Information processing device and information processing method
An information processing device includes a device, a management device that is connected to the device via a first transmission route and configured to acquire information regarding the device via the first transmission route, and a processing device that is connected to the device via a second transmission route, connected to the management device via a third transmission route, and configured to initialize the device and acquire the information from the management device via the third transmission route.
1. An information processing device comprising:
a device;
a management device that is connected to the device via a first transmission route and configured to acquire information regarding the device via the first transmission route; and
a processing device that is connected to the device via a second transmission route, connected to the management device via a third transmission route, and configured to initialize the device and acquire the information from the management device via the third transmission route, the management device is configured to acquire the information regarding the device via the second transmission route without passing through the processing device,
the management device is further configured to control the processing device to activate, in a first activation of the processing device, the processing device in a minimum activation mode in which first resources less than second resources which are initialized in a normal activation mode are initialized and activate, in a reactivation of the processing device, the processing device in the normal activation mode in which the second resources are initialized based on the acquired information regarding the device by the management device via the second transmission route.
2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is a baseboard management controller, the processing device has a processor configured to perform BIOS, the device is an input/output device, the first transmission route is an Inter-Integrated Circuit type of wire, and the second transmission route is a Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express type of wire.
3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing device is further configured to, when an error has occurred during initialization of the device, identify the device that has the error on the basis of the acquired information.
4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is connected to the device via the second transmission route.
5. The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the management device is further configured to, when the information is not acquired via either the first transmission route or the second transmission route, output error information related to the device.
6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is connected to the device via the second transmission route and configured to communicate with the device via the second transmission route without passing through the processing device.
7. An information processing method comprising:
acquiring information regarding a device via a first transmission route by a management device that is connected to the device via the first transmission route;
initializing the device by a processing device that is connected to the device via a second transmission route and connected to the management device via a third transmission route;
acquiring the information from the management device via the third transmission route by the processing device, the management device is configured to acquire the information regarding the device via the second transmission route without passing through the processing device; and
controlling, by the management device, the processing device to activate, in a first activation of the processing device, the processing device in a minimum activation mode in which first resources less than second resources which are initialized in a normal activation mode are initialized and activate, in a reactivation of the processing device, the processing device in the normal activation mode in which the second resources are initialized based on the acquired information regarding the device by the management device via the second transmission route.
8. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the management device is a baseboard management controller, the processing device has a processor configured to perform BIOS, the device is an input/output device, the first transmission route is an Inter-Integrated Circuit type of wire, and the second transmission route is a Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express type of wire.
9. The information processing method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
when an error has occurred during initialization of the device, identifying, by the processing device, the device that has the error on the basis of the acquired information.
10. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the management device is connected to other device via the first transmission route and via the second transmission route, the management device is configured to acquire other information regarding the other device via either the first transmission route or the second transmission route.
11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising: when the other information is not acquired by the management device, outputting, by the management device, error information regarding the other device.
12. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the management device is connected to the device via the second transmission route and configured to communicate with the device via the second transmission route without passing through the processing device.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer that includes a device, a management device that is connected to the device via a first transmission route, and a processing device that is connected to the device via a second transmission route, and connected to the management device via a third transmission route, the instructions comprising:
instructions for acquiring information regarding the device via the first transmission route by the management device, the management device is configured to acquire the information regarding the device via the second transmission route without passing through the processing device;
instructions for initializing the device by the processing device;
instructions for acquiring the information from the management device via the third transmission route by the processing device; and
instructions for controlling, by the management device, the processing device to activate, in a first activation of the processing device, the processing device in a minimum activation mode in which first resources less than second resources which are initialized in a normal activation mode are initialized and activate, in a reactivation of the processing device, the processing device in the normal activation mode in which the second resources are initialized based on the acquired information regarding the device by the management device via the second transmission route.