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Method for refreshing node BIOSes of RACK cabinet in batches

A node and batch technology, applied in the direction of program loading/starting, program control devices, etc., can solve the problem of needing more than one hour or even two hours, and achieve the effect of accurate synchronization of refresh operations, saving operating hours, and easy promotion.

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-03-25
LANGCHAO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IND CO LTD
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Under normal circumstances, it takes about 3 to 5 minutes to refresh and upgrade a 4M BIOS firmware under the Linux system. If each node is refreshed one by one, it will take more than an hour or even two hours, and a large number of repeated operations In some cases, there will inevitably be some unavoidable mistakes

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[0019] The invention provides a method for updating node BIOS in batches in a RACK cabinet, and the method is written based on a bash script under a Linux operating system. Use one of the nodes as the control node, and copy the required firmware files, refresh tools, and driver files required by the refresh tools to all nodes. Then perform a refresh job. After the refresh is complete, restart the operating system, automatically check the BIOS versions of all nodes and generate documents, so as to check the upgrade results. So far, all the refresh work has been completed. Its specific implementation process is:

[0020] 1. Pre-work: set all the nodes in the cabinet according to their physical positions from bottom to top and assign node names and IP addresses, such as cu1 / 192.168.1.1; cu2 / 192.168.1.2;...;cu40 / 192.168.1.40. After the allocation is complete, configure ssh to automatically log in. Since the core content of this method is not here, the specific configuration me...

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The invention discloses a method for refreshing node BIOSes of an RACK cabinet in batches. The method concretely includes the steps that names of all nodes of the cabinet are sequentially set from bottom to top according to physical locations, IP addresses are allocated to the nodes sequentially from bottom to top according to the physical locations, then ssh is configured, and automatic login is performed; logging into all the nodes is performed, and shifting into a background is performed after an assignment command is executed; a refreshing tool and BIOS firmware rom files to be refreshed are copied into the nodes to be tested; the BIOS refreshing tool is executed, and BIOS refreshing upgrading is performed; the nodes are restarted, and version information of the node BIOSes is captured to verify whether refreshing is successful or not. Compared with the prior art, the method for refreshing the node BIOSes of the RACK cabinet in batches greatly shortens the time consumed for refreshing the BIOSes node by node, avoids errors caused by repeated operation, and is high in practicability and wide in application range.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a server BIOS refresh technology, in particular to a method for refreshing node BIOS in batches with strong practicability in RACK cabinets. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of current testing technology, various testing tools, testing software and methods are more and more applied to the testing of server products and various components. [0003] High-density server cabinet-Smart Rack usually contains 20 to 40 server nodes with the same structure and configuration. In the process of testing and daily maintenance, the BIOS of these nodes needs to be upgraded and flashed. Under normal circumstances, it takes about 3 to 5 minutes to refresh and upgrade a 4M BIOS firmware under the Linux system. If each node is refreshed one by one, it will take more than an hour or even two hours, and a large number of repeated operations Under the circumstances, it is inevitable that some unavoidable mistakes will o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445
Inventor 孙玉超
Owner LANGCHAO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IND CO LTD
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