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Evaluation method for main unit and its status

A host and status technology, applied in the field of host status assessment, can solve problems such as hardware damage, poor fan operation, chip damage, etc., and achieve the effect of preventing damage

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-06-24
INVENTEC CORP
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Then the baseboard management controller will check whether there are any abnormal events. After several restarts, the occasional problem of poor fan operation may be relieved again and the boot will be successful.
But the problem with the fan is still there
Such repeated restarts may cause more serious damage to other hardware, such as chip damage

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[0029] figure 1 is a structure diagram of a host according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to figure 1 , the host 10 includes a chipset (Chipset) 20 , a baseboard management controller 30 , a warning device 40 and an input / output system chip (Basic Input / Output System, hereinafter referred to as BIOS) 50 . In this embodiment, the host 10 is described by taking a server as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, the chipset 20 includes a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, referred to as CPU hereinafter) 21 , a north bridge chip 22 and a south bridge chip 23 . The north bridge chip 22 is coupled to the CPU 21 and the south bridge chip 23 . The south bridge chip 23 includes a general purpose input / output port (General Purpose Input / Output, hereinafter referred to as GPIO) (not shown). In addition, in this embodiment, the warning device 40 is described by taking a screen as an example.

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[0037] Those skilled in the art can modify the above-mentioned embodiment according to their needs figure 2 each step. E.g image 3 It is a flow chart of a method for evaluating host status according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Please merge reference figure 1 , figure 2 and image 3 For the steps in this embodiment with the same numbers as those in the foregoing embodiments, reference may be made to the descriptions of the foregoing embodiments. It should be noted that this embodiment replaces the step S301 figure 2 In step S204, in step S304, the BIOS 50 checks whether the number of abnormal events stored in the baseboard management controller 30 reaches a preset value, and those skilled in the art can set the preset value according to their needs. In this embodiment, the default value 1 is used as an example for illustration.

[0038]If the number of occurrences of abnormal events is less than one during the booting process, it means that the...

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[0040] Figure 4 It is a flow chart of a method for evaluating host status according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Please merge reference figure 1 , figure 2 and Figure 4 For the steps in this embodiment with the same numbers as those in the foregoing embodiments, reference may be made to the descriptions of the foregoing embodiments. It should be noted that step S401 is added after step S203 in this embodiment. In more detail, whenever the baseboard management controller 30 finishes recording the number of occurrences of abnormal events (step S203), the BIOS 50 will check whether the number of occurrences of abnormal events stored in the baseboard management controller 30 reaches a preset value, Those skilled in the art can set the size of the default value according to their needs. In this embodiment, the default value 5 is used as an example for illustration.

[0041] If during the start-up process, if the number of abnormal events occurs more th...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a method for evaluating a host computer and the operation status of the host computer. The evaluation method comprises the following steps: detecting whether abnormal incidents exist when starting a self-test process; recording the times of the abnormal incidents and restarting the computer when abnormal incidents existing; and deciding whether outputting alarm signal according to the times of the abnormal incidents. The invention can evaluate the stability of the host computer.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a technique for assessing the condition of a host, and in particular relates to a technique for evaluating the stability of the host according to the booting status of the host. Background technique [0002] With the rapid popularization of computer technology, people's requirements for servers are getting higher and higher. During the boot process of the server, if an abnormal event occurs, the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC for short) will control the server to restart, so as to eliminate the abnormal event. [0003] There are quite a few types of abnormal events, such as excessive chip temperature, bad fan operation...etc. It is worth noting that not all abnormal events can be resolved by rebooting. For example, if the fan of the server has sporadic malfunctions, the sporadic malfunction of the fan may be temporarily relieved through multiple restarts, so that the server can be booted successfully. [0004] ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F11/34
Inventor 王建智
Owner INVENTEC CORP
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