IP Library Granted Patent US 11,392,440
Granted Patent B2
US 11,392,440 · App. 16/412,864 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Hard disk status monitoring system and hard disk status monitoring method

Inventors: Li-Yun Hao (Tianjin, CN); Duo Qiu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
G06F11/0772G06F11/0706
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Patent No.
US 11,392,440
App. No.
16/412,864
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hard disk status monitoring system for monitoring an operating status of at least one hard disk in real time includes a control unit, a complex programmable logic device, a baseboard management controller, and a display unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a status from the at least one hard disk and generate a corresponding output signal. The complex programmable logic device is configured to receive the output signal generated by the control unit and analyze the output signal to generate a corresponding status signal. The baseboard management controller is configured to receive the status signal generated by the complex programmable logic device and analyze the status signal to generate a corresponding display signal. The display unit is configured to receive the display signal and display the status information of the corresponding hard disk according to the display signal.

Claims (32)

1. A hard disk status monitoring system for monitoring an operating status of at least one hard disk in real time, the hard disk status monitoring system comprising:

a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one hard disk and being configured to acquire a status from the at least one hard disk and generate a corresponding output signal;

a complex programmable logic device communicatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive the output signal generated by the controller and analyze the output signal to generate a corresponding status signal;

a baseboard management controller communicatively coupled to the complex programmable logic device and configured to receive the status signal generated by the complex programmable logic device and analyze the status signal to generate a corresponding display signal; and

a display unit communicatively coupled to the baseboard management controller and configured to receive the display signal and display status information of the corresponding hard disk according to the display signal;

wherein the status information comprises active state information, when the active state information is a high level signal, the status of the corresponding hard disk is an active state; and

wherein the complex programmable logic device is communicatively coupled to the baseboard management controller via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus, the status signal is an I2C signal; the status information further comprises positioning status information, and fault status information of the at least one hard disk; the active state information, the positioning state information, and the fault state information are high level signals or low level signals; when the fault state information is a high level signal and the positioning state information is a low level signal, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a fault state; when the fault state information is a low level signal and the positioning state information is a high level signal, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a positioning state; when the fault state information and the positioning state information are both high level signals, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a rebuild state; and when the fault state information alternates between the high level and the low level signals within a period T, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a predicated failure analysis state.

2. The hard disk status monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein:

the output signal comprises a clock signal and a data signal; and

the data signal comprises status information of the at least one hard disk.

3. The hard disk status monitoring system of claim 2 , wherein:

the controller is communicably coupled to the complex programmable logic device through a serial general purpose input output (SGPIO) bus;

the output signal conforms to an SGPIO protocol; and

the output signal is an SGPIO signal, the clock signal is an SClock signal of the SGPIO signal, and the data signal is an SLoad signal and an SDataOut signal of the SGPIO signal.

4. The hard disk status monitoring system of claim 1 , wherein:

T is 500 milliseconds.

5. A hard disk status monitoring method, comprising:

acquiring, by a controller, a status of at least one hard disk in real time, and generating a corresponding output signal;

analyzing, by a complex programmable logic device, the output signal and generating a corresponding status signal;

analyzing, by a baseboard management controller, the status signal and generating a corresponding display signal; and

receiving, by a display unit, the display signal generated by the baseboard management controller and displaying status information of the corresponding hard disk according to the display signal;

wherein the status information comprises active state information, when the active state information is a high level signal, the status of the corresponding hard disk is an active state; and

wherein the complex programmable logic device is communicatively coupled to the baseboard management controller via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus; and the status signal is an I2C signal; the status information further comprises positioning status information, and fault status information of the at least one hard disk; the active state information, the positioning state information, and the fault state information are high level signals or low level signals; when the fault state information is a high level signal and the positioning state information is a low level signal, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a fault state; when the fault state information is a low level signal and the positioning state information is a high level signal, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a positioning state; when the fault state information and the positioning state information are both high level signals, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a rebuild state; and when the fault state information alternates between the high level and the low level signals within a period T, the status of the corresponding hard disk is a predicated failure analysis state.

6. The hard disk status monitoring method of claim 5 , wherein:

the output signal comprises a clock signal and a data signal; and

the data signal comprises status information of the at least one hard disk.

7. The hard disk status monitoring method of claim 6 , wherein:

the controller is communicably coupled to the complex programmable logic device through a serial general purpose input output (SGPIO) bus;

the output signal conforms to an SGPIO protocol; and

the output signal is an SGPIO signal, the clock signal is an SClock signal of the SGPIO signal, and the data signal is an SLoad signal and an SDataOut signal of the SGPIO signal.

8. The hard disk status monitoring method of claim 5 , wherein:

T is 500 milliseconds.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO.,LTD.
To: FULIAN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059620/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2019
From: HAO, LI-YUN; QIU, DUO
To: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 049190/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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