Information processing apparatus, control device, and abnormal unit determination method
An information processing apparatus determines an abnormal unit by: determining whether or not there is an abnormal point in access to a slave unit by a first master unit that controls a plurality of slave units connected by a serial bus; requesting a second master unit having redundancy with the first master unit to access a specific slave unit when the abnormal point is determined to exist in access to the specific slave unit in the determining; and determining a unit having an abnormality by use of an access result relating to the abnormal point determined to have an abnormality in the determining and an access result indicating a result of the request made in the requesting.
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a first master unit configured to control a plurality of slave units and serve as an operating system; and
a second master unit configured to control the plurality of slave units and serve as an standby system, the first master unit and the second master unit being connected one-to-one with each of the slave units by a bus,
the first master unit including a control unit that requests the second master unit to check the connection to a target slave unit when an abnormality is detected in access from the first master unit to the target slave unit, and determines a unit having the abnormality by use of an access result relating to a point in which the abnormality is detected and an access result of access from the second master unit to the target slave unit.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit includes:
an abnormal point determination unit that determines whether or not there is an abnormal point in access to the slave unit connected to the first master unit;
an access request unit that requests the second master unit to access a specific slave unit when the abnormal point is determined to exist in the access to the specific slave unit by the abnormal point determination unit; and
an abnormal unit determination unit that determines a unit having an abnormality by use of a combination of an access result relating to the abnormal point determined to have the abnormality by the abnormal point determination unit and an access result indicating a result of a request made by the access request unit.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first master unit includes a storage unit that stores therein a candidate unit which is determined to be abnormal by a combination of the access information of one of the redundant master units and the access information of the other redundant master unit with respect to access information relating to a point which has a possibility of an abnormality in the master unit in the access to the slave unit, and
the abnormal unit determination unit determines a unit which causes the abnormality in the access to the slave unit by use of a combination of the access information of each of the redundant master units, the access information being stored in the storage unit.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the access information includes a point in which there is a possibility of an abnormality and a content of the abnormality in the point.
5. A control device configured to control a plurality of slave units comprising:
a control unit that requests a second control device configured to control the Plurality of slave units to check the connection to a target slave unit when an abnormality is detected in access from the control device to the target slave unit, the control device and the second control device being connected one-to-one with each of the slave units by a bus, and determines a unit having the abnormality by use of an access result relating to a point in which the abnormality is detected and an access result of access from the second control device to the target slave unit.
6. A method for determining an abnormal unit executed by an information processing apparatus including a first master unit and a second master unit, the method comprising:
determining whether or not there is an abnormal point in access to a slave unit by the first master unit configured to control a plurality of slave units and serve as an operation system, the first master unit and the second master unit being connected one-to-one with each of the slave units by a bus;
requesting the second master unit configured to control the plurality of slave units and serve as an standby system, to access a specific slave unit when the abnormal point is determined to exist in access to the specific slave unit in the determining; and
determining a unit having an abnormality by use of an access result relating to the abnormal point determined to have an abnormality in the determining and an access result indicating a result of the request made in the requesting by the first master unit.