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Method of automatically detecting server hardware information

A hardware information and server technology, applied in the computer field, can solve problems such as low efficiency, unfavorable maintenance, and no automatic detection method for bare equipment, and achieve the effects of improving efficiency, simplifying query, and wide application range

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-16
LANGCHAO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IND CO LTD
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If the information of all hardware devices can only be obtained after the operating system is installed at this time, it is not only inefficient, but also not conducive to maintenance. If the hardware device is slightly adjusted, the configuration driver must be reinstalled on the operating system to obtain accurate hardware information.
Most of the existing methods for automatically obtaining node hardware configuration information run on the operating system, and there is no automatic detection method for raw devices

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[0022] A bare device, the network card has the function of network startup, it needs to automatically complete the hardware detection, automatically load the driver, generate an xml report and submit it to the server. The hardware information that needs to be detected on the bare device includes: the number, type, and frequency of the CPU; the size of the memory; the number and MAC address of the network card; the model and capacity of the hard disk; the guid, wwnn, and wwpn of the HBA card.

[0023] The specific steps are:

[0024] 1) The raw device network boots, and automatically loads the linux kernel and ramdisk image.

[0025] 2) Through kudzu to complete the hardware detection, kudzu obtains the device ID through the IO port, then obtains the corresponding driver name from the / usr / share / hwdata / pcitable hardware information library, and writes it into / etc / modules according to a certain format .conf.

[0026] 3) Loading of the driver. There is only one module loader,...

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The invention provides a method for automatically detecting server hardware information. In the method, the detected server is named client end. The client end gets an IP address from the end of the server through a DHCP; and then the client end downloads a custom-built Linux kernel and a ramdisk image file through a TFTP and loads. The client end gets a driving process from the prescheduled hardware information base and automatically loads the driving process, and then the hardware information is gained. After the detecting of the hardware information, the client end initiates a TCP link, and sends the hardware information back to the server end. The hardware information comprises: the quantity of CPU; type, frequency, the size of EMS memory; network card number and MAC address; the quantity of the hardware; type (IDE / SCSI); capacity, a Vendor and a model; the SerialNum of an HCA card an HBA card, VenderId; WorldWildNodeName and WorldWildPortName. With the method, the hardware information of the server can be accurately and quickly gained; the process of manual searching for server hardware arrangement information is simplified; the machines management efficiency is improved.

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1. Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of computers, in particular to a hardware information detection technology in cluster management, and in particular to a method for automatically detecting hardware information of raw equipment. 2. Technical background [0002] With the promotion of cluster applications, it is necessary to obtain the hardware information of each node in a timely and accurate manner in cluster management. In general, to obtain basic hardware information of server nodes, such as: number and capacity of hard disks; memory size; network card MAC, etc., you can manually enter the BIOS query, but the hardware information queried in the BIOS is limited. If you want to know all available hardware Device information, such as some PCI device HCA cards and HBA cards, can be obtained by querying the operating system after installing the operating system and configuring various drivers. But in some occasions, how to deal with nodes without ope...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L12/26H04L12/24
Inventor 魏健王守昊
Owner LANGCHAO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IND CO LTD
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