SERVER MANAGEMENT USING A BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER TO ESTABLISH A WIRELESS NETWORK

• US 20130179558A1
• Filed: 09/09/2011
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Jing, Xie, Bo, Xu, Jian, Zhang, Binqi
• Application Number:
  US13/822,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/04 Network management architectures or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/34 Signalling channels for network management communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/00 Network data management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A server management system and a method for server management, wherein the server management system comprises baseboard management controllers (BMCs) located at each of a plurality of servers, wherein each BMC comprises: a connection establishment interface component configured to establish connection with one processing device in response to a request of establishing connection with the processing device and to receive a server management instruction from the processing device; and a wireless network communication component configured to enable the BMCs to establish a wireless network through their wireless network communication component; wherein, the server that establishes connection with the processing device is designated as an interface server, and the wireless network communication component of the BMC of the interface server is further able to broadcast the server management instruction received by the connection establishment interface component to managed servers via the established wireless network.

Claims

1. A server management system for managing a plurality of servers, wherein the server management system comprises baseboard management controllers located at each server, and each of the baseboard management controllers comprises:

a connection establishment interface component that is configured to establish connection with a processing device in response to a request of establishing connection with the processing device, and to receive a server management instruction from the processing device; and

a wireless network communication component that is configured to enable the baseboard management controllers of the plurality of servers to establish a wireless network through the respective wireless network communication component;

wherein the server that establishes connection with the processing device is designated as an interface server of the server management system, and wherein the wireless network communication component of the baseboard management controller of the interface server broadcasts the server management instruction received by the connection establishment interface component to managed servers via the established wireless network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless network communication component of the baseboard management controller of the interface server, in response to receiving a response from a managed server to the server management instruction, forwards the response to the processing device via the connection establishment interface component.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface server sends the execution result of the management instruction to a designated receiver at a designated frequency in a designated way.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless network communication component on the baseboard management controllers support using one or more wireless communication protocols selected from a static wireless local area network protocol and a dynamic Personal Area Network protocol.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface server establishes connection with the processing device using one or more communication protocol selected from static wireless local area network, dynamic Personal Area Network, Bluetooth, USB and infrared.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server management instruction comprises management content selected from a firmware update, system configuration, information collection, and combinations thereof.

7. A method for server management, wherein each of a plurality of servers has a baseboard management controller, and the baseboard management controller has a wireless network communication component, and the baseboard management controllers of the plurality of servers establish a wireless network through the wireless network communication component on them, the method comprising:

establishing, by the baseboard management controller of any one of the plurality of servers, connection with one processing device in response to a request of establishing connection with the processing device;

designating the server including the baseboard management controller that establishes connection with the processing device as an interface server; and

receiving, by the interface server, a server management instruction from the processing device, and broadcasting, by the interface server, the received server management instruction to managed servers via the established wireless network.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

forwarding, in response to receiving a response of a managed server to the server management instruction, the response to the processing device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending by the interface server the execution result of the management instruction to a designated receiver at a designated frequency in a designated way.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless network communication component on the baseboard management controllers support one or more of wireless communication protocols as static wireless local area network protocols or dynamic Personal Area Network protocols.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the the interface server establishes connection with the processing device using one or more communication protocol selected from static wireless local area network, dynamic Personal Area Network, Bluetooth, USB and infrared.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the server management instruction comprises management content selected from a firmware update, system configuration, information collection, and combinations thereof.