A system management method and apparatus

A system management and baseboard management technology, applied in the field of system management methods and devices, can solve problems such as the inability of computing nodes to be monitored and managed, manage single point failures, etc., and achieve the effect of solving single point failure problems

CN109471770AActive Publication Date: 2019-03-15XFUSION DIGITAL TECH CO LTD
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CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2019-03-15

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Abstract

DETAILED DESCRIPTION embodiment of that present application disclose a system management method, The server includes a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a first substrate management controller(BMC), a second BMC and a first computing node. The CPLD stores first master / backup state information indicating that the first BMC is a master BMC and the second BMC is a backup BMC. The first BMC and the second BMC manage a first computing node according to the first master / standby state information; The CPLD monitors the first BMC and the second BMC in real time; When the first BMC is abnormal, the CPLD updates the first master / standby state information to the second master / standby state information, the second master / standby state information is used to indicate that the first BMC is a backup BMC and the second BMC is a master BMC; The first BMC and the second BMC manage the first computing node according to the second master / standby state information. As that serv arranges the primary and the standby BMC, the management compute node of the standby BMC can be switched immediately when the primary BMC is abnormal, and the problem of a single point of failure of the BMC is solved.
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technical field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of computers, in particular to a system management method and device. Background technique

[0002] With the rapid development of information technology (information technology, IT) technology, the amount of data in various IT systems is increasing. For example, some servers are currently used in key business of enterprises. The services processed by these servers are at the core of enterprise applications, that is, the data and information processed by the servers are the core business data and information of users, so the requirements for the reliability of service processing are very high. In an ordinary rack server system, a baseboard management controller (BMC) is generally used to manage the server system.

[0003] At present, some multi-channel servers have the characteristics of including multiple computing nodes. Each computing node can be used as a single system or combined with other computing n...

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[0038] Embodiments of the present application provide a system management method and device, which are used to solve the problem of a single point of failure in system management and reduce the complexity of hardware layout.

[0039] The terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", etc. (if any) in the specification and claims of the present application and the above drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and not necessarily Used to describe a specific sequence or sequence. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments described herein can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having", as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a sequence of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to the expressly li...