IP Library Granted Patent US 11,140,024
Granted Patent B2
US 11,140,024 · App. 15/745,111 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Monitoring and management method for complete machine cabinet server

Inventors: Xiao Su (Shandong, CN); Huatang Ban (Shandong, CN)
Assignee: INSPUR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY CO., LTD
H04L41/0803G06F11/3006G06F11/3051G06F11/3062G06F11/3495H04L41/0843H04L41/0853H05K7/20736H05K7/20836H04L41/0866
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Patent No.
US 11,140,024
App. No.
15/745,111
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for monitoring and managing a rack server is provided. The method includes: editing, in a rack management controller RMC for monitoring and managing the rack server in a centralized manner, a configuration file based on configuration information regarding the numbers and positions of server nodes, node mid-planes, fan control boards, fans and power supplies in a rack; and automatically monitoring and managing, by the RMC, components based on the configuration file by the RMC automatically acquiring accurate numbers and positions of nodes and power supplies corresponding to the rack configuration to select a corresponding cooling-speed regulation curve. With the method, racks with different configurations can be dynamically monitored by modifying the configuration file including the configuration information of the rack and uploading the modified configuration file.

Claims (13)

1. A method for monitoring and managing a rack server comprising:

editing, for a rack management controller RMC for monitoring and managing the rack server in a centralized manner, a configuration file based on configuration information regarding the numbers and positions of server nodes, node mid-planes, fan control boards, fans and power supplies in a rack, comprising:

defining variables for hardware configuration of the rack, and writing the variables into the configuration file as the configuration information based on an actual rack configuration, and

uploading the configuration file to the RMC via an SCP command or RZ and SZ commands, setting FRU to be FRU information read from the configuration file using a configuration tool, and restarting the RMC; and

automatically monitoring and managing, by the RMC, components based on the configuration file by the RMC automatically acquiring accurate numbers and positions of nodes and power supplies corresponding to the rack configuration to select a corresponding cooling-speed regulation curve, comprising:

reading and parsing, by the RMC on startup, the configuration file to acquire items of the configuration information in the configuration file, and storing, by the RMC, the items of the configuration information acquired by parsing the configuration file into a corresponding data structure for structural data in a memory, wherein an I2C bus at which each node mid-plane is located, an I2C address of the node mid-plane, the number of nodes connected to the node mid-plane, the number of fans connected to a FCB on a layer on which the node mid-plane is located, an I2C bus connected to a power supply and a slave address are defined in detail in the data structure, and

automatically monitoring, by the RMC, component information corresponding to the configuration, and displaying, by the RMC, the component information using a command line tool, based on the structural data in the memory, wherein

in a case that the rack configuration is changed, the configuration file is modified and uploaded, to cause RMC to automatically monitor and manage components based on the modified configuration file.

2. The method for monitoring and managing a rack server according to claim 1 , further comprising, in a case that the rack configuration is changed,

modifying the configuration file in a certain format for the changed rack configuration;

uploading the configuration file to the RMC via the SCP command or the RZ and SZ commands;

reading and parsing, by the RMC, the configuration file, and storing, by the RMC, configuration information acquired by parsing the configuration file in a memory; and

automatically monitoring and managing, by the RMC, the rack, and displaying, by the RMC based on the changed rack configuration, component information corresponding to the configuration.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 30, 2026
From: IEIT SYSTEMS CO., LTD
To: AIVRES SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 075857/0939 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2018
From: SU, XIAO; BAN, HUATANG
To: INSPUR ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 045101/0312 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201510664281.5 · Oct 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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