CN113986360A

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Publication number: CN113986360A
Application number: CN202111214628.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖飞龙
Original assignee: Yunxin Yilian Beijing Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Yunxin Yilian Beijing Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-19
Filing date: 2021-10-19
Publication date: 2022-01-28

Abstract

Description

Server BIOS configuration method, system, device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a server BIOS configuration method, system, apparatus, and storage medium.

Background

The BIOS (Basic Input Output System) is a standard firmware interface in the industry on IBM PC compatible systems. The BIOS is the first software loaded at the time of startup of the personal computer, and its main function is to provide the lowest layer and most direct hardware setting and control for the computer, and in addition, the BIOS also provides some system parameters to the operating system. The BIOS is a set of programs solidified on a ROM chip on the computer mainboard, so that the computer mainboard stores the most important basic input and output programs of the computer, a self-test program after power-on and a system self-starting program. The specific parameters of the BIOS program are stored in the CMOS chip, and the specific information of the system setting can be read, written and modified from the CMOS chip.

At present, the setting mode of the BIOS program parameters in the server is generally field manual setting and inspection through interactive components of the server, and if a plurality of servers need to be configured, the configuration mode has low efficiency and high labor cost.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a server BIOS configuration method, a system, a device and a storage medium, which can improve the efficiency of server BIOS configuration.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a server BIOS configuration method, including the following steps:

acquiring a pre-configuration parameter and a control port address of a target server to be configured;

generating a BIOS configuration file according to the pre-configuration parameters;

generating a configuration data packet according to the control port address and the BIOS configuration file;

and sending the configuration data packet to the target server, wherein the target server is used for receiving and analyzing the configuration data packet through a control port of the target server to obtain the BIOS configuration file, and carrying out BIOS configuration according to the BIOS configuration file.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the obtaining the preconfigured parameters comprises:

acquiring a BIOS configuration item specified by a user;

and acquiring corresponding pre-configuration parameters from the template server according to the BIOS configuration items.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the obtaining the control port address of the target server to be configured includes the following steps:

acquiring target names of a plurality of target servers to be configured to obtain a target name set;

and mapping according to the target name set to obtain a plurality of control port addresses.

According to some embodiments of the invention, after the step of sending the configuration data packet to the target server, the server BIOS configuration method further comprises the steps of:

receiving a configuration result data packet returned by the target server, wherein the configuration result data packet comprises a plurality of application configuration parameters currently applied by the target server;

analyzing the configuration result data packet according to the BIOS configuration item to obtain the application configuration parameters;

and comparing the application configuration parameters with the pre-configuration parameters of the same BIOS configuration item, and generating a configuration error prompt when the application configuration parameters are different from the pre-configuration parameters.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the invention also provides a server BIOS configuration system, which comprises a configuration server and a target server, wherein the configuration server comprises an acquisition module, a template configuration module and a forwarding module, and the target server comprises a template analysis module and a configuration module;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring pre-configuration parameters and a control port address of a target server to be configured;

the template configuration module is used for generating a BIOS configuration file according to the pre-configuration parameters and generating a configuration data packet according to the control port address and the BIOS configuration file;

the forwarding module is used for sending the configuration data packet to the target server;

the template analysis module is used for analyzing the configuration data packet received from the control port of the target server to obtain the BIOS configuration file;

the configuration module is used for carrying out BIOS configuration according to the BIOS configuration file.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the server BIOS configuration system further comprises a template server, the template server is connected to the configuration server, and the obtaining module includes a configuration item specifying unit and a configuration parameter obtaining unit;

the configuration item specifying unit is used for acquiring a BIOS configuration item specified by a user;

the configuration parameter obtaining unit is used for obtaining corresponding pre-configuration parameters from the template server according to the BIOS configuration items.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the obtaining module comprises a target server specifying unit;

the target server specifying unit is configured to:

According to some specific embodiments of the present invention, the configuration parameter obtaining is further configured to:

the BIOS configuration system also comprises a parameter comparison module, wherein the parameter comparison module is used for comparing the application configuration parameters with the pre-configuration parameters of the same BIOS configuration items, and when the application configuration parameters are different from the pre-configuration parameters, a configuration error prompt is generated.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a server BIOS configuration apparatus, including:

at least one processor;

at least one memory for storing at least one program;

when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to implement the server BIOS configuration method as described above.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute the server BIOS configuration method as described above.

The technical scheme of the invention at least has one of the following advantages or beneficial effects: the method comprises the steps of firstly obtaining a pre-configuration parameter and a control port address of a target server to be configured, then generating a BIOS configuration file according to the pre-configuration parameter, generating a configuration data packet according to the control port address and the BIOS configuration file, sending the configuration data packet to the target server, enabling the target server to receive and analyze the configuration data packet through a control port of the target server to obtain the BIOS configuration file, and then carrying out BIOS configuration according to the BIOS configuration file. According to the method and the device, the target server can be remotely configured in batch only by acquiring the pre-configuration parameters and the control port address of the target server to be configured, and the pre-configuration parameters are generated into the BIOS configuration file, so that the multiple BIOS parameters of the target server can be rapidly modified, the target server does not need to be modified one by one, the BIOS configuration efficiency of the server is improved, and the labor cost is reduced.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a server BIOS configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a server BIOS configuration system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a server BIOS configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or components having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, if there are first, second, etc. described, they are only used for distinguishing technical features, but they are not interpreted as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the precedence of the indicated technical features.

Referring to fig. 1, the server BIOS configuration method of the embodiment of the present invention includes, but is not limited to, step S110, step S120, step S130, and step S140.

Step S110, acquiring the pre-configuration parameters and the control port address of the target server to be configured.

In some embodiments, the preconfigured parameters may be input by a user, and may include setting server performance, motherboard virtualization Mode (SVM Mode), boot Mode type, simultaneous multithreading Mode (SMT Mode), and non-uniform memory access (NUMA), among others.

In some embodiments, the target server may be managed in an out-of-band management manner, and the configuration server may manage through a control port accessing the target server. The control port can analyze and identify data packets of various protocol types by adopting a mode of combining software and hardware, and performs data writing and data output on the target server according to data in the data packets.

Step S120, generating a BIOS configuration file according to the pre-configuration parameters.

In some embodiments, after obtaining the provisioning parameters, the multiple provisioning parameters are generated into a BIOS configuration file according to a specific format or sequence, where the BIOS configuration file may be a text document including the provisioning parameters set by the user, or may be a BIOS program upgrade package integrated according to the provisioning parameters set by the user.

Step S130, generating a configuration data packet according to the control port address and the BIOS configuration file.

Step S140, sending the configuration data packet to a target server, where the target server is configured to receive and analyze the configuration data packet through a control port of the target server to obtain a BIOS configuration file, and perform BIOS configuration according to the BIOS configuration file.

In some embodiments, the control port address of the target server to be controlled and the BIOS configuration file are generated as configuration packets so that the configuration packets can be routed by the communication network to the specified target server. When the target server receives the configuration data packet through the control port, the configuration data packet can be analyzed according to the protocol type, so that the BIOS parameters in the server can be modified according to the pre-configuration parameters.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, obtaining the preconfigured parameters includes, but is not limited to, step S210 and step S220.

Step S210, obtaining the BIOS configuration item specified by the user.

Step S220, obtaining corresponding pre-configuration parameters from the template server according to the BIOS configuration items.

In some embodiments, the user may select a BIOS configuration item on a display interface of the configuration server that requires modification to the target server, and the configuration server may then obtain the corresponding provisioning parameter from the template server according to the BIOS configuration item. For example, the user needs to modify the boot mode of the target server into the UEFI mode, the user may specify a template server with the boot mode being the UEFI mode, then specify a BIOS configuration item of the boot mode type on a display interface of the configuration server, and click to determine that the configuration server may obtain the pre-configuration parameters of the UEFI mode from the template server. When a user needs to modify multiple BIOS configuration items of a target server, the BIOS configuration items needing to be modified only need to be selected on a display interface, and then corresponding pre-configuration parameters are directly obtained from a template server, so that the pre-configuration parameters do not need to be manually input, and the configuration efficiency of the server is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the obtaining the control port address of the target server to be configured includes, but is not limited to, step S310 and step S320.

Step S310, obtaining a plurality of target names of target servers to be configured to obtain a target name set.

Step S320, mapping the target name set to obtain a plurality of control port addresses.

In some embodiments, the configuration server stores a corresponding mapping relationship between a target name of the target server and a control port of the target server, so as to facilitate a user to manage the target server. Illustratively, a list of target names of all target servers is displayed on a display interface of the configuration server, and a user can mark the target name of the target server to be configured through an interactive device such as a mouse. And generating a target name set in response to the identification operation of the user on the plurality of target names. And mapping the target name set to obtain a plurality of control ports according to the mapping relation between the target name and the control ports, so as to realize batch configuration of a plurality of target servers at one time.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, after the step of sending the configuration data packet to the target server, the server BIOS configuration method further includes, but is not limited to, step S150, step S160, and step S170.

Step S150, receiving a configuration result data packet returned by the target server, where the configuration result data packet includes multiple application configuration parameters currently applied by the target server.

Step S160, obtaining the application configuration parameters from the configuration result data packet according to the BIOS configuration item.

Step S170, comparing the application configuration parameter with the pre-configuration parameter of the same BIOS configuration item, and generating a configuration error prompt when the application configuration parameter is different from the pre-configuration parameter.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, before the step of sending the configuration data packet to the target server, the server BIOS configuration method further comprises the steps of:

and acquiring the current configuration parameters of the target server according to the control port address.

After the step of sending the configuration data packet to the target server, the server BIOS configuration method further comprises the steps of:

and comparing and displaying the current configuration parameters with the application configuration parameters configured by the target server.

Referring to fig. 2, the server BIOS configuration system includes a configuration server and a target server, where the configuration server includes an obtaining module, a template configuration module, and a forwarding module, and the target server includes a template parsing module and a configuration module.

The acquisition module is used for acquiring the pre-configuration parameters and the control port address of the target server to be configured;

the template analysis module is used for analyzing a configuration data packet received from a control port of the target server to obtain a BIOS configuration file;

In some embodiments, the configuration server may manage multiple target servers in an out-of-band management manner, and the configuration server may manage through a control port accessing the target servers. The control port can analyze and identify data packets of various protocol types by adopting a mode of combining software and hardware, and performs data writing and data output on the target server according to data in the data packets.

In some embodiments, the acquisition module may be an interactive device through which the user inputs the provisioning parameters and the control port address to the configuration server.

In some embodiments, the user may select a BIOS configuration item that needs to be modified for the target server on the configuration item specifying unit, and then the configuration parameter obtaining unit obtains the corresponding provisioning parameter from the template server according to the BIOS configuration item.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the acquisition module comprises a target server specifying unit;

the target server specifying unit is configured to:

In some embodiments, the configuration server stores a corresponding mapping relationship between a target name of the target server and a control port of the target server, so as to facilitate a user to manage the target server. Illustratively, the target server specifying unit displays a target name list of all target servers, and the user can mark the target name of the target server to be configured by an interactive device such as a mouse. And generating a target name set in response to the identification operation of the user on the plurality of target names. And mapping the target name set to obtain a plurality of control ports according to the mapping relation between the target name and the control ports, so as to realize batch configuration of a plurality of target servers at one time.

analyzing a configuration result data packet according to the BIOS configuration item to obtain application configuration parameters;

In some embodiments, after receiving the configuration data packet and performing modification and restart of the BIOS parameter according to the preconfigured parameter, the target server returns a configuration result data packet to the configuration server through the control port of the target server, where the configuration result data packet includes a plurality of application configuration parameters currently applied by the target server. And the configuration server analyzes and extracts corresponding application configuration parameters from the configuration result data packet according to the BIOS configuration items specified by the user, compares the application configuration parameters with the pre-configuration parameters of the same BIOS configuration items, and generates a configuration error prompt when the application configuration parameters are different from the pre-configuration parameters.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a server BIOS configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The server BIOS configuration device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or more control processors and a memory, and fig. 3 illustrates one control processor and one memory as an example.

The control processor and the memory may be connected by a bus or other means, as exemplified by the bus connection in fig. 3.

The memory, which is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, may be used to store non-transitory software programs as well as non-transitory computer executable programs. Further, the memory may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-transitory memory, such as at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid state storage device. In some embodiments, the memory optionally includes memory located remotely from the control processor, and the remote memory may be connected to the server BIOS configuration device via a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the device architecture shown in FIG. 3 does not constitute a limitation of the server BIOS configuration device, and may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components in combination, or a different arrangement of components.

The non-transitory software program and instructions required to implement the server BIOS configuration method applied to the server BIOS configuration device in the above embodiments are stored in the memory, and when executed by the control processor, perform the server BIOS configuration method applied to the server BIOS configuration device in the above embodiments.

Furthermore, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, which are executed by one or more control processors, and can make the one or more control processors execute the server BIOS configuration method in the above method embodiment.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or some of the steps, systems, and methods disclosed above may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and suitable combinations thereof. Some or all of the physical components may be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a central processing unit, digital signal processor, or microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit. Such software may be distributed on computer readable media, which may include computer storage media (or non-transitory media) and communication media (or transitory media). The term computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data, as is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can accessed by a computer. In addition, communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media as known to those skilled in the art.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims

1. A server BIOS configuration method is characterized by comprising the following steps;

2. The server BIOS configuration method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining provisioning parameters comprises:

acquiring a BIOS configuration item specified by a user;

3. The server BIOS configuration method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the control port address of the target server to be configured comprises:

4. The server BIOS configuration method of claim 2, wherein after the step of sending the configuration data packet to the target server, the server BIOS configuration method further comprises the steps of:

5. A server BIOS configuration system is characterized by comprising a configuration server and a target server, wherein the configuration server comprises an acquisition module, a template configuration module and a forwarding module, and the target server comprises a template analysis module and a configuration module;

6. The server BIOS configuration system of claim 5 further comprising a template server connected to the configuration server, the obtaining module comprising a configuration item specifying unit and a configuration parameter obtaining unit;

7. The server BIOS configuration system of claim 5, wherein the acquisition module includes a target server designation unit;

the target server specifying unit is configured to:

8. The server BIOS configuration system of claim 6, wherein the configuration parameter acquisition is further to:

9. A server BIOS configuration apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory for storing at least one program;

when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to implement the server BIOS configuration method of any one of claims 1 to 4.

10. A computer readable storage medium in which a processor-executable program is stored, wherein the processor-executable program, when executed by the processor, is for implementing the server BIOS configuration method of any one of claims 1 to 4.