217 results about "Out-of-band management" patented technology

A management system for broadband over power lines is disclosed, using wireless communications interfaced with broadband over power lines management components to establish a wireless out-of-band system management network.

The disclosure relates to a remote server management controller that is adapted to be incorporated into a managed server. The disclosed embodiments allow a remote user to communicate with the managed server using out-of-band management communications that are not dependent on the OS of the managed server. The user may obtain management data from the OS or perform other functions remotely by causing the managed server to redirect data from its local communications interfaces to communications interfaces that are available to the remote user.

The invention discloses an out-of-band management system of a data center based on IPMI. The system is characterized in that the out-of-band management system conducts remote access to a BMC chip of a managed server; the BMC chip sends a control command to the BMC chip via a LAN interface based on an IPMI protocol; data information acquired by the BMC chip is fed back to a management platform; data of the management platform is transmitted to a client side; the BMC chip conducts data collection of an out-of-band management monitoring module in the managed server; and the out-of-band management monitoring module comprises a power source management module, a remote control module, a power consumption management module and a log management module. Firstly, the configuration allows out-of-band server management; and secondly, an operation system does not need to bear a task of transmitting system state data. Core concepts of out-of-band management comprise that only management data, statistical information, control information and the like are transmitted; network management data is separated from service data; the two types of data are completely independent and do not influence each other; and efficiency and reliability of network management can be increased.

A system and a method for operating a plurality of information handling systems forming a network are provided. The system includes a host computer processing unit (CPU); a band management controller (BMC); and a switch having a first port coupled to the host CPU, a second port coupled to the BMC, and an external port coupled to a network; wherein the switch is configured to perform lookups and send an ingress traffic including an internet content to the host CPU, and to send the ingress traffic including a management content to the BMC accordingly. A computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable and executable code for instructing a processor in a management unit for a plurality of information handling systems forming a network to perform a method using a system as above is also provided.

The present invention provides a technical solution for an easy, highly reliable and secure out-of-band management of a remote computer with low cost of facilities. The present invention comprises a webcam which is used as a lightweight video sniffer, an emulator of keyboard and mouse, a mirror of remote disk which contains software resources and writable data file, a mirrored agent which runs on the computer which will be controlled remotely and render output of captured screen shot, and an assistant device which connects to a remote console and bridges an out-of-band management for the controlled computer. In the present invention, the controlled computer can be diagnosed remotely by a keyboard or a mouse with a mirror of remote software resources when the computer suffers from various kinds of problem, even when the whole Local Area Network (LAN) where the computer resides in is isolated from the remote console.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an in-band management method and a system, which relates to the technical field of a computer, and solves the problems in the prior art that the in-band management efficiency is low and the cost is low. The method is applied to the in-band management system. The system comprises a management module, a personal computer (PC) internet (IE) exchanging module and a first network card supporting single root input output virtualization (SR-IOV) or a second network card supporting multi-root input output virtualization (MR-IOV), and the method comprises the following steps that the management module recognizes the type of a network card which is connected with the PC IE exchanging module; if the recognized type of the network card is the first network card, vision frequency (VF) modules are divided on the first network card so as to respectively allocate the VF module to a user host and the management module, which are connected with the PC IE exchanging module; the management module adopts the VF module as an in-band management network card to be communicated with the user host; if the recognized type of the network card is the second network card, pulse frequency (PF) modules are respectively allocated to the user host and the management module, which are connected onto the PC IE exchanging module; and the management module adopts the RF module as the in-band management network card to be communicated with the user host. The in-band management method and the in-band management system are applicable to the in-band management technology.

A method and system to implement a virtual out-of-band management controller. A management mode of operation of a processing system is activated in response to a signal received via a network. A portion of code copied from a firmware unit into system memory of the processing system is executed during the management mode of operation to interact with at least one hardware entity of the processing system. A runtime monitor is further executed during the management mode of operation to determine information about the at least one hardware entity via executing the portion of code and to transmit the information over the network. Subsequently, the management mode of operation is deactivated.

The invention provides an out-of-band management realization method, a system for the same and an out-of-band management switch. The realization method comprises the following steps: network management ports which are on the out-of-band management switch and which are connected with a control plate of a managed device form an aggregation port; the out-of-band management switch periodically sends out Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) packets through each network management port of the aggregation port; the network management ports which receive within predetermined time LACP response packets replied by a main control plate of the managed device are set to active state; the network management ports which do not receive within predetermined time the LACP response packets are set to waiting state; and after the out-of-band management switch receives the control packets which are sent to the managed device from the network management server, the network management ports which are inactive state in the aggregation port will forward the control packets. The invention can, during the standby switch of the managed device, reduce the time length of the out-of-band management interruption and guarantee the HA performance of the out-of-band management.

A method and system to provide secure in-band management for a packet data network are disclosed. In a network device for configuring a virtual private network (VPN), management traffic is received over the VPN. The network device is managed using the management traffic received over the VPN. An in-band management system is created by configuring a virtual private network (VPN) for a network device and linking the VPN to a management device or a management function. By using the VPN to carry management traffic and to create the in-band management system, management of the network device can be made secure.

Remote management of a computer system. A managed system change request is received at an out-of-band management controller of a computer system. The managed system change request is posted to a mailbox. The posting of the managed system change request to the mailbox is signaled. The computer system is modified based on the managed system change request without complicity from an operating system of the computer system.

The invention relates to the field of BIOS Setup option setting on a server and out-of-band management and discloses a realizing method for modifying the BIOS Setup option out of band. An out-of-band management chip (BMC) is arranged on a server mainboard. The source code of a BIOS and the source code of BMCfirmware are obtained. The BIOS and the BMC utilize standard IPMI instructions to interchange information in the system POST process, so that a user enables the BMC to check and set the Setup option. The method achieves the purposes that the BIOS Setup option is checked and modified in a BMCWeb interface, the system ease of use is improved, and an Ipmitool is used for checking and modifying the BIOS Setup option in the commandline environment. The method can be realized locally or at a far end, brings convenience to users, and improves the system ease of use.

The invention discloses a server asset management method and apparatus. The method comprises the following steps: enabling a management interface to be accessed to an out-of-band management internet; an asset management system transmitting an instruction of obtaining server asset information to the management interface; the management interface obtaining current physical configuration information of a server and feeding the information back to the asset management system; disconnecting the asset management system from the server; the asset management system processing the physical configuration information into standard data for storing into a database, comparing the physical configuration information with an original form, in case of information mismatch, generating an alarm and sending the physical configuration information to an administrator of an IT department, and the administrator transmitting the physical configuration information to server asset management personnel for information synchronization; and returning after waiting for set time. By use of the server asset management method and apparatus provided by the invention, the method and apparatus have the following advantages: configuration information of the server can be automatically obtained, errors are reduced, and the configuration information is updated and recorded more timely.

The invention provides a power management system based on multi-node micro servers. The power management system comprises a plurality of micro servers. Each micro server comprises a general purpose input/output (GPIO) interface. A power management bus is connected with the micro servers. An out-of-band (OOB) management chip is connected with the GPIO interfaces of the micro servers and is connected with the power management bus. The OOB management chip is used for sending power control commands to one or the plurality of micro servers, and controlling power supplies of the micro servers through the power management bus. The power management system carries out management on the power supplies of the multi-node micro servers through utilization of an in-band and out-of-band combination mode, ensures power running safety of the multi-node micro servers, improves power management efficiency of the multi-node micro servers, and is simple, convenient, and easy to use. The invention further provides the micro servers.

The invention discloses a network management system. The network management system comprises an in-band network management system, an out-band network management system and an application management system, wherein the in-band network management system is configured to monitor the running state of a network device, and is provided with a control port; the out-band network management system is connected with the port of the network device for establishing an information independent channel; and the application management system receives signals from the in-band network management system and receives signals from the out-band network management system for monitoring the state of the network device according to the received signals. By such operation, an original individual in-band network and an out-band network are combined to establish an integrated system, and a server monitors the network device in a serial port mode through an NMS network management machine, so that original network safety is not affected, and workers can monitor a whole network at the same time, thus the disadvantages caused by in-band and out-band signal modes are eliminated.

The invention provides a system guiding method based on interaction of an in-band system and an out-of-band system, which is characterized in that: partition configuration information of a user is transmitted by the out-of-band managing subsystem to the in-band guiding system through a communication unit, the in-band guiding system receives the configuration information to start a multi-node high-end fault-tolerance system into multiple independent systems according to the partition, and each independent system has independent resource, so the application of the high-end fault-tolerance system is more flexible, and the overall usability and flexibility of the system can be further improved. The system structurally comprises an out-of-band managing subsystem, a communication unit and an in-band guiding system, wherein the out-of-band managing subsystem is responsible for monitoring the system state and assisting the configuration of the system information; the communication unit is mainly used for realizing the information interaction between the in-band guiding system and the out-of-band managing subsystem; the in-band guiding system is responsible for initializing and configuring relevant devices during the starting process of the system and guiding the system according to the setting of the out-of-band managing subsystem; and through the configuration, the resource waste can be effectively avoided, and the energy consumption can be reduced. Therefore, the partition configuration can be guided according to real requirements, so the usability of the system can be improved, multiple properties such as equalized configuration, flexible expansion and the like of the resource can be reflected, and the high-end fault-tolerance computer system is more suitable for the complicated high-performance commercial application field.

The invention discloses a method, a device and a system for realizing out-of-band management. The method comprises the following steps of: selecting a master management Ethernet interface from management Ethernet interfaces under a normal communication state in a switch in advance and setting a virtual management Ethernet interface; when the switch receives a message, sending the message to the master management Ethernet interface through the set virtual management Ethernet interface, and further sending the message to a central processing unit of a master management board for processing according to the management board in which the master management Ethernet interface is positioned; and when the switch sends the message, i.e., after the central processing unit of the master management board of the switch determines the message to be sent, sending the message to the master management Ethernet interface according to the management board in which the master management Ethernet interface is positioned. According to the technical scheme, the problem that the out-of-band management cannot be carried out because the management Ethernet interface on the master management board cannot work normally is solved, and the success rate of out-of-band management is improved.

The invention relates to a serial inter-board communication system, which comprises: a main controller and a service unit, wherein said main controller comprises at least one independent band-external manage channel MHW; each MHW is connected to at least one service unit. The invention also provides a serial inter-board communication method. The invention uses independent MHW with several service units, to support mixed transmission hardware state and manage report, with less signal needed by back board; and the cost of each module is lower, the transmission speed can meet band-external manage demand, and it separates the band-internal and band-external managements to improve the safety of system.

The invention discloses a network address management method of a Feiteng server blade system. The network address management method of the Feiteng server blade system comprises the steps of broadcasting a system number distributed by a user, an initial IP set by the user and a manufacturer MAC address to a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) of each blade through an SMC (System Management Controller) in advance; storing the system number locally by the BMC of each blade; after the BMC receives the initial IP and the manufacturer MAC address carried by the broadcast, reading the system number and a slot number of the blade and calculating the IP address or MAC address of each network card; and then storing configuration based on the type of the network card. The network address management method of the Feiteng server blade system realizes combination of out-of-band management and in-band management, can configure the network address of a whole set of blade system rapidly, breaks through the disadvantage that the network address is configured only in an in-band manner in the past, is easy to operate and can remarkably improve frequency and flexibility of network configuration; configuration of an SMC/BMC monitoring network is not only realized, but the address configuration o the whole service network is also realized.

The invention discloses a method and a device for automatically acquiring states of physical components of servers. The method comprises the following steps that: a management interface accesses an out-of-band management network; a server monitoring system sends an instruction of acquiring server running states to the management interface through a switch; the management interface acquires current running state information of the physical components of the servers and feeds the acquired running state information to the server monitoring system; the server monitoring system closes connections with the servers, processes the running state information to obtain standard data, stores the standard data in a database, compares the running state information with a preset threshold, generates an alarm when a certain physical component fails, and transmits alarm information to corresponding administrators; and returning is performed after set time. The method and the device for automatically acquiring the states of the physical components of the servers have the beneficial effects that problems can be found in time; alarms can be generated in time; the potential safety hazard is lowered; and servers running on different platforms can be monitored uniformly.

The invention provides an out-of-band management system and an out-of-band management method. The out-of-band management system comprises at least one server, a system network switch, and a system out-of-band management controller. Each server comprises a network card, a server out-of-band management controller, and at least one piece of hardware needing out-of-band management, wherein the server out-of-band management controller is connected with the network card and is used for collecting the out-of-band information of the at least one piece of hardware and sending the out-of-band information to the network card, and the network card is connected with the system network switch through a data link and is used for sending the out-of-band information through the data link to the system network switch. The system network switch is connected with the system out-of-band management controller, and is used for sending the out-of-band information sent by each network card to the system out-of-band management controller. The system out-of-band management controller is used for conducting out-of-band management of the at least one server according to the out-of-band information. According to the scheme, the production cost of the out-of-band management system is lowered.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a logging method, a system and a single board management controller, wherein, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring time information by a real-time clock chip mounting below a single board management controller; adding a time stamp in operation log according to the time information; and recording the operation log containing the time stamp. The embodiment of the invention also provides a single board management controller and a logging system, solves the management blind area of operation of an out-of-band management network port to lead BMC to conveniently acquire time information when a computer is in hibernation or power off, thereby realizing accurate record of operation logs on the out-of-band management network port.

The invention provides a light-weight remote computer out-of-band management method. A device for implementing the method comprises a camera, a keyboard and mouse simulator, a remote software resource mirror device, a secondary computer and a remote console. According to the light-weight remote computer out-of-band management method, even though a managed computer network can not be connected, an operating system breaks down, a hard disk is damaged, and even the network connection paralysis of a whole local area network occurs, a remote information technology (IT) engineer can directly operate a managed computer through a keyboard or a mouse and diagnose and repair the managed computer by the remote software resource. The light-weight remote computer out-of-band management method has the advantages that the method is simple, easy to implement and highly reliable, and facilities with low costs are merely required.

The invention provides a method, device and system for communicating with a single board. The method mainly comprises the steps of receiving an intelligent platform management protocol IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) command from a network management server, which is transmitted by a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller), through a physical channel; interpreting the IPMI command by using an IPMI interpreter; removing IPMI protocol-related information included in the IPMI command to obtain an executing command; executing the executing command under the control of an operation system of the single board to obtain an executing result; and transmitting the executing result to the BMC through the physical channel. By using the invention, an out-of-band management channel independent of a business application network (such as an IP (Internet Protocol) network) is realized between the network management server and the operation system of the single board; and by using the out-of-band management channel, the business of the single board can be managed.

Embodiments of the invention disclose an NCSI signal management function switching circuit and a server. The circuit comprises a BMC chip, a high-speed signal Switch chip, a first network adapter device and a second network adapter device, and an NCSI signal of the BMC chip is connected with the first network adapter device and the second network adapter device separately through the high-speed signal Switch chip. The high-speed signal Switch chip has a channel switch enabling PIN, a second network adapter device present signal is connected with the channel switch enabling PIN of the high-speed signal Switch chip, so as to control high and low levels of the channel switch enabling PIN of the high-speed signal Switch chip, so that the NCSI signal link can be connected or disconnected, further, the NCSI signal of the BMC can select the channel to the first network adapter device and the second network adapter device. The circuit can automatically switch the NCSI management function, improve the self-adaptability and reliability of the network management function, realizes out-of-band management of the server, and is convenient to operate and maintain.