TW201428470A - Automatic booting system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic booting system and method. The system comprises: a detecting module for detecting states of an electronic device, wherein, the states including boot state and shutdown state; a saving module for saving the states to a storage device; a controlling module for controlling the state of the electronic device when the electronic device is re-powered on, according to a last state of the electronic device saved in the storage device. The present invention can be used to boot the electronic device automatically.

Description

Automatic booting system and method

The present invention relates to an electronic device management system and method, and more particularly to an electronic device automatic boot system and method.

The application of electronic devices, such as servers, is becoming more and more widespread in today's society, and its performance is good and its security is high, which has been well received by users. However, if the server unexpectedly loses power at some point during the power-on state, it will cause the server to process data interruption. At this time, the server needs to be restored to the power-on state as soon as possible after the power is turned off after the power is turned off. However, using human resources to start the server will result in additional labor costs.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an automatic booting system, which can automatically turn on when the electronic device is powered off after a power failure in the event of an unexpected power failure when the electronic device is turned on.

In addition, it is also necessary to provide a power-on control method, which can automatically turn on the power when the electronic device is powered off after the power is turned off in the event of an unexpected power failure when the electronic device is turned on.

An automatic booting system running in an electronic device, the system comprising: a detecting module for detecting the state of the electronic device in real time, wherein the state of the electronic device includes a booting state and a shutdown state; And storing the state of the detected electronic device in the memory; the control module is configured to control a state when the electronic device is powered off after being powered off according to the last state of the electronic device recorded in the memory .

An automatic booting method, the method comprising: a detecting step of detecting an electronic device according to a state of the electronic device, wherein the state of the electronic device includes a power-on state and a power-off state; and the storing step of storing the state of the detected electronic device And a control step of controlling a state when the electronic device is powered off and then powered on according to a last state of the electronic device recorded in the memory.

Compared with the prior art, the automatic booting system and method can automatically turn on the electronic device when the electronic device is powered off after an unexpected power failure occurs when the electronic device is in the power-on state.

100. . . Electronic device

1. . . BMC

10. . . Automatic boot system

20. . . Memory

30. . . processor

2. . . Power Supplier

11. . . Detection module

12. . . Storage module

13. . . Control module

1 is an application environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of an automatic booting system of the present invention.

2 is a functional block diagram of the automatic booting system of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the automatic booting method of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, it is an application environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of the automatic booting system of the present invention. In this embodiment, the automatic booting system 10 is operated in the electronic device 100 for controlling the electronic device 100 to automatically power on when the power is turned off after the power is turned off. The electronic device 100 can be an electronic device such as a server. The power supply 2 is used to access the mains to supply power to the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 further includes a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) 1 that can be used to monitor the state of the electronic device 100, such as monitoring the heat dissipation status of the electronic device 100, and the like.

In this embodiment, the automatic boot system 10 can include one or more modules. The one or more modules may be stored in memory 20 and executed by processor 30. The memory 20 may be an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). In this embodiment, the automatic booting system 10 includes a detecting module 11, a storage module 12, and a control module 13 (see FIG. 2). The module refers to a program segment that can perform a specific function, and the functions of each module will be specifically described in the flowchart of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, it is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the automatic booting method of the present invention.

In step S1, the detecting module 11 immediately detects the state of the electronic device 100, wherein the state of the electronic device 100 includes a power-on state and a power-off state.

Specifically, the detecting module 11 can detect the power on or off state of the electronic device 100 by detecting the Power Good signal of the power supply 2.

For example, when the detection module 11 detects the Power Good signal of the power supply 2 at the time of 5 seconds, the electronic device 100 can be informed that the electronic device 100 is turned on.

For example, at time 50 seconds, the user turns off the electronic device 100 by pressing the shutdown button of the electronic device 100 (assuming that the button is pressed for 4 seconds), that is, the electronic device 100 is turned off at time 54 seconds, then the detection mode is The group 11 will not be able to detect the Power Good signal of the power supply 2, and the detection module 11 can know that the state of the electronic device 100 is the shutdown state.

In step S2, the storage module 12 stores the detected state of the electronic device 100 in the memory 20.

For example, the electronic device 100 recorded in the memory 20 is turned on during time 0 to 53 seconds, and the electronic device 100 is turned off at 54 seconds.

In step S3, the control module 13 controls the state when the electronic device 100 is powered off and then powered on again according to the last state of the electronic device 100 recorded in the memory 20.

Specifically, when the last state of the electronic device 100 stored in the memory 20 is the power-on state, the control module 13 controls the electronic device 100 to turn on when the power is turned off.

For example, after the electronic device 100 is powered on for a period of time (for example, 53 seconds), the power supply device 2 is accidentally disconnected from the mains, so that the electronic device 100 is unexpectedly turned off when the power is turned on, that is, the memory. The electronic device 100 is recorded in the power-on state at time 0 to 53 seconds, and it is assumed that at 59 seconds, the power supply 2 is reconnected with the commercial power, that is, the electronic device 100 is powered off after being powered off at 59 seconds, according to the The last state of the electronic device 100 recorded in the memory 20 is the power-on state, and the control module 13 determines that the electronic device 100 is powered off before the power-on state. At this time, the control device 100 is powered on and restored. Power on state before power.

As can be seen from the flow of the present invention, the present invention can control the electronic device 100 to automatically power on when the electronic device 100 is powered off after a power failure due to an unexpected power failure when the electronic device 100 is turned on. The electronic device 100 is not required to be manually turned on.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, and those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention may be modified or substituted. Neither should the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention be deviated.

10. . . Eye drive system

11. . . Detection module

12. . . Storage module

13. . . Control module

Claims (8)

An automatic booting system installed in an electronic device, the system comprising:
The detecting module is configured to detect the state of the electronic device in real time, wherein the state of the electronic device includes a power on state and a power off state;
a storage module, configured to store the state of the detected electronic device into the memory;
The control module is configured to control a state when the electronic device is powered off and then powered on according to a final state of the electronic device recorded in the memory. The automatic booting system of claim 1, wherein when the last state of the electronic device stored in the memory is the power-on state, the control module controls the electronic device to be powered on after being powered off again. . The automatic booting system of claim 1, wherein the detecting module detects the state of the electronic device by detecting a Power Good signal of the power supply of the electronic device. The automatic booting system of claim 1, wherein the memory is an electrically erasable programmable read only memory EEPROM. An automatic booting method, the method comprising:
The detecting step is based on detecting the state of the electronic device, wherein the state of the electronic device includes a power-on state and a power-off state;
a storing step of storing the state of the detected electronic device in the memory;
The controlling step controls a state when the electronic device is powered off and then powered on again according to the last state of the electronic device recorded in the memory. The automatic booting method according to claim 5, wherein when the last state of the electronic device stored in the memory is the power-on state, the control electronic device is powered on after being powered off and then powered on again. The automatic booting method of claim 5, wherein the detecting step detects the state of the electronic device by detecting a Power Good signal of the power supply of the electronic device. The automatic booting method according to claim 5, wherein the memory is an electrically erasable programmable read only memory EEPROM.