CN104731617A - Server starting device determining method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a server starting device determining method. When ports, including Sata and PCIE, of a server system are connected with multiple hardware devices at the same time, a user can select a device of a certain port in BIOS Setup to serve as a starting device, the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) shields other starting devices on the BootOption establishment stage accordingly, the user can only have access to an operation system through the guidance of the device, and other devices are used normally after login. The user can set the starting device through the BIOS, guidance through a USB flash disc and other data discs is avoided, and the security of the server system is improved; when a system disc is damaged or needs to be replaced, the original disc is replaced directly, starting sequence does not need to be adjusted, maintaining efficiency is improved, the maintainability of the server system is improved, and application value is high.

Description

A method for fixing server startup equipment

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of server BIOS, in particular to a method for fixing a server startup device.

Background technique

The server system is the hardware foundation of technologies such as the Internet, cloud computing, Internet of Things, and high-performance computing. Reliable and stable server hardware is the key to the rapid development of the above industries. With the development of server technology, the scale of servers is getting larger and larger. manage

Various new hardware boards and devices must be integrated on the server motherboard. In this case, the maintainability and security of the server are becoming more and more important.

BIOS is the lowest-level software, which is integrated on the main board of the server. It is the soul used to initialize the server hardware and boot the system. During the Post process, the user can set and select the boot device in the Setup.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is: the present invention combines mainboard BIOS (Basic Input Output System, output output system) and mainboard BMC (Baseboard Management Controller, baseboard management controller) to complete the method for automatic diagnosis startup fault, according to BIOS output The startup log is used for automatic fault diagnosis, which greatly improves the efficiency of locating the cause of startup faults. Thereby improving the stability and reliability of the server system.

The technical scheme adopted in the present invention is:

A method of fixing the boot device of the server. When the Sata, PCIE and other ports of the server system are connected to multiple hard disk devices at the same time, the user can select the device of a certain port as the boot device in the BIOS Setup. BIOS (Basic Input Output System, Output output system) According to this setting, other boot devices are shielded during the BootOption establishment stage, and only the device is allowed to boot into the operating system, and other devices can be used normally after entering the system. the

The methods include:

1) BIOS boot device setting module: the user can set the boot device according to the requirement in the Setup setting interface, or use the default setting;

2) Start option building module: when the BIOS initialization completes all boot devices and builds the BootOption list, read the Setup boot device settings, only add selected devices to the BootOption list, and shield other devices.

The implementation steps of the method are as follows:

Step 1: Write BIOS software, add boot device options in Setup; modify the boot device selection strategy to match the boot device options;

Part 2: Burn the written BIOS software into the server, turn it on, enter Setup to select the boot device, save and restart;

Step 3: If the boot device is bootable, enter the OS, otherwise send the error log to the BMC for the user to diagnose the fault.

The method also includes a BIOS startup log output module, in the process of BIOS booting, at different hardware initialization stages, adding location points and error codes, adding error codes for different hardware initialization failure situations, and outputting these contents through the system serial port , through different fault codes and location point information, we can quickly understand the stage of the current server startup and the cause of the startup failure.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are: usually there are multiple hard disk devices in the server, the method allows the user to set the boot device through the Setup of the BIOS, avoids booting from a U disk or other data disks, etc., and improves the security of the server system; When the system disk is damaged or needs to be replaced, the original disk can be directly replaced without adjusting the boot sequence, which improves maintenance efficiency and maintainability of the server system, and has high application value.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of the method of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Below with reference to shown in accompanying drawing 1, the present invention is further described by specific embodiment:

Example 1:

A method of fixing the boot device of the server. When the Sata, PCIE and other ports of the server system are connected to multiple hard disk devices at the same time, the user can select the device of a certain port as the boot device in the BIOS Setup. BIOS (Basic Input Output System, Output output system) According to this setting, other boot devices are shielded during the BootOption establishment stage, and only the device is allowed to boot into the operating system, and other devices can be used normally after entering the system. the

Example 2:

On the basis of embodiment 1, the method described in this embodiment includes:

1) BIOS boot device setting module: the user can set the boot device according to the requirement in the Setup setting interface, or use the default setting;

2) Start option building module: when BIOS initialization completes all boot devices and builds the BootOption list, read the Setup boot device settings, only add selected devices to the BootOption list, and shield other devices.

Example 3:

On the basis of embodiment 1 or 2, the implementation steps of the method described in this embodiment are as follows:

Step 1: Write BIOS software, add boot device options in Setup; modify the boot device selection strategy to match the boot device options;

Part 2: Burn the written BIOS software into the server, turn it on, enter Setup to select the boot device, save and restart;

Step 3: If the boot device is bootable, enter the OS, otherwise send the error log to the BMC for the user to diagnose the fault.

Example 4:

On the basis of embodiment 2, the method described in this embodiment also includes a BIOS startup log output module, in the process of BIOS booting, at different hardware initialization stages, adding location points and error codes, aiming at different hardware initialization failure situations Add fault codes and output these contents through the system serial port. Through different fault codes and location point information, we can quickly understand the current stage of server startup and the cause of startup failures.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, but not to limit the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the relevant technical field can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all Equivalent technical solutions also belong to the category of the present invention, and the scope of patent protection of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

Claims (4)

1. A method for fixing server startup equipment is characterized in that: when Sata of server system, ports such as PCIE connect multiple hard disk devices simultaneously, the user can select the equipment of a certain port in BIOS Setup as startup equipment, BIOS (Basic Input Output System, output and output system) According to this setting, other boot devices are blocked during the BootOption establishment phase, and only the device is allowed to boot into the operating system, and other devices can be used normally after entering the system. 2. A method for fixing a server startup device according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises: 1) BIOS boot device setting module: the user can set the boot device according to the requirement in the Setup setting interface, or use the default setting; 2) Start option building module: when BIOS initialization completes all boot devices and builds the BootOption list, read the Setup boot device settings, only add selected devices to the BootOption list, and shield other devices. 3. A method for fixing a server startup device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the implementation steps of the method are as follows: Step 1: Write BIOS software, add boot device options in Setup; modify the boot device selection strategy to match the boot device options; Part 2: Burn the written BIOS software into the server, turn it on, enter Setup to select the boot device, save and restart; Step 3: If the boot device is bootable, enter the OS, otherwise send the error log to the BMC for the user to diagnose the fault. 4. a kind of method for fixing server startup device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, described method also comprises BIOS startup log output module, in the process of BIOS booting, in different hardware initialization stage, add location point And error codes, add fault codes for different hardware initialization failures, and output these contents through the system serial port. Through different fault codes and location point information, we can quickly understand the current stage of server startup and the cause of startup failures.