WO2016062050A1

WO2016062050A1 - Method, device and system for micro-module management

Info

Publication number: WO2016062050A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/077325
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈韵霞; 罗天柱; 曾荣坤; 翁建刚
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-10-24
Filing date: 2015-04-23
Publication date: 2016-04-28
Also published as: CN105528667A

Abstract

A method, a device and a system for micro-module are provided by the present invention. The method for micro-module management includes: acquiring micro-module management information; according to the management information, managing the micro-module and/or managing the micro-module through a center management device. By the present invention, the micro-module management information is acquired; and according to the management information, the micro-module is managed and/or the micro-module is managed through the center management device. The field operation in the micro-module data center can be implemented when the micro-module in the micro-module data center is managed, so that the convenience for managing the micro-module data center is improved.

Description

Method, device and system for micro module management

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of micro-module data center management systems, and in particular, to a micro-module management method, device and system.

Background technique

The micro-module data center integrates the rack, air conditioning, fire protection, wiring, power distribution, monitoring, lighting and other systems of the traditional equipment room into an integrated product, which fully utilizes the advantages of modular design and enables rapid and flexible deployment of the system. . Improve the overall efficiency of the data center, achieve lower PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) value, reduce operating costs, energy saving and environmental protection.

At present, the related technologies of the micro-module data center are mainly embodied in the construction level. The micro-modules of the general micro-module data center mainly include the power supply system, the refrigeration system, the cabinet system, the channel closure, the fire protection system, the dynamic ring monitoring system, etc., in addition to the above-mentioned equipment, There are also many micro-modules that contain servers, storage, networking, and more.

However, in the related related art, after the micro-module is completed and the device is deployed, the management of the micro-module is still managed according to the traditional equipment room. That is, the central management system or device that manages the micro-modules of the micro-module data center is in the management room, and the management room is generally far away from the micro-module data center, and cannot be deployed in the micro-module data center site, which leads to Sometimes it is necessary to implement the management operations such as adding, deleting, and daily operation and maintenance of the micro-module in the micro-module data center. It can only be realized in the management room through the central management system or device, which greatly reduces the convenience of the management work.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the problem that the system or device of the traditional micro-module management is far away from the micro-module data center and the management convenience is low, the embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and a system for managing the micro-module to solve at least the above problems.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a micro-module management method includes: acquiring micro-module management information; managing the micro-module according to the management information, and/or performing the micro-module through a central management apparatus; management.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the managing, by the central management device, the micromodule according to the management information, comprising: sending the management information to the central management device; receiving the central management device Management instructions; managing the micro-module according to the management instruction, wherein the management instruction is generated according to the management information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring micro-module management information includes at least one of: acquiring physical device asset information in the micro-module; acquiring power status and environmental condition information of the micro-module; and acquiring the micro-module Information about the device in the micro-module; acquiring the device resource information in the micro-module; acquiring the association relationship between the devices in the micro-module and the association relationship information between the micro-modules.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the managing the micro module and/or managing the micro module by using a central management device, the method further includes: sending the management result to the central management device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a micro-module management apparatus is provided, including: an obtaining unit configured to acquire micro-module management information; and a first processing unit configured to manage the micro-module according to the management information; The second processing unit is configured to manage the micromodule by the central management device according to the management information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second processing unit includes: a sending subunit, configured to send the management information to the central management device; and a receiving subunit, configured to receive a management instruction of the central management device An execution subunit configured to manage the micromodule according to the management instruction, wherein the management instruction is generated according to the management information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring unit includes at least one of the following: a device asset sub-unit, configured to acquire physical device asset information in the micro-module; and a dynamic ring sub-unit configured to acquire the micro-module a power status and environment status information; an IT subunit configured to acquire IT device information in the micromodule; a device resource subunit configured to acquire device resource information in the micro module; and configuring a subunit to be set to acquire The relationship between the devices in the micromodule and the relationship between the micromodules.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second processing subunit includes: a feedback subunit, configured to send the management result to the central management apparatus.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a micro-module management system is provided, comprising: a central management device configured to manage all micro-modules of a micro-module data center; and a micro-module management device configured to acquire micro-module management information, The micromodule is managed according to the management information and/or the micromodule is managed by a central management device.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the micro-module management information is acquired; the micro-module is managed according to the management information, and/or the micro-module is managed by the central management device. Making micro in the micro-module data center When the module is managed, it can be operated in the micro-module data center, which improves the convenience of micro-module data center management.

DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the embodiments of the invention Improper limitations. In the drawing:

1 is a flow chart 1 of a micro-module management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a second flowchart of a micro-module management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram 1 of a micro-module management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram 2 of a micro-module management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a micro-module management system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

detailed description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a micro-module management method. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a micro-module management according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps:

S101. Acquire micromodule management information.

S103. Manage the above micro module and/or manage the micro module through a central management device.

Through the embodiment of the present invention, the micro-module management information is acquired; the micro-module is managed according to the management information and/or the micro-module is managed by the central management device. When the micro-module of the micro-module data center is managed, the operation in the micro-module data center can be realized, and the convenience of the micro-module data center management is improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after acquiring the micro-module management information, the micro-module is managed by the central management device. FIG. 2 is a second flowchart of a micro-module management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps:

S301. The micromodule management device acquires management information of the micromodule.

S303. The micromodule management device sends the foregoing management information to the central management device.

S305. The central management device generates a corresponding management operation instruction according to the management information, and sends the corresponding management operation instruction to the micromodule management device.

S307. The micromodule management device receives the foregoing management operation instruction.

S309. The micromodule management device performs a corresponding management operation on the micromodule according to the foregoing management operation instruction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, acquiring management information of the micro module includes: acquiring physical device asset information in the micro module. The above physical equipment assets include infrastructure and IT equipment, wherein the infrastructure includes power distribution cabinets, air conditioners, PDUs (Power Distribution Units), cabinets, structural components, monitoring equipment, etc.; IT equipment includes servers, storage, and networks. Equipment, etc. In the embodiment of the present invention, the physical device asset may be directly managed according to the information of the physical device asset, or the physical device asset may be managed by the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods can include: adding, modifying, querying and deleting devices, and creating, deleting, modifying, importing and exporting asset models. The device can be added by means of automatic discovery and manual addition. After the addition is completed, the embodiment of the present invention can also maintain related information such as the asset number, name, type, manufacturer, model, usage status, and running status of the added device. The object to be applied to the asset model is to create an asset model for multiple micro-modules with the same assets, and import the asset model into each micro-module, reducing the workload of re-configuration and reducing the chance of errors.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring the management information of the micro-module includes: acquiring the dynamic ring monitoring information in the micro-module, where the dynamic monitoring information includes: the dynamic status information and the environmental information, such as the air-conditioning status information, and the power distribution status. Information, fire information, security information, etc. In the embodiment of the present invention, the dynamic ring monitoring device can be directly managed according to the dynamic ring monitoring information, and the dynamic ring monitoring device can be managed by the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods can include: device management, data collection, data processing, data display, and report management. Among them, device management refers to adding devices that remove monitoring. Data collection refers to obtaining the status or data of each smart device or sensor. Data processing refers to processing data according to a set threshold, and feeding back monitoring data normal and alarm. The data display is a display of the monitored data in a list or graphical manner.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring the management information of the micro-module includes: acquiring the IT device information in the micro-module, where the IT device specifically includes: a server, a storage, a network device, an operating system, an application software, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, the IT device can be directly managed according to the IT device information, or the IT device can be managed by the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods can include: device monitoring management, alarm management, report management, topology management, and device configuration management. Device monitoring management refers to information about the collection device, such as device performance and port performance. Alarm management is to perform timely alarm notifications, alarm queries, and so on. Topology management means that the monitoring node displays according to the topology relationship and obtains the relationship between the monitoring nodes from the configuration management module. System, and then generate a topology map. Device configuration management refers to managing servers and storage devices through IMPI (IP Multimedia Private Identity).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring the management information of the micro-module includes: acquiring the device resource information in the micro-module, where the device resource specifically includes: a physical server resource, a storage device resource, a network device resource, an IP resource, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, the device resource of the micro module may be directly managed according to the device resource information, or the device resource of the micro module may be managed by the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods may include: resource collection and resource reporting. Resource collection refers to manually or automatically obtaining data and saving the resources to the micro-module resource pool. The resource report is to all the resource information reported by the central management device to the micro module. The methods that need to be managed by the central management device include: allocating resources, configuring resources, and reclaiming resources. Allocating resources is to allocate device resources according to the allocation instructions of the central management device. Configuring resources refers to configuring resources according to configuration instructions of the central management device. Recycling resources are based on recycling instructions from the central management unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, acquiring management information of the micromodule includes: acquiring an association relationship between devices in the micromodule and association relationship information between the micromodules. The relationship between the foregoing devices includes the relationship between the IT devices in the micro-module, the relationship between the infrastructure, and the relationship between the IT device and the infrastructure. The association relationship may include the physical deployment relationship of the device, and the strength and weakness. Electrical connection relationship, etc. The relationship between the above-mentioned micro-modules mainly refers to the association relationship between the micro-modules in the same service when the service is configured. In the embodiment of the present invention, the internal configuration of the micromodule and the configuration between the micromodules may be directly managed according to the association information, or the internal configuration of the micromodule and the configuration between the micromodules may be managed by the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods may include: creating, deleting, modifying, and creating, deleting, modifying, importing, and exporting configuration models. The above configuration model is mainly applied to a plurality of micro-modules configured with the same configuration, and a configuration model is created, and the above configuration model can be imported into each micro-module, thereby reducing the workload of repeated configuration and reducing the probability of errors.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the micro-module management operation is performed according to the acquired micro-module management information, the method further includes: sending the management result to the central management device. After the micro-module is managed by the central management device, the method further includes: transmitting the management result to the central management device.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a micro-module management device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a micro-module management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the device may include an obtaining unit 501 and a first processing unit 503. And a second processing unit 505. The obtaining unit 501 is configured to acquire micro-module management information; the first processing unit 503 is configured to directly manage the corresponding micro-module according to the management information; and the second processing unit 505 is configured to pass the central management device according to the management information. Manage the corresponding micromodules.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit 501 acquires the micro-module management information; the first processing unit 503 directly manages the corresponding micro-module according to the management information; and the second processing unit 505, according to the management information, the corresponding micro-control device according to the management information The module is managed. When the micro-module of the micro-module data center is managed, the operation in the micro-module data center can be realized, and the convenience of the micro-module data center management is improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second processing unit 505 further includes: a sending subunit, a receiving subunit, and an executing subunit. 4 is a block diagram 2 of a micro-module management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the obtaining unit 501 acquires management information of the micro-module, and the transmitting sub-unit in the second processing unit 505 sends the management information to the center. The management device, the central management device generates a corresponding management operation instruction according to the management information and sends the corresponding management operation instruction to the second processing unit 505, and the receiving subunit in the second processing unit 505 receives the management operation instruction sent by the central management device, and the execution subunit is according to the above The management operation instruction performs corresponding management operations on the micro module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the obtaining unit 501 further includes: a device asset subunit, configured to acquire physical device asset information in the micro module. The above physical equipment assets include infrastructure and IT equipment, wherein the infrastructure includes power distribution cabinets, air conditioners, PDUs, cabinets, structural parts, monitoring equipment, etc.; IT equipment includes servers, storage, network equipment, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, the physical device asset may be directly managed by the first processing unit 503 according to the information of the physical device asset, or the second processing unit 505 may manage the physical device asset through the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods can include: adding, modifying, querying and deleting devices, and creating, deleting, modifying, importing and exporting asset models. The device addition may be performed by the automatic discovery and the manual addition. After the addition is completed, the first processing unit 503 and/or the second processing unit 505 may further maintain the asset number, name, and type of the added device. Information about the manufacturer, model, usage status, and operating status. The above-mentioned asset model is mainly applied to multiple micro-modules with the same assets, creating an asset model, and importing the asset model in each micro-module, reducing the workload of repeated configuration and reducing the probability of errors.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the acquiring unit 501 further includes: a moving ring sub-unit, configured to acquire dynamic ring monitoring information in the micro-module, where the dynamic ring monitoring information specifically includes: dynamic status information and Environmental information such as air conditioning status information, power distribution status information, fire protection information, security information, etc. In the embodiment of the present invention, the dynamic processing device can be directly managed by the first processing unit 503 according to the dynamic ring monitoring information, or the dynamic processing device can be managed by the second processing unit 505 through the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods can include: device management, data collection, data processing, data display, and report management. Among them, device management refers to adding devices that remove monitoring. Data collection refers to obtaining the status or data of each smart device or sensor. Data processing refers to processing data according to a set threshold, and feeding back monitoring data normal and alarm. The data display is a display of the monitored data in a list or graphical manner.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the obtaining unit 501 further includes: an IT sub-unit, configured to acquire IT device information in the micro-module, where the IT device specifically includes: a server, a storage, a network device, and an operation. Systems, application software, etc. In the embodiment of the present invention, the IT device may be directly managed by the first processing unit 503 according to the IT device information, or the IT device may be managed by the second processing unit 505 through the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods can include: device monitoring management, alarm management, report management, topology management, and device configuration management. Device monitoring management refers to collecting device related information, such as device performance and port performance. Alarm management is to perform timely alarm notifications, alarm queries, and so on. Topology management means that the monitoring node displays the relationship according to the topology relationship, obtains the relationship between the monitoring nodes from the configuration management module, and then generates a topology map. Device configuration management refers to managing servers and storage devices through IMPI.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the acquiring unit 501 further includes: a device resource sub-unit, configured to acquire device resource information in the micro-module, where the device resource specifically includes: a physical server resource and a storage device resource. , network device resources, IP resources, and so on. In the embodiment of the present invention, the device resource of the micro module may be directly managed by the first processing unit 503 according to the device resource information, or the device resource of the micro module may be managed by the second processing unit 505 through the central management device. The management methods of the above two methods may include: resource collection and resource reporting. Resource collection refers to manually or automatically obtaining data and saving the resources to the micro-module resource pool. The resource report is to all the resource information reported by the central management device to the micro module. The manners that need to be managed by the second processing unit 505 through the central management device include: allocating resources, configuring resources, and reclaiming resources. Allocating resources means that the second processing unit 505 allocates device resources according to the allocation instruction of the central management device. Configuring resources means that the second processing unit 505 configures resources according to configuration instructions of the central management device. Recycling resources means that the second processing unit 505 performs a recovery operation on the corresponding resources according to the recycling instruction of the central management device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the obtaining unit 501 further includes: a configuration subunit configured to acquire an association relationship between devices in the micromodule and association relationship information between the micromodules. The relationship between the foregoing devices includes the relationship between the IT devices in the micro-module, the relationship between the infrastructure, and the relationship between the IT device and the infrastructure. The association relationship may include the physical deployment relationship of the device, and the strength and weakness. Electrical connection relationship, etc. The relationship between the above-mentioned micro-modules mainly refers to the association relationship between the micro-modules in the same service when the service is configured. In the embodiment of the present invention, the internal processing of the micromodule and the configuration between the micromodules may be directly managed by the first processing unit 503 according to the association relationship information, or may be managed by the second processing unit 505 through the central management device. The configuration between the internal configuration and the micromodule is managed. The management methods of the above two methods may include: creating, deleting, modifying, and creating, deleting, modifying, importing, and exporting configuration models. The above configuration model is mainly applied to a plurality of micro-modules configured with the same configuration, and a configuration model is created, and the above configuration model can be imported into each micro-module, thereby reducing the workload of repeated configuration and reducing the probability of errors.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the second processing unit 505 further includes a feedback subunit configured to transmit the management result to the central management device. After the second processing unit 505 performs the management operation on the micro module by the central management device, the feedback subunit transmits the management result to the central management device.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a micro-module management system. FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a micro-module management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the system includes: a central management device and a micro-module management device. The present example shown in FIG. 5 also illustrates the deployment relationship between the central management device, the micro-module management device, and the micro-module data center in a typical application scenario. The micro-module data center has N (N ≥ 1 and N is an integer) micro-modules, and correspondingly, a micro-module management device is deployed on each micro-module, and is set to acquire management information of the corresponding micro-module and according to the acquired management information. Manage the corresponding micromodules. All the micro-module management devices can perform management operations on the corresponding micro-modules through the central management device after acquiring the management information of the corresponding micro-modules. Among them, the central management device has the authority to manage all the micro modules.

Through the embodiment of the present invention, the micromodule management device acquires the micromodule management information, manages the micromodule according to the management information, and/or manages the micromodule through the central management device. When the micro-module of the micro-module data center is managed, the operation in the micro-module data center can be realized, and the convenience of the micro-module data center management is improved.

The above system of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to examples.

Example one

This embodiment illustrates the workflow of the above management system in the process of implementing the function of adding a micro-module in the micro-module data center. The central management device adds the functions to the central management device according to the IP address of the micromodule management device through the micromodule addition function. After the addition is complete, edit the information about the micro-module, including the asset number identifier of the micro-module, the IP address segment of the micro-module, and the specific location of the micro-module. Then, the configuration information of the micro-module is edited, such as power distribution, air-conditioning, fire protection, and the like related to the micro-module, and is saved in the configuration management unit of the central management device. Micro-module addition mainly includes asset addition and resource addition. Asset addition is to obtain all the assets in the micro-module, and add the module number before the asset number to form the new number of the asset. Resource addition means that the server, storage, and network devices are automatically added to the resource pool with the IP address as the ID, and are managed by the resource pool management unit of the central management device. After the micro-module is successfully added, the monitoring center unit of the central management device can display the running status of the infrastructure and the IT equipment in the micro-module, and the dynamic ring sub-unit and the IT sub-unit of the micro-module management device automatically send the alarm management unit to the central management device. Report the police information.

Example two

This embodiment illustrates the workflow of the above management system in the process of implementing the function of deleting the micro-module in the micro-module data center. When the micro-module is deleted, the resource configuration related to the micro-module must be cleared by the central management device or the micro-module management device, and the relationship between the micro-module and each micro-module is cleared to delete the micro-module. Micro-module deletion mainly includes asset deletion and resource deletion. After the micro-module is deleted, the assets of the micro-module are deleted from the central management device, and the server, storage, and network device of the micro-module automatically delete the micro-module from the resource pool.

Example three

This embodiment illustrates the workflow of the above management system in the process of implementing the function of creating a virtual machine in the micromodule data center. The central management device delivers the command for allocating resources to the relevant micro-module management device, and the micro-module management device performs resource allocation according to the above instruction. After the allocation is completed, the central management device sends the resource configuration command to the corresponding micro-module management device, and the micro-module management device performs resource configuration according to the above instruction. After the creation is completed, the micro-module management device sends the related relationship of the virtual machine to the configuration management unit of the central management device, and the central management device sends the association relationship of the micro-module to which the physical device belongs in the virtual machine to the micro-module. A configuration subunit in the micromodule management device.

Example four

This embodiment describes the workflow of the above management system in the process of implementing the function of deleting a virtual machine in a micromodule data center. The central management device transmits the resource recovery instruction to the related micro-module management device, and the micro-module management device performs resource recovery according to the above instruction. After the virtual machine is deleted, the configuration management unit of the central management device deletes the association relationship of the virtual machine, and deletes the relationship of the micro-module to which the physical device belongs. Finally, the micro-module management device deletes the association relationship of the relevant micro-module.

Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above units or steps of the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a general computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed in multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from The steps shown or described are performed sequentially, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of units or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

Through the above embodiments and the preferred embodiments, when the micro-modules of the micro-module data center are managed, the operation in the micro-module data center can be realized, and the convenience of the micro-module data center management is improved.

Claims

A micro-module management method includes:

Obtain micro-module management information;

The micromodule is managed and/or managed by the central management device according to the management information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the managing the micro-module by the central management device according to the management information comprises:

Transmitting the management information to the central management device;

Receiving a management instruction of the central management device;

The micromodule is managed according to the management instruction, wherein the management instruction is generated according to the management information.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acquiring micromodule management information comprises at least one of the following:

Obtaining physical device asset information in the micro module;

Obtaining information about the power status and environmental status of the micro module;

Obtaining IT equipment information in the micro module;

Obtaining device resource information in the micro module;

Obtaining an association relationship between devices in the micromodule and association relationship information between the micromodules.
The method of claim 3, wherein after the managing the micro-module and/or managing the micro-module through a central management device, the method further comprises:

The management result is sent to the central management device.
A micro-module management device includes:

Obtaining a unit, configured to acquire micromodule management information;

a first processing unit, configured to manage the micro module according to the management information;

The second processing unit is configured to manage the micromodule by the central management device according to the management information.
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second processing unit comprises:

a sending subunit, configured to send the management information to the central management device;

Receiving a subunit, configured to receive a management instruction of the central management device;

The execution subunit is configured to manage the micromodule according to the management instruction, wherein the management instruction is generated according to the management information.
The apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the acquisition unit comprises at least one of the following:

a device asset subunit, configured to obtain physical device asset information in the micromodule;

a dynamic ring subunit, configured to acquire information about a power condition and an environmental condition of the micro module;

An IT subunit, configured to acquire IT equipment information in the micro module;

a device resource subunit, configured to acquire device resource information in the micromodule;

The configuration subunit is configured to acquire an association relationship between devices in the micromodule and association relationship information between the micromodules.
The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the second processing unit comprises:

A feedback subunit is arranged to send the management result to the central management device.
A micro-module management system comprising:

a central management device configured to manage all micro-modules of the micro-module data center;

The micro-module management device is configured to acquire micro-module management information, manage the micro-module according to the management information, and/or manage the micro-module through a central management device.