System and method for upgrading intelligent platform management controller (IPMC) on line

Abstract

The invention discloses a system and a method for upgrading an intelligent platform management controller (IPMC) on line. The system comprises a file storage server, an operation maintenance platform, a machine frame management device and a veneer, wherein the file storage server is used for storing an IPMC program; the operation maintenance platform is used for controlling and monitoring the upgrading process of an IPMC; the machine frame management device is used for obtaining the corresponding IPMC program from the file storage server according to a command of the operation maintenance platform and for transmitting the IPMC program to the designated veneer; the veneer comprises the IPMC, and the IPMC receives and loads the IPMC program transmitted by the upgrading machine frame management device on line. The method comprises the following steps: the machine frame management device receives an IPMC upgrading command of the operation maintenance platform, obtains the designated IPMC program from the file storage server and transmits the IPMC program to the IPMC of the designated veneer, and the IPMC loads and upgrades the IPMC program on line. The invention can simplify the upgrading operation of the IPMC, improve the working efficiency of upgrading and be convenient for project maintenance.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of telecommunications, in particular to an online upgrade technology of an Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) in an Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA, Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture). Background technique [0002] ATCA is an open, interoperable general standard system platform proposed by the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI, Peripheral Component Interconnect) Industrial Computer Organization (PICMG, PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group). At present, it has gained the attention, development and application of many communication equipment providers. [0003] figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of implementing the chassis management architecture of the existing ATCA equipment. see figure 1 , in the shelf management architecture of the ATCA equipment, it mainly includes a plurality of ATCA single boards arranged in the slots of the shelf and a Shelf Man...

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[0009] The technical defect of the prior art 1 is that the MCU chip and single board need to be manually inserted and plugged in, and a burner needs to be inserted to upgrade, the operation is complicated, and the engineering maintenance is inconvenient

[0022] The technical defect of the above-mentioned prior art 2 and prior art 3 is: although no single board needs to be plugged in when upgrading the IPMC, the IPMC of a single board can only be upgraded online at a time, i.e. point-to-point upgrade

When there are multiple boards in the chassis that need to be upgraded by IPMC, the computer needs to be connected to the corresponding boards one by one, which makes the upgrade operation complicated and inconvenient for engineering maintenance.

In addition, once the upgrade program is wrong and the MCU cannot be started after the upgrade, the IPMC needs to be plugged and unplugged to re-power on the IPMC before the IPMC can be loaded and upgraded again. At this time, manual operation of plugging and unplugging is required, which is inconvenient for maintenance.

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