TW201942759A - Server rack system with function of automatic synchronization of BMC configuration parameters between different server and automatic synchronization method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A server rack system with automatic synchronization function of BMC configuration parameters and automatic synchronization method thereof are provided. The method includes an update module of a first BMC of any one of multiple servers updating a first BMC configuration parameter of the server including the first BMC according to a first update command from a user, the first BMC sending a second update command to every one of the servers that does not receive the first update command, and a second BMC of each one of the servers that does not receive the first update command updating a second BMC configuration parameter of the server including the second BMC according to the updated first BMC configuration parameter, wherein the second update command includes the updated first BMC configuration parameter.

Description

Server cabinet system with automatic synchronization updating function for setting parameters of the same substrate management controller between different servers and automatic synchronization method thereof

The invention relates to a server cabinet system, and more particularly to a server cabinet system with an automatic synchronization substrate setting controller parameter setting function and an automatic synchronization method thereof.

The server cabinet system includes a plurality of servers, and each server has an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). The intelligent platform management interface is a standard framework of a server management platform. Among the components included in the intelligent platform management interface, the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is the most important. The Baseboard Manager can operate independently without being controlled by the operating system to monitor and control each component in the server (for example, including CPU, hard disk drive, fan-type heat sink, power supply, network connection equipment, etc.), such as temperature, speed, voltage and current values, etc. Through the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), the administrator of the server cabinet system can understand the operating status of each component in the server through the baseboard manager, thereby achieving the purpose of facilitating the management of each server.

However, the server cabinet system may contain a large number of servers. In some cloud storage applications, the server cabinet system even includes hundreds of thousands of servers. Before understanding the operating status of each component in the server through the intelligent platform management interface and substrate manager, the administrator of the server cabinet system The BMC configuration must be set first, for example: how many servers with BMC are connected to each other, how many sensors are connected to BMC, the set value of the connection, etc. When the administrator wants to set the baseboard manager setting parameters included in each server to be the same, the manager needs to manually modify each server one by one, which will cause a huge time cost, and It is easy to modify each server by manual method, which may cause inconsistencies in the same board management controller setting parameters between different servers due to human error.

In view of this, the present invention provides a server cabinet system with an automatic synchronization substrate setting controller parameter setting function and an automatic synchronization method thereof.

In one embodiment, a server cabinet system with the function of automatically synchronizing the setting parameters of the same baseboard management controller between different servers includes a plurality of servers. The plurality of servers are connected to each other and belong to the same network domain. , Each server includes a storage unit and a substrate management controller coupled to the aforementioned storage unit. The storage unit includes a plurality of substrate management controller setting parameters. The baseboard management controller is used to update the aforementioned board management controller setting parameters. Wherein, when any one of the plurality of servers receives the first update instruction from one of the users, the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update instruction updates the substrate management of its server according to the first update instruction. The controller sets parameters, and the server receiving the first update command sends a second update command to each of the plurality of servers that did not receive the first update command. The second update command includes the updated board management controller. Set the parameters so that the baseboard management controller of each other server that has not received the first update instruction updates the baseboard management controller setting parameters of its server according to the second update instruction.

In an embodiment, a method for automatically updating the same board management controller setting parameters between different servers is suitable for a server cabinet system including a plurality of servers, and the aforementioned plurality of servers belong to the same network domain In the parallel node in the foregoing method, a first substrate management controller of any one of a plurality of servers updates a first substrate management controller of its server according to a first update instruction from a user. The setting parameter, the first substrate management controller sends a second update instruction to other servers in the plurality of servers that have not received the first update instruction, and the second update instruction includes the updated first substrate management controller setting parameters, and A second substrate management controller of the other server receiving the first update instruction updates a second substrate management controller setting parameter of its server according to the updated first substrate management controller setting parameter.

To sum up, according to an embodiment of the server cabinet system with automatic synchronization substrate management controller setting parameter function and an automatic synchronization method of the present invention, the substrate management controller of any server can change the substrate of the user. The management controller setting parameters are automatically updated to other servers synchronously, so that each server in the server system has the same substrate management controller settings. Users only need to set one server to make each server have the same board management controller settings, and the server automatically updates to reduce the error caused by the user manually setting each server. risk. Furthermore, each server can automatically update other servers without the need to set up an additional management server, which can reduce hardware costs.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a server 1 having the function of automatically synchronizing parameter settings of the same substrate management controller between different servers according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for automatically synchronizing the same substrate management controller setting parameters between different servers suitable for the server 1 according to the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together. The server 1 includes a substrate management controller 11 and a storage unit 12. The storage unit 12 stores the board management controller setting parameters, and the number of the board management controller setting parameters is at least one. The substrate management controller 11 is coupled to the storage unit 12. The substrate management controller 11 can set the substrate management controller of the server 1 through the substrate management controller setting parameters in the storage unit 12. In one embodiment, the storage unit 12 may be a read-only memory, such as an electronic erasable rewritable read-only memory (EEPROM).

The baseboard management controller 11 includes a parameter update module 111, a parameter synchronization module 112, and an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 113. The baseboard management controller 11 may receive an update instruction S1 (hereinafter referred to as a first update instruction S1) from a user and other servers (hereinafter referred to as parallel nodes) belonging to the same network domain through the intelligent platform management interface 113. The other servers mentioned are another update instruction S3 (hereinafter referred to as the third update instruction S3) of the baseboard management controller of the parallel node belonging to the same network domain as the server 1; among them, the update instructions S1 and S3 All are smart platform management interface commands. The parameter update module 111 may update the board management controller setting parameters in the storage unit 12 according to the first update instruction S1 (step S01) or may update the board management controller setting parameters in the storage unit 12 according to the third update instruction S3 (step S03). After the board management controller setting parameters are updated, the board management controller 11 sets the board management controller settings of the server 1 by using the updated board management controller setting parameters. In one embodiment, the intelligent platform management interface 113 may be an integrated circuit bus (Inter-Integrated Circuit; I2C) and / or a local area network (LAN).

The parameter synchronization module 112 is used to determine whether the parameter update module 111 periodically updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1 by determining whether a flag signal is a preset logic level (step S04). When the judgment result is "Yes", it means that the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1, and at this time, the parameter synchronization module 112 will send one via the intelligent platform management interface 113, which is also intelligent. The second update instruction S2 of the platform management interface instruction is to other servers coupled to the server 1. The second update instruction S2 includes the baseboard management controller setting parameters updated according to the first update instruction S1.

Based on this, when the user operates the server 1 remotely or directly to change the board management controller setting of the server 1, the board management controller 11 will receive the first update instruction S1, and the parameter update module 111 will perform the steps S01 updates the board management controller setting parameters; therefore, when executing step S04, the parameter synchronization module 112 determines that the board management controller setting parameters are updated according to the first update instruction S1, and the parameter synchronization module 112 then executes step S05 to Send a second update instruction S2 to other servers, so that the parameter update modules of the other servers synchronize and update their board management controller settings according to the board management controller setting parameters sent by the parameter synchronization module 112; or, when the user does not change When the board management controller settings of server 1 are changed but the board management controller settings of other servers are changed, the board management controller 11 will receive the third update instruction S3 from other servers, and the parameter update module 111 will execute Step S03 is to update the board management controller setting parameters; therefore, according to the third update instruction S3, the parameter synchronization module 112 is in In step S04, it is not determined that the board management controller setting parameters are updated according to the first update instruction S1 (the determination result is "No"). At this time, the parameter synchronization module 112 does not send the second update instruction S2, and the parameter synchronization mode The group 112 continuously executes step S04, and executes step S05 to send the second update instruction S2 to other servers until the determination result is "YES".

In one embodiment, the aforementioned board management controller setting parameters include a plurality of different types of setting parameters, and the board management controller 11 may update the corresponding ones of the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1 or the third update instruction S3. And other servers can update the corresponding setting parameters in the board management controller setting parameters of other servers according to the second update instruction S2. For example, the aforementioned board management controller setting parameters may include setting parameters related to hard disk startup control (for example, based on a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) basic input output system or traditional The basic input output system (Legacy BIOS) selects the hard disk boot mode, or setting parameters related to the boot option, or with a local area network (LAN) protocol (for example, making the local network protocol fixed or Floating system (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol; DHCP). Based on this, the parameter update module 111 will determine the setting parameters to be updated in the storage unit 12 when receiving the update instructions S1 and S3, and the parameter update module 111 Does not update the setting parameters that do not meet the update instructions S1 and S3; taking the first update instruction S1 as an example of the aforementioned boot option setting parameters, the parameter update module 111 updates the boot in the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1 Option setting parameters without updating other setting parameters. After the power-on option setting parameters are updated, The digital synchronization module 112 then sends the updated boot option setting parameters to other servers; taking the third update command S3 as an example including the aforementioned boot option setting parameters, the parameter update module 111 can update the substrate according to the third update command S3 Set the boot option setting parameters in the management controller setting parameters.

In an embodiment, the user can change the board management controller setting of server 1 by directly operating server 1 or change the board management controller setting of server 1 by connecting a remote device to server 1 .

In an embodiment, when the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1, the parameter update module 111 may send a consistent energy signal to the parameter synchronization module 112, so that the parameter synchronization module 112 After receiving the foregoing enabling signal when executing step S04, it can be determined that the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1, and then executes step S05.

In another embodiment, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 together. After the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction S1, the parameter update module 111 sets one of the aforementioned flag signals ( Step S02), so that the flag signal is changed from the original first logic level (for example, "0") to the second logic level (for example, "1"); here, the parameter synchronization module 112 is performing steps At S04, it can be determined whether the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting according to the first update instruction S1 by judging whether the flag signal is a preset logic level (ie, the aforementioned second logic level). Parameter, when the user changes the settings of the board management controller, the parameter synchronization module 112 determines that the flag signal is at the second logic level and executes step S05, and sets the flag signal after executing step S05 to enable the flag The signal changes from the second logic level to the original first logic level, and the flag signal of the first logic level does not trigger the parameter synchronization module 112 to send a second update instruction S2.

On the other hand, when the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the third update instruction S3, the parameter update module 111 does not set a flag signal, and the flag signal will be maintained at the original first logic at this time. Level. Therefore, when the user changes the settings of the baseboard management controller of other servers, the parameter synchronization module 112 does not determine that the flag signal is at the second logic level (the parameter update module 111 does not perform step S02). In other words, the parameters The synchronization module 112 does not send the board management controller setting parameters updated according to the third update instruction S3 to other servers after the parameter update module 111 updates the board management controller setting parameters according to the third update instruction S3.

In practice, because the sources of the first update instruction S1 and the third update instruction S3 are not the same (the first update instruction S1 is generated by a unit inside the server 1, the aforementioned unit inside the server 1 is controlled The first update instruction S1 is generated when the user changes the unit set by the baseboard management controller of server 1, and the third update instruction S3 is generated by an internal unit of a server other than server 1), the first update instruction S1 and the third update instruction S3 each include a bit (which can be referred to as a source identification bit) to indicate its source, and the aforementioned bits are different logical bits in the first update instruction S1 and the third update instruction S3. For example, if the first bit of the first update instruction S1 and the third bit of the third update instruction S3 respectively indicate their sources, the logic level of the first bit of the first update instruction S1 may be "1", The logic level of the first bit of the third update instruction S3 may be "0". Here, the unit inside the server 1 that is controlled by the user to change the settings of the substrate management controller and generate the first update instruction S1 can set the first bit of the first update instruction S1 to "1", and the parameter update module 111 When receiving the first update instruction S1, the flag signal can be set according to the aforementioned logic level of "1" (ie, the flag signal is set to the second logic level), and the parameter update module 111 is receiving When the third update instruction S3 is reached, the flag signal is not set; and when the parameter synchronization module 112 generates the second update instruction S2, the source identification bit of the second update instruction S2 can be set to "0", so that other substrates After receiving the second update instruction S2, the management controller does not set a flag signal according to the source identification bit whose logic level is "0".

In one embodiment, the flag signal may be stored in the storage unit 12 or other storage unit coupled to the substrate management controller 11. The baseboard management controller 11 can access the aforementioned storage unit to set a flag.

In one embodiment, when the parameter synchronization module 112 sends the second update instruction S2, the parameter synchronization module 112 sends the second update instruction S2 in a broadcast form. In another embodiment, the parameter synchronization module 112 may specify the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the server to be sent, so that the second update instruction S2 is sent to the designated IP address. In detail, the parameter synchronization module 112 sends a test signal in a broadcast form before sending the second update instruction S2. After the other server receives the test signal and returns a confirmation signal accordingly, the parameter synchronization module 112 then The server that returns the confirmation signal knows the IP addresses of other servers in the same network domain. At this time, the parameter synchronization module 112 sends a second update command S2 to the other servers that have returned the confirmation signal. Based on this, the parameter synchronization module 112 only sends the second update instruction S2 to the BMCs of other servers in the same domain.

In an embodiment, the server 1 and other servers coupled to the server 1 may include the same parameter list. The parameter update module 111 may update the foregoing parameters according to the first update instruction S1 when executing step S01. List, and the parameter update module 111 may also update the aforementioned parameter list according to the third update instruction S3 when executing step S03. The parameter list may include an update record of the board management controller setting parameters, such as the aforementioned update record of the hard disk control setting parameters, an update record of the boot option setting parameters, or an update record of the LAN protocol setting parameters; or, the parameter list also includes It may include the aforementioned update record plus the board management controller setting parameters updated according to the first update instruction S1. Therefore, the second update instruction S2 may include the aforementioned parameter list, and the parameter synchronization module 112 may send the second update instruction S2 including the parameter list to other servers, so that the other servers update their substrate management controllers according to the parameter list. Set parameters and the list of parameters contained in them.

In one embodiment, when the parameter update module 111 fails to update the board management controller setting parameters (steps S01 and S03), the parameter update module 111 may record the aforementioned failure event, for example, write the aforementioned failure event A log file allows the administrator to debug based on recorded failure events.

In an embodiment, in step S03, when the parameter update module 111 receives the second update instruction S2, the parameter update module 111 first determines whether the parameters set by the substrate management controller in the storage unit 12 need to be updated, for example, The parameter update module 111 can compare whether the board management controller setting parameters in the storage unit 12 are the same as the board management controller setting parameters included in the second update instruction S2. If the parameter update module 111 determines that the board management in the storage unit 12 is the same The controller setting parameters need to be updated. The parameter update module 111 starts to update the board management controller setting parameters in the storage unit 12 according to the board management controller setting parameters included in the second update instruction S2, and stores the update record in the aforementioned parameter list. in.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a server cabinet system having the function of automatically synchronizing parameter settings of the same baseboard management controller between different servers according to the present invention. 5 and 6 are schematic diagrams of an embodiment of the server cabinet system of FIG. 4 during operation. Here, FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 use the server cabinet system including four servers as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the number of servers included in the server cabinet system may be more than four. Please refer to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 collectively. The server cabinet system includes a plurality of servers 1, 2, 3, and 4. The plurality of servers 1, 2, 3, 4 are connected to each other. Each of the servers 1, 2, 3, 4 has the same components, that is, the servers 2, 3, 4 and the server 1 have the same components. It is worth mentioning that the servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are connected to each other and are parallel nodes belonging to the same network domain. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 In the cluster consisting of 4, servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are set in parallel, and no master node is set to manage each server in groups. Therefore, servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are all Is a slave node. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 include the same substrate management controllers 11, 21, 31, and 41, and storage units 12, 22, 32, and 42, respectively. The storage units 12, 22, 32, and 42 store the same at least one substrate management controller setting parameter (for convenience of description, the substrate management controller setting parameters of the servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 are hereinafter referred to as first Substrate management controller setting parameters, second substrate management controller setting parameters, third substrate management controller setting parameters, and fourth substrate management controller setting parameters), that is, the first substrate management controller setting parameters, the second substrate management parameter The controller setting parameter, the third substrate management controller setting parameter, and the fourth substrate management controller setting parameter are corresponding to the same substrate management controller setting among the servers 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Based on this, the substrate management controllers 21, 31, and 41 are respectively coupled to the storage units 22, 32, and 42. The substrate management controllers 21, 31, and 41 can respectively set the servers 2 and 3 by setting parameters of the substrate management controller. 4, the board management controller settings. The substrate management controllers 21, 31, and 41 include parameter update modules 211, 311, and 411, parameter synchronization modules 212, 312, and 412, and intelligent platform management interfaces 213, 313, and 413, respectively. The parameter update modules 211, 311, and 411 have the same operation mode as the parameter update module 111, and the parameter synchronization modules 212, 312, and 412 have the same operation mode as the parameter synchronization module 112. For example, the parameter update modules 211, 311, and 411 can execute steps S01, S02, and S03 in FIG. 3, or can record the aforementioned update failure event, or update the parameter list, or send the aforementioned test signal, parameter The synchronization modules 212, 312, and 412 can execute steps S04, S05, and S06 in FIG. The operation modes of the parameter update modules 211, 311, and 411 and the parameter synchronization modules 212, 312, and 412 have been detailed in the foregoing, and are not repeated here.

Therefore, any of the plurality of servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 can receive the update instruction from the user (hereinafter referred to as the first update instruction). Please refer to FIG. 7 in combination, which is based on this A flowchart of an embodiment of a method suitable for automatically synchronizing a server cabinet system including a plurality of servers 1, 2, 3, 4 with a same board management controller setting parameter between different servers, when the server cabinet When any server in the system receives the first update instruction, the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update instruction updates the setting parameters of the substrate management controller of its server according to the first update instruction (step S07), and receives The server of the first update instruction sends another update instruction (hereinafter referred to as the second update instruction) to each other server in the server cabinet system that has not received the first update instruction (step S08). The second update instruction includes the update The subsequent board management controller sets parameters to enable the board management controller of each other server that has not received the first update instruction to update the board of its server according to the second update instruction The management controller sets parameters (step S09), and the baseboard management controller of each other server that has not received the first update instruction does not send an update after updating the baseboard management controller setting parameters of its server according to the second update instruction The board management controller sets parameters (step S10).

For example, if the user changes the setting of the LAN protocol of the baseboard management controller, for example, when the user changes the setting of the LAN protocol of the baseboard management controller of the server 1, as shown in FIG. 5, the parameters The update module 111 updates the LAN protocol setting parameters in the setting parameters of the first baseboard management controller according to the first update instruction S1 from the user (step S07), and the first update instruction S1 triggers the parameter synchronization module 112 sends a second update instruction S2 including the updated LAN protocol setting parameters (step S08). Therefore, the other servers 2, 3, and 4 that have not received the first update instruction S1 receive the second update instruction S2 from the server 1. The substrate management controllers 21, 31, and 41 use their intelligent platform management interfaces 213, 313 and 413 receive the second update instruction S2. The parameter update modules 211, 311, and 411 respectively update the second substrate management controller setting parameters, the third substrate management controller setting parameters, and the fourth substrate management control stored in the storage units 22, 32, and 42 according to the second update instruction S2. The LAN protocol setting parameters in the device setting parameters (step S09), and the parameter update modules 211, 311, and 411 do not set the logic level of the flag signal to the second logic level, having the first logic level. The flag signal does not trigger the parameter synchronization modules 212, 312, and 412 to send an update instruction corresponding to the updated LAN protocol setting parameters to the server 1 (step S10).

After the servers 2, 3, and 4 update the LAN protocol setting parameters in the second substrate management controller setting parameters, the third substrate management controller setting parameters, and the fourth substrate management controller setting parameters according to the second update instruction S2 , Server 2, 3, 4 and server 1 have the same LAN protocol setting parameters and the same LAN protocol settings. For example, the LAN settings of servers 1, 2, 3, and 4 can be changed from a fixed system to a floating system, or from a floating system to a fixed system.

On the other hand, also taking the LAN protocol setting as an example, when the user changes the LAN protocol setting of the baseboard management controller setting of the server 2, as shown in FIG. 6, the baseboard management controller 21 receives One of the users' update instruction S4 (hereinafter referred to as the fourth update instruction S4, and in this embodiment, the first update instruction and the second update instruction in FIG. 7 are the fourth update instruction S4 and the fifth update instruction, respectively S5), the fourth update instruction S4 will trigger the parameter update module 211 to update the LAN protocol setting parameters in the setting parameters of the second substrate management controller (step S07) and set the logic level of the flag signal to the second logic Level (step S02), so that the parameter synchronization module 212 sends a fifth update instruction S5 including the updated LAN protocol setting parameters (step S08). Therefore, the other servers 1, 3, and 4 that have not received the fourth update instruction S4 receive the fifth update instruction S5 from the server 2, and the parameter update modules 111, 311, and 411 update the first according to the fifth update instruction S5, respectively. One LAN management controller setting parameter, the third substrate management controller setting parameter, and the fourth substrate management controller setting parameter in the LAN protocol setting parameter (step S09), and the parameter update modules 111, 311, and 411 are not set The flag signal is the second logic level. The flag signal with the first logic level will not trigger the parameter synchronization module 112, 312, 412 to send an update command corresponding to the updated LAN protocol setting parameters to the server. 2 (step S10). The servers 1, 3, and 4 respectively update the LAN protocol setting parameters in the first substrate management controller setting parameter, the third substrate management controller setting parameter, and the fourth substrate management controller setting parameter according to the fifth update instruction S5. Thereafter, the servers 1, 3, and 4 have the same LAN protocol setting parameters and the same LAN protocol settings.

It is worth noting that, in this case, the baseboard management controllers 11, 21, 31, and 41 implement steps S01 to S10 in FIGS. 2, 3, and 7 by executing a baseboard management controller firmware code.

To sum up, according to an embodiment of the server cabinet system with automatic synchronization substrate management controller setting parameter function and an automatic synchronization method of the present invention, the substrate management controller of any server can change the substrate of the user. The management controller setting parameters are automatically updated to other servers, so that each server in the server system has the same settings. The user only needs to set one server to make each server have the same settings, and the automatic update by the server can reduce the risk of errors caused by the user manually setting each server. Furthermore, each server can automatically update other servers without the need to set up an additional management server, which can reduce hardware costs.

Although this case has been disclosed with examples as above, it is not intended to limit this case. Any person with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make some changes and retouching without departing from the spirit and scope of this case. Therefore, the scope of protection of this case Subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

1‧‧‧Server

11‧‧‧ substrate management controller

111‧‧‧parameter update module

112‧‧‧parameter synchronization module

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211‧‧‧parameter update module

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31‧‧‧ substrate management controller

311‧‧‧parameter update module

312‧‧‧parameter synchronization module

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411‧‧‧parameter update module

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[FIG. 1] It is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a server with the function of automatically synchronizing parameter settings of the same substrate management controller between different servers according to the present invention. [FIG. 2] It is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for setting parameters of the same substrate management controller between different servers, which is automatically adapted to the server according to the present invention. [Fig. 3] Fig. 3 is a flowchart of one embodiment of a method for setting parameters of the same substrate management controller for automatically synchronizing different servers between Fig. 2. [Fig. 4] A schematic diagram of an embodiment of a server cabinet system having the function of automatically synchronizing parameter settings of the same baseboard management controller between different servers according to the present invention. [FIG. 5] It is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the server cabinet system of FIG. 4 during operation. [FIG. 6] It is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the server cabinet system of FIG. 4 during operation. 7 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for automatically synchronizing the same board management controller setting parameters between different servers in a server cabinet system including a plurality of servers according to the present invention.

Claims (10)

A server cabinet system with the function of automatically updating the same baseboard management controller setting parameters between different servers, including: a plurality of servers connected to each other and being parallel nodes belonging to the same network domain, each The server includes: a storage unit including a plurality of substrate management controller setting parameters; and a substrate management controller coupled to the storage unit, the substrate management controller is used to update the substrate management controller setting parameters; wherein, When any one of the servers receives a first update instruction from a user, the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update instruction updates the substrate of its server according to the first update instruction The management controller sets parameters, and the server receiving the first update instruction sends a second update instruction to other servers in the servers that do not receive the first update instruction. The second update instruction includes the updated substrate The management controller sets parameters to enable the baseboard management controllers of other servers that have not received the first update instruction to The second update instruction updates the board management controller setting parameters of its server. The server cabinet system with the function of automatically synchronizing the setting parameters of the same baseboard management controller between different servers as described in claim 1, wherein the baseboard management controller of each of the servers includes : A parameter update module for updating the board management controller setting parameters included in the storage unit; and a parameter synchronization module for determining whether the parameter update module updates the parameters according to the first update instruction The board management controller sets parameters to determine whether to send updated board management controller setting parameters; wherein, when any one of the servers receives the first update instruction, the server receiving the first update instruction The parameter updating module of the substrate management controller of the server updates the setting parameters of the substrate management controller of the server according to the first update instruction, and the parameter synchronization module of the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update instruction judges The parameter update module of the substrate management controller updates the substrate management controller settings of the server according to the first update instruction. Setting the parameter and sending the second update instruction to other servers that did not receive the first update instruction; wherein the parameter update module of the baseboard management controller of the other server that did not receive the first update instruction according to the second update Instructs to update the board management controller setting parameters contained in its server, and the parameter synchronization modules of the board management controllers of other servers that have not received the first update instruction determine that the parameter update module of the board management controller is not based on The first update instruction updates the BMC setting parameters of its server without sending the second update instruction. The server cabinet system with the function of automatically synchronizing the setting parameters of the same substrate management controller between different servers as described in claim 2, wherein the parameter synchronization module of the substrate management controller of each server is a cycle According to whether a flag signal is a preset logic level, it is determined whether the parameter updating module of the substrate management controller updates the substrate management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction. When receiving the first A parameter updating module of the substrate management controller of the server of an update instruction updates the substrate management controller setting parameters of its server according to the first update instruction, and receives the information of the substrate management controller of the server of the first update instruction. The parameter update module sets the flag signal to the preset logic level, so that the parameter synchronization module of the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update instruction sends the second update instruction and receives the first update The parameter synchronization module of the substrate management controller of the instructed server sets the flag signal to be different from that after the second update instruction is sent. The preset logic level is another logic level. The server cabinet system with the function of automatically updating the same substrate management controller setting parameters between different servers as described in claim 3, wherein the parameter update module of the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update signal The group sets the flag signal to the preset logic level according to a source identification bit included in the first update instruction, wherein the parameter synchronization module sets the second update instruction location before sending the second update instruction. The other source identification bit is included, so that the source identification bit of the first update instruction and the other source identification bit of the second update instruction are at different logic levels. The server cabinet system with the function of automatically synchronizing the setting parameters of the same substrate management controller between different servers as described in claim 2, wherein the parameter synchronization module of the substrate management controller of the server receiving the first update instruction The group sends a test signal before sending the second update command, and sends the second update command according to the Internet Protocol address of the other server that did not receive the first update command in response to the test signal. A method for automatically and synchronously updating setting parameters of the same baseboard management controller between different servers, suitable for a server cabinet system including a plurality of servers, and the servers belong to parallel nodes in the same network domain, the method Including: a first substrate management controller of any one of the plurality of servers updates a first substrate management controller setting parameter of its server according to a first update instruction from a user; the first substrate The management controller sends a second update instruction to the other servers of the servers that did not receive the first update instruction, the second update instruction includes the first substrate management controller setting parameters after the update; and does not receive the A second substrate management controller of the other server of the first update instruction updates a second substrate management controller setting parameter of its server according to the updated setting parameter of the first substrate management controller. The method for automatically and synchronously updating the same substrate management controller setting parameter between different servers as described in claim 6, further comprising: updating the server's second substrate management controller setting on the second substrate management controller. After the parameters, the second substrate management controller does not send the updated parameters of the second substrate management controller; wherein the first substrate management controller includes a first parameter update module and a first parameter synchronization module, The first parameter synchronization module is used to determine whether the first parameter update module updates any server management controller setting parameter of its server according to the first update instruction from the user to determine whether to send an updated The setting parameter of any one of the substrate management controllers, and in the step of updating the setting parameter of the first substrate management controller by the first substrate management controller, the first substrate management controller is based on the first parameter update module according to the The first update instruction updates the setting parameters of the first substrate management controller, and when the first parameter update module updates the first update instruction according to the first update instruction, When a baseboard management controller sets parameters, in the step of the first baseboard management controller sending the second update instruction, the first baseboard management controller determines the first parameter update via the first parameter synchronization module. The module sends the second update instruction according to the first update instruction from the user to update the setting parameters of the first substrate management controller; wherein the second substrate management controller includes a second parameter update module and A second parameter synchronization module, which is used to determine whether the second parameter update module updates any substrate management controller setting of its server according to the first update instruction from the user Parameters to determine whether to send the updated setting parameters of any of the substrate management controllers. In the step of updating the setting parameters of the second substrate management controller by the second substrate management controller, the second substrate management controller passes the The second parameter update module updates the setting parameters of the second substrate management controller according to the second update instruction. When the two update instructions update the setting parameters of the second substrate management controller, in a step in which the second substrate management controller does not send the updated setting parameters of the second substrate management controller, the second substrate management controller passes the The second parameter synchronization module determines that the second parameter update module does not update the second substrate management controller setting parameters according to the first update instruction from the user without sending the updated second substrate management control. Setting parameters. The method for automatically updating the same substrate management controller setting parameters between different servers as described in claim 7, wherein in the step of the first substrate management controller sending the second update instruction, the first parameter The synchronization module periodically determines whether a flag signal is a preset logic level and determines that the first parameter update module updates the first substrate management controller setting parameter according to the first update instruction, wherein the automatic The method for synchronously updating the same substrate management controller setting parameters between different servers further includes: the first parameter update module setting the flag signal to the preset logic bit after updating the first substrate management controller setting parameters And the first parameter synchronization module sets the flag signal to another preset logic level after sending the second update instruction. The method for automatically and synchronously updating the same board management controller setting parameter between different servers as described in claim 8, wherein the first parameter update module sets the flag signal to the preset logic level in the step, The first parameter update module sets the flag signal to the preset logic level according to a source identification bit included in the first update instruction. The automatic synchronization update method further includes: the first parameter synchronization mode. The group further sets another source identification bit included in the second update instruction before sending the second update instruction, so that the other source identification bit of the second update instruction and the source identification of the first update instruction The bits have different logical levels. The method for automatically and synchronously updating the same substrate management controller setting parameters between different servers as described in claim 7, wherein the step of the first substrate management controller sending the second update instruction includes: the first parameter synchronization mode The group sends a test signal before sending the second update command; and the first parameter synchronization module sends the second signal according to the Internet protocol address of the other server that did not receive the first update command in response to the test signal. Update instructions.