CN105183528A - Server bios upgrading method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for upgrading the bios of a server, constructing a source server; setting a bios upgrade module in the source server, including: using a PXE network card to start, sending an address request to DHCP in the source server; using the acquired IP information, Load the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server; use the bios upgrade module to upgrade the server bios; this method can perform server bios upgrades in batches, save a lot of resources and manpower, and greatly improve the upgrade rate. The operation and maintenance cost is reduced; the invention also discloses a system for upgrading server bios.

Description

A method and system for upgrading server bios

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a method and system for upgrading server bios.

Background technique

With the rapid development of computer technology and integrated circuit technology, high-performance servers have increasingly become the needs of economic and social development. Followed by a lot of server maintenance related work. The server bios upgrade is one of the essential tasks in the daily maintenance of the server. The traditional bios upgrade is usually a single server, which starts with the dos or linux kernel, and executes the corresponding upgrade command after entering the operating system environment to complete the bios upgrade. And when there are a large number of servers that need bios upgrades, the traditional method of bios upgrades is even more troublesome.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for upgrading server bios. The method and system can perform server bios upgrade in batches, save a lot of resources and manpower, greatly improve the upgrade rate, and reduce operation and maintenance costs.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a method for upgrading server bios, comprising:

Build a source server, and set a bios upgrade module in the source server;

Use the PXE network card to start and send an address request to the DHCP in the source server;

Utilize the obtained IP information to load the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server;

The server bios is upgraded by using the bios upgrade module.

Wherein, utilizing the obtained IP information, loading the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server includes:

Obtain the location information of the bootstrap file according to the obtained IP information, and use the location information to obtain the bootstrap file through TFTP in the source server;

Execute the bootstrap file, and load the kernel and bios upgrade files through TFTP in the source server according to the execution result.

Wherein, using the bios upgrade module to upgrade the server bios includes:

According to the bios upgrade tool in the kernel, run the bios upgrade automatic execution script in the bios upgrade file to upgrade the server bios.

Among them, building the source server includes:

The source server installs tftp-server service, DHCP service and ftp service, and specifies that the IP address of TFTP is the source server IP address;

Start and open the tftp-server service, the DHCP service and the ftp service.

Wherein, setting the bios upgrade module in the source server includes:

Create a linux boot kernel and file system;

Install the bios upgrade tool in the linux boot kernel;

Put the bios upgrade file into the corresponding position in the directory of the file system;

And in the bios upgrade file, generate a bios upgrade automatic execution script according to the input bios upgrade command.

The present invention provides a system for upgrading server bios, including:

The source server is used to set the bios upgrade module; the target server is used to perform the bios upgrade;

Wherein, the target server includes:

The address obtaining module is used to utilize the PXE network card to start and send an address request to DHCP in the source server;

A loading module, configured to load the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server by utilizing the acquired IP information;

An upgrade module, configured to use the bios upgrade module to upgrade the server bios.

Wherein, the loading module includes:

An acquisition unit, configured to acquire the location information of the bootstrap file according to the obtained IP information, and use the location information to obtain the bootstrap file through TFTP in the source server;

The loading unit is used to execute the bootstrap file, and load the kernel and bios upgrade files through TFTP in the source server according to the execution result.

Wherein, the upgrade module includes:

The upgrade unit is used to run the bios upgrade automatic execution script in the bios upgrade file to upgrade the server bios according to the bios upgrade tool in the kernel.

Wherein, the source server has a specifying unit for specifying the file name of the PXE boot program.

Wherein, the source server includes:

Create a unit for creating a linux boot kernel and file system;

The installation unit is used to install the bios upgrade tool in the linux boot kernel;

The script generation unit is used to put the bios upgrade file into the corresponding position in the directory of the file system; and in the bios upgrade file, generate a bios upgrade automatic execution script according to the input bios upgrade command.

The method for upgrading the bios of the server provided by the present invention is to construct a source server; a bios upgrade module is set in the source server, including: using a PXE network card to start, sending an address request to DHCP in the source server; using the obtained IP information, through TFTP in the source server loads the bios upgrade module; utilizes the bios upgrade module to perform server bios upgrade;

In this method, by setting the bios upgrade module in the source server, all servers that need to perform bios upgrade can upgrade their own bios through the bios upgrade module in the source server after establishing a connection with the source server; therefore, batches can be conveniently performed The upgrade can be performed after connecting all servers that need to be upgraded with the source server; therefore, this method can perform server bios upgrades in batches, saving a lot of resources and manpower, greatly improving the upgrade rate, and reducing operation and maintenance costs. .

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only It is an embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the provided drawings on the premise of not paying creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is the flowchart of the method for upgrading server bios provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the structural block diagram of the system of upgrading server bios provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a target server provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The core of the present invention is to provide a method and system for upgrading server bios. The method and system can perform server bios upgrade in batches, save a lot of resources and manpower, greatly improve the upgrade rate, and reduce operation and maintenance costs.

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments It is a part of embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Please refer to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the flowchart of the method for upgrading server bios provided by the embodiment of the present invention; The method may include:

s100, constructing a source server, and setting a bios upgrade module in the source server;

Among them, a source server needs to be built, and its function is to enable other servers that need to be upgraded to download files that need to be upgraded from here. In this way, other servers that need to be upgraded can perform bios upgrades according to the downloaded files, that is, basic input output system upgrades.

Therefore, the two key points for building a source server are: firstly, it must be able to communicate with other servers, and the other is to have a bios upgrade module that other servers can download.

First, set up the source server, optionally, the source server installs tftp-server service, DHCP service and ftp service, and specifies that the IP address of TFTP is the source server IP address;

Among them, the tftp-server service is a multi-thread service, the DHCP service is a dynamic host configuration service, the ftp service is a file transfer service, and the TFTP service is a network configuration service.

Among them, you can install RedHatEnterpriseLinux6. IP address.

Start and open the tftp-server service, the DHCP service and the ftp service.

Among them, these services are used to perform data interaction with servers that require bios upgrades.

Secondly, set the bios upgrade module, optionally, create a linux boot kernel and file system;

Install the bios upgrade tool in the linux boot kernel;

Put the bios upgrade file into the corresponding position in the directory of the file system;

And in the bios upgrade file, generate a bios upgrade automatic execution script according to the input bios upgrade command.

Among them, install the bios corresponding upgrade tool for the linux boot kernel. And put the bios upgrade file into the corresponding directory, and create a bios upgrade automatic execution script. This script records the corresponding commands for bios upgrade. The script generates the bios upgrade command based on the required data and executes it automatically after the kernel boot is complete.

That is, when a bios upgrade occurs, first upgrade the source server, save the upgrade steps, generate a bios upgrade automatic execution script, and automatically upgrade when other servers download the automatic execution script. It can be connected to other servers through a local area network or public network to provide mirror deployment templates for other servers.

s110, use the PXE network card to start, and send an address request to DHCP in the source server;

Among them, to start and load the operating system through PXE, to realize automatic bios upgrade, firstly, communicate with the source server, that is, send an address request to DHCP in the source server. Wherein, PXE is a pre-boot execution environment.

s120. Using the acquired IP information, load the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server;

Wherein, establishing communication with the source server according to the IP information, loading the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server;

Optionally, using the acquired IP information, loading the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server may include:

Obtain the location information of the bootstrap file according to the obtained IP information, and use the location information to obtain the bootstrap file through TFTP in the source server;

Execute the bootstrap file, and load the kernel and bios upgrade files through TFTP in the source server according to the execution result.

s130. Using the bios upgrade module to upgrade the server bios.

Wherein, the bios of the server is upgraded according to the files in the bios upgrade module.

Wherein, optionally, using the bios upgrade module to upgrade the server bios may include:

According to the bios upgrade tool in the kernel, run the bios upgrade automatic execution script in the bios upgrade file to upgrade the server bios.

A specific implementation process of the above method is provided below:

First, boot from your own PXE network card and request an IP from the DHCP server in the source server.

Second, the DHCP server returns the IP address assigned to the client and the location of the bootstrap file, from which the bootstrap file is obtained through the TFTP service. Among them, the bootstrap file is the front-end framework file.

Third, the target server executes the file after obtaining the bootstrap file.

Fourth, load the kernel and file system through the TFTP server according to the execution result of the bootstrap.

Fifth, run the bios upgrade script in the file system, and perform bios upgrade according to the previously upgraded bios information. Complete the bios upgrade.

Based on the above-mentioned technical solution, the present invention is a method for upgrading server bios provided by an embodiment. By setting a bios upgrade module in the source server, all servers that need to perform bios upgrade can establish a connection with the source server and pass the source server. The bios upgrade module in the module upgrades its own bios; therefore, batch upgrades can be conveniently performed, and upgrades can be performed after connecting all servers that require bios upgrades to the source server; therefore, this method can perform server bios upgrades in batches, saving A large number of resources and manpower have greatly improved the upgrade rate and reduced operation and maintenance costs.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for upgrading the server bios, and the server bios can be upgraded in batches through the above method, which saves a lot of resources and manpower, greatly improves the upgrade rate, and reduces the operation and maintenance cost.

The system for upgrading the server bios provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced below, and the system for upgrading the server bios described below and the method for upgrading the server bios described above can be referred to in correspondence with each other.

Please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the system of upgrading server bios provided by the embodiment of the present invention; The system may include:

The source server 100 is used to set the bios upgrade module;

Wherein, the source server 100 is connected to other target servers 200 through a local area network or a public network, and provides a mirror image deployment template for the target servers 200 .

The target server 200 is used for bios upgrade;

Wherein, after the target server 200 is connected to the source server through the network to download the image and starts, the script is automatically executed and the bios is upgraded according to the current bios policy, and the bios upgrade function of the target server 200 is completed.

Wherein, the number of target servers may be determined according to actual conditions.

Wherein, referring to FIG. 3, the target server 200 may include:

The address acquisition module 210 is used to start using the PXE network card to send an address request to DHCP in the source server;

The loading module 220 is used to load the bios upgrade module through TFTP in the source server by using the obtained IP information;

An upgrade module 230, configured to use the bios upgrade module to upgrade the server bios.

Wherein, the loading module 220 may include:

An acquisition unit, configured to acquire the location information of the bootstrap file according to the obtained IP information, and use the location information to obtain the bootstrap file through TFTP in the source server;

The loading unit is used to execute the bootstrap file, and load the kernel and bios upgrade files through TFTP in the source server according to the execution result.

Wherein, the upgrade module 230 may include:

The upgrade unit is used to run the bios upgrade automatic execution script in the bios upgrade file to upgrade the server bios according to the bios upgrade tool in the kernel.

Wherein, the source server 100 has a specifying unit for specifying the file name of the PXE boot program.

Wherein, the source server 100 may include:

Create a unit for creating a linux boot kernel and file system;

The installation unit is used to install the bios upgrade tool in the linux boot kernel;

The script generation unit is used to put the bios upgrade file into the corresponding position in the directory of the file system; and in the bios upgrade file, generate a bios upgrade automatic execution script according to the input bios upgrade command.

Based on the above technical solution, the embodiment of the present invention provides a system for upgrading the bios of a server, which can use the source server as a DHCP and TFTP server to perform image deployment server. The target server that needs to upgrade the bios is interconnected with the source server through the LAN or the public network. The target server starts and loads the linux system through PXE, automatically executes bios upgrade and automatically executes the script to realize the upgrade function of the hard disk bios; therefore, the server bios upgrade can be performed in batches, which saves a lot of resources and manpower, greatly improves the upgrade rate, and reduces the Operation and maintenance costs.

Each embodiment in the description is described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on the difference from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts of each embodiment can be referred to each other. As for the device disclosed in the embodiment, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in the embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and for the related information, please refer to the description of the method part.

Professionals can further realize that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software or a combination of the two. In order to clearly illustrate the possible For interchangeability, in the above description, the composition and steps of each example have been generally described according to their functions. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present invention.

The steps of the methods or algorithms described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be directly implemented by hardware, software modules executed by a processor, or a combination of both. Software modules 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 Any other known storage medium.

The method and system for upgrading server bios provided by the present invention have been introduced in detail above. In this paper, specific examples are used to illustrate the principle and implementation of the present invention, and the descriptions of the above embodiments are only used to help understand the method and core idea of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, some improvements and modifications can be made to the present invention, and these improvements and modifications also fall within the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. a method of upgrade server bios, is characterized in that, comprising:

Build source server, and bios upgraded module is set in described source server;

Utilize PXE network interface card to start, send Address requests to the DHCP in source server;

Utilize the IP information obtained, load described bios upgraded module by the TFTP in described source server;

Described bios upgraded module is utilized to carry out server bios upgrading.

2. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, utilizes the IP information obtained, loads described bios upgraded module comprise by the TFTP in described source server:

According to the IP information obtained, obtain the positional information of bootstrap file, and utilize described positional information, obtain described bootstrap file by the TFTP in described source server;

Perform described bootstrap file, and according to execution result, load kernel and bios upgrade file by the TFTP in described source server.

3. method as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, utilizes described bios upgraded module to carry out server bios upgrading and comprises:

According to the bios upgrading tool in described kernel, the bios upgrading run in described bios upgrade file automatically performs script and carries out server bios upgrading.

4. method as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, builds source server and comprises:

Source server installs tftp-server service, DHCP service and ftp service, and specifies the IP address of TFTP to be described source server IP address;

Start and open described tftp-server service, described DHCP service and described ftp and serve.

5. method as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, arrange bios upgraded module and comprise in described source server:

Create linux and start kernel and file system;

Start in kernel at described linux and described bios upgrading tool is installed;

Described bios upgrade file is put in relevant position in the catalogue of described file system;

And in described bios upgrade file, according to the bios upgrade command of input, generate bios upgrading and automatically perform script.

6. a system of upgrade server bios, is characterized in that, comprising:

Source server, for arranging bios upgraded module; Destination server, for carrying out bios upgrading;

Wherein, described destination server, comprising:

Address acquisition module, for utilizing PXE network interface card to start, sends Address requests to the DHCP in source server;

Load-on module, for utilizing the IP information of acquisition, loads described bios upgraded module by the TFTP in described source server;

Upgraded module, carries out server bios upgrading for utilizing described bios upgraded module.

7. system as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, described load-on module comprises:

Acquiring unit, for according to the IP information obtained, obtains the positional information of bootstrap file, and utilizes described positional information, obtain described bootstrap file by the TFTP in described source server;

Loading unit, for performing described bootstrap file, and according to execution result, loads kernel and bios upgrade file by the TFTP in described source server.

8. system as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described upgraded module comprises:

Upgrade unit, for according to the bios upgrading tool in described kernel, the bios upgrading run in described bios upgrade file automatically performs script and carries out server bios upgrading.

9. system as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that, described source server has designating unit, is used to specify the filename of PXE boot.

10. as claimed in claim 9 from figure, it is characterized in that, described source server comprises:

Creating unit, starts kernel and file system for creating linux;

Installation unit, installs described bios upgrading tool for starting in kernel at described linux;

Script generation unit, puts into described bios upgrade file for the relevant position in the catalogue of described file system; And in described bios upgrade file, according to the bios upgrade command of input, generate bios upgrading and automatically perform script.