the fault priority order; if not, invoking the partitioning module for dividing the currently occurring fault event into a corresponding fault priority order .

The system state detection system provided by this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The system state detection system described in this embodiment is applied to a desktop servo , the desktop server. The system state detection system is based on the fact that the desktop server does not have a BMC. Through the design of the CPLD code, the system status information can be displayed on the health light without the management of the BMC chip, to remind the user to perform corresponding Maintenance and testing.

Please refer to the second figure, which is a schematic structural diagram of a detection system of a system state in an embodiment. As shown in the second figure, the system state detecting system 1 includes: a reading module 11, a processing module 12, a searching module 13, an operating module 14, a dividing module 15, and a storage. Module 16.

The reading module 11 is configured to read a currently occurring fault event related to the state of the system.

The processing module 12 connected to the reading module 11 is configured to determine whether the currently occurring fault event is pre-existing in the desktop server; if yes, calling the searching module 13 and the operating module 14 Otherwise, the partitioning module 15 and the storage module 16 are called. In this embodiment, each fault event has a corresponding fault priority order, and the fault priority order includes: the fault related to the system state power-on is defined as a first fault priority order; and the system process is in operation The fault that occurs is defined as a second fault priority order; the fault that causes the system to shut down related to the system hardware heat dissipation is defined as a third fault priority order; the fault that remains related to the system hardware heat dissipation system is defined as a fourth fault. Fault priority order. In this embodiment, the priority order is that the first fault priority order is greater than the second fault priority order, and the first fault priority order and the second fault priority order are greater than the third fault priority order. The first fault priority order, the second fault priority order, and the third fault priority order are greater than the fourth fault priority order. Therefore, in the embodiment, the desktop server is pre-existing, that is, in the desktop server. The currently occurring fault events associated with the state of the system are ranked in order of failure priority.

The searching module 13 electrically connected to the processing module 12 is configured to find a fault corresponding to the currently occurring fault event if the currently occurring fault event is found in the desktop server pre-existing Priority order.

A fault event related to the power failure of the system state is a first fault event. In this embodiment, the first fault event includes a memory power failure event, a processor power failure event, and/or a processor power control error event.

The fault event corresponding to the fault that occurs during the running of the system process for the second fault priority order is referred to as a second fault event. In this embodiment, the second fault event includes a processor reporting a fault event associated with the system process.

A fault event that is related to the hardware heat dissipation of the system and causes the system to be shut down is a third fault event. The fault events corresponding to the third fault priority order include a fan fault event of the system, a temperature sensor overheat fault event of the system, and/or a processor level overheat fault event.

In this embodiment, the processor level one overheat fault event refers to detecting that the temperature of the processor exceeds a preset first overheat threshold.

The fault that the system related to the system hardware heat dissipation remains operational is the fault event corresponding to the fourth fault priority order, which is called a fourth fault event. The fault events of the fourth fault priority sequence include: a processor power overheat fault event, and/or a processor secondary overheat fault event.

In this embodiment, the processor secondary overheat fault event refers to detecting that the temperature of the processor is excessively preset by a second superheat threshold. The first superheat threshold is greater than the second superheat threshold.

An operation module 14 electrically connected to the processing module 12 is configured to illuminate an LED health light that matches the fault priority order in a predetermined alarm manner according to the corresponding fault priority order. In this embodiment, the LED health and the like include a red light, a yellow light, and a green light.

For example, when one or more (at least one) fault events corresponding to the first fault priority order, that is, the first fault event occurs, the operation module 14 causes the red light of the LED health light to be at a frequency of 4 Hz. flicker.

When the second fault event, that is, the processor reports a fault event related to the system process, the operation module 14 causes the red light of the LED health light to be constantly on.

When one or more (at least one) fault events corresponding to the third fault priority sequence, that is, the third fault event occurs, the operation module 14 causes the yellow light of the LED health light to blink at a frequency of 1 Hz.

When one or more (at least one) fault events corresponding to the fourth fault priority sequence, that is, the second fault event occurs, the operation module 14 causes the yellow light of the LED health light to be always on.

The dividing module 15 electrically connected to the processing module 12 is configured to: if the currently occurring fault event is not found in the pre-existing desktop server, the current fault event will be according to user requirements It is divided into corresponding fault priority orders.

The storage module 16 electrically connected to the partitioning module 15 is configured to store the currently occurring fault event that has not been pre-stored in the desktop server.

This embodiment also provides a server 2, please refer to the third figure, which is shown as a schematic structural diagram of the server in an embodiment. As shown in the third figure, the server 2 includes the above-described system state detection system 1. In the present embodiment, the functions of the detection system 1 of the system state are specifically realized by a complex programmable logic device. Specifically, the server 2 can be a desktop server in this embodiment.

In summary, the system state detection method, system and server of the present invention do not need to use BMC chip support status information display to realize the detection of the entire system state, and tell the user and the tester system through different colors of the health light. Where is the problem, how to solve it, therefore, greatly improve the system work efficiency and meet the needs of various customers. Therefore, the present invention effectively overcomes various shortcomings in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.

The features and spirit of the present invention will be more apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalents within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims (10)

A system state detection method is applied to a desktop server, and the system state detection method comprises the following steps: (a) reading and the system state through a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) Correlating a currently occurring fault event; (b) determining, by the complex programmable logic device, whether the currently occurring fault event is pre-existing in the desktop server; (c) determining at step (b) When the result is YES, the faulty priority order corresponding to the currently occurring fault event is searched through the complex programmable logic device, and the predetermined alarm mode is illuminated according to the corresponding fault priority order to match the fault priority order. And an LED health light; (d) when the determination result of the step (b) is negative, dividing the currently occurring fault event into the corresponding fault priority order. The method for detecting a system state according to claim 1, wherein in the fault priority order, the fault related to the system state power-on is defined as a first fault priority order; and the system process is in operation The fault that occurs is defined as a second fault priority order; the fault that is related to the system hardware heat dissipation and causes the system to shut down is defined as a third fault priority order; the fault system that remains in operation with the system hardware heat dissipation system is defined as A fourth failure priority order. The method for detecting a system state according to claim 2, wherein the fault event corresponding to the first fault priority sequence includes a memory power failure event, a processor power failure event, and a processor power control error event. At least one of the LEDs of the LED health light flashes at a frequency of 4 Hz when at least one fault event corresponding to the first fault priority sequence occurs. The method for detecting a system state according to claim 2, wherein the fault event corresponding to the second fault priority sequence comprises a processor reporting a fault event related to a system process, when the processor reports and the system When the process-related fault event occurs, the red light of the LED health light is always on. The method for detecting a system state according to claim 2, wherein the fault event corresponding to the third fault priority sequence includes a fan fault event of the system, a temperature sensor overheat fault event of the system, and a processor level overheating. At least one of the fault events, when at least one fault event corresponding to the third fault priority sequence occurs, the yellow light of the LED health light flashes at a frequency of 1 Hz. The method for detecting a system state according to claim 2, wherein the fault event corresponding to the fourth fault priority order includes at least one of a processor power overheat fault event and a processor secondary overheat fault event; When at least one fault event corresponding to the fourth fault priority order occurs, the yellow light of the LED health light is always on. A system state detecting system, wherein the system state detecting system comprises: a reading module, configured to read a currently occurring fault event related to the state of the system; a search module; an operation module; a division module; a processing module electrically connected to the reading module, the search module, the operation module, and the division module, Determining whether the currently occurring fault event is pre-existing in the desktop server; if yes, calling the lookup module for finding a fault priority order corresponding to the currently occurring fault event, and for And illuminating, according to the corresponding fault priority order, the operation module of an LED health light matched with the fault priority order in a predetermined alarm manner; if not, calling to divide the currently occurring fault event into Corresponding to the dividing module in the fault priority order. The system state detecting system of claim 7, wherein the system state detecting system further comprises a storage module connected to the dividing module, wherein the storage module is used in After the currently occurring fault event is divided into the corresponding fault priority order, the currently occurring fault event is stored. A server, wherein the server includes a system state detection system as described in any one of claims 7-8. The server of claim 9, wherein the server is a desktop server.