SERVER SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130254361A1
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Chih-Ming, Liu, Pang-Yu
• Granted Patent: US 8,793,403 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0646 Horizontal data movement in storage systems, i.e. moving data in between storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0679 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device, e.g. flash memory, one time programmable memory [OTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5038 for local use, e.g. in LAN or USB networks, or in a controller area network [CAN]

Abstract

A server system and a management method thereof are provided. A main server is used to manage a plurality of hosts in the server system. The main server detects a device controller of each of the hosts for obtaining location information of each device controller. One Internet Protocol (IP) address is configured to each location information. A virtual network interface card (NIC) is established according to the IP address, and a remote package is received through the virtual NIC for transmitting package to the device controller corresponding to the virtual NIC.

Claims

1. A server system management method for managing a plurality of hosts in the server system by a main server, wherein each of the hosts correspondingly comprises a device controller, the method comprises:

detecting the device controller of each of the hosts to obtain location information of the device controller in the server system;

configuring an internet protocol address to the location information;

establishing a virtual network interface card according to the internet protocol address; and

receiving a remote packet from a remote device through the virtual network interface card for transmitting the remote packet to the device controller to which the virtual network interface card corresponds.

2. The server system management method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of detecting the device controller of each of the hosts comprises:

detecting an number of the device controller and the location information of the device controller via an inter-process communication technique.

3. The server system management method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of configuring the internet protocol address to the location information comprises:

loading an address configuration file from a file system; and

configuring the internet protocol address to the location information according to the address configuration file in a dynamic or static way.

4. The server system management method as claimed in claim 1, further comprises:

creating a gateway daemon thread to establish the virtual network interface card according to the internet protocol address by the gateway daemon thread.

5. The server system management method as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the step of receiving the remote packet from the remote device through the virtual network interface card for transmitting the remote packet to the device controller to which the virtual network interface card corresponds, the method further comprises:

transforming the remote packet from a first message format into a second message format which a connection interface is supported by the device controller, wherein the connection interface is coupled between the device controller and one of the hosts to which the device controller corresponds.

6. The server system management method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first message format is a remote management and control protocol (RMCP) message format, the second message format is an node to node message format of an intelligent platform management bus/bridge (IPMB).

7. The server system management method as claimed in claim 5, wherein after the step of receiving the remote packet from the remote device through the virtual network interface card, the method further comprises:

checking if a format of the remote packet matches the first message format;

if the format of the remote packet matches the first message format, transmitting the remote packet to the device controller; and

if the remote packet does not match the first message format, waiting for receiving another remote packet.

8. The server system management method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of transforming the remote packet from the first message format into the second message format which the connection interface is supported comprises:

storing header data and session data of the first message format in the device controller;

obtaining payload data of the first message format; and

transforming the payload data into being matched with the second message format.

9. The server system management method as claimed in claim 8, wherein after the step of receiving the remote packet from the remote device through the virtual network interface card for transmitting the remote packet to the device controller to which the virtual network interface card corresponds, the method further comprises:

receiving a responding packet from the device controller for transmitting the responding packet to the remote device.

10. The server system management method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of receiving the responding packet from the device controller for transmitting the responding packet to the remote device comprises:

receiving the responding packet from one of the hosts to which the device controller corresponds by the device controller; and

transforming the responding packet from the second message format into the first message format according the stored header data and the session data by the device controller.

11. A server system, comprising:

a plurality of hosts, respectively coupled to a device controller; and

a main server, coupled to the device controller of each of the hosts for managing the hosts, wherein the main server executes a management procedure, the management procedure includes;

detecting the device controller of each of the hosts to obtain location information of the device controller in the server system, configuring an internet protocol address to the location information, establishing a virtual network interface card according to the internet protocol address to receive a remote packet from a remote device through the virtual network interface card and transmit the remote packet to the device controller to which the virtual network interface card corresponds.

12. The server system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the main server comprises:

a storage unit, storing an address configuration file and a gateway software; and

a processing unit, coupled to the storage unit, executing the management procedure via the gateway software.

13. The server system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the gateway software comprises:

an inter-process communication dock, detecting an number of the device controller and the location information of the device controller.

an information storage center, storing the number of the device controller and the location information of the device controller; and

a daemon factory, creating a gateway daemon thread;

wherein, the gateway daemon thread loads the address configuration file from a file system, and establishes the virtual network interface card according to the internet protocol address to which the location information obtained via the address configuration file corresponds to.

14. The server system as claimed in claim 11, wherein after the main server receives the remote packet from the remote device through the virtual network interface card, and transmits the remote packet to the device controller to which the virtual network interface card corresponds, the device controller transforms the remote packet from a first message format into a second message format which a connection interface supports, wherein the connection interface is coupled between the device controller and one of the hosts to which the device controller corresponds.

15. The server system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the device controlled stores header data and session data of the first message format in itself, obtains payload data of the first message format, and transforms the payload data into being matched with the second message format.

16. The server system as claimed in claim 15, wherein after receiving a responding packet from one of the hosts to which the device controllers corresponds, the device controller transforms the responding packet from the second message format into the first message format according to the stored header data and the session data and transmits the responding packet to the remote packet by the gateway daemon thread.