An interface integrated circuit and server

Abstract

The invention discloses an interface integrated circuit and a server, comprising: an interface selection circuit connected to a display interface of a BMC and a plurality of USB interfaces of a PCH; an integrated interface; connected to a BMC serial port and a system serial port of the BMC, and an expansion device in the server The serial port and the control circuit connected to the interface selection circuit are used to connect the corresponding selected serial port to the interface selection circuit according to the serial port selection instruction, and according to the interface selection instruction, the control interface selection circuit connects the corresponding selected interface to the integrated interface. It can be seen that this application can replace each debugging and maintenance interface through an integrated interface, which saves the space of the server panel and reduces the cost of equipment maintenance, and the integrated interface is set on the panel of the server, avoiding the need for debugging and maintenance interface design inside the server. The problem caused by the destruction of the fault site not only saves the fault site, but also reduces the complexity of the operation, thereby facilitating the fault location of the server.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the server field, in particular to an interface integrated circuit and a server. Background technique [0002] With the increasing application of servers, users have gradually increased their requirements for server stability. Therefore, when a server fails, it is necessary to quickly locate, analyze, and solve the problems existing in the server. [0003] Please refer to figure 1 , figure 1 A schematic diagram is designed for a debugging and maintenance interface of a server in the prior art. When the server fails, the maintenance personnel obtains the BMC work log through the BMC serial port on the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller, baseboard management controller), and obtains the PCH (PlatformController Hub, integrated south bridge) that interacts with the BMC through the system serial port on the BMC. chip) (the two interact through eSPI (Enhanced Serial Peripheral, Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface)), so as to an...

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[0004] At present, the display interface of BMC and multiple USB interfaces of PCH are usually designed on the panel of the server, which will occupy more space on the panel of the server, resulting in no space for adding more PCIE (peripheral component interconnect express, high-speed serial computer expansion bus) Standard) card, hard disk and other configurations

The BMC serial port and system serial port of the BMC are usually designed inside the server, and are usually realized by pins, but the serial port design has the following problems inside the server: When debugging the server, it is necessary to open the chassis after the server is powered off, and find the corresponding pins to connect. Restart the server after the serial port tool to obtain work log analysis through the serial port, resulting in long maintenance time and difficulty in maintenance, and it is difficult to reproduce the fault after the server is powered off, which increases the difficulty of fault location on the server

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