Rack server system

• US 9,363,627 B1
• Filed: 01/18/2015
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Pudong Technology Corp (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Pudong Technology Corp (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Xu-Xiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US14/599,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150353A1
• Time in Patent Office: 506 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A rack server system and a wireless communication method are disclosed. The rack server system includes a rack management control unit and a server node. The rack management control unit includes a rack management control module and a first ZigBee communication module. The server node includes a first baseboard management control module and a second ZigBee communication module. The rack management control module generates a first serial communication signal. The first ZigBee communication module is electrically coupled with the rack management control module and transforms the first serial communication signal into a first wireless signal. The first baseboard management control module generates a second serial communication signal. The second ZigBee communication module is electrically coupled with the first baseboard management control module and transforms the second serial communication signal into a second wireless signal.

Claims

1. A rack server system, comprising:

a rack management control unit, comprising;

a rack management control module, configured to manage the rack server system, and generate a first serial communication signal; and

a first ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the rack management control module, the first ZigBee communication module being configured to transform the first serial communication signal into a first wireless signal;

at least one server node, comprising;

a baseboard management control module, configured to manage the server node, and generate a second serial communication signal;

a second ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the baseboard management control module, the second ZigBee communication module being configured to transform the second serial communication signal into a second wireless signal; and

a power node, comprising;

a power control module, configured to generate a power status signal; and

a third ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the power control module, the third ZigBee communication module being configured to receive the power status signal and generate a third wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal and the third wireless signal are transmitted between the first ZigBee communication module and the third ZigBee communication module, and the second wireless signal and the third wireless signal are transmitted between the second ZigBee communication module and the third ZigBee communication module.

2. The rack server system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal are transmitted between the first ZigBee communication module and the second ZigBee communication module.

3. The rack server system of claim 1, wherein the first serial communication signal and the second serial communication signal are UART signals.

4. The rack server system of claim 1, wherein the baseboard management control module generates the first serial communication signal according to server log information of the at least one server node.

5. The rack server system of claim 1, wherein the power control module generates the power status signal according to power log information, and the power log information comprises an output voltage, an output current and a temperature of the power node.

8. The rack server system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal is transmitted to a fifth ZigBee communication module of a client terminal.

6. The rack server system of claim further comprising:

a fan node, comprising;

a fan control module, configured to generate a fan status signal; and

a fourth ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the fan control module, the fourth ZigBee communication module being configured to receive the fan status signal and generate a fourth wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal and the fourth wireless signal are transmitted between the first ZigBee communication module and the fourth ZigBee communication module, and the second wireless signal and the fourth wireless signal are transmitted between the second ZigBee communication module and the fourth ZigBee communication module.

7. The rack server system of claim 6, wherein the fan control module generates the fan status signal according to fan log information, and the fan log information comprises a fan speed of the fan node.