CN111506441A - A method, device, device and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a method, a device, equipment and a storage medium for monitoring Raid card information, wherein the method comprises the following steps: on a BMC of the OpenPower server, adjusting the monitoring of the Raid card to be a Raid monitoring process; and controlling the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction in a Unix Socket and shared memory mode so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information. The invention realizes the function of monitoring the Raid card by the IPMI main process of the BMC by adjusting Raid monitoring as a process and simultaneously in a mode of Unix Socket and shared memory.

Description

A method, device, device and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of servers, in particular to a method, device, device and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information.

Background technique

On the OpenPower server, in order to realize the out-of-band monitoring of the Raid card on the server, the monitoring of the Raid card is added on the baseboard management controller (BMC) of the server, which is used to collect and collect information on the Raid card. parameter configuration.

In the prior art, generally, the main process of BMC's Intelligent Platform Management Interface (Intelligent Platform Management Interface, IPMI) implements the monitoring of Raid card information by creating a thread to load the lib file provided by the Raid card manufacturer. Due to the compatibility problem, when the IPMI main process calls the lib file to read the information of the Raid card and set the parameters, it may cause an error in the IPMI, which will lead to the termination of the IPMI main process. In addition, on the OpenPower platform, system startup depends on the BMC service. If there is a problem with the IPMI service of the BMC, the startup or normal operation of the system will be affected.

Therefore, how to solve the problem that the existing solution of BMC accessing Raid card information is prone to abnormal IPMI main process is a technical problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method, device, device and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information, which can improve the stability of the IPMI main process and ensure the stability of the BMC service. Its specific plan is as follows:

A method of monitoring Raid card information, comprising:

On the BMC of the OpenPower server, adjust the monitoring of the Raid card to the Raid monitoring process;

Control the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction through Unix Socket sockets and shared memory, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the process of controlling the IPMI main process includes:

Start the IPMI main process;

Create the Unix Socket socket connection, and send a connection request to the Raid monitoring process;

After connecting with the Raid monitoring process, communicate and interact with the Raid monitoring process through the Unix Socket socket, and obtain the required data through the shared memory;

Close the Unix Socket socket connection and release resources;

Returns the requested data.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after starting the IPMI main process and before creating the Unix Socket socket connection, the method further includes:

Initialize the Unix Socket socket;

Waiting to receive IPMI commands that query or set Raid controller parameters;

After receiving the IPMI command, start to create the Unix Socket socket connection.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the process of controlling the Raid monitoring process includes:

Start the Raid monitoring process;

After receiving the IPMI main process connection request, create the Unix Socket socket connection;

Through the Unix Socket socket and the IPMI main process to communicate and interact to obtain the requested data;

Returns the queried data or sets the execution result of the Raid controller parameters through the shared memory according to the data requested by the IPMI main process;

Close the Unix Socket socket connection, freeing resources.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after starting the Raid monitoring process and before receiving the connection request of the IPMI main process, the method further includes:

Initialize the Unix Socket socket;

Create a monitoring service for the Unix Socket socket, and wait for a connection request from the IPMI main process.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a device for monitoring Raid card information, including:

The Raid monitoring process adjustment module is used to adjust the monitoring of the Raid card to the Raid monitoring process on the BMC of the OpenPower server;

The data interaction control module is used to control the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction through Unix Socket sockets and shared memory, so that the IPMI main process can perform data interaction on the Raid card information. Stable monitoring.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned device for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the data interaction control module includes:

The IPMI main process control unit is used to start the IPMI main process; create the Unix Socket socket connection, and send a connection request to the Raid monitoring process; after connecting with the Raid monitoring process, pass the UnixSocket The socket communicates and interacts with the Raid monitoring process, and obtains the required data through the shared memory; closes the Unix Socket socket connection to release resources; and returns the requested data.

Preferably, in the above-mentioned device for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the data interaction control module further includes:

The Raid monitoring process control unit is used to start the Raid monitoring process; after receiving the IPMI main process connection request, create the Unix Socket socket connection; communicate with the IPMI main process through the Unix Socket socket Interact to obtain the requested data; return the queried data through the shared memory according to the data requested by the IPMI main process or set the execution result of the Raid controller parameters; close the Unix Socket socket connection to release resources.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for monitoring information on a Raid card, including a processor and a memory, wherein, when the processor executes a computer program stored in the memory, the above-mentioned monitoring of the Raid card provided by the embodiment of the present invention is implemented method of information.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, wherein, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiments of the present invention is implemented.

It can be seen from the above technical solutions that the method, device, device and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information provided by the present invention include: on the BMC of the OpenPower server, adjusting the monitoring of the Raid card to a Raid monitoring process; Control the Raid monitoring process and the BMC's IPMI main process to exchange data through Unix Socket sockets and shared memory, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information.

Aiming at the problem that the current OpenPower server has a Raid monitoring unstable factor causing the IPMI service of BMC to stop, the invention realizes that the IPMI main process of BMC is connected to the Raid card by adjusting the Raid monitoring as a process, and at the same time by means of Unix Socket socket and shared memory. The function of monitoring and parameter setting. Since the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process are different processes, the abnormal Raid monitoring process will not affect the IPMI main process, which avoids the abnormal exit of the BMC IPMI main process due to the Raid monitoring abnormality, thereby improving the IPMI. The stability of the main process ensures the stability of the BMC service.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or related technologies, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments or related technologies. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only the For the embodiments of the invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to the provided drawings without any creative effort.

1 is a flowchart of a method for monitoring Raid card information provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling an IPMI main process provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a Raid monitoring process provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for monitoring Raid card information provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention provides a method for monitoring Raid card information, as shown in Figure 1, comprising the following steps:

S101. On the BMC of the OpenPower server, adjust the monitoring of the Raid card to the Raid monitoring process;

It should be noted that the present invention is based on the method for monitoring Raid on the BMC of the OpenPower platform, and adjusts the Raid monitoring function as a process to run. Since the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC are different processes, the abnormality of the Raid monitoring process will not affect the IPMI main process. process;

S102, control the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction through Unix Socket sockets and shared memory, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information;

It should be noted that Unix Socket is a mechanism for inter-process communication (IPC) on the same host developed on the Socket architecture, and Shared Memory is a mechanism for data interaction between processes under the Linux system. ; Through the Unix Socket socket and shared memory, data interaction with the IPMI main process can be realized. Under the condition of ensuring the stability of the IPMI main process, the Raid monitoring function can be implemented to prevent the BMC's IPMI main process from exiting abnormally due to the abnormal Raid monitoring function. .

In the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, on the BMC of the OpenPower server, firstly, the monitoring of the Raid card is adjusted to the Raid monitoring process; then the IPMI main process of the Raid monitoring process and the BMC is controlled through the Unix Socket Sockets and shared memory are used for data interaction, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information. In this way, by adjusting the Raid monitoring as a process, and at the same time through the Unix Socket socket and shared memory, the IPMI main process of the BMC can monitor and set parameters for the Raid card, avoiding the abnormal Raid monitoring. The process exits abnormally, which improves the stability of the IPMI main process and ensures the stability of the BMC service.

During specific implementation, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the process of controlling the IPMI main process, as shown in FIG. 2 , may include the following steps:

S201. Start the IPMI main process;

S202, create a Unix Socket socket connection, and send a connection request to the Raid monitoring process;

S203, after connecting with the Raid monitoring process, communicate and interact with the Raid monitoring process through the Unix Socket socket, and obtain the required data through the shared memory;

S204, close the Unix Socket socket connection and release resources;

S205. Return the requested data.

Further, during specific implementation, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, in order to ensure the stability of the IPMI main process, after step S201 is performed to start the IPMI main process, step S202 is performed to create a Unix Socket. Before socket connection, as shown in Figure 2, the following steps can also be included:

S206, initialize the Unix Socket socket;

S207, waiting to receive the IPMI command for querying or setting the parameters of the Raid controller; after receiving the IPMI command, start to perform step S202 to create a Unix Socket socket connection.

During specific implementation, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the process of controlling the Raid monitoring process, as shown in FIG. 3 , may include the following steps:

S301. Start the Raid monitoring process;

S302, after receiving the IPMI main process connection request, create a Unix Socket socket connection;

S303, communicate and interact with the IPMI main process through the Unix Socket socket to obtain the requested data;

S304, according to the data requested by the IPMI main process, return the queried data through the shared memory or set the execution result of the Raid controller parameters;

S305. Close the Unix Socket socket connection and release resources.

Further, during specific implementation, in the above-mentioned method for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, in order to ensure the real-time nature of data interaction between the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process, after step S301 is executed to start the Raid monitoring process. , before performing step S302 to receive the IPMI main process connection request, as shown in Figure 3, the following steps may also be included:

S306, initialize the Unix Socket socket;

S307. Create a listening service for the Unix Socket socket, and wait for a connection request from the IPMI main process.

The following describes the software control logic implemented by the above-mentioned IPMI main process through steps 1 to 6:

Step 1. The IPMI main process is started, and the Unix Socket socket is initialized;

Step 2. Wait for the IPMI command to query/set the Raid controller parameters;

Step 3. After receiving the relevant IPMI command, create a Unix Socket socket connection, communicate and interact with the Raid monitoring process through the Unix Socket socket, and obtain the required data through the shared memory;

Step 4. Close the Unix Socket socket connection and release resources;

Step 5. Return the data requested by the IPMI command;

Step 6. Jump to Step 3 to continue.

The following describes the implementation of software control logic for the above Raid monitoring process through steps 7 to 12:

Step 7. Start the Raid monitoring process and initialize the Unix Socket socket;

Step 8. Create a Unix Socket socket monitoring service and wait for the connection of the IPMI main process Unix Socket socket;

Step 9. After receiving the relevant IPMI main process connection request, create a Unix Socket socket connection, communicate with the IPMI main process through the Unix Socket socket, and obtain the requested data;

Step ten, according to the data requested by the IPMI main process, return the queried data through the shared memory or set the execution result of the relevant parameters;

Step 11. Close the Unix Socket socket connection and release resources;

Step 12. Jump to Step 9 to continue execution.

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a device for monitoring Raid card information. Since the principle of the device for solving problems is similar to the aforementioned method for monitoring Raid card information, the implementation of the device can refer to the monitoring of Raid card information. The implementation of the information method will not be repeated in the repeated places.

During specific implementation, the device for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4 , specifically includes:

The Raid monitoring process adjustment module 11 is used to adjust the monitoring of the Raid card to the Raid monitoring process on the BMC of the OpenPower server;

The data interaction control module 12 is used to control the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction through UnixSocket sockets and shared memory, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information.

In the above-mentioned device for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the interaction of the above-mentioned two modules can be used to adjust the Raid monitoring as a process, and at the same time, through the Unix Socket socket and the shared memory, the BMC can be realized. The IPMI main process monitors and sets parameters for the Raid card. Since the Raid monitoring process is a different process from the IPMI main process, the abnormality of the Raid monitoring process will not affect the IPMI main process, thereby improving the stability of the IPMI main process and ensuring the BMC service. stability.

During specific implementation, in the above-mentioned device for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4 , the data interaction control module 12 may include:

The IPMI main process control unit 121 is used to start the IPMI main process; create a Unix Socket socket connection, and send a connection request to the Raid monitoring process; Communication interaction, obtain the required data through shared memory; close the Unix Socket socket connection to release resources; return the requested data.

Further, during specific implementation, in the above-mentioned device for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4 , the data interaction control module 12 may further include:

The Raid monitoring process control unit 122 is used to start the Raid monitoring process; after receiving the IPMI main process connection request, create a Unix Socket socket connection; communicate and interact with the IPMI main process through the Unix Socket socket to obtain the requested data; According to the data requested by the IPMI main process, return the queried data through the shared memory or set the execution result of the Raid controller parameters; close the Unix Socket socket connection to release resources.

For more specific working processes of the above-mentioned units, reference may be made to the corresponding contents disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the present invention also discloses a device for monitoring Raid card information, including a processor and a memory; wherein, the processor implements the method for monitoring Raid card information disclosed in the foregoing embodiments when executing the computer program stored in the memory.

For a more specific process of the above method, reference may be made to the corresponding content disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

Further, the present invention also discloses a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program; when the computer program is executed by a processor, the aforementioned method for monitoring Raid card information is implemented.

For a more specific process of the above method, reference may be made to the corresponding content disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

The various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments, and the same or similar parts between the various embodiments may be referred to each other. For the apparatuses, devices, and storage media disclosed in the embodiments, since they correspond to the methods disclosed in the embodiments, the descriptions are relatively simple, and reference may be made to the descriptions of the methods for related parts.

Professionals may further realize that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two, in order to clearly illustrate the possibilities of hardware and software. Interchangeability, the above description has generally described the components and steps of each example in terms of functionality. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each particular application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein may be directly implemented in hardware, a software module executed by a processor, or a combination of the two. A software module can be placed in random access memory (RAM), internal memory, read only memory (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other in the technical field. in any other known form of storage medium.

To sum up, a method, device, device, and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information provided by the embodiments of the present invention include: on the BMC of the OpenPower server, adjusting the monitoring of the Raid card to the Raid monitoring process; controlling the Raid monitoring process Interact with BMC's IPMI main process through Unix Socket sockets and shared memory, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor Raid card information. Aiming at the problem that the current OpenPower server has Raid monitoring unstable factors causing the IPMI service of BMC to stop, the invention realizes that the IPMI main process of BMC performs the processing on the Raid card by adjusting the Raid monitoring as a process, and at the same time by means of UnixSocket socket and shared memory. The function of monitoring and parameter setting, because the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process are different processes, the abnormal Raid monitoring process will not affect the IPMI main process, avoiding the abnormal exit of the BMC IPMI main process due to the abnormal Raid monitoring, thereby improving the IPMI main process. The stability of the process ensures the stability of the BMC service.

Finally, it should also be noted that in this document, relational terms such as first and second are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply these entities or that there is any such actual relationship or sequence between operations. Moreover, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or device that includes a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes not explicitly listed or other elements inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element.

The method, device, device and storage medium for monitoring Raid card information provided by the present invention have been described in detail above. Specific examples are used in this paper to illustrate the principles and implementations of the present invention. The descriptions of the above embodiments are only used for Help to understand the method of the present invention and its core idea; at the same time, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation and application scope. In summary, the content of this specification It should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A method for monitoring information of a Raid card is characterized by comprising the following steps:

on a BMC of the OpenPower server, adjusting the monitoring of the Raid card to be a Raid monitoring process;

and controlling the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction in a Unix Socket and shared memory mode, so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information.

2. A method for monitoring Raid card information according to claim 1 wherein controlling the processes of the IPMI host process comprises:

starting the IPMI main process;

creating the Unix Socket connection and sending a connection request to the Raid monitoring process;

after the connection with the Raid monitoring process, performing communication interaction with the Raid monitoring process through the Unix Socket, and acquiring required data through the shared memory;

closing the Unix Socket connection and releasing resources;

the requested data is returned.

3. A method for monitoring Raid card information according to claim 2, wherein after the IPMI host process is started, before the Unix Socket connection is created, further comprising:

initializing the Unix Socket;

waiting for receiving an IPMI command for inquiring or setting Raid controller parameters;

and after receiving the IPMI command, starting to create the Unix Socket connection.

4. A method for monitoring Raid card information as claimed in claim 3, wherein the process of controlling the Raid monitoring process comprises:

starting a Raid monitoring process;

after receiving the IPMI main process connection request, creating Unix Socket connection;

performing communication interaction through the Unix Socket and the IPMI main process to acquire requested data;

returning inquired data or setting an execution result of a Raid controller parameter through the shared memory according to the data requested by the IPMI main process;

and closing the Unix Socket connection and releasing resources.

5. A method for monitoring Raid card information according to claim 4, wherein after initiating a Raid monitoring process and before receiving the IPMI host process connection request, further comprising:

initializing the Unix Socket;

and creating a monitoring service of the Unix Socket, and waiting for a connection request of the IPMI main process.

6. An apparatus for monitoring Raid card information, comprising:

the Raid monitoring process adjusting module is used for adjusting the monitoring of the Raid card into a Raid monitoring process on the BMC of the OpenPower server;

and the data interaction control module is used for controlling the Raid monitoring process and the IPMI main process of the BMC to perform data interaction in a Unixsocket socket and shared memory mode so that the IPMI main process can stably monitor the Raid card information.

7. An apparatus for monitoring Raid card information according to claim 6 wherein the data interaction control module comprises:

the IPMI main process control unit is used for starting the IPMI main process; creating the Unix Socket connection and sending a connection request to the Raid monitoring process; after the connection with the Raid monitoring process, performing communication interaction with the Raid monitoring process through the UnixSocket socket, and acquiring required data through the shared memory; closing the Unix Socket connection and releasing resources; the requested data is returned.

8. An apparatus for monitoring Raid card information according to claim 7 wherein the data interaction control module further comprises:

the Raid monitoring process control unit is used for starting a Raid monitoring process; after receiving the IPMI main process connection request, creating Unix Socket connection; performing communication interaction through the Unix Socket and the IPMI main process to acquire requested data; returning inquired data or setting an execution result of a Raid controller parameter through the shared memory according to the data requested by the IPMI main process; and closing the Unix Socket connection and releasing resources.

9. An apparatus for monitoring Raid card information, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor implements the method of monitoring Raid card information according to any one of claims 1 to 5 when executing a computer program stored in the memory.

10. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the method of monitoring Raid card information according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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