CN102841817A - Active server monitoring device and active server monitoring method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an active server monitoring device and method, which are used for monitoring at least one server. The active server monitoring device comprises a judgment module and a control module. The judging module is used for receiving the sensing information and judging whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition. If the judgment result of the judgment module is yes, the control module actively outputs a control instruction signal to the server so as to control the server to execute a specific preset task according to the control instruction signal. The control command signal includes a specific preset task and the specific preset task corresponds to a specific preset condition.

Description

Active server monitoring device and active server monitoring method

technical field

The present invention is related to servers, in particular to an active server monitoring device and an active server monitoring method that can automatically sense the server and its environment and actively send control commands to the server according to the sensing results, which can achieve automatic control of the server Efficacy of implementing necessary contingency measures in accordance with control instructions.

Background technique

In recent years, with the continuous advancement of science and technology, technologies and equipment related to server (server) management have also undergone considerable innovation and development. For example, the so-called baseboard management controller (Baseboard Management Controller, BMC) itself provides a medium for server monitoring and a common command specification - intelligent platform management interface (Intelligent Platform Management Interface, IPMI).

In fact, the smart platform management interface was originally an industrial standard adopted by peripheral devices of Intel-based enterprise systems, and users can use this standard without paying additional fees. Since the intelligent platform management interface can span different operating systems, firmware and hardware platforms, it can intelligently monitor, control and automatically reply to the operating status of a large number of servers to reduce the cost of the server system. Although today's technology can combine the intelligent platform management interface with other high-level management mechanisms (such as a KVM switch (iKVM) or virtual machine (Virtual Machine, VM) with network remote control function, etc.), or through text mode (such as Structured Query Language (Structured Query Language, SQL, etc.) to operate the operating system of the server, but for the server side, the traditional baseboard management controller still plays the role of an information intermediary, and does not affect the operation of the server The system makes any assignments or interactions.

However, in practical applications, the current way of managing servers through baseboard management controllers still encounters many problems, which need to be overcome urgently. For example, once the external communication of the server is isolated or destroyed, or when an emergency occurs on the server and a decision needs to be made in a very short time, the server administrator cannot remotely operate the server from the client through the baseboard management controller. The computer must directly enter the computer room where the server is set up for operation. Assuming that the computer room where the server is installed is unfortunately on fire or attacked, in addition to the fact that the server may have been destroyed by Zhu Rong, the precious short response time will be lost, and the server manager’s risk of entering the computer room may also cause great damage to his life safety. threaten.

Contents of the invention

Therefore, one scope of the present invention is to provide a proactive server monitoring device and a proactive server monitoring method to solve the above-mentioned problems encountered in the prior art.

In a specific embodiment, the active server monitoring device of the present invention is used to monitor at least one server. The active server monitoring device includes a judgment module and a control module. The judging module is used for receiving sensing information and judging whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition. If the judgment result of the judging module is yes, the control module actively outputs a control instruction signal to the server, so as to control the server to execute a specific preset task according to the control instruction signal. The control command signal includes a specific preset task and the specific preset task corresponds to a specific preset condition.

In practical applications, the sensing information can be obtained by sensing the server itself or the environment where the server is located. The sensor can be externally connected to the active server monitoring device, or the sensor can be built into the active server monitoring device and coupled with connected to the judgment module.

Sensing information is selected from the remaining amount of backup power of the server, the ambient temperature or smoke concentration of the environment where the server is located, whether the server is infected with computer viruses, malfunctions or is destroyed, whether the environment where the server is located is invaded or destroyed, and whether the server can communicate externally. One of the groups formed.

The specific preset task is selected from the group consisting of startup, shutdown, data backup, data deletion, file opening, file closing, application execution, computer virus removal, and data upload/download.

The control module actively outputs control command signals to the operating system of the server through the transmission interface; the transmission interface is selected from Human Interface Device (Human Interface Device, HID) interface, Universal Serial Bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) interface and general asynchronous transmission and reception transmission One of the group formed by Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) interface; the operating system is selected from one of the group formed by Windows (Windows) operating system, Linux operating system, Mac OS operating system and DOS operating system .

The active server monitoring device can further include a storage module for storing a plurality of preset conditions including specific preset conditions. The multiple preset conditions respectively correspond to multiple preset tasks. The judging module compares the sensing information with a plurality of preset conditions to judge whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition.

In another embodiment, the active server monitoring method of the present invention is used to monitor at least one server. The active server monitoring method includes the following steps: (a) receiving sensing information, and judging whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition; (b) if the judging result of step (a) is yes, actively outputting a control instruction signal to The server, wherein the control command signal includes a specific preset task and the specific preset task corresponds to a specific preset condition; (c) the control server executes the specific preset task according to the control command signal.

Compared with the prior art, the active server monitoring device and the active server monitoring method according to the present invention can automatically judge the sensor value obtained by sensing the server itself or the environment in which the server is located without the administrator inputting any instructions. Whether the test information meets specific preset conditions, and automatically controls the server to perform specific preset tasks according to the judgment results. In this way, once unexpected emergencies occur on the server itself or the environment where the server is located, the active server monitoring device and active server monitoring method of the present invention can actively send control instructions to the server according to the sensing results, without the need for an administrator to The server can be automatically controlled to take necessary contingency measures according to the control command, which not only greatly shortens the emergency response time, but also enables the data stored in the server to be backed up in time and sent to other safe areas, and also prevents server managers from entering at risk In the computer room, its life safety is effectively guaranteed.

The advantages and spirit of the present invention can be further understood through the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an active server monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a proactive server monitoring method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a proactive server monitoring method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of main component symbols]

S10～S26: process steps

1: Active server monitoring device

3: Sensor 10: Judgment module

12: Control module 14: Storage module

16: Transmission interface 2a～2c: Server

Detailed ways

The present invention discloses an active server monitoring device and an active server monitoring method, which are used to automatically sense the server and its environment, and actively send control instructions to the server according to the sensing results, so that the server can be automatically controlled without issuing instructions from the administrator The server executes necessary contingency measures according to the control instruction.

A specific embodiment according to the present invention is an active server monitoring device. In this embodiment, the active server monitoring device is used to actively monitor at least one server. In fact, the active server monitoring device may be a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), but not limited thereto. Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a functional block diagram of the active server monitoring device of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1 , an active server monitoring device 1 is coupled to servers 2 a - 2 c. In fact, the number of servers coupled to the active server monitoring device 1 can be adjusted according to actual needs, and is not limited to the three servers in this example, and the types of servers coupled to the active server monitoring device 1 are not limited. certain restrictions.

In this embodiment, the active server monitoring device 1 includes a judgment module 10 , a control module 12 , a storage module 14 and a transmission interface 16 . Wherein, the judging module 10 is respectively coupled to the sensor 3 , the control module 12 and the storage module 14 ; the transmission interface 16 is respectively coupled to the control module 12 and the servers 2 a - 2 c . It should be noted that the sensor 3 can be built in the active server monitoring device 1 or externally connected to the active server monitoring device 1 . The type of the sensor 3 can be determined according to actual needs, and can be a temperature sensor, a smoke sensor, a power sensor, etc., and there is no specific limitation.

Next, each module included in the active server monitoring device 1 and its functions will be described in detail.

In this embodiment, the storage module 14 of the active server monitoring device 1 stores a plurality of preset conditions including specific preset conditions, and the plurality of preset conditions correspond to a plurality of preset tasks respectively. In fact, the preset tasks mentioned above can be starting up, shutting down, data backup, data deletion, opening files, closing files, executing applications, cleaning computer viruses, or data upload/download, but not limited thereto. As for the preset conditions, the residual power of the servers 2a-2c may be less than a critical value, the ambient temperature of the servers 2a-2c is higher than the critical temperature, the smoke concentration of the servers 2a-2c is higher than the critical value, Or the external communication of the servers 2a-2c is interrupted, etc., but it is not limited thereto.

The active server monitoring device 1 senses the servers 2 a - 2 c themselves or the environment where the servers 2 a - 2 c are located through external or built-in sensors 3 to obtain sensing information. In practical applications, the sensing information may be the remaining amount of backup power of the servers 2a-2c, the ambient temperature or smoke concentration of the environment where the servers 2a-2c are located, whether the servers 2a-2c are infected with computer viruses, malfunction or are destroyed, whether the servers 2a-2c are Whether the environment where ~2c is located is invaded or destroyed, or whether the servers 2a~2c can communicate externally, etc., but not limited thereto.

Next, the judging module 10 will receive the sensing information from the sensor 3 and judge whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition. The judging module 10 compares the sensing information with a plurality of preset conditions to judge whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition in the plurality of preset conditions.

If the judging result of the judging module 10 is yes, it means that the sensing information meets the specific preset condition, and the control module 12 will actively output a control command signal to the servers 2a-2c, so as to control the servers 2a-2c to perform a specific task according to the control command signal. Default tasks. Wherein, the control instruction signal includes a specific preset task and the specific preset task corresponds to a specific preset condition.

In this embodiment, the control module 12 actively outputs control command signals to the operating systems (OS) of the servers 2 a - 2 c through the transmission interface 16 . In fact, the transmission interface can be a Human Interface Device (Human Interface Device, HID) interface, a Universal Serial Bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) interface or a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) interface; the server The operating system of 2a～2c can be Windows (Windows) operating system, Linux operating system, Mac OS operating system or DOS operating system, but all are not limited to this. As for the control command signal, it can be a human interface device (Human Interface Device, HID) signal, which can be stored in the active server monitoring device 1 in some specific way in advance, such as text file upload or mapping through web page settings. etc., but not limited thereto.

Through the above-mentioned mode of operation, the active server monitoring device 1 in this embodiment can not only effectively fill the window period between the occurrence of an emergency on the server end until the management personnel make a proper response, but also proactively and automatically respond to the occurrence of the server end Proper handling of unanticipated events. For example, when the backup power supply of the server 2a is about to run out, after the active server monitoring device 1 detects it through the sensor 3, it will actively send a control instruction signal to the operating system of the server 2a, so as to control the server 2a in the standby mode. Before the power is used up, you can first make a backup of the current important data.

In addition, once a fire breaks out in the computer room where the server 2a is installed, the active server monitoring device 1 can sense a significant increase in temperature in the computer room through the sensor 3, and immediately actively send a control command signal to the operating system of the server 2a to control The server 2a immediately backs up its important data to a safe area. Even if the external communication of the computer room where the server 2a is installed is destroyed or fails, the administrator cannot remotely control the server 2a through the network, but since the active server monitoring device 1 can actively and automatically control the server 2a to properly handle unexpected events, Therefore, the operating system of the server 2a still has the ability to adapt to changes in its current environment, so as to effectively improve the lack of previous technologies.

In detail, the behaviors of the active server monitoring device 1 of the present invention to actively operate the servers 2a-2c may include the following items:

(1) By storing preset keyboard or mouse signals: the administrator can upload a file in a specific format (such as a text file) to the active server monitoring device 1 through the webpage in advance and store it in the active server monitoring device 1 , and this file format must be able to be interpreted by the servers 2a-2c, such as the scancode of the keyboard.

(2) In addition to actively operating the servers 2a to 2c through the above-mentioned sensors, the active server monitoring device 1 can also adopt a manual method (for example, the administrator issues an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) command through the active server monitoring device 1) to perform server monitoring. Active operation of 2a-2c.

(3) The active server monitoring device 1 can transmit the control command signal to the servers 2a-2c through a human-machine interface device (HID) such as a universal serial bus interface or a universal asynchronous transceiver interface, so that the servers 2a-2c active operation.

Another specific embodiment according to the present invention is an active server monitoring method. In this embodiment, the active server monitoring method is used to actively monitor at least one server. Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a flow chart of the active server monitoring method. As shown in FIG. 2 , firstly, the method executes step S10 to pre-set specific preset conditions and corresponding specific preset tasks on the active server monitoring device.

In fact, the above-mentioned specific preset conditions and corresponding specific preset tasks may be determined according to actual needs. For example, the specific preset condition may be that the ambient temperature of the environment where the server is located is higher than 60 degrees Celsius, and the corresponding specific preset task may be to back up server data and transfer the backed up server data to other safe areas server, but not limited to.

Next, the method executes step S12 to sense the server itself or the environment where the server is located to obtain sensing information. In practical applications, the sensing information can be the remaining amount of backup power of the server, the ambient temperature or smoke concentration of the environment where the server is located, whether the server is infected with computer viruses, malfunctions or is destroyed, whether the environment where the server is located is invaded or destroyed, or Whether the server can communicate externally, but not limited to the above.

Then, the method executes step S14, receiving the sensing information, and judging whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition. For example, assuming that the specific preset condition is that the ambient temperature of the environment where the server is located is higher than 60 degrees Celsius, if the sensing information is ambient temperature = 50 degrees Celsius, since the sensing information does not meet the specific preset condition, that is, step If the judgment result of S14 is no, the method will re-execute step S12. On the contrary, if the sensing information is ambient temperature = 70 degrees Celsius, since the sensing information meets a specific preset condition, that is, the judgment result of step S14 is yes, the method will execute step S16 to actively output a control command signal to the server . Afterwards, the method executes step S18, and the control server executes a specific preset task according to the control instruction signal.

Next, an example will be used to illustrate the active server monitoring method. As shown in FIG. 3 , the method executes step S20 to sense the temperature around the server to obtain a sensed temperature value. Next, the method executes step S22, receiving the sensed temperature value, and judging whether the sensed temperature value is higher than a critical temperature value.

For example, assuming that the critical temperature value is 60 degrees Celsius, if the sensed temperature value is 50 degrees Celsius, since the sensed temperature value is not higher than the critical temperature value, that is, the judgment result of step S22 is No, the method will Re-execute step S22. On the contrary, if the sensed temperature value is 70 degrees Celsius, since the sensed temperature value is higher than the critical temperature value, that is, the judgment result of step S22 is yes, the method will execute step S24 to actively output the backup command to the server. Afterwards, the method will execute step S26 to control the server to back up the server data according to the backup instruction, and transmit the backed up server data to the safe area through the network. It should be noted that the process steps shown in FIG. 3 are only an embodiment of the active server monitoring method, and are not limited thereto.

Compared with the prior art, the active server monitoring device and the active server monitoring method according to the present invention can automatically judge the sensor value obtained by sensing the server itself or the environment in which the server is located without the administrator inputting any instructions. Whether the test information meets specific preset conditions, and automatically controls the server to perform specific preset tasks according to the judgment results. In this way, once unexpected emergencies occur on the server itself or the environment where the server is located, the active server monitoring device and active server monitoring method of the present invention can actively send control instructions to the server according to the sensing results, without the need for an administrator to The server can be automatically controlled to take necessary contingency measures according to the control command, which not only greatly shortens the emergency response time, but also enables the data stored in the server to be backed up in time and sent to other safe areas, and also prevents server managers from entering at risk In the computer room, its life safety is effectively guaranteed.

Through the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the features and spirit of the present invention can be described more clearly, rather than limiting the scope of the present invention by the preferred embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the appended claims of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. An active server monitoring device for monitoring at least one server, the active server monitoring device comprising: A judging module, used to receive a sensing information, and judge whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition; and A control module, coupled to the judgment module, if the judgment result of the judgment module is yes, the control module actively outputs a control instruction signal to the server, so as to control the server to execute a specific preset task according to the control instruction signal , wherein the control command signal includes the specific preset task and the specific preset task corresponds to the specific preset condition. 2. The active server monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing information is obtained by sensing the server itself or the environment where the server is located, and the sensor is externally connected to the active A server monitoring device, or the sensor is built in the active server monitoring device and coupled to the judging module. 3. The active server monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the sensing information is selected from the remaining amount of standby power of the server, the ambient temperature or smoke concentration of the environment where the server is located, whether the server has received One of the group consisting of computer virus, failure or destruction, whether the environment where the server is located is invaded or destroyed, and whether the server can communicate externally. 4. The active server monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising: A storage module, coupled to the judging module, is used to store a plurality of preset conditions including the specific preset condition, and the plurality of preset conditions respectively correspond to a plurality of preset tasks, the judging module senses The sensing information is compared with the plurality of preset conditions to determine whether the sensing information meets the specific preset condition. 5. The active server monitoring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specific preset task is selected from startup, shutdown, data backup, data deletion, opening files, closing files, executing application programs, removing computer viruses and One of the group consisting of data upload/download. 6. The active server monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the control module actively outputs the control command signal to an operating system of the server through a transmission interface, and the transmission interface is selected from a user-friendly interface One of the group consisting of a device interface, a universal serial bus interface and a universal asynchronous transceiver interface, the operating system is selected from the Windows operating system, the Linux operating system, the Mac OS operating system and the DOS operating system. one of the groups. 7. A proactive server monitoring method for monitoring at least one server, the proactive server monitoring method comprising the following steps: (a) receiving a sensing information, and judging whether the sensing information meets a specific preset condition; (b) if the judgment result of step (a) is yes, actively output a control command signal to the server, wherein the control command signal includes a specific preset task and the specific preset task corresponds to the specific preset condition; as well as (c) controlling the server to execute the specific preset task according to the control instruction signal. 8. The proactive server monitoring method according to claim 7, further comprising the following steps before step (a): The specific preset condition and the corresponding specific preset task are preset. 9. The proactive server monitoring method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising the following steps before step (a): Sensing the server itself or the environment where the server is located to obtain the sensing information. 10. The active server monitoring method according to claim 7, wherein the sensing information is selected from the remaining amount of standby power of the server, the ambient temperature or smoke concentration of the environment where the server is located, whether the server has received One of the group consisting of computer virus, failure or destruction, whether the environment where the server is located is invaded or destroyed, and whether the server can communicate externally. 11. The active server monitoring method according to claim 7, wherein step (a) is to compare the sensing information with a plurality of preset conditions to determine whether the sensing information meets the plurality of preset conditions. For the specific preset condition in the preset conditions, the multiple preset conditions respectively correspond to multiple preset tasks. 12. The proactive server monitoring method according to claim 7, wherein the specific preset task is selected from startup, shutdown, data backup, data deletion, opening files, closing files, executing application programs, cleaning computer viruses and One of the group consisting of data upload/download.

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