SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROTECTION DEVICE FOR SERVER

• US 20080192422A1
• Filed: 02/13/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Cheng-Hua
• Application Number:
  US11/674,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20080192422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/641
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/409 Mechanical coupling back panels H05K7/1438

Abstract

A server including a backplane, first and second EM units is provided. The signal of the first EM unit is determined whether or not to be transmitted to a bus at the backplane according to statuses of the first EM unit and other EM unit(s). The signal of the second EM unit is determined whether or not to be transmitted to the bus according to statuses of the second EM unit and other EM unit(s). Thus, the server prevents the first and the second EM units on the backplane simultaneously connected to the backplane to cause a signal short between the first and the second EM units.

Claims

1. A server, comprising:

a backplane;

a first enclosure management (EM) unit, comprising;

a first switch unit, connected to the backplane through a bus and used to determine whether or not to allow a signal of the first EM unit to be transmitted to the bus through the first switch unit according to a first switch signal; and

a first protect-control unit, for outputting the first switch signal and determining an enable status of the first switch signal according to statuses of the first EM unit and other EM units; and

a second EM unit, comprising;

a second switch unit, connected to the backplane through the bus and used to determine whether or not to allow a signal of the second EM unit to be transmitted to the bus through the second switch unit according to a second switch signal; and

a second protect-control unit, for outputting the second switch signal and determining an enable status of the second switch signal according to statuses of the second EM unit and other EM units.

2. The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first EM unit further comprises:

a first pick unit, for picking up a first status message of the first EM unit and outputting the first status message to the first protect-control unit, wherein the first status message indicates that the first EM unit is in an active status or an inactive status.

3. The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first protect-control unit comprises:

a first transmission-processing module, for receiving a first notification message transmitted by the second protect-control unit, wherein the first notification message indicates a status of the second EM unit; and

an operation-processing module, for operating and processing according to a first default level setting, a first status message, and the first notification message, so as to generate the first switch signal, wherein the first status message indicates that the first EM unit is an active or inactive EM unit.

4. The server as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first default level setting uses logic 0 to indicate a main EM unit and logic 1 to indicate a secondary EM unit.

5. The server as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first status message uses logic 0 to indicate an active EM unit and logic 1 to indicate an inactive EM unit.

6. The server as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first notification message uses logic 1 to indicate that the status of the second EM unit is an active EM unit and logic 0 to indicate that the status of the second EM unit is an inactive EM unit.

7. The server as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first switch signal uses logic 0 to indicate that the first switch unit is turned on and logic 1 to indicate that the first switch unit is turned off.

8. The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first protect-control unit comprises:

a first AND gate, having a first input end and a second input end receiving a first default level setting and a first notification message transmitted by the second protect-control unit, respectively; and

a first OR gate, having a first input end and a second input end receiving the output of the first AND gate and a first status message respectively, so as to output the first switch signal;

wherein the first status message indicates that the first EM unit is an active or inactive EM unit.

9. The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second EM unit further comprises:

a second pick unit, for picking up a second status message of the second EM unit and outputting the second status message to the second protect-control unit, wherein the second status message indicates that the second EM unit is in an active or inactive status.

10. The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second protect-control unit comprises:

a second transmission-processing module, for receiving a second notification message transmitted by the first protect-control unit, wherein the second notification message indicates the status of the first EM unit; and

a second operation-processing module, for operating and processing according to a second default level setting, a second status message, and the second notification message, so as to generate the second switch signal, wherein the second status message indicates that the second EM unit is an active or inactive EM unit.

11. The server as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second default level setting uses logic 0 to indicate a main EM unit and logic 1 to indicate a secondary EM unit.

12. The server as claimed in claim 10, wherein for the second status message, logic 0 indicates an active EM unit and logic 1 indicates a inactive EM unit.

13. The server as claimed in claim 10, wherein for the second notification message, logic 1 indicates that the status of the first EM unit is an active EM unit and logic 0 indicates that the status of the first EM unit is a inactive EM unit.

14. The server as claimed in claim 10, wherein for the second switch signal, logic 0 indicates that the second switch unit is turned on and logic 1 indicates that the second switch unit is turned off.

15. The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second protect-control unit comprising:

a second AND gate, having a first input end and a second input end receive a second default level setting and a second notification message transmitted by the first protect-control unit, respectively; and

a second OR gate, having a first input end and a second input end receive the output of the second AND gate and a second status message, respectively, so as to output the second switch signal;

wherein the second status message indicates that the second EM unit is an active or inactive EM unit.