TW200921368A - BMC test method and server - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a BMC test method. First, a label indicated whether the sever checks the BMC is saved. Second, when a POST is proceeded, the label is read, and then making a normal POST is determined according to the label. If not making the normal POST is determined, a POST without testing the BMC is proceeded. When not to test the BMC is decided, the server will not test the BMC so as to avoid wasting a lot of time for testing the BMC.

Description

200921368 υ/υ^υ^.ι w 2b840twf.doc/p IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a method for detecting a substrate management controller, and more particularly to a substrate having The detection method of the baseboard management controller in the server of the management controller. [Prior Art] With the rapid spread of computer technology, people are increasingly demanding server systems. In response to market demand, some vendors in the industry have introduced IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface). IPMI is a new generation of common interface standard for intelligent management of hardware. Users can use IPMI to monitor the physical health of the server: system management and recovery, such as temperature, voltage, fan working status, power supply and chassis intrusion. And asset management provides information. In the Ml management platform '^ Management

Controller, Baseboard Management Controller) is its core controller. System Management

The management of the L software for each health management is realized by Bmc communication. BMC can provide a controlled (four) unified software and peace interface, providing self-monitoring, event recording and recovery control functions, irLttt, body and service (smart platform management bus) BMc Z^ ^ 〇 controlled unit different f, It _=^= fruit hair ^ why automatically shut down or restart. _(10) event, alarm, invention patent of Taiwan patent number TW-I236621 proposed a base 200921368 υ/υου^.ι w z)840twf.doc/p

The board management controller's firmware automatic configuration system is used to flexibly manage hardware information and automatically complete the BMC firmware (Firmware, also known as firmware, and the quantile is a control machine stored in the machine table to read the disk and other actions. Reasonable configuration of the combination of body and software. The system includes a hardware option module, an interface option module, a command option module, a sensor data record (SDR) module, a 〇EM group, a configuration file, a Makefile file generation module, and a firmware generation module. 1 Hardware option module, which has optional hardware options for support management of the hardware environment. Users can select the corresponding hardware according to actual needs. The interface option module stores an optional communication interface option for different communication interface support, and the user can select the corresponding communication interface according to actual needs. The command option module stores command options to support the IPMI specification command set. The user can select the corresponding command according to actual needs. The sensor data recording module is used to configure various types of SDR, and the user can input or select according to actual needs. OEM modules for configuring OEM commands and interfaces. The configuration file records the associations and restrictions of each option for each module. The Makefile file generation module is configured to generate a Makefile structure through the configuration file according to the user's selection. The BMC firmware generates a pull group for generating BMC firmware data in the compilation environment based on the user's selection and the Makefile. The firmware management system of the TW-I236621's baseboard management controller is a packaged hardware module, interface module, command module, SDR module and OEM module, which generates configuration files and divides the modules into separate modules. Single 200921368 U706U5.IW ^5840twf.doc/p Unique directory. Next, initialize and generate an empty Makeflle file. While reading the contents of the configuration slot, when the user selects an option for one of the modules, the configuration file is checked and the options of the associated module are dynamically displayed on the interface, and the associated options are recorded in the Makefile. Finally, the BMC firmware data was generated. However, there is a flaw in the BMC's server: the BMC-supplied device is self-tested in its BI0S (Basic Input/〇mput, me > basic input wheeling system) (p〇wer When 〇n Self 'Test), the BMC is tested 'initialized'. However, when BMC is damaged and the BMC firmware fails to be updated, m〇s will take a long time to detect the BMC. When multiple on/off tests are required, each turn-on will face a long wait, resulting in a significant amount of time wasted. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting a substrate management controller, which can solve the problem of damage to the management controller or failure to update the firmware of the baseboard management controller when the existing server self-checks. Love ^: It will cost a lot of shortcomings. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a server capable of selecting whether or not to detect a substrate management controller according to a user's setting at the time of self-examination. The present invention provides a method for detecting a substrate management controller for detecting whether a substrate management controller module is detected during self-detection of a feeding device having a substrate management controller module, and the detecting method includes the following steps 200921368 070605.1W 2i840twf.doc/p First, save the user whether you need to detect the ticket management of the baseboard management controller module. Secondly, when self-testing is performed and the detection of the substrate management controller module is performed, the identification is read, and based on the identification, it is determined whether the substrate management controller module is detected according to the normal self-detection process. If not, skip the detection of the substrate controller module and perform other self-test operations. According to the detection method of the substrate management controller according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method for detecting the substrate management controller further includes: the servo 〇 112 CM 〇 S is set to record. The upper substrate management control method also includes a setting menu in the setting menu of the input tray of the shirt H to let the user decide whether to detect the substrate management controller module. The above method for detecting the substrate management controller further includes the following steps. First, when booting up, let the user decide whether to perform the detection of the substrate management module. Then, when the user sets and saves the determination to determine whether to detect the identity of the baseboard management controller module, the server is restarted. The present invention further provides a server 'which includes a substrate management controller module, a memory, and a substrate management controller setting unit. The memory is used to ensure that the user needs the logo of the management board management control module. Substrate &amp; Control The Setup unit is used to set the value of the identification in the memory and to control whether the substrate management controller module is detected when the feeder is self-testing. In the invention, since the detection method of the substrate management controller is adopted, the servo can select to perform the measurement on the substrate management controller module or the detection on the substrate (four). When the substrate management controller module is damaged or the update fails, the process of setting the value identified in the CMOS can be set to skip the process of detecting the substrate management control 200921368 0706U3.1W 23840twf.doc/p benefit module. It takes a lot of time to detect the substrate management controller module. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more <RTIgt; Embodiments Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a flowchart of a method for detecting a substrate management controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. S101. Save the logo. A flag is stored in the server to determine whether or not to perform BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) detection. S103. Determine whether to perform BMC detection. When p〇ST(p〇wer

The Baseboard Management Controller (power-on self-test) performs the step of detecting the BMC module, reads the identifier, and determines whether to detect the BMC module according to the identifier. If yes, proceed to step sl5. If not, the process proceeds to step S107. , S105, detecting BMC. The BMC module is tested and initialized before proceeding to the next step. Port S107, performing self-test in addition to detecting BMC. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for detecting a substrate management controller according to another embodiment of the present invention. S201, setting the memory and the logo. A memory is set in the cM〇s (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) module of the server, and in the memory, $200921368 υ /_3·1 w 2^840twf.doc/ p An identifier used to determine whether to detect a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) module. The value of the flag is set to BMC detection on value or BMC detection off value. If the value of the flag is set to 1, it means that the BMC detection function is enabled. When the value of the flag is set to 〇, the BMC detection function is disabled. Since the data stored in the memory of the CM〇s module of the server is not lost as the server is turned off, the above logo can be maintained at all times. , S203, start the server. S205. Determine whether the Wf needs to set the bmC detection function. If yes, the process proceeds to step S207. If no, the process proceeds to step S2〇9. This step is set by the user. The user determines whether to perform BMC: module detection according to actual needs. If the user does not need to use the BM c module or the BM c module is damaged, the BMC module detection function does not need to be activated. Or turn off the bmc module detection function to avoid wasting a lot of time due to detection. , S207, modify the BMC detection settings. In the setting menu of BI〇s (Basic I IjlPut/0呻ut Astern, basic input/output system), a menu is set to let the user decide whether to perform BMC module detection. The setting of the BMc module detection can be either the startup state or the shutdown state. Generally, the default is the startup state. For example, when the user does not need to detect the BMC module, enter the BIOS option and set the BMc module to the off state. After the setting is completed, restart the server. S209. Read the memory and determine whether it is necessary to detect the BMc. When the server self-detects the step of detecting the BMC module, the identifier stored in the memory 200921368 υ/vou^.iw ^3840twf.doc/p is read, and the BMC mode is determined according to the setting of the identifier by the user. group. If yes, the process proceeds to step S2U. If no, go to step 213. ' S211, detect BMC. The BMC module is tested and initialized before proceeding to the next step. S213. Perform self-detection in addition to detecting BMC. In this embodiment, the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) module detection process 1 is used as one of the options in the BIOS Setup Menu (the basic input/output system setting of the server; function table), and is opened to the user during the internal test phase. When it is found that there is a problem with the BMC module on the motherboard, you can enter the 81〇8 Setup Menu to manually turn off the function of detecting the BMC module, so as to avoid unnecessary time waiting for each boot. 3A is a structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The server 301 of this embodiment includes a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) module 3〇3, a memory 307, and a BMC setting unit 311. The memory 307 is used to store whether the user needs to detect the identity of the BMC module 303. This flag is set for the user to determine whether the user can perform BMC module detection according to actual needs. If the user does not need to use the BMC module 303 or the BMC module 303 to be damaged, the BMC module 303 detection function does not need to be activated. Or, when the BMC module 303 detects that the function is turned on, it is turned off, thereby avoiding wasting a lot of time due to detection. The value of the flag is set to BMC module detection on value or BMC detection off value. If the value of the flag is set to 1, it means that the BMC detection function is enabled, and the value of the flag is set to 〇 when it is off. 11 200921368 070605 .TW 25840twf.doc/p BMC detection function. The BMC setting unit 311 is configured to set the value of the identifier in the memory 307 and control whether the BMC module 303 is detected when the server 301 self-detects. Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a structural diagram of a server according to another embodiment of the present invention. The server 401 of this embodiment includes a BMC (Baseboard)

The management controller (substrate management controller) module 303, the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) module 405, and the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) module 307. The CMOS module 405 is a RAM (Random Access Memory) on the main board of the server for storing the most basic parameters of the server. The CM〇s module 405 in turn includes a memory 307. The memory 307 is used to store an identifier. This flag is used to determine whether to detect the bmc module 303 when the server 401 self-tests. The identifier is set by the user. The user can determine whether to perform the BMC module detection according to the actual needs. If the user does not need to use the BMC module 303 or the BMC module 303 to be damaged, the BMC module 303 detection function does not need to be activated. Or turn off the BMC module 3〇3 detection function to avoid a lot of time. The value of the flag is set to the BMC module detection open value or the BMC detection shutdown value. If the value of the flag is set to 丨, it means that the bmc detection function is enabled. When the value of the flag is set to G, it means that the BMC detection function is disabled. BIOS module: It is used to store the most basic program of the 4G1 and the input 仃δ in cM〇s. The BIOS module 409 further includes a setting unit 311, 200921368 070605.TW 25840twf.doc/p. The BMC setting unit 311 is configured to set whether the feeding device 401 in the memory 3G7 is self-detecting to the BMC module 3〇3 Γ "In the above, the present invention adopts the pre-measurement of the substrate management control ^, so the servo H can select the substrate management module detection or the substrate management control of the gastric molding material when performing self-detection. Management (4) When the group damage or the failure of the lining, etc., can be set, the value of the CMOS identification is set, so that the process of detecting the control module can be skipped, and the management of the substrate management control is avoided. The group consumes a lot of time. In addition, the user can set it according to the actual requirements of the BMC module in the server BI〇s option function table. It is highly flexible and practical. The present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, but it is not intended to limit the invention, and those skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, the protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application. [FIG. 1] FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for detecting a substrate management controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flow chart of a method for detecting a substrate management controller according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. A server structure diagram of an example. [Main component symbol description] 3〇1: Server 13 200921368 070605.TW 25840twf.doc/p 303: BMC module 307: Memory 311: BMC setting unit 401: Server 405: CMOS module 409: BIOS module

Claims (1)

200921368 υ/υου^. 1 w Z3840twf.doc/p X. Patent application scope: 1·- Kind of substrate management control (4) side method, heart-in-board management control device in self-purchase program 基板 Baseboard management controller module Performing the detection, comprising the following steps: the label: whether the user needs to detect the substrate management controller module to perform self-detection and proceeds to the detection substrate management control group, the day's 'sell the identifier' and according to The flag is determined according to: the detection process detects the baseboard management controller module; and if the self is not, the base management controller module is skipped to detect his self-test operation. Ding 2, as described in the application for a patent, the debt measurement method described in the item, further includes: the identification is set in the CM〇S module of the (4) server - the memory is stored to transmit the 3, as in the second application of the patent scope The side method further includes: in the setting menu of the basic input/output system of the pirate thief, the selection menu allows the user to determine whether the _substrate management controller module 4 is as described in the third item of the patent (4) The method of detecting, in addition to the group =, allows the user to decide whether to perform the setting of the baseboard management controller module (4) and save the completion of the decision to check whether the substrate management control is the group of the group, and then restart the server. 5. A server, comprising: 15 200921368 -) 840twf. doc / p a substrate management controller module; a memory 'to save the user whether the controller module _- logo; and the correction of the substrate &amp; The base board S controls the setting unit, and uses J to control whether the server self-detects whether to detect the board management path system. The patent application is difficult to read the fifth. Also included - Ο 08 fork group, used The basic parameters of the server are stored, wherein the memory is disposed in the CMOS module. 7- The server according to claim 5, further comprising two basic wheel input and output system setting modules, The basic mode of the server is stored and the parameters in the CMOS module are set, wherein the substrate &amp; controller setting unit is disposed in the basic input/output system setting module.