TWI766572B - Monitoring management system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A monitoring management system comprising a cloud serving device; an out-of-band (OOB) module; a solid-state drive (SSD) module, for receiving first information of the OOB module and storing the first information; and an electronic device comprising a software agent, for obtaining the first information and second information of the SSD module from the SSD module, and transmit the first information, the second information and third information of the electronic device to the cloud serving device for the cloud serving device to establish a link relation between the OOB module and the electronic device according to the first information and the third information.

Description

Monitoring and management system and method

The present invention relates to a monitoring and management system and method, in particular to a monitoring and management system and method for processing cloud data.

In the monitoring and management system, the system management control triggered by the cloud can be divided into in-band (in-band) control and out-of-band (OOB) control. In terms of out-of-band control, a cloud server device (eg, a cloud portal) establishes a connection with the electronic device and the out-of-band module, respectively. Next, the monitoring and management system integrates data through the cloud backend system to establish a data link between the electronic device and the out-of-band module. However, this way of establishing data link increases the complexity of data processing in the monitoring and management system. In addition, if the number of electronic devices has a certain scale, the cloud server device needs to spend more time establishing connections with different out-of-band modules, resulting in a decrease in the efficiency of the monitoring and management system.

The present invention provides a monitoring and management system and method to solve the above problems.

The present invention discloses a monitoring and management system, comprising a cloud server device; an out-of-band (OOB) module; and a solid-state drive (SSD) module for receiving the out-of-band (OOB) module a first information of the module and storing the first information; and an electronic device including a software agent for obtaining the first information and the information of the solid-state hard disk module from the solid-state hard disk module a second information, and sending the first information, the second information and a third information of the electronic device to the cloud server device, and the cloud server device establishes the frequency according to the first information and the third information A connection relationship between the outer module and the electronic device.

The present invention further discloses a method for processing cloud data, which is used in a monitoring and management system. The method includes: a solid-state hard disk module receives a first information of the out-of-band module from an out-of-band module for storing the first information; a software agent of an electronic device obtains the first information and a second information of the solid-state hard disk module from the solid-state hard disk module; and after obtaining the first information and the second information , when the electronic device establishes a connection with a cloud server device, the electronic device transmits the first information, the second information and a third information of the electronic device to the cloud server device for the cloud server device according to The first information and the third information establish a connection relationship between the out-of-band module and the electronic device.

Certain terms are used in the specification and subsequent claims to refer to particular elements. It should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that hardware manufacturers may use different nouns to refer to the same element. The scope of this specification and subsequent applications does not take the difference in name as a way to distinguish elements, but takes the difference in function of the elements as a criterion for distinguishing. The reference to "including" throughout the specification and subsequent claims is an open-ended term and should be interpreted as "including but not limited to". Additionally, the term "coupled" as used herein includes any direct and indirect means of electrical connection. Therefore, if it is stated in the text that a first device is coupled to a second device, it means that the first device can be directly electrically connected to the second device, or indirectly electrically connected to the second device through other devices or connecting means device.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a monitoring and management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The monitoring and management system 10 includes a cloud server device 100 , an out-of-band module 110 , a solid-state drive (SSD) module 120 and an electronic device 130 . The electronic device 130 includes a software agent 132 . Specifically, the solid-state hard disk module 120 receives the first information of the out-of-band module 110 and stores the first information. The electronic device 130 obtains the first information and the second information of the solid-state hard disk module 120 from the solid-state hard disk module 120 . After obtaining the first information and the second information, the electronic device 130 transmits the first information, the second information and the third information of the electronic device 130 to the cloud server 100 for the cloud server 100 to use the first information and the third information , to establish a connection relationship between the out-of-band module 110 and the electronic device 130 .

According to the foregoing description, the present invention provides a monitoring and management system for processing data connection and data integration between an electronic device and an out-of-band module. According to the received first information of the out-of-band module and the third information of the electronic device, the cloud server device can establish a connection relationship between the out-of-band module and the electronic device without data integration through an additional cloud backend system . Therefore, the complexity of data processing in the monitoring management system can be reduced. In a situation where the number of electronic devices has a certain scale, the present invention can also save the time for establishing a connection between the cloud server device and different out-of-band modules, and further improve the efficiency of the monitoring and management system.

It should be noted that the monitoring and management system 10 can be applied to a cloud system having a plurality of electronic devices and/or a plurality of out-of-band modules, but is not limited thereto. That is to say, the cloud server device 100 can be connected to a plurality of electronic devices at the same time. In addition, the electronic device may be a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, an e-book, a portable computer system or any device using a cloud system, but not limited thereto.

In one embodiment, the out-of-band module 110 is coupled to the solid-state hard disk module 120 . In one embodiment, the out-of-band module 110 is included in the solid state drive module 120 . That is to say, according to different design requirements, the solid-state hard disk module 120 can have the function of the out-of-band module 110 , and the out-of-band module 110 can be installed in the solid-state hard disk module 120 . In one embodiment, the out-of-band module 110 and the solid-state hard disk module 120 are coupled to the electronic device 130 . In one embodiment, at least one of the out-of-band module 110 and the solid state drive module 120 is included in the electronic device 130 . That is, according to different design requirements, at least one of the out-of-band module 110 and the solid-state hard disk module 120 can be installed in the electronic device 130 .

In one embodiment, if the electronic device 130 does not transmit any packets to the cloud server device 100 for a period of time, the cloud server device 100 will send an out-of-band signal to the out-of-band module 110 to control the electronic device 130 or the solid-state hardware. Disc module 120 . In one embodiment, if the electronic device 130 does not send a report (eg, a periodic report) to the cloud server device 100 within a predetermined time, the cloud server device 100 will send an out-of-band signal to the out-of-band module 110 to Control the electronic device 130 or the solid state hard disk module 120 . In one embodiment, if the electronic device 130 does not respond to a calling program (eg, ping) sent by the cloud server device 100, the cloud server device 100 will send an out-of-band signal to the out-of-band module 110 to control the electronic device 130 or The solid state hard disk module 120 . That is to say, if the electronic device 130 has a problem or abnormality, the cloud server device 100 can actively or passively transmit the out-of-band signal to the out-of-band module 110 to transmit the out-of-band signal to the electronic device corresponding to the out-of-band module 110 130 , or the out-of-band module 110 controls the electronic device 130 or the solid-state hard disk module 120 . In one embodiment, the out-of-band signal sent by the cloud server 100 to the out-of-band module 110 may include second information, and according to the second information, the out-of-band module 110 controls the solid-state hard disk module 120 . That is, according to the received second information, the out-of-band module 110 can control the solid-state hard disk module 120 to perform subsequent operations.

In one embodiment, when the electronic device 130 is activated (eg, powered on), the electronic device 130 obtains (eg, accesses/reads) the first information and the second information from the solid-state hard disk module 120 . In one embodiment, when the electronic device 130 establishes a connection with the cloud server device 100 , the electronic device 130 transmits the first information, the second information and the third information to the cloud server device 100 . That is to say, when the connection between the cloud server device 100 and the electronic device 130 is established, the cloud server device 100 can establish the connection relationship between the out-of-band module 110 and the electronic device 130 according to the received first information and the third information. .

In one embodiment, the software agent 132 of the electronic device 130 obtains the first information and the second information from the solid-state hard disk module 120 according to a software component. That is to say, the software agent 132 simultaneously obtains (eg, accesses/reads) the first information and The second information of the solid state hard disk module 120 . In one embodiment, the software component may be a plug-in. In one embodiment, the software element may be a basic input/output system (BIOS). In one embodiment, the software element may be a software application.

In one embodiment, the solid-state drive module 120 receives the first information from the out-of-band module 110 through an interface. In one embodiment, the interface in the above embodiment may be an integrated circuit bus (Inter-Integrated Circuit(s), I2C(s)), but not limited thereto. In one embodiment, the interface in the above-mentioned embodiment may be a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART), but is not limited thereto.

In one embodiment, the first information includes a medium access control (MAC) address of the out-of-band module 110 . In one embodiment, the first information includes a serial number (S/N) of the out-of-band module 110 . That is, the out-of-band module 110 may have an independent network interface controller (NIC). In one embodiment, the first information is unique. That is, the first information can be used by the cloud server 100 to identify the out-of-band module 110 . In one embodiment, the second information includes a MAC address of the solid state drive module 120 . That is, the solid-state hard disk module 120 may have an independent network interface controller.

In one embodiment, the cloud server device 100 is connected to the electronic device 130 through a wired network. In one embodiment, the cloud server device 100 is connected to the electronic device 130 through a wireless network. In one embodiment, the cloud server device 100 is connected to the out-of-band module 110 through a wired network. In one embodiment, the cloud server device 100 is connected to the out-of-band module 110 through a wireless network.

The operation of the monitoring and management system 10 in the above-mentioned embodiment can be summarized as a process 20 , as shown in FIG. 2 . The process 20 is used in the monitoring management system 10 and includes the following steps:

Step 200: Start.

Step 202: A solid state hard disk module receives a first information of the out-of-band module from an out-of-band module to store the first information.

Step 204: A software agent of an electronic device obtains the first information and a second information of the solid-state hard disk module from the solid-state hard disk module.

Step 206: After obtaining the first information and the second information, when the electronic device establishes a connection with a cloud server, the electronic device transmits the first information, the second information and a first information of the electronic device. The third information is sent to the cloud server device, so that the cloud server device can establish a connection relationship between the out-of-band module and the electronic device according to the first information and the third information.

Step 208: End.

In summary, the present invention provides a monitoring and management system and method for processing data connection and data integration between an electronic device and an out-of-band module. By binding the out-of-band module and the solid-state hard disk module in advance, the electronic device can obtain the information of the out-of-band module and the solid-state hard disk module from the solid-state hard disk module at the same time. Therefore, the complexity of data processing in the monitoring management system can be reduced. In addition, when the number of electronic devices has a certain scale, the present invention can save the time for establishing the connection between the monitoring and management system and different out-of-band modules, and further improve the efficiency of the monitoring and management system. The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

10: Monitoring management system 100: Cloud server device 110: Out-of-band module 120: Solid State Drive Module 130: Electronic Devices 132: Software Agent 20: Process 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210: Steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a monitoring and management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

10: Monitoring management system

100: Cloud server device

110: Out-of-band module

120: Solid State Drive Module

130: Electronic Devices

132: Software Agent

Claims (9)

A monitoring and management system, comprising: a cloud server; One frequency out-of-band module; a solid state hard disk module for receiving a first information of the out-of-band module and storing the first information; and An electronic device including a software agent for obtaining the first information and a second information of the solid-state hard disk module from the solid-state hard disk module, and transmitting the first information, the second information and the electronic A third information of the device is sent to the cloud server device, and the cloud server device establishes a connection relationship between the out-of-band module and the electronic device according to the first information and the third information. The monitoring and management system of claim 1, wherein the out-of-band module is coupled to the solid-state hard disk module, or the out-of-band module is included in the solid-state hard disk module. The monitoring and management system of claim 1, wherein the out-of-band module and the solid-state hard disk module are coupled to the electronic device, or at least one of the out-of-band module and the solid-state hard disk module is included in the electronic device. The monitoring and management system of claim 1, wherein if the electronic device does not send a report to the cloud server within a predetermined time, or if the electronic device does not respond to a call program sent by the cloud server, the cloud The servo device transmits an out-of-band signal to the out-of-band module to control the electronic device or the solid-state hard disk module. The monitoring and management system of claim 4, wherein the out-of-band signal includes the second information, and the out-of-band module controls the solid-state hard disk module according to the second information. The monitoring and management system of claim 1, wherein according to a software component, the software agent of the electronic device obtains the first information and the second information from the solid-state hard disk module. The monitoring and management system according to claim 1, wherein the solid-state hard disk module receives the first information from the out-of-band module through an interface, and the interface is an integrated circuit bus (Inter-Integrated Circuit (Inter-Integrated Circuit). s), I2C(s)) or a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART). The monitoring and management system of claim 1, wherein the first information includes a medium access control (MAC) address of the out-of-band module or a serial number of the out-of-band module number, S/N). A method for processing cloud data, used in a monitoring and management system, the method includes: A solid state hard disk module receives a first information of the out-of-band module from an out-of-band module to store the first information; A software agent of an electronic device obtains the first information and a second information of the solid-state hard disk module from the solid-state hard disk module; and After obtaining the first information and the second information, when the electronic device establishes a connection with a cloud server, the electronic device transmits the first information, the second information and a third information of the electronic device to The cloud server device is used for the cloud server device to establish a connection relationship between the out-of-band module and the electronic device according to the first information and the third information.

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