Server serial port switching device and method, server

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention are a server serial port switching apparatus and method, and a server. The server serial port switching apparatus comprises: a panel interface arranged on the server and having a third signal sending end, a BMC serial port having a first signal sending end, a system serial port having a second signal sending end, a conducting selection switch, and a switching control module positioned on the BMC, the first signal sending end being connected to the third signal sending end by means of the conducting selection switch, the state of conducting a signal being the first state, and the second signal sending end being connected to the third signal sending end by means of the conducting selection switch, the state of conducting a signal being the second state; and the switching control module is set up to control, on the basis of a switching command, the switching of the conducting selection switch between the first state and the second state. The present invention solves the troublesome operation caused by the switching buttons used in the prior art to implement BMC serial ports and system serial ports, and the disadvantage of BMC serial ports not supporting information input.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a server serial port switching device and method, and a server. Background technique [0002] The server usually consists of two parts: the system part responsible for business processing, and the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller, Baseboard Management Controller) part, wherein, as the management unit of the server, the BMC is responsible for managing and monitoring the system part of the server. The serial port is the most basic information exchange interface. Both the system part and the BMC part need to use the serial port to output the underlying operating status information. At the same time, in the process of maintenance and troubleshooting, the serial port is also needed to input debugging commands and view detailed debugging information for convenience. For troubleshooting, it is necessary to have both the system serial port and the BMC serial port. Considering the convenien...

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However, this method requires people to go to the site to press the switch button on the single board to complete the switching of the serial port, which is very troublesome to operate. Moreover, because the received signal of the BMC serial port cannot be connected to the panel interface, the BMC serial port cannot support information interaction. , can only output information but does not support input information

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