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Server system and method for sharing baseboard management controller

A technology for managing controllers and server systems, which is applied in the field of server systems and can solve problems such as price increases and competitiveness declines

Active Publication Date: 2014-04-02
安徽爱意爱机电科技有限公司
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Any unnecessary components (such as VGA ports, serial ports) are included in mass-produced products, or functionally repetitive components (such as baseboard management controllers) are configured on nodes, the price of the product will be relatively land increases, competitiveness decreases

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[0048] figure 1 It is a block diagram of the server system of the shared baseboard management controller according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to figure 1 , the server system 100 of the present embodiment includes four nodes 101, 102, 103 and 104, and a hub 110 and a sub-board 120, and its functions are described as follows:

[0049] The nodes 101, 102, 103, and 104 are respectively an independent computer system, which includes computer components such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a memory, a north bridge chip, a south bridge chip, and a network chip configured on a substrate. Can be used as a data center.

[0050] The hub 110 is, for example, a middle plane, which has connection ports 111, 112, 113, 114 and a switch 115, wherein the connection ports 111, 112, 113, 114 are connected to multiple nodes 101, 102, 103, and 104 respectively. pins, and the switch 115 is connected to the connection ports 111, 112,...

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[0061] image 3 It is a block diagram of the server system of the shared baseboard management controller according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to image 3 , the server system 300 of this embodiment includes substrates 310, 320, 330, and 340, as well as a hub 350 and a sub-board 360, and their functions are described as follows:

[0062] The substrates 310, 320, 330, and 340 are respectively configured with two nodes and a common connection port. For example, the substrate 310 is configured with node 1, node 2 and a common connection port 315, and node 1 also includes a chipset 311 and a signal generator 312. , the node 2 includes a chipset 313 and a signal generator 314 . Wherein, the chipset 311 of node 1 has two first USB port pins (USB port 1), two second USB port pins (USB port 2), and four high-speed peripheral component interconnects (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, PCIE) port pin (PCIE port), and the signal generator 312...

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[0089] Figure 6 It is a flow chart of a method for sharing a baseboard management controller according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 6 , the method of this embodiment continues in Figure 5 After the shown step S512, the steps are as follows:

[0090] After starting the node, the baseboard management controller 362 executes the boot procedure of the BIOS on the node (step S602 ). Wherein, the node is operated through the device management function (such as keyboard, video, mouse, storage device) of the baseboard management controller 362, for example, the node is operated to execute the setup utility of the BIOS and the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Serial Advanced) Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) mode of Technology Attachment (SATA) interface. In addition, the node is also operated to execute the initialization of the optional read-only memory (Option ROM, OpROM), and execute the setting program of the OpRO...

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Abstract

The invention provides a server system and method for sharing a baseboard management controller. The server system comprises a plurality of nodes, a concentrator and a daughter board, wherein each node comprises a plurality of pins; the concentrator is provided with a plurality of connecting ports and a switcher, the connecting ports are respectively connected with the pins of corresponding nodes, and the switcher is used for switching the used connecting port; the daughter board comprises a baseboard management controller and a connecting unit capable of being connected to a peripheral device, wherein the baseboard management controller is coupled to the connecting unit and the switcher; and when a request instruction to one node is received, the baseboard management controller is used for controlling the switcher to switch the used connecting port, and the node connected with the connecting port is connected to the baseboard management controller, and therefore the node can use the peripheral device connected with the daughter board through using a device management function of the baseboard management controller.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a server system and method, in particular to a server system and method sharing a baseboard management controller. Background technique [0002] As far as the application of the server is concerned, if it is used as a data center (Data Center), each node (Node) in the system includes a video graphics array (Video Graphics Array, VGA) port, a serial port (serial port), a substrate Components such as the management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) virtually increase the manufacturing cost, and waste the functionality provided by the component itself and the repetition of functions. Because most of the time, the VGA port and the serial port on the node are in an idle state, and the function of the baseboard management controller can also be shared. Any unnecessary components (such as VGA ports, serial ports) are included in mass-produced products, or functionally repetitive components (such as baseboard m...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16G06F9/445
Inventor 卢盈志黄文彬
Owner 安徽爱意爱机电科技有限公司