JP4826967B2 - Server management system, display device, failure server identification method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a server management system, a display device, a failed server identification method, a program, and a recording medium, and particularly preferably applied to identify the location of a failed server in managing, for example, a rack mount type or blade type server. Is related to the technology.

  Generally, in a data center that uses a large number of electronic devices such as servers and network devices, business is carried out by mounting the electronic devices in a plurality of racks. In such an environment, the location where the rack is installed and the location where the electronic device management terminal is installed are often separated. If a server in the rack fails, the administrator can specify the failed server on the management terminal, but it is not easy for the maintenance worker in the place where the rack is installed to specify the failed server. When a failure occurs, it takes time for the administrator and the maintenance worker to communicate with each other, and for the maintenance worker to identify the failed electronic device.

  For example, maintenance of a server housed in a server rack is performed only by checking an LED lamp for identifying a position of the server, marking an LED lamp indicating a failure, or checking with a maintenance staff. For this reason, in a rack that contains a number of the same servers, it is not a maintenance target server. There was a problem that.

On the other hand, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a rack management system that can easily and quickly identify a failed electronic device in an environment that handles a large number of electronic devices such as servers. In this system, a configuration recording device is provided in a rack in which an electronic device is accommodated. In the configuration recording device, when the communication unit receives information on the failed electronic device specified by the management terminal, the display control unit relates to the failed electronic device. Information is displayed on the display.
International Publication No. 05/006190

  The invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 is certainly less time-consuming to confirm than the case where information regarding a failure is displayed only on the administrator side in that the information on the failed device is displayed on the maintenance staff side. . However, it can be said that the confirmation of the maintenance worker according to the present invention is at the same level as the confirmation with the LED lamp as a mark, and in order to eliminate the above-mentioned maintenance mistake, the confirmation of the failed device is made easier and more reliable. It is desirable.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable a maintenance worker to easily and accurately identify a failed server when managing a plurality of servers in a predetermined unit.

In order to achieve this object, a server management system according to the present invention includes an information processing device that manages a server device, a database that holds information on a storage position of the server device, identification information and position information of the server device. A server management system configured to display, wherein the information processing device acquires identification information of the server device when a server device in a rack fails, and Acquires information on the storage position of the server device, transmits the identification information and information on the storage position to the display device, and the display device is movably mounted on the rack for storing the server device, with a function of moving on a rack, receive the identification information and the information of the stored position from the information processing apparatus Then, the identification information and before Using the information stored position, and moves in the vicinity of the failed server apparatus, points to the server device itself, the by the identification information screen display of the server device, for identifying the server device.

The display device of the present invention constitutes a server management system together with an information processing device that manages the server device and a database that holds information on the storage location of the server device, and displays identification information and position information of the server device. a display device is mounted movably on a rack for accommodating a server device, a function of moving on the rack, when the server device in the rack fails, the identification information of the server device and The server apparatus receives the storage position information of the server apparatus acquired from the database from the information processing apparatus , moves to the vicinity of the failed server apparatus using the identification information and the storage position information, and the server apparatus The server device is specified by pointing to itself and displaying the identification information of the server device on a screen .

In addition, the failure server identification method of the present invention includes an information processing device that manages a server device, a database that holds information on a storage position of the server device, a display device that displays identification information and position information of the server device, , Wherein the information processing device acquires identification information of the server device when the server device in the rack fails, and Information on the storage position of the server device is acquired, the identification information and the information on the storage position are transmitted to the display device, and the display device is movably mounted on a rack that stores the server device. A function of moving up, receiving the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing apparatus, and receiving the identification information and the storage information. Using information on the position, moving in the vicinity of the failed server apparatus, points to the server device itself, the by the identification information screen display of the server device, for identifying the server device.

The program of the present invention is movably attached to an information processing device that manages a server device, a database that holds information on the storage position of the server device, and a rack that stores the server device. A program for use in a server management system configured to include a display device that displays device identification information and position information, and when a server device in a rack fails in the computer of the information processing device, A function of acquiring identification information of the server device, acquiring information of a storage position of the server device from the database, transmitting the identification information and information of the storage position to the display device, and moving on a rack; Causing the computer of the display device to receive the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing device; Using the information broadcast and the storage position, and move to the vicinity of the failed server apparatus, points to the server device itself, the by the identification information screen display of the server device, thereby identifying the server device.

  The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium on which the above program is recorded.

  According to the present invention, when managing a plurality of servers in a predetermined unit, it is possible for a maintenance worker to easily and accurately identify a failed server.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and thus various technically preferable limitations are given. However, the scope of the present invention is particularly limited in the following description. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a server management system according to the present embodiment. The server management system according to the present embodiment includes a management terminal 100 that manages servers, a server location information database 200 that holds server location information, a network 300, a server rack 400 in which servers are stored, and the location of a failed server. It has a position specifying LCD unit 500 for specifying and displaying a screen.

  The management terminal 100 is a management terminal that is connected to the network 300 and manages servers. The management terminal 100 collects information about the operating state from each server. Therefore, when a certain server fails, the management terminal 100 acquires information on an abnormal state from the server.

  The server location information database 200 stores the unique information such as the host name and device number of each server stored in the server rack 400, and the location information (information indicating the vertical and horizontal positions) stored in the server. To do. The server location information database 200 is a database that can automatically search for location information using server specific information when a failure occurs in a server in the server rack 400.

  FIG. 6 is an example of a database created based on the server configuration shown in FIG. The database shown in FIG. 6 includes a host name that is unique information of the server, a device number, a server size [U] that is the size in the height direction, storage position information (vertical) that indicates from which the storage is performed, a maximum It is composed of storage position information (horizontal) that specifies position information in the horizontal direction of the server according to the number of installed servers and the server position. The storage position information (vertical) and (horizontal) is uniquely determined when the server layout is determined. The host name 9999 indicates the initial position of the position specifying LCD unit 500.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the server rack 400 accommodates a 4U server 10 in a 19-inch rack, a single 4U blade server 21 to 28 and 31 to 38 in total, and a 1U server 40 inside. A position specifying LCD unit 500 is attached. A 19-inch rack for a general server is designed based on a unified standard for electronic equipment defined by American National Standards Institute / Electronic Industries Alliance (ANSI / EIA) in the United States. In this standard, the unit chassis width of equipment such as servers is 19 inches and the height is a multiple of 1.75 inches, and 1.75 inches, which is a foot unit of this height, is expressed as 1U. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the position specifying LCD unit 500 includes an information receiving unit 501, an LCD movement control unit 502, and an LCD display control unit 503, and is attached to the top of the server rack 400. It has a function that enables vertical movement with a wire or the like. Although this embodiment is configured to move up and down, it may be configured to move left and right.

  The information receiving unit 501 has a configuration corresponding to the information receiving unit described in the claims, and receives server-specific information and position information sent from the management terminal 100. The LCD movement control unit 502 has a configuration corresponding to the movement control unit described in the claims, and based on the position information received by the information receiving unit 501, the position specifying LCD unit 500 itself is the target server (for example, a failed server). Move to surrounding area. The LCD display control unit 503 has a configuration corresponding to the display control unit described in the claims, and based on the position information and unique information received by the information receiving unit 501, displays the position of the target server and server unique information on the display unit ( Control to display on (not shown).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, an operation for specifying a failed server in the present embodiment will be described in detail.

  First, when a failure occurs in a server stored in the server rack 400, the management terminal 100 receives information on the operation state from the failed server and collects unique information of the server (step S1 in FIG. 2). . Further, the customer places a failure call in the failure reception center, and the failure reception center that receives the failure call issues a dispatch instruction and a parts delivery instruction to the maintenance worker.

  Next, the server location information database 200 is automatically searched for the server location information using the unique information collected by the management device 100, and the management device 100 acquires the location information of the failed server (FIG. 2). Step S2, Step S3).

  The management terminal 100 transmits the location information of the failed server acquired from the server location information database 200 and the unique information of the server to the location specifying LCD unit 500 in the server rack 400 via the network 300 (FIG. 2). Step S4). In the position specifying LCD unit, the information receiving unit 501 receives these pieces of information.

  The information receiving unit 501 that has received the position information and the unique information sends the information to the LCD movement control unit 502, and the LCD movement control unit 502 is based on the received position information and the unique information. Is moved to the vicinity of the place where the failure server is installed (step S5 in FIG. 2).

  Further, the information receiving unit 501 sends position information and unique information to the LCD display control unit 503, and the LCD display control unit 503 sends a failure occurrence server to the display unit (not shown) based on the received information. Is displayed with an arrow or the like, and the unique information of the server is displayed (step S6 in FIG. 2).

  Here, using the server configuration example of FIG. 3, two examples of operation examples when a failure occurs in the server are shown (FIGS. 4 and 5). FIG. 4 shows an operation example when the failure occurrence server is the server 10. 2 moves to the upper part (position of 5U) of the server 10 through step S1 to step S6 of FIG. 2 described above, and an arrow, a host name (server 10), and a device number (12345567890) are displayed as display examples (not shown). ) Is displayed. Here, in the server location information database shown in FIG. 6, the server size of the server 10 is 4 U, and the server storage location information is 1 U, and these are added to move to the upper position (5 U) of the server 10. It is structured.

  FIG. 5 shows an operation example when the failure occurrence server is the server 24. 2 moves to the upper part of the server 24 (position 9U) through steps S1 to S6 in FIG. 2 described above, and an arrow, a host name (server 24), and a device number (12345567896) are displayed as display examples (not shown). ) Is displayed. Here, in the server location information database shown in FIG. 6, the server size of the server 24 is 4U and the server collection location information is 5U, and these are added together to move to the upper position (9U) of the server 24. It is structured. Moreover, the horizontal position of the server 24 is specified using the maximum number of installed servers (8) and the server position (4) in the storage position information (horizontal) among the data in the database shown in FIG. And it displays using figures, such as an arrow, so that the installation position (position of a horizontal direction) of this server 24 can be understood visually. Note that the same operation is performed for the servers 31 to 38 and the server 40 in FIG.

  Finally, the maintenance worker who receives the call, after arriving at the site, checks the failed server from the contents displayed on the display unit (not shown) and the LED lamp of the server itself, and starts the maintenance work. (Step S7 in FIG. 2).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a rack-type or blade-type server failure occurs, the display screen that displays the server name, device number, and installation location of the failed server is displayed up to the location of the failed server. Since the server is moved and the target server is specified by the screen display, the maintenance worker can easily and accurately specify the maintenance target server, and can prevent a maintenance error.

  The above-described embodiment is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment alone, and various modifications are made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Implementation is possible.

  That is, the program executed by the server management system in the present embodiment has a module configuration including the above-described means (information receiving unit, LCD movement control unit, LCD display control unit), and actual hardware A concrete means is realized using. That is, when the computer (CPU) reads a program from a predetermined recording medium and executes the program, the above-described means are loaded onto the main storage device, and the information receiving unit, the LCD movement control unit, and the LCD display control unit are installed on the main storage device. Is generated.

  The program executed by the server management system in the present embodiment may be configured to be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. Further, the program may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The program is a file in an installable or executable format, such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD, nonvolatile memory card, or the like. It may be configured to be provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Further, the program may be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the recording medium or loaded and executed through the communication line realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments. And the recording medium which recorded the program code comprises this invention.

It is the figure which showed the system configuration | structure of the server management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of specific operation | movement of the failure occurrence server in embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the server structural example of the server management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific operation example of the failure occurrence server in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific operation example of the failure occurrence server in embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the database example of the server location information of the server management system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Management terminal 200 Server location information database 300 Network 400 Server rack 500 Location specific LCD part 501 Information receiving part 502 LCD movement control part 503 LCD display control part

Claims (10)

A server management system comprising: an information processing apparatus that manages a server apparatus; a database that holds information on a storage position of the server apparatus; and a display apparatus that displays identification information and position information of the server apparatus Because
When the server apparatus in the rack fails, the information processing apparatus acquires the identification information of the server apparatus, acquires the storage position information of the server apparatus from the database, and stores the identification information and the storage position information. To the display device,
The display device is movably mounted on the rack for storing the server device, and has a function of moving on the rack, and when receiving the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing device, Using the identification information and the storage location information , the server device is identified by moving to the vicinity of the failed server device, pointing to the server device itself, and displaying the server device identification information on the screen. A server management system characterized by that. The display device
An information receiving unit for receiving the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing apparatus;
A movement control unit that performs movement control of the display device main body based on the information of the storage position received by the information receiving unit;
A display control unit that performs display control so that the identification information and the storage position of the failed server device are displayed on the screen based on the identification information and the storage position information received by the information reception unit;
The server management system according to claim 1, further comprising: The database holds the identification information and the position information of the server device stored in the rack in association with each other, and uses the identification information of the failed server device acquired by the information processing device to correspond to the identification information. The server management system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the server management system is searched. A display device that configures a server management system together with an information processing device that manages a server device and a database that holds information on a storage position of the server device, and displays identification information and position information of the server device,
It is movably mounted on the rack that houses the server device,
A function of moving on the rack,
When the server device in the rack fails, the server device receives the server device identification information and the server device storage position information acquired from the database, and receives the identification information and the storage position information. The display device is characterized in that the server device is identified by moving to the vicinity of the failed server device using the , indicating the server device itself, and displaying the identification information of the server device on a screen . An information receiving unit for receiving the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing apparatus;
A movement control unit that performs movement control of the display device main body based on the information of the storage position received by the information receiving unit;
A display control unit that performs display control so that the identification information and the storage position of the failed server device are displayed on the screen based on the identification information and the storage position information received by the information reception unit;
The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising: A server management system comprising: an information processing apparatus that manages a server apparatus; a database that holds information on a storage position of the server apparatus; and a display apparatus that displays identification information and position information of the server apparatus The failure server identification method in
When the server apparatus in the rack fails, the information processing apparatus acquires the identification information of the server apparatus, acquires the storage position information of the server apparatus from the database, and stores the identification information and the storage position information. To the display device,
The display device is movably attached to a rack that stores the server device, and has a function of moving on the rack, and receives the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing device, Using the identification information and the storage position information , move to the vicinity of the failed server device, point to the server device itself, and identify the server device by displaying the server device identification information on the screen. A method for identifying a faulty server. In the display device,
An information receiving step for receiving the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing apparatus;
A movement control step for performing movement control of the display device body based on the information on the storage position received by the information receiving step;
A display control step for performing display control so that the identification information and the storage position of the failed server device are displayed on the screen based on the identification information and the storage position information received by the information reception step;
The failure server identification method according to claim 6 , further comprising: An information processing device that manages the server device, a database that holds information on the storage position of the server device, and a rack that stores the server device are movably attached. A program used for a server management system configured to include a display device,
When the server device in the rack fails, the computer of the information processing device causes the server device to acquire identification information, and acquires the storage position information of the server device from the database. Information is transmitted to the display device,
Causing the computer of the display device having a function of moving on a rack to receive the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing device, and using the identification information and the storage position information , the failed server A program that moves to the vicinity of a device, points to the server device itself, and displays the identification information of the server device on a screen to identify the server device. In the computer of the display device,
An information receiving step for receiving the identification information and the storage position information from the information processing apparatus;
A movement control step for performing movement control of the display device body based on the information on the storage position received by the information receiving step;
A display control step for performing display control so that the identification information and the storage position of the failed server device are displayed on the screen based on the identification information and the storage position information received by the information reception step;
The program according to claim 8 , wherein the program is executed. A recording medium that records the program according to claim 8 and is computer-readable.

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