On-line test system and method by establishing mainboard managerial control using local loop

Abstract

A test system which utilizes local loop to set up main-board management control connection comprises more than one host terminals that are provided with at least one network card, and at least one main board management controller that is provided with at least one network card. After a test connection is set up between the host terminal and the remote user, the host terminal sets up loop test connection with the main board management controller by the means of virtual address to send test command to the main board management controller for testing and test results are reported. The invention sets up loop test connection by virtual address to carry out remote test that is similar to internal loop test, thereby avoiding test results being affected by the network environment setting and ensuring batch test to save testing time.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a test system, in particular to a test system and method which uses a local loop to establish a main board management and control connection to test at least a host in batches. Background technique [0002] Intelligent Platform Management Interface (Intelligent Platform Management Interface, IPMI) has developed a set of integrated remote hardware management standards for the industry. Interoperability between software and even between servers. The definition and scope covered by IPMI include software, firmware, hardware and other levels. In short, the main purpose of IPMI is to provide a layered management architecture, based on modular design, to provide management for the integration of each layer, which includes software, hardware and firmware: from processors, chipsets, BIOS, to Components such as motherboards are all managed by IPMI. IPMI first plans the sensing and monitoring systems in devices and equipment. ...

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Problems solved by technology

Such practices often take a lot of time to set up and configure the local area network, and when setting up the local area network, the address configuration of each host may affect the test results

For example, when testing 100 hosts at the same time, if two of them have the same address settings and the network functions of the hosts cannot be used, the test result may return that the two hosts are damaged hosts

In addition, due to the limited number of subnet addresses, for example, a subnet segment of the same level C can only test up to 128 hosts at the same time, and batch testing of a large number of hosts cannot be performed.

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