CN103955416A - Hard disk management method, device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a hard disk management method, including: obtaining the fault information of the hard disk; if a near field communication request sent by the mobile terminal is detected, converting the fault information into NFC protocol data and writing it into the NFC chip; through the The NFC chip sends the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal. The embodiment of the invention also discloses a hard disk management device and system. By adopting the invention, the portability of the hard disk management device can be improved and the hardware cost can be reduced.

Description

A hard disk management method, device and system

technical field

The invention relates to the field of hard disk maintenance, in particular to a hard disk management method, device and system.

Background technique

With the increase of data storage requirements, more and more hard disks are used in the server, and maintenance personnel need to maintain the hard disks to ensure the normal operation of the server. The management of the hard disk is currently complicated. It is necessary to check the fault information through the installation software of the hard disk itself, and then the maintenance personnel use the notebook computer to connect the hard disk to query and obtain the fault information of the hard disk. The specific method is as follows:

1. Obtain the fault information through the management and maintenance software installed on the hard disk itself and upload it to the system control software side. The maintenance personnel complete the management of a large number of hard disks in the device through the control software installed on the computer.

2. The information query and management of a single disk can be queried and managed through a computer connected to a portable hard disk management device. Each maintenance personnel must have two devices, a computer and a portable hard disk management device.

The applicant found that the hard disk management method in the prior art has the following deficiencies:

Multi-disk and single-disk information query and management are performed through a computer connected to a portable hard disk management device. Every maintenance personnel must have a computer and a portable hard disk management device, which are bulky, inconvenient to carry, and costly.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a hard disk management method, device and system. The invention can solve the disadvantages of inconvenient portability and high cost of hard disk management equipment in the prior art.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides a hard disk management method, including:

Obtain the fault information of the hard disk;

If the near-field communication request sent by the mobile terminal is detected, the fault information is converted into NFC protocol data and written into the NFC chip;

sending the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation, the step of obtaining the fault information of the hard disk includes:

The fault information stored in the firmware of the hard disk is obtained through the Internet Small Computer System Interface iSCSI provided by the hard disk.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation, in a second possible implementation, the step of sending the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip includes:

Read attribute information of the hard disk pre-stored in the NFC chip, and load the attribute information into the NFC protocol data;

sending the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

In combination with the second possible implementation of the first aspect, in the third possible implementation, if the near field communication request of the mobile terminal is detected, the fault information is converted into NFC protocol data and written into the NFC chip After the steps, also include:

Verifying the legitimacy of the mobile terminal, and establishing a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal after verifying the legitimacy of the mobile terminal.

In combination with the third possible implementation of the first aspect, the fourth possible implementation also includes:

After the legality of the mobile terminal is verified, if the near field communication request of the mobile terminal is detected again within a preset time period, a secure communication connection is directly established with the mobile terminal.

With reference to any one of the first aspect to the fourth possible implementation manner, in a fifth possible implementation manner, the failure information includes a failure information code, where the failure information code is related to the hard disk failure The reason is a one-to-one correspondence.

The second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides a hard disk management device, including:

An acquisition module, configured to acquire fault information of the hard disk;

The conversion module is used to convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip if the near field communication request sent by the mobile terminal is detected;

A sending module, configured to send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the obtaining module is configured to obtain the fault information stored in the firmware of the hard disk through an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) of the hard disk.

With reference to the second aspect or the first possible implementation manner, in the second possible implementation manner, the sending module includes:

a loading unit, configured to read attribute information of the hard disk pre-stored in the NFC chip, and load the attribute information into the NFC protocol data;

A sending unit, configured to send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

In combination with the second possible implementation of the second aspect, the third possible implementation also includes:

The verification module is used to verify the legitimacy of the mobile terminal, and establish a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal after verifying the legitimacy of the mobile terminal.

In combination with the third possible implementation of the second aspect, the fourth possible implementation also includes:

The connection module is configured to directly establish a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal if the near-field communication request of the mobile terminal is detected again within a preset period of time after verifying that the mobile terminal is legal.

With reference to any one of the second aspect to the fourth possible implementation manner, in a fifth possible implementation manner, the failure information includes a failure information code, where the failure information code is related to the hard disk failure The reason is a one-to-one correspondence.

The third aspect of the present invention provides a hard disk management system, including a mobile terminal, a hard disk, an NFC chip, and any one of the above hard disk management devices.

Implementing the embodiment of the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

By obtaining the fault information of the hard disk, when receiving the near-field communication request of the mobile terminal, the fault information is converted into NFC protocol data and written into the NFC chip, and the fault information is transmitted to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip. In this way, the administrator of the hard disk can use The mobile terminal can query and maintain the hard disk, avoiding the use of traditional heavy hard disk maintenance equipment, improving the efficiency of hard disk maintenance and reducing hardware costs.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or 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 These are some embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a hard disk management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a hard disk management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the sending module in Fig. 4;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management device according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a schematic flowchart of a hard disk management method according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the method includes:

S101. Obtain fault information of the hard disk.

Specifically, when the hard disk fails, the detection program in the firmware of the hard disk detects the cause of the failure and generates fault information, which is stored in the firmware. The fault information can be in the form of characters or numbers. The hard disk management device reads the fault information stored in the firmware, and saves the fault information into a local memory.

S102. If the near field communication request of the mobile terminal is detected, convert the fault information into NFC (Near Filed Communication, near field communication) protocol data and write it into the NFC chip.

Specifically, the mobile terminal is a terminal device that supports the NFC near-field communication protocol. When the mobile terminal is close to the NFC chip connected to the hard disk management device, it sends a near-field communication request to the hard disk management device, and the hard disk management device receives the near-field communication request. , convert the locally stored fault information into NFC protocol data and write the data into the NFC chip.

S103. Send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

Specifically, the hard disk management device transmits NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal in the form of radio frequency signals through the NFC chip.

It can be understood that the mobile terminal in the present invention may be a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, or a multimedia audio-visual player supporting an NFC function, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Implement the embodiment of the present invention, by obtaining the fault information of the hard disk, when receiving the near field communication request of the mobile terminal, convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip, and transmit the fault information to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip, In this way, the administrator of the hard disk can query and maintain the hard disk using the mobile terminal, avoiding the use of traditional heavy hard disk maintenance equipment, improving the efficiency of hard disk maintenance and reducing hardware costs.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is a schematic flowchart of a hard disk management method according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the method includes:

S201. Obtain the fault information stored in the firmware of the hard disk through the iSCSI (internet Small Computer System Interface, iSCSI for short) that comes with the hard disk.

Specifically, when the hard disk fails, the detection program in the firmware of the hard disk detects the cause of the failure and generates fault information, which is stored in the firmware. The fault information can be in the form of characters or numbers. For example, the character Date error means hard disk data error, the character Hard disk configuration error means hard disk configuration is incorrect, the character Hard disk controller failure means hard disk controller failure; the number 1700 means hard disk 1703 means hard disk drive selection failure, and the number 1704 means hard disk controller failure , the number 1709 means the ECC check error of the hard disk, and the number and the cause of the failure have a one-to-one correspondence.

The hard disk management device is connected to it through the iSCSI of the hard disk, and the hard disk management device reads the fault information stored in the firmware through the iSCSI, and saves the fault information to a local memory. Since iSCSI is a standard interface of the hard disk, the hard disk management device reads the fault information of the hard disk firmware through this interface without changing the structure of the hard disk, which is convenient for hardware upgrade of the existing hard disk.

S202. If a near field communication request sent by the mobile terminal is detected, convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip.

Specifically, the mobile terminal is a terminal device that supports the NFC near-field communication protocol. When the mobile terminal is close to the NFC chip connected to the hard disk key device, it sends a near-field communication request to the hard disk management device, and the hard disk management device receives the near-field communication request. , convert the locally stored fault information into NFC protocol data and write the data into the NFC chip.

S203. Verify the legitimacy of the mobile terminal.

Specifically, the hard disk management device verifies the legitimacy of the mobile terminal, and if it is legal, execute S204; otherwise, end the process. The method for the hard disk management device to verify the legality of the mobile terminal can use methods such as key verification or input key verification, which are not limited by the present invention.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the present invention, after the hard disk management device verifies that the mobile terminal is legal, if it detects the near field communication request of the mobile terminal again within a preset period of time, it will directly establish a communication with the mobile terminal. Secure communication connection. For example, the preset duration is 3 minutes. After the hard disk management device verifies that the mobile terminal is legal, if it detects the near-field communication request sent by the mobile terminal again within the preset duration, it does not need to verify the legitimacy of the mobile terminal process. Establish a secure communication connection directly with the mobile terminal. If the time interval between the last valid verification and the initiation of the near field communication request is greater than the preset time, the hard disk management device is installed in a normal process to verify the legitimacy of the mobile terminal.

S204. Establish a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal.

Specifically, the hard disk management device establishes a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal through the NFC chip, and the data exchanged between the hard disk management device and the mobile terminal is encrypted by a specific encryption algorithm and then transmitted to the other device to prevent leakage of sensitive information.

S205. Read the attribute information of the hard disk pre-stored in the NFC chip, and load the attribute information into the NFC protocol data.

Specifically, attribute information of the hard disk is pre-stored in the NFC chip, such as serial number, manufacturing information, capacity, manufacturer and model, and the like. In some embodiments of the present invention, the hard disk management device can manage multiple hard disks, and the NFC chip stores attribute information of multiple groups of hard disks. The hard disk management device loads the attribute information of the hard disk into the NFC protocol data. At this time, the NFC protocol data includes the attribute information and fault information of the hard disk.

S206. Send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

Specifically, the hard disk management device transmits NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal in the form of radio frequency signals through the NFC chip.

Implement the embodiment of the present invention, by obtaining the fault information of the hard disk, when receiving the near field communication request of the mobile terminal, convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip, and transmit the fault information to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip, In this way, the administrator of the hard disk can query and maintain the hard disk using the mobile terminal, avoiding the use of traditional heavy hard disk maintenance equipment, improving the efficiency of hard disk maintenance and reducing hardware costs.

Referring to FIG. 3 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the hard disk management device includes an acquisition module 10 , a conversion module 11 and a sending module 12 .

The acquiring module 10 is configured to acquire the fault information of the hard disk.

Specifically, when the hard disk fails, the detection program in the firmware of the hard disk detects the cause of the failure and generates fault information, which is stored in the firmware. The fault information can be in the form of characters or numbers. The acquisition module 10 reads the fault information stored in the firmware, and saves the fault information to a local memory.

Preferably, the acquiring module 10 acquires the fault information stored in the firmware of the hard disk through iSCSI (internet Small Computer System Interface, iSCSI for short) that comes with the hard disk. Since iSCSI is a standard interface of the hard disk, the hard disk management device reads the fault information of the hard disk firmware through this interface without changing the structure of the hard disk, which is convenient for hardware upgrade of the existing hard disk.

The conversion module 11 is configured to convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip if a near field communication request sent by the mobile terminal is detected.

Specifically, the mobile terminal is a terminal device supporting the NFC near-field communication protocol. When the mobile terminal is close to the NFC chip connected to the hard disk management device, it sends a near-field communication request to the hard disk management device, and the conversion module 11 receives the near-field communication request. , convert the locally stored fault information into NFC protocol data and write the data into the NFC chip.

The sending module 12 is configured to send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

Specifically, the sending module 12 transmits NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal in the form of radio frequency signals through the NFC chip.

Implement the embodiment of the present invention, by obtaining the fault information of the hard disk, when receiving the near field communication request of the mobile terminal, convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip, and transmit the fault information to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip, In this way, the administrator of the hard disk can query and maintain the hard disk using the mobile terminal, avoiding the use of traditional heavy hard disk maintenance equipment, improving the efficiency of hard disk maintenance and reducing hardware costs.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, it is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the implementation of the present invention, the hard disk management device includes the above-mentioned acquiring module 10, converting module 11 and sending module 12 In addition, a verification module 13 and a connection module 14 are also included.

The verification module 13 is configured to verify the legitimacy of the mobile terminal, and establish a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal after verifying the legitimacy of the mobile terminal.

The connection module 14 is configured to directly establish a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal if the near field communication request of the mobile terminal is detected again within a preset period of time after verifying that the mobile terminal is legal.

Optionally, the sending module 12 includes:

A loading unit 121, configured to read attribute information of the hard disk pre-stored in the NFC chip, and load the attribute information into the NFC protocol data;

A sending unit 122, configured to send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

The embodiment of the present invention and the second method embodiment are based on the same idea, and the technical effects brought about by them are also the same. For the specific process, please refer to the description of the second method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

Referring to FIG. 6 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management device according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In this implementation, the hard disk management device 1 includes a processor 61, a memory 62 and a communication interface 63, and the communication interface 61 is respectively connected to the hard disk and the NFC Chip, the number of processors 61 in the hard disk management device 1 may be one or more, and one processor is taken as an example in FIG. 6 . In some embodiments of the present invention, the processor 61 , the memory 62 and the communication interface 63 may be connected through a bus or in other ways, and the bus connection is taken as an example in FIG. 6 .

Wherein, a set of program codes are stored in the memory 62, and the processor 61 is used to call the program codes stored in the memory 62 to perform the following operations:

Obtain the fault information of the hard disk;

If the near-field communication request sent by the mobile terminal is detected, the fault information is converted into NFC protocol data and written into the NFC chip;

Send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the processor 61 executing the step of obtaining the fault information of the hard disk includes:

The fault information stored in the firmware of the hard disk is obtained through the Internet Small Computer System Interface iSCSI provided by the hard disk.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the processor performing the step of sending the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip includes:

Read attribute information of the hard disk pre-stored in the NFC chip, and load the attribute information into the NFC protocol data;

sending the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the processor 61 is also used to execute:

Verifying the legitimacy of the mobile terminal, and establishing a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal after verifying the legitimacy of the mobile terminal.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the processor 61 is also used to perform:

After the legality of the mobile terminal is verified, if the near field communication request of the mobile terminal is detected again within a preset time period, a secure communication connection is directly established with the mobile terminal.

Implement the embodiment of the present invention, by obtaining the fault information of the hard disk, when receiving the near field communication request of the mobile terminal, convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip, and transmit the fault information to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip, In this way, the administrator of the hard disk can query and maintain the hard disk using the mobile terminal, avoiding the use of traditional heavy hard disk maintenance equipment, improving the efficiency of hard disk maintenance and reducing hardware costs.

Referring to FIG. 7 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a hard disk management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the hard disk management system includes: a mobile terminal 2, an NFC chip 3, a hard disk management device 1 and a hard disk 4, and the NFC chip 3. The hard disk management device 1 is connected to the hard disk 4. Preferably, the hard disk management device is connected to the hard disk through iSCSI provided by the hard disk. The hard disk management device 1 obtains the fault information stored in the firmware of the hard disk 4. The fault information can be in character form or Can be in numeric form. For example, the character Date error means hard disk data error, the character Hard disk configuration error means hard disk configuration is incorrect, the character Hard disk controller failure means hard disk controller failure; the number 1700 means hard disk 1703 means hard disk drive selection failure, and the number 1704 means hard disk controller failure , the number 1709 means the ECC check error of the hard disk, and the number and the cause of the failure have a one-to-one correspondence.

When the mobile terminal 2 is close to the NFC chip 2, it sends a near-field communication request to the hard disk management device 1, and the hard disk management device 1 verifies the legitimacy of the mobile terminal. If the verification is legal, it establishes a secure communication connection with the mobile terminal. Convert the fault information into NFC protocol data, and send the NFC protocol data to the mobile terminal 2 through the NFC chip 3, and the mobile terminal 2 receives the NFC protocol data, and parses the fault information of the hard disk from the NFC protocol data. The information is in the form of characters, and the characters are directly displayed on the mobile terminal. If the fault information is in digital form, the local database is queried for the corresponding fault cause, and the queried fault cause is displayed on the mobile terminal. A maintenance link is displayed on the display screen, the maintenance link points to the solution document corresponding to the fault information in the maintenance database, and the maintainer can access the maintenance link to obtain the solution document of the current fault information of the hard disk.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, both the NFC chip and the hard disk management device can be integrated into the hard disk as a whole, or can be installed on the hard disk as separate components, which is not limited in the present invention.

Implement the embodiment of the present invention, by obtaining the fault information of the hard disk, when receiving the near field communication request of the mobile terminal, convert the fault information into NFC protocol data and write it into the NFC chip, and transmit the fault information to the mobile terminal through the NFC chip, In this way, the administrator of the hard disk can query and maintain the hard disk using the mobile terminal, avoiding the use of traditional heavy hard disk maintenance equipment, improving the efficiency of hard disk maintenance and reducing hardware costs.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented through computer programs to instruct related hardware, and the programs can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. During execution, it may include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Wherein, the storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM) or a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), etc.

What is disclosed above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and of course it cannot limit the scope of rights of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand all or part of the process for realizing the above embodiments, and according to the rights of the present invention The equivalent changes required still belong to the scope covered by the invention.

Claims (13)

1. a hard disk management method, is characterized in that, comprising:

Obtain the failure message of hard disk;

If the near-field communication request that mobile terminal sends detected, convert described failure message to near-field communication NFC protocol data and write NFC chip;

By described NFC chip, described NFC protocol data is sent to described mobile terminal.

2. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described in obtain the failure message of hard disk step comprise:

The Internet Small Computer Systems Interface iSCSI carrying by described hard disk obtains the failure message of described hard-disc storage in firmware.

3. method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, is characterized in that, the described step that described NFC protocol data is sent to described mobile terminal by NFC chip comprises:

The attribute information of the described hard disk of reading pre-stored in described NFC chip, and described attribute information is loaded in described NFC protocol data;

By described NFC chip, described NFC protocol data is sent to described mobile terminal.

4. method as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, the near-field communication request of mobile terminal detected if described, after converting described failure message to step that NFC protocol data writes NFC chip, also comprises:

Verify described mobile terminal validity, after the described mobile terminal of checking is legal, set up safe communication connection with described mobile terminal.

5. method as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, also comprises:

After the described mobile terminal of checking is legal, if the near-field communication request of described mobile terminal again detected in default duration, directly set up safe communication connection with described mobile terminal.

6. the method as described in claim 1-5 any one, is characterized in that, described failure message comprises failure message code, and wherein, the failure cause of described failure message code and described hard disk is one-to-one relationship.

7. a hard disk management device, is characterized in that, comprising:

Acquisition module, for obtaining the failure message of hard disk;

Modular converter, if the near-field communication request of sending for mobile terminal being detected converts described failure message to near-field communication NFC protocol data and writes NFC chip;

Sending module, for being sent to described mobile terminal by described NFC chip by described NFC protocol data.

8. hard disk management device as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described acquisition module obtains described hard-disc storage at the failure message of firmware for the Internet Small Computer Systems Interface iSCSI carrying by described hard disk.

9. hard disk management device as claimed in claim 7 or 8, is characterized in that, described sending module comprises:

Loading unit, the attribute information for reading pre-stored at the described hard disk of described NFC chip, and described attribute information is loaded in described NFC protocol data;

Transmitting element, for being sent to described mobile terminal by described NFC chip by described NFC protocol data.

10. hard disk management device as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, also comprises:

Authentication module, for verifying described mobile terminal validity, after the described mobile terminal of checking is legal, sets up safe communication connection with described mobile terminal.

11. hard disk management devices as claimed in claim 10, is characterized in that, also comprise:

Link block, for after the described mobile terminal of checking is legal, if the near-field communication request of described mobile terminal again detected in default duration, directly sets up safe communication connection with described mobile terminal.

12. hard disk management devices as described in claim 7-11 any one, is characterized in that, described failure message comprises failure message code, and wherein, the failure cause of described failure message code and described hard disk is one-to-one relationship.

13. 1 kinds of hard Disk Management System, is characterized in that, comprise mobile terminal, hard disk, NFC chip and the hard disk management device as described in claim 7-12 any one.