SMART INTERFACE CARD CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20180307643A1
• Filed: 06/29/2018
• Published: 10/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xfusion Digital Technologies Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Wei, LIAO, Yixiang, FENG, Ben
• Granted Patent: US 10,515,043 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/10 Program control for peripheral devices G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4068 Electrical coupling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0016 Inter-integrated circuit (I2C)
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0026 PCI express
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0036 Small computer system interface [SCSI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0042 Universal serial bus [USB]

Abstract

A smart interface card control method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: after a smart interface card is inserted into a smart interface card slot of a host, registering a virtualized management interface with the host by using a protocol stack of a preset type (S102); creating a virtual link, and connecting a baseboard management controller BMC management interface to the virtual link (S104); receiving a management address configuration instruction sent by the host, and configuring a management address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction (S106); and receiving a control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address, and sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link (S108). According to the foregoing smart interface card control method and apparatus, scalability of the smart interface card can be improved.

Claims

1. A smart interface card control method, comprising:

when a smart interface card is inserted into a smart interface card slot of a host, registering a virtualized management interface with the host by using a protocol stack of a preset type;

creating a virtual link from the virtualized management interface to a baseboard management controller (BMC) management interface, wherein the BMC management interface belongs to the smart interface card;

receiving a management address configuration instruction sent by the host;

configuring a management address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receiving a control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address, and sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link.

2. The smart interface card control method according to claim 1, wherein a protocol stack type of the virtualized management interface comprises one of an Ethernet interface, a small computer system interface (SCSI), a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, an I2C interface, or an LPC interface.

3. The smart interface card control method according to claim 1, wherein a type of the smart interface card slot comprises a PCIE interface slot or a USB interface slot.

4. The smart interface card control method according to claim 1, wherein the type of the smart interface card slot is a PCIE interface slot;

and

registering the virtualized management interface with the host by using a protocol stack of a preset type comprise;

registering the virtualized management interface on a PCIE interface of the host by using the protocol stack of the preset type.

5. The smart interface card control method according to claim 4, wherein the protocol stack type of the virtualized management interface is an Ethernet interface;

and, wherein

creating the virtual link, and connecting the baseboard management controller BMC management interface to the virtual link comprise;

creating a virtual local area network link, and connecting an Ethernet interface of the BMC management interface to the virtual local area network link; and

sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link comprise;

sending the control instruction to the Ethernet interface of the BMC management interface by using the virtual local area network link.

6. The smart interface card control method according to claim 5, wherein the creating the virtual local area network link further comprises:

connecting an Ethernet interface of a system on chip (SOC) management interface to the virtual local area network link.

7. The smart interface card control method according to claim 4, wherein the protocol stack type of the virtualized management interface is a SCSI;

and, wherein

creating the virtual link, and connecting a baseboard management controller (BMC) management interface to the virtual link comprises;

creating a virtual SCSI bus, and connecting the BMC management interface to the virtual SCSI bus; and

sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link comprises;

sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual SCSI bus.

8. The smart interface card control method according to claim 7, wherein

configuring the management address of the BMC management interface according to the management address configuration instruction comprises:

configuring a SCSI read/write address of the BMC management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receiving the control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address comprises;

receiving a SCSI access request that comprises the control instruction and that is sent by the host by using the configured SCSI read/write address.

9. The smart interface card control method according to claim 1, wherein

configuring the management address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction comprises:

configuring an Internet Protocol IP address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receiving the control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address comprise;

receiving a Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP) control instruction that is sent by the host by using the configured IP address.

10. A host, comprising at least one smart interface card wherein the smart interface card comprise at least one communications interface, the at least one smart interface is configured to:

when a smart interface card is inserted into a smart interface card slot of a host, register a virtualized management interface with the host by using a protocol stack of a preset type;

create a virtual link from the virtualized management interface to a baseboard management controller (BMC) management interface, wherein the BMC management interface belongs to the smart interface card;

receive a management address configuration instruction sent by the host;

configure a management address of the BMC management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receive a control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address, and send the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link.

11. The host according to claim 10, wherein a protocol stack type of the virtualized management interface comprises one of an Ethernet interface, a small computer system interface (SCSI), a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, an I2C interface, or an LPC interface.

12. The host according to claim 10, wherein a type of the smart interface card slot comprises a PCIE interface slot or a USB interface slot.

13. The host according to claim 10, wherein the type of the smart interface card slot is a PCIE interface slot;

and, wherein

registering the virtualized management interface with the host by using a protocol stack of the preset type comprise;

registering the virtualized management interface on a PCIE interface of the host by using the protocol stack of the preset type.

14. The host according to claim 13, wherein the protocol stack type of the virtualized management interface is an Ethernet interface;

and, wherein

creating the virtual link, and connect the baseboard management controller BMC management interface to the virtual link comprises;

creating a virtual local area network link, and connect an Ethernet interface of the BMC management interface to the virtual local area network link; and

sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link comprises;

sending the control instruction to the Ethernet interface of the BMC management interface by using the virtual local area network link.

15. The host according to claim 14, wherein creating the virtual local area network link further comprises:

connecting the Ethernet interface of a system on chip (SOC) management interface to the virtual local area network link.

16. The host according to claim 13, wherein the protocol stack type of the virtualized management interface is a SCSI;

and, wherein

creating the virtual link, and connecting the baseboard management controller BMC management interface to the virtual link comprises;

creating a virtual SCSI bus, and connect the BMC management interface to the virtual SCSI bus; and

sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link comprises;

sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual SCSI bus.

17. The host according to claim 16, wherein

configuring a management address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction comprises:

configuring a SCSI read/write address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receiving a control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address comprises;

receiving a SCSI access request that comprises the control instruction and that is sent by the host by using the configured SCSI read/write address.

18. The host according to claim 10, wherein

configuring the management address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction comprise:

configuring an Internet Protocol IP address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receiving the control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address comprise;

receiving a Remote Management Control Protocol (RMCP) control instruction that is sent by the host by using the configured IP address.

19. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out steps:

when a smart interface card is inserted into a smart interface card slot of a host, registering a virtualized management interface with the host by using a protocol stack of a preset type;

creating a virtual link, and connecting a baseboard management controller (BMC) management interface to the virtual link;

receiving a management address configuration instruction sent by the host, and configuring a management address of the management interface according to the management address configuration instruction; and

receiving a control instruction that is sent by the host by using the management address, and sending the control instruction to the BMC management interface by using the virtual link.