CN109977046A - A kind of I/O port distribution system and method based on the more physical extents of server - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to server technology fields, a kind of I/O port distribution system and method based on the more physical extents of server is provided, system include UID button, several mostly into one go out switch and programmable controller, each multiple signal input part for mostly going out switch into one is connect with the signal wire of the same port type of each physical extent respectively, and output end is connect with the port of the corresponding types of front window I/O port；Each control terminal for mostly going out switch into one is connect with programmable controller respectively, programmable controller receives button operation of the user on UID button and is formed by button operation instruction, control establishes communication channel between the port that button operation instructs the corresponding corresponding type of physical extent, to realize taking for more physical extents of front end I/O port, avoid the problem that each server partition designs a set of I/O port and results in waste of resources.

Description

A system and method for IO port allocation based on multiple physical partitions of servers

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of servers, and in particular relates to an IO port allocation system and method based on multiple physical partitions of a server.

Background technique

In the design process of high-end 8-way and above servers, the design of multiple physical partitions of a whole machine will be involved. For example, a high-end 8-way server is physically partitioned and split into two 4-way servers or four 2-way servers. Road servers are used in parallel, each physical partition is an independent operating system, which can run an independent business system, and users can flexibly configure and use according to their own business needs.

In the server design process, in order to ensure that the server is easy to maintain before and after, general and common physical IO ports are generally reserved in the front and rear windows of the server to meet the needs of human-computer interaction, such as VGA/USB/System UART and other interfaces. In addition, the front window also Some special IO ports will be designed, such as optical drive/human-computer interaction LCD screen, etc. Therefore, under the design requirements of multiple physical partitions, it will inevitably involve the need to design multiple groups of physical IO ports on the front window of the server, such as VGA/USB/SystemUART/CD-ROM/Human-computer interaction LCD screen, etc., which will not only cause a single physical partition configuration There is a serious waste of physical IO ports. Too many physical IO ports will also occupy a lot of physical space in the front window, which will have a negative impact on the number of front maintenance modules (such as hard disks) that can be placed, heat dissipation, and ID aesthetic design.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the present invention provides an IO port allocation system based on multiple physical partitions of a server, aiming to solve the problem that setting multiple groups of IO ports on the front window in the prior art will not only cause physical IO ports in a single physical partition configuration Too many physical IO ports will also occupy a lot of physical space in the front window, which will negatively affect the number of front maintenance modules that can be placed, heat dissipation, and ID aesthetic design.

The technical solution provided by the present invention is: an IO port allocation system based on multiple physical partitions of a server, including a UID button, the UID button includes a plurality of button keys, respectively denoted as button key UID_1 to button key UID_N, the The IO port distribution system for multiple physical partitions of the server also includes a plurality of MIMO switches and a programmable controller connected to the UID button, and the plurality of MIMO switches are respectively denoted as the first MIMO switches. From the output switch to the N-th multi-input-one-out switch, the multiple signal input terminals of each of the multi-input-one-out switches are respectively connected with the signal lines of the same port type of each physical partition, and the output terminal is connected to the front window. The corresponding type of port connection of the IO port;

The control end of each of the MIMO switchers is respectively connected to the programmable controller, and the programmable controller receives the key operation instruction formed by the user's key operation on the UID button, and controls the control between the user and the UID button. A communication channel is established between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and its corresponding type of port.

As an improved solution, the port types include VGA, USB and System UART.

As an improved solution, the programmable controller includes:

a key operation instruction receiving module, configured to receive the key operation instruction sent by the UID button;

an instruction parsing module, configured to parse the key operation instruction received by the key operation instruction receiving module, and obtain key action information of the UID button, where the key action information includes currently pressed key information;

The switcher information search module is configured to obtain and obtain the keypress information from the preconfigured keypress information and the corresponding relationship table between the multi-input and one-out switchers according to the key-press information parsed by the instruction parsing module Matching target multi-input and one-out switch;

a control instruction generation module, configured to generate a control instruction for controlling the switching action of the multiple-in-one-out switch when the switcher information search module finds a corresponding target multiple-in-one-out switch;

The control instruction sending module is used to send the control instruction generated by the control instruction generation module to the target MIMO switcher, and control the target MIMO switcher between the target physical partition and the port of the corresponding type. establish a communication channel.

As an improved solution, the programmable controller further includes a memory for storing the correspondence table between the key information generated by the pre-configuration and the MIMO switcher.

As an improved solution, when the user simultaneously presses a plurality of button keys on the UID button, the programmable controller generates a priority according to the priorities corresponding to the plurality of simultaneously pressed button keys The control instructions, in turn control the corresponding multi-input and one-out switcher to work state.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an IO port allocation method based on multiple physical partitions of a server based on an IO port allocation system based on multiple physical partitions of a server, the method comprising the following steps:

When receiving the user's key operation on the UID button, the UID button generates a key operation instruction, and sends the generated key operation instruction to the programmable controller;

The programmable controller receives a key operation instruction formed by a user's key operation on the UID button, and controls the establishment of a communication channel between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and its corresponding type of port.

As an improved solution, the programmable controller receives a key operation instruction formed by the user's key operation on the UID button, and controls the connection between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and the port of the corresponding type. The steps of establishing a communication channel between the two include the following steps:

The key operation instruction receiving module receives the key operation instruction sent by the UID button;

The instruction parsing module parses the key operation instruction received by the key operation instruction receiving module, and obtains key action information of the UID button, where the key action information includes currently pressed key information;

According to the key information parsed by the instruction parsing module, the switcher information search module obtains, from the pre-configured key information and the corresponding relationship table between the multi-input and one-out switchers, the key information that matches the obtained key information. Target multi-in-one-out switcher;

When the switcher information search module finds the corresponding target multiple-in-one-out switcher, the control instruction generation module generates a control instruction for controlling the switching action of the multiple-in-one-out switcher;

The control command sending module sends the control command generated by the control command generation module to the target MIMO switch, and controls the target MIMO switch to establish communication between the target physical partition and the corresponding type of port aisle.

As a kind of improved scheme, described method also comprises the following steps:

The correspondence table of the correspondence between the case information and the multiple-in-one-out switch is pre-configured and generated, and stored in the memory.

As a kind of improved scheme, described method also comprises the following steps:

When the user simultaneously presses a plurality of button keys on the UID button, the programmable controller generates priority control instructions according to the priorities corresponding to the plurality of simultaneously pressed button keys, and sequentially controls the corresponding The multi-in-one-out switcher is in working state.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the IO port distribution system based on multiple physical partitions of the server includes a UID button, a plurality of MIMO switches, and a programmable controller, and the multiple signal input ends of each MIMO switch are respectively It is connected with the signal line of the same port type of each physical partition, and the output end is connected with the corresponding type of port of the IO port of the front window; The controller receives the key operation command formed by the user's key operation on the UID button, and controls the establishment of a communication channel between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation command and its corresponding type of port, so as to realize the multi-physical partition of the front-end IO port. Take it to avoid the problem of resource waste caused by designing a set of IO ports for each server partition.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the specific embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that are required to be used in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art. Similar elements or parts are generally identified by similar reference numerals throughout the drawings. In the drawings, each element or section is not necessarily drawn to actual scale.

Fig. 1 is the structural block diagram of the IO port allocation system based on server multi-physical partition provided by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the structural block diagram of the programmable controller provided by the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the realization flow chart of the IO port allocation method based on server multi-physical partition provided by the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a programmable controller provided by the present invention receiving a key operation instruction formed by a user's key operation on the UID button, and controlling the establishment of a physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and its corresponding type of port. The realization flow chart of the communication channel;

Among them, 1-UID button, 2-Multiple input and one output switch, 3-Programmable controller, 4-Front window IO port, 5-Physical partition, 6-Key operation command receiving module, 7-Command parsing module, 8 - switcher information search module, 9 - control command generation module, 10 - control command sending module, 11 - memory.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and are therefore only used as examples, and cannot be used to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a structural block diagram of an IO port allocation system based on multiple physical partitions of a server provided by the present invention. For convenience of description, only the parts related to the embodiments of the present invention are shown in the figure.

The IO port allocation system based on multiple physical partitions of a server includes a UID button 1, and the UID button 1 includes several button keys, which are respectively denoted as button key UID_1 to button key UID_N. The IO port allocation system based on multiple physical partitions of a server also further Including a plurality of multiple-in-one-out switches 2 and a programmable controller 3 connected with the UID button 1, a number of the multiple-in-one-out switches 2 are respectively denoted as the first multiple-in-one-out switcher to the Nth Multiple-in-one-out switch, the multiple signal input terminals of each of the multiple-input-one-out switch 2 are respectively connected with the signal lines of the same port type of each physical partition, and the output terminal corresponds to the front window IO port 4 type of port connection;

The control terminal (SEL) of each of the multiple-input-one-output switches 2 is respectively connected to the programmable controller 3 , and the programmable controller 3 receives the key operation formed by the user on the UID button 1 . The key operation instruction controls the establishment of a communication channel between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and its corresponding type of port.

Among them, as shown in FIG. 1 , the server includes several physical partitions 5 (marked by physical partition 1, physical partition 2, to physical partition n in the figure), and each type of port signal line of each physical partition 5 corresponds to the corresponding The multiple-in-one-out switch 2 is connected, so as to realize the interaction of the same type of port data of several physical partitions controlled by one multiple-in-one-out switch 2 .

In this embodiment, the port types include VGA, USB, and System UART, etc. FIG. 1 shows two types, VGA and USB, which are not intended to limit the present invention.

In this embodiment, according to different port types, the multi-input-one-output switch 2 can use a corresponding type of switch, for example, an automatic 8-input 1-output VGA switch with a model of QY-P0801GA, which is produced by Qiyao Technology. 4-in-1-out USB switch, of course, other models can also be used, so I won't repeat them here.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 , a programmable controller 3 (CPLD) is used as the core part of the control, and the programmable controller 3 includes:

a key operation instruction receiving module 6, for receiving the key operation instruction sent by the UID button 1;

An instruction parsing module 7, configured to parse the key operation instruction received by the key operation instruction receiving module, and obtain the key action information of the UID button 1, where the key action information includes currently pressed key information;

The switcher information search module 8 is configured to obtain and obtain from the preconfigured keypress information and the corresponding relationship table between the multi-input and one-out switcher 2 according to the key information parsed by the instruction parsing module 7 The key information matches the target multi-in-one-out switcher 2;

The control instruction generation module 9 is used to generate a control instruction for controlling the switching action of the multiple-in-one-out switcher 2 when the switcher information search module 8 finds the corresponding target multiple-in-one-out switcher 2;

The control instruction sending module 10 is used to send the control instruction generated by the control instruction generation module 9 to the target multiple-in-one-out switcher 2, and control the target multiple-in-one-out switcher 2 in the target physical partition and corresponding A communication channel is established between ports of the type.

In this embodiment, the programmable controller 3 further includes a memory 11 for storing the correspondence table between the key information generated by the pre-configuration and the MIMO switcher 2 .

In this embodiment, the programmable controller 3 can use devices of the MAX7000 series, and of course, other types of devices can also be used, which will not be repeated here.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the following table can be established according to the UID button 1, the multi-input-one-output switch 2, and the usage slave state of the port:

Among them, in this table, x is the unpressed state, and the corresponding states 00, 01, 02, and 03 of the control terminal SEL of the multi-input one-output switch 2 are the corresponding key operation instructions when the corresponding key is pressed. , which can be programmed to control the received instruction information, that is, when the corresponding button key is pressed, the corresponding physical partition will be activated, and a communication connection with the port will be established.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the user simultaneously presses a plurality of button keys on the UID button 1, the programmable controller 3 generates a priority according to the priority corresponding to the plurality of said button keys simultaneously pressed. Control instructions, which in turn control the corresponding multi-in-one-out switcher 2 to work;

Wherein, the confirmation and division of the priority may be set according to the actual working status of the physical partition, which will not be repeated here.

In this embodiment, by multiplexing the UID button 1 of each physical partition, the use of the front window IO port is realized, which solves the problem of low IO port resource utilization caused by the design of multiple physical partitions and multiple groups of IO ports, and also occupies a large amount of front The physical space of the window leads to the problem of the tight layout of the front window structure (especially in the design of high-density servers, this design problem is particularly prominent).

Fig. 3 shows the realization flow chart of the IO port allocation method based on the server multi-physical partition provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and it specifically includes the following steps:

In step S101, when receiving a user's key operation on the UID button 1, the UID button 1 generates a key operation instruction, and sends the generated key operation instruction to the programmable controller 3;

In step S102, the programmable controller 3 receives a key operation instruction formed by the user's key operation on the UID button 1, and controls the connection between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and the port of the corresponding type. establish a communication channel.

4 shows that the programmable controller 3 provided by the present invention receives the key operation instruction formed by the user's key operation on the UID button 1, and controls the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction corresponding to the key operation instruction. The flow chart of the realization of establishing a communication channel between ports of different types, which specifically includes the following steps:

In step S201, the key operation instruction receiving module receives the key operation instruction sent by the UID button 1;

In step S202, the instruction parsing module parses the key operation instruction received by the key operation instruction receiving module, and obtains the key action information of the UID button 1, where the key action information includes the currently pressed key information ;

In step S203, according to the key information parsed by the instruction parsing module, the switcher information search module obtains and obtains the corresponding relationship table from the preconfigured key information and the multi-input one-output switch 2 The key information matches the target multi-in-one-out switcher 2;

In step S204, when the switcher information search module finds the corresponding target multiple-in-one-out switcher 2, the control instruction generation module generates a control instruction for controlling the switching action of the multiple-in-one-out switcher 2;

In step S205, the control instruction sending module sends the control instruction generated by the control instruction generating module to the target MIMO switcher 2, and controls the target MIMO switcher 2 in the target physical partition and the corresponding A communication channel is established between ports of the type.

Wherein, before performing above-mentioned step S201, also need to carry out the following steps:

An association table of the correspondence between the case information and the multiple-in-one-out switch 2 is pre-configured and generated, and stored in the memory.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the user simultaneously presses multiple button keys on the UID button 1, the programmable controller 3 generates a The priority control command controls the corresponding multi-input-one-output switch 2 to work in turn.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the IO port allocation system based on the multiple physical partitions of the server includes a UID button 1 , a plurality of MIMO switches 2 and a programmable controller 3 , and each MIMO switch 2 has a plurality of The signal input terminals are respectively connected with the signal lines of the same port type of each physical partition, and the output terminals are connected with the corresponding types of ports of the front window IO ports; connected to the controller 3, the programmable controller 3 receives the key operation instruction formed by the user's key operation on the UID button 1, and controls the establishment of a communication channel between the physical partition corresponding to the key operation instruction and its corresponding type of port, thereby realizing The use of multiple physical partitions for front-end IO ports avoids the problem of resource waste caused by designing a set of IO ports for each server partition.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, but not to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the foregoing embodiments can still be used for The technical solutions described in the examples are modified, or some or all of the technical features thereof are equivalently replaced; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention. within the scope of the claims and description of the invention.

Claims (9)

1. a kind of I/O port distribution system based on the more physical extents of server, including UID button, if the UID button includes Dry button key, is denoted as button key UID_1 to button key UID_N respectively, which is characterized in that described based on the more physics of server point The I/O port distribution system in area further includes the PLC technology that several mostly go out switch and connect with the UID button into one Device, several it is described mostly into one go out switch be denoted as respectively more than first into one go out switch to N mostly into one go out switch, it is each A multiple signal input parts letter with the same port type of each physical extent respectively for mostly going out switch into one The connection of number line, output end are connect with the port of the corresponding types of front window I/O port；

Each described control terminal for mostly going out switch into one is connect with the programmable controller respectively, the PLC technology Device receives button operation of the user on the UID button and is formed by button operation instruction, control with the button operation It instructs and establishes communication channel between the port of the corresponding corresponding type of physical extent.

2. the I/O port distribution system according to claim 1 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that described Port type includes VGA, USB and System UART.

3. the I/O port distribution system according to claim 1 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that described Programmable controller includes:

Button operation command reception module, the button operation instruction being delivered to for receiving the UID button；

Command analysis module, the button operation instruction for receiving to the button operation command reception module solve Analysis, obtains the actuation of keys information of the UID button, the actuation of keys information includes the key information currently pressed；

Switch information searching module, the key information for being parsed according to described instruction parsing module, from preparatory The key information phase for obtaining and getting in the key information of configuration and the corresponding relationship contingency table mostly gone out between switch into one Matched target mostly goes out switch into one；

Control instruction generation module, for mostly going out switching into one when the switch information searching module finds corresponding target When device, generate for controlling the control instruction for mostly going out switch switch motion into one；

Control instruction sending module, it is more that the control instruction for generating the control instruction generation module is sent to the target Into one go out switch, control the target mostly into one go out switch established between target physical subregion and the port of corresponding types Communication channel.

4. the I/O port distribution system according to claim 3 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that described Programmable controller further include one for saves be pre-configured with the key information of generation with mostly into corresponding between one out switch The memory of relationship table.

5. the I/O port distribution system according to claim 4 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that when with When pressing multiple buttons key simultaneously on the UID button, the programmable controller is multiple described according to what is pressed simultaneously at family Priority corresponding to button key, generates the control instruction of priority, successively control it is corresponding mostly into one go out switch carry out work Make state.

6. it is a kind of based on the I/O port distribution system described in claim 1 based on the more physical extents of server based on server The I/O port distribution method of more physical extents, which is characterized in that the method includes the following steps:

When receiving button operation of the user on UID button, the UID button generates button operation instruction, and will generate Button operation instruction be sent to the programmable controller；

The programmable controller receives button operation of the user on the UID button and is formed by button operation instruction, control System establishes communication channel between the port that the button operation instructs the corresponding corresponding type of physical extent.

7. the I/O port distribution method according to claim 6 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that described Programmable controller receives button operation of the user on the UID button and is formed by button operation instruction, control with institute Stating button operation instructs the step of establishing communication channel between the port of the corresponding corresponding type of physical extent specifically to wrap Include following step:

Button operation command reception module receives the button operation instruction that the UID button is delivered to；

Command analysis module parses the button operation instruction that the button operation command reception module receives, and obtains The actuation of keys information of the UID button is taken, the actuation of keys information includes the key information currently pressed；

The key information parsed according to described instruction parsing module, switch information searching module is from preconfigured What the key information for obtaining and getting in key information and the corresponding relationship contingency table mostly gone out between switch into one matched Target mostly goes out switch into one；

When the switch information searching module, which finds corresponding target, mostly goes out switch into one, control instruction generation module It generates for controlling the control instruction for mostly going out switch switch motion into one；

The control instruction that the control instruction generation module generates is sent to the target mostly into one by control instruction sending module Switch out, control the target mostly into one go out switch communication is established between target physical subregion and the port of corresponding types Channel.

8. the I/O port distribution method according to claim 7 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that described Method further includes following step:

It is pre-configured with and generates case information and mostly go out the corresponding relationship contingency table of switch into one, and save it in memory In.

9. the I/O port distribution method according to claim 8 based on the more physical extents of server, which is characterized in that described Method further includes following step:

When user presses multiple buttons key simultaneously on the UID button, the programmable controller according to and meanwhile press Priority corresponding to multiple button keys, generates the control instruction of priority, successively controls corresponding mostly into a switching out Device carries out working condition.