Intelligent platform management interface validating system and method

• US 20060167919A1
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATEN International Company Limited
• Original Assignee: ATEN International Company Limited
• Inventors: Hsieh, Chih-tao
• Application Number:
  US11/393,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20060167919A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software

Abstract

An Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) validating system used between a host system and an operation terminal is provided. The IPMI validating system includes a validating program library for storing a plurality of validating programs coded in a programming language, a user interface configured in the operation terminal, for providing a plurality of selectable commands to be assigned wherein each of the selectable commands corresponds to one of the validating programs stored in the validating program library, and a validating module disposed at the host system for executing a health test of the host system according to the validating programs corresponding to the assigned selectable commands.

Claims

1. An Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) validating system used between a host system and an operation terminal, the IPMI validating system comprising:

a validating program library for storing a plurality of validating programs coded in a programming language;

a user interface configured in the operation terminal, for providing a plurality of selectable commands to be assigned wherein each of the selectable commands corresponds to one of the validating programs stored in the validating program library; and

a validating module disposed at the host system, for executing a health test of the host system according to the validating programs corresponding to the assigned selectable commands.

2. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 1, wherein the programming language is TCL/TK language.

3. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 1, further comprising:

a translating unit for translating the validating programs into a test text file;

a setting unit for editing the test text file; and

a counter-translating unit for translating the edited test text file into validating programs and transferring the validating programs to the validating module.

4. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 3, wherein the test text file includes an identifying sign to identify the command corresponding to the validating program.

5. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 1, wherein the validating program is selected from a group consisting of a system event log (SEL) test program, a watchdog verification program, a sensor data record (SDR) verification program, a chassis verification program and a field replaceable unit (FRU) verification program.

6. An Intelligence Platform Management Interface (IPMI) validating system used between a host system and an operation terminal, the IPMI validating system comprising:

a programming table for storing a predefined rule defining a plurality of validating programs corresponding to a plurality of text strings;

a user interface configured in the operation terminal, for editing a test text file based on the predefined rule;

a translating unit for translating the test text file into validating programs; and

a validating module, disposed at the host system, for performing a health test of the host system according to the translated validating programs.

7. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 6, wherein the validating programs are programmed in TCL/TK language.

8. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 6, wherein the test text file includes an identifying sign to identify the text string corresponding to the validating program.

9. The Intelligence Platform Management Interface validating system of claim 6, wherein the validating program is selected from a group consisting of a system event log (SEL) verification program, a watchdog verification program, a sensor data record (SDR) verification program, a chassis verification program and a field replaceable unit (FRU) verification program.

10. A method of validating an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) of a host system, the method comprises the steps of:

(a) editing a test text file based on a predefined rule which defines a plurality of validating programs corresponding to a plurality of text strings;

(b) translating the test text file into validating programs; and

(c) performing a health test of the host system according to the translated validating programs.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the validating programs are programmed in TCL/TK language.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step (a) further comprises adding an identifying sign to identify the text string corresponding to the validating programs.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the validating programs are selected from a group consisting of a system event log (SEL) verification program, a watchdog verification program, a sensor data record (SDR) verification program, a chassis verification program and a field replaceable unit (FRU) verification program.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

storing a result of the health test of the host system according to the translated validating programs

15. A method of validating an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) of a host system, the method comprises the steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of selectable commands, wherein each of the selectable commands corresponds to a validating program stored in a validating program library;

(b) assigning one or more of the selectable commands;

(c) translating the assigned validating programs into a test text file;

(d) editing the test text file based on a predefined rule which defmes a plurality of validating programs corresponding to a plurality of text strings;

(e) translating the edited test text file into validating programs; and

(f) executing a health test of the host system according to the assigned validating programs.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the validating programs are programmed in TCL/TK language.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the step (d) further comprises adding an identifying sign to identify the text string corresponding to the validating program.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the validating programs are selected from a group consisting of a system event log (SEL) verification program, a watchdog verification program, a sensor data record (SDR) verification program, a chassis verification program and a field replaceable unit (FRU) verification program.