Rack server system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016150353-A1
Application number	US-201514599537-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 18, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A rack server system and a wireless communication method are disclosed. The rack server system includes a rack management control unit and a server node. The rack management control unit includes a rack management control module and a first ZigBee communication module. The server node includes a first baseboard management control module and a second ZigBee communication module. The rack management control module generates a first serial communication signal. The first ZigBee communication module is electrically coupled with the rack management control module and transforms the first serial communication signal into a first wireless signal. The first baseboard management control module generates a second serial communication signal. The second ZigBee communication module is electrically coupled with the first baseboard management control module and transforms the second serial communication signal into a second wireless signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A rack server system, comprising:
a rack management control unit, comprising:
a rack management control module, configured to manage the rack server system, and generate a first serial communication signal; and
a first ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the rack management control module, the first ZigBee communication module being configured to transform the first serial communication signal into a first wireless signal; and
at least one server node, comprising:
a baseboard management control module, configured to manage the server node, and generate a second serial communication signal; and
a second ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the baseboard management control module, the second ZigBee communication module being configured to transform the second serial communication signal into a second wireless signal.

2 . The rack server system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal are transmitted between the first ZigBee communication module and the second ZigBee communication module.

3 . The rack server system of claim 1 , wherein the first serial communication signal and the second serial communication signal are UART signals.

4 . The rack server system of claim 1 , wherein the baseboard management control module generates the first serial communication signal according to server log information of the at least one server node.

5 . The rack server system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a power node, comprising:
a power control module, configured to generate a power status signal; and
a third ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the power control module, the third ZigBee communication module being configured to receive the power status signal and generate a third wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal and the third wireless signal are transmitted between the first ZigBee communication module and the third ZigBee communication module, and the second wireless signal and the third wireless signal are transmitted between the second ZigBee communication module and the third ZigBee communication module.

6 . The rack server system of claim 5 , wherein the power control module generates the power status signal according to power log information, and the power log information comprises an output voltage, an output current and a temperature of the power node.

7 . The rack server system of claim 1 , further co Pr sing:
a fan node, comprising:
a fan control module, configured to generate a fan status signal; and
a fourth ZigBee communication module electrically coupled with the fan control module, the fourth ZigBee communication module being configured to receive the fan status signal and generate a fourth wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal and the fourth wireless signal are transmitted between the first ZigBee communication module and the fourth ZigBee communication module, and the second wireless signal and the fourth wireless signal are transmitted between the second ZigBee communication module and the fourth ZigBee communication module.

8 . The rack server system of claim 7 , wherein the fan control module generates the fan status signal according to fan log information, and the fan log information comprises a fan speed of the fan node.

9 . The rack server system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless signal is transmitted to a fifth ZigBee communication module of a client terminal.

10 . A rack server system, comprising:
at least one rack server system of claim 9 ; and a log server, wherein the log server comprises a sixth ZigBee communication module, the sixth ZigBee communication module is configured to receive the first wireless signal and generate a fifth wireless signal, and the log server transmits the fifth wireless signal to the fifth ZigBee communication module of the client terminal and the first ZigBee communication module.

Assignees

• Inventec Pudong Tech Corp
• Inventec Corp

Inventors

• Wu Xu-Xiang

Classifications

• H04W4/008 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K7/20736

  within cabinets for removing heat from server blades · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/38 Primary

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title