WO2017054518A1

WO2017054518A1 - Service board device resource management method and apparatus, main control board and framed device

Info

Publication number: WO2017054518A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/086023
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王珂
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-09-28
Filing date: 2016-06-16
Publication date: 2017-04-06
Also published as: CN106559236A; CN106559236B

Abstract

Provided are a service board device resource management method and apparatus, a main control board and a framed device. The management method comprises: detecting whether a service board in each slot position of a framed device is in a powered up state; respectively acquiring device resource information about each powered up service board which is in a powered up state and reporting the device resource information about the powered up service board to a main control board of the framed device.

Description

Device resource management method, device, main control board and frame device of service board

Technical field

The present application relates to, but is not limited to, the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a device resource management method, apparatus, main control board, and frame device of a service board.

Background technique

For devices such as routers, it is easier to manage the devices and resources on the board based on the device resource management module of the board. However, the service boards in other slots in the chassis cannot be deployed with the software modules of the device resource management because they are running business software based on commercial operating systems. Therefore, the management of devices and resources on the service board cannot be used. Method for managing the devices and resources of the board in this slot.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a device resource management method, a device, a main control board, and a frame device of a service board, which can solve the problem that the device resources of the service boards in other slots of the frame device cannot be uniformly managed. problem.

A device resource management method for a service board, including:

Check whether the service board in each slot of the frame device is powered on.

The device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state is obtained, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the frame device.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

Sending, to the main control board, a report request for reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board, and causing the main control board to report the device resource information of the power-on service board to the network side according to the report request.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

Receiving a configuration request for the power-on service board delivered by the network side, which is forwarded by the main control board.

The power-on service board is configured correspondingly according to the configuration request.

Optionally, detecting whether the service board of each slot of the frame device is in a powered state includes:

Sending a probe packet to each slot of the frame device.

If the response packet sent by the service board for the probe packet is received, it is determined that the service board that sends the response packet is in a power-on state.

Optionally, the acquiring the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state and reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board of the box device includes:

The device resource information of the power-on service board in the power-on state is obtained through the Ethernet communication channel.

The device resource information of the power-on service board is written into a service database, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the box device.

A device resource management device for a service board, comprising:

The detection module is configured to detect whether the service board in each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state.

The acquiring module is configured to separately obtain the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state, and report the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board of the box device.

Optionally, the foregoing apparatus further includes: a sending and reporting module.

The sending and reporting module is configured to send, to the main control board, a report request for reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board, so that the main control board sends the device resource information of the power-on service board according to the report request Report to the network side.

Optionally, the device resource management apparatus further includes: a receiving module and a configuration module.

The receiving module is configured to receive a configuration request for the power-on service board delivered by the network side, which is forwarded by the main control board.

The configuration module is configured to perform corresponding configuration on the power-on service board according to the configuration request.

Optionally, the detecting module includes a detecting submodule and an answering submodule.

The detecting module detects whether the service board of each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state, including:

The detecting submodule is configured to send a probe message to each slot of the frame device.

The response sub-module is configured to determine that the service board that sends the response message is in a power-on state if the response packet sent by the service board is received.

Optionally, the obtaining module includes: an information acquiring submodule and a writing submodule.

The obtaining, by the acquiring module, the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state, and reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board of the box device includes:

The information acquisition sub-module is configured to obtain the device resource information of the power-on service board in the power-on state through the Ethernet communication channel.

Writing to the sub-module, the device resource information of the power-on service board is written into a service database, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main device of the box device by the service database Control board.

A main control board is provided with a device resource management device of the service board as described above.

A frame type device comprising a main control board as described above.

A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement a device resource management method of the service board.

The above technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

In the device resource management method and device of the service board according to the embodiment of the present invention, the function of managing the service board of other operations is added to the main control board of the frame device, and the processing process of the existing main control board device and resources is not affected. On the basis of this, the unified management of the device resources of the service boards in other slots is implemented, and the workload of development and testing of the service boards is reduced in a certain procedure; and the independence of operations between each service board is satisfied, and it is convenient. The dynamic loading of each service board driver enables the frame device to support the hot plug operation of the service board.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flow chart showing the basic steps of a device resource management method for a service board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram showing a software architecture of a main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the device resource information reported to the network side when the service is powered on. Flow chart

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of reporting device resource information to the main control board when the service board is powered on according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of attribute configuration of a service board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a structural diagram showing the structure of a device resource management apparatus of a service board according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a device resource management method and device for a service board, which is provided on a main control board of a frame device, in which the device resources of the service boards in other slots of the device in the related art cannot be uniformly managed. On the basis of the process of managing the service boards of other operations, the device management of the service boards of other slots is unified, and the services are reduced in certain procedures. The workload of the development and testing of the board; and the independence of operations between each service board is satisfied, and the dynamic loading of each service board driver is facilitated, so that the box type device can support the hot plug operation of the service board.

As shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a device resource management method for a service board, including steps 11-15:

Step 11: Detect whether the service board in each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state.

The device resource management method of the service board provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the main control board side of the frame device. To not affect other functions of the main control board, a “peripheral board management module” is added to the main control board. The board management module detects the power-on status of the service board in each slot of the frame device.

In step 12, the device resource information of the power-on service board in the power-on state is obtained, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the box device.

If the service is powered on, the device exchanges the internal Ethernet control packet to obtain the device resource information of the service board. The device resource information of the service board is reported to the device resource of the main control board of the frame device. Management module", the same is managed by the "Device Resource Management Module" of the main control board. Device resource information of the service in the slot. The device resource management module of the main control board is an existing module, and the module is used to manage device resource information of the main control board. The embodiment of the present invention obtains other slots by setting a “peripheral board management module”. The device resource information of the service board is reported to the device resource management module of the main control board, and the function of the existing device resource management module is extended, so that the device resource management module can manage the service boards of other slots. Information to achieve the same management of information on other business boards.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by adding a “peripheral board management module” on the main control board, the device resources of the service board in other slots in the frame are managed, and the processing flow of the device resources of the existing main control board is not affected. Therefore, the current frame device has good scalability and robustness, which reduces the workload of development and testing of the service board to a certain extent.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the frame device, the method further includes step 13.

Step 13: Send a report request for reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board, and enable the main control board to report the device resource information of the power-on service board to the network according to the report request. side.

That is, after the "peripheral board management module" finds that the service board is powered on, it sends a report request to the main control board, and the report request is set to request the main control board to report the device resource information of the power-on service board to the network side; The device resource management module reports the device resource information of the power-on service board to the platform on the network side through the related data reporting channel, so as to achieve the purpose of unified management of device resource information of such service boards.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the device resource management of the service board is not only reported to the device resource information of the power-on service board, but also includes the configuration information of the service board delivered by the network side, and is forwarded to the service board to implement the service board. The configuration of the device resource management method of the service board further includes step 14.

Step 14: The configuration request of the power-on service board sent by the network side that is forwarded by the main control board is received; the network side can set the attributes of the power-on service board; The channel communicates with the device resource management module of the main control board, that is, the device resource management module of the main control board receives the configuration request for the power-on service board delivered by the network, and forwards the configuration request to the new one. "Peripheral Board Management Module".

Step 15: Perform corresponding configuration on the power-on service board according to the configuration request. The new "peripheral board management module" is configured according to the configuration information in the configuration request, for example, "the port 1 of the service board 1 is configured as an auto-negotiation attribute", and interacts with the corresponding service board through the inter-board Ethernet communication channel. Configure the power-on service board.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the network side configuration process is described in detail, and the device resource management method for the service board is enriched, so that the solution of the present application is more perfect, that is, the device resource management of the service board provided by the embodiment of the present invention is not only It includes management of uplink information for the service board, and management of downlink information for the service board.

Step 11 in the above embodiment of the present invention detects whether the service board of each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state, including steps 111-112:

Step 111: Send a probe packet to each slot of the frame device.

The new "peripheral board management module" periodically sends probe packets. Since different service boards can send and receive packets in different ways, the format of the probe packets varies according to different service boards, such as the transmission control protocol. TCP packet or user datagram protocol UDP packet. It should be noted that the detection packet may be sent in real time, or may be sent periodically (that is, according to a certain period), and may be determined according to the service of the box device, and is not limited herein.

Step 112: If the response packet sent by the service board for the probe packet is received, it is determined that the service board that sends the response packet is in a power-on state.

If the service board is powered on, the power-on service board sends a response packet corresponding to the probe packet. If the new peripheral board management module receives the response packet, it determines the service board that sends the response packet. Power-on.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method for sending a detection packet and receiving a response packet is used to determine whether there is a service board, and the accuracy is high, which avoids the situation of the power-off service board and improves the detection accuracy.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state is obtained, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main device of the box device. The control board includes steps 121-122:

Step 121: Obtain a device of the power-on service board in the power-on state through the Ethernet communication channel. Resource information.

Step 122: The device resource information of the power-on service board is written into a service database, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the frame device by the service database.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the power-on service board obtained by the embodiment of the present invention is provided in the embodiment of the present invention, because a plurality of service boards are powered on at the same time, in order to implement decoupling between each service board, a service database is set on the main control board. The device resource information is first written into the service database, and the device resource information is reported to the device resource management module of the main control board in a timely manner or in real time. Decoupling between resource information management, setting a plurality of proxy tasks on the newly added "peripheral board management module", the plurality of proxy tasks respectively managing the service boards in the corresponding slots; for example, the proxy task 1 management slot 1 The business board on the agent; the service board on the agent task 2 management slot 2, etc., is not enumerated here.

In addition, it should be noted that, because multiple service boards may send and receive packets in different ways, a plurality of service agents that send and receive different messages are set on the newly added “peripheral board management module”, and each service agent manages and The service board sends and receives the packet to the service board. For example, the service board 1 and the service board 2 use the UDP mode to send and receive packets, the service board 3 uses the TCP mode to send and receive packets, and the service agent A manages the service board 1 and the service board 2. Business Agent B manages the business board 3, ibid., not enumerated here.

The device resource management on the service board is managed by the device resource management module of the main control board by synchronously calling the agent task that drives the corresponding slot. This can ensure the independence of operation of each service board and facilitate each service. The dynamic loading of the board driver enables the software to support the hot plug operation of the service board.

The device resource management method of the service board according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the software architecture diagram of the main control board shown in FIG. 2:

Assume that the agent task 1, the agent task 2, and the agent task 3 deployed in the peripheral board management module correspond to the service board 1, the service board 2, and the service board 3 of three different slots in the system. The service A agent that resides in the peripheral board management module corresponds to the service board 1 and the service board 2, and the service B agent corresponds to the service board 3. The service board 1 and the service board 2 use UDP to send and receive control messages, and the service board 3 uses TCP to send and receive control messages. The following describes the service board 1 as an example.

As shown in Figure 3, the basic information about reporting device resources when the service board 1 is powered on includes steps 31-33:

Step 31: The UDP and TCP detection packets are sent periodically by the detection sub-module in the peripheral board management module. After the service board 1 is powered on, the UDP packet is acknowledged, and the service board 1 is powered on.

Step 32: The detection sub-module in the peripheral board module notifies the device management module of the board to report the device resource information of the corresponding service board 1.

Step 33: Report the device and resource information of the service board 1 to the platform module through the related data sending channel.

As shown in FIG. 4, the port attribute information reporting on the service board 1 includes steps 41-43:

Step 41: The service A agent in the peripheral board management module periodically interacts with the service board 1 through the inter-board Ethernet communication channel to obtain the port-related attribute information on the service board 1.

Step 42: The service A agent writes the port attribute of the service board 1 to the service database.

Step 43: The device resource module of the board periodically accesses the attribute information of the port of the service board 1 reported by the service database table through the proxy task 1.

As shown in Figure 5, the port 1 negotiation mode attribute configuration of service board 1 includes steps 51-54:

Step 51: If the device resource module of the local device is notified from the NMS or the OAM command, you need to configure port 1 of service board 1 as the auto-negotiation attribute.

In step 52, the device resource module of the board writes the service database table through the proxy task 1.

In step 53, the service database table change notifies the service A agent in the peripheral board management module.

Step 54: The service A agent interacts with the service board 1 through the inter-board Ethernet communication channel, and sets the auto-negotiation attribute of the port 1 on the service board 1 to the chip.

In order to achieve the above objective, as shown in FIG. 6, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a device resource management device for a service board, including:

The detecting module 61 is configured to detect whether the service board in each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state.

The obtaining module 62 is configured to separately obtain the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state and report the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board of the box device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the device resource management apparatus further includes: a sending and reporting module.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the device resource management apparatus further includes: a receiving module and a configuration module.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the detecting module 61 includes: a detecting submodule and an answering submodule.

The response sub-module is configured to determine that the service board that sends the response message is powered on if the response packet sent by the service board is received.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining module 62 includes: an information acquiring submodule and a writing submodule.

It should be noted that, the device resource management device of the service board according to the embodiment of the present invention is a management device that applies the device resource management method of the service board, and all embodiments of the device resource management method of the service board are appropriately set to Manage the devices and achieve the same or similar benefits.

In order to achieve the above objective, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a main control board, where the main control board is provided with a device resource management device of the service board as described above.

It should be noted that, the main control board provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a main control board of the device resource management apparatus provided with the service board, and all embodiments of the device resource management apparatus of the service board are appropriately set as the main control Boards, and all can achieve the same or similar benefits.

In order to achieve the above objective, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a frame device, including the main control board as described above.

It should be noted that, the frame device provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a frame device provided with the above main control board, and all embodiments of the main control board are appropriately configured as the frame device, and both can achieve the same or Similar benefits.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When the device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

In the device resource management method and device of the service board according to the embodiment of the present invention, the function of managing the service board of other operations is added to the main control board of the frame device, and the existing main control board device and the device are not affected. Based on the process of resource processing, unified management of device resources of service boards in other slots is implemented, and the workload of development and testing of service boards is reduced in a certain procedure; and the operations between each service board are satisfied. Independence, the dynamic loading of each service board driver is facilitated, so that the frame device can support the hot plug operation of the service board.

Claims

A device resource management method for a service board, including:

Check whether the service board in each slot of the frame device is in the power-on state.

The device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state is obtained, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the frame device.
The device resource management method of the service board according to claim 1, further comprising:

Sending, to the main control board, a report request for reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board, and causing the main control board to report the device resource information of the power-on service board to the network side according to the report request.
The device resource management method of the service board according to claim 2, the method further comprising:

Receiving a configuration request for the power-on service board delivered by the network side that is forwarded by the main control board;

The power-on service board is configured correspondingly according to the configuration request.
The device resource management method of the service board according to claim 1, wherein the detecting whether the service board of each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state comprises:

Sending a probe message to each slot of the frame device;

If the response packet sent by the service board for the probe packet is received, it is determined that the service board that sends the response packet is in a power-on state.
The device resource management method of the service board according to claim 1, wherein the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state is obtained, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the The main control board of the framed device includes:

Obtaining device resource information of the power-on service board in the power-on state through the Ethernet communication channel;

The device resource information of the power-on service board is written into a service database, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the main control board of the box device.
A device resource management device for a service board, comprising:

The detecting module is configured to detect whether the service board in each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state;

Obtain the module, and set the device resources of each power-on service board in the power-on state. And reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board of the box device.
The device resource management device of the service board according to claim 6, the device further comprising: a sending and reporting module;

The sending and reporting module is configured to send, to the main control board, a report request for reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board, so that the main control board sends the device of the power-on service board according to the report request The resource information is reported to the network side.
The device resource management device of the service board according to claim 7, the device further comprising: a receiving module and a configuration module;

The receiving module is configured to receive a configuration request of the power-on service board sent by the network side that is forwarded by the main control board;

The configuration module is configured to perform corresponding configuration on the power-on service board according to the configuration request.
The device resource management device of the service board according to claim 6, wherein the detecting module comprises a detecting submodule and a response submodule;

The detecting module detects whether the service board of each slot of the frame device is in a power-on state, including:

The detecting submodule is configured to send a probe packet to each slot of the frame device;

The response sub-module is configured to determine that the service board that sends the response message is in a power-on state if the response packet sent by the service board is received.
The device resource management device of the service board according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining module comprises: an information acquiring submodule and a writing submodule;

The obtaining, by the acquiring module, the device resource information of each power-on service board in the power-on state, and reporting the device resource information of the power-on service board to the main control board of the box device includes:

The information acquisition sub-module is configured to acquire device resource information of a power-on service board in a power-on state through an Ethernet communication channel;

The writing sub-module is configured to write the device resource information of the power-on service board into a service database, and the device resource information of the power-on service board is reported to the service database by the service database. The main control board of the frame device.
A main control board, wherein the main control board is provided with a device resource management device of the service board according to any one of claims 6-10.
A frame type device comprising the main control board according to claim 11.
A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions being executed by a processor to implement a device resource management method of the service board according to any one of claims 1 to 5.