US 12,754,743 B2 · Port configuration method, component, and hard disk expansion apparatus

Abstract

A port configuring method, an assembly and a hard-disk expanding device. The back-panel controller may, when the memory stores the port-configuration-topology type corresponding to a port configuring instruction, control an expanding chip to be powered off and subsequently powered on. After the expanding chip has been powered on, a target signal corresponding to the port-configuration-topology type is transmitted to the expanding chip, whereby the expanding chip reads a port-configuration firmware mirror image corresponding to the target signal from the internal memory, and based on the port-configuration firmware mirror image, configures the ports of the expanding chip itself. The present application increases the efficiency of the configuring of the ports of the expanding chip, which may reduce the cost on the hardware production and maintenance.

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Dependent claims

A port configuring method, wherein the port configuring method is applied to a back-panel controller in a hard-disk expanding device, and the port configuring method comprises:

receiving a port configuring instruction sent by a base-board management controller;
in response to a memory of the hard-disk expanding device storing a port-configuration-topology type corresponding to the port configuring instruction, controlling a target expanding chip in the hard-disk expanding device to be powered off and subsequently powered on;
and
after the target expanding chip has been powered on, transmitting a target signal corresponding to the port-configuration-topology type to the target expanding chip, whereby the target expanding chip reads a port-configuration firmware mirror image corresponding to the target signal from an internal memory of the hard-disk expanding device, and based on the port-configuration firmware mirror image, configures ports of the target expanding chip itself.

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A hard-disk expanding device, wherein the hard-disk expanding device comprises a back-panel controller connected to a base-board management controller, a memory and a target expanding chip that are connected to the back-panel controller, and an internal memory connected to the target expanding chip;

the memory is configured for storing at least one port-configuration-topology type;
the internal memory is configured for storing a plurality of port-configuration firmware mirror images;
and
the back-panel controller is configured for:
receiving a port configuring instruction sent by the base-board management controller;
in response to the memory storing a current port-configuration-topology type corresponding to the port configuring instruction, controlling the target expanding chip to be powered off and subsequently powered on;
and
after the target expanding chip has been powered on, transmitting a target signal corresponding to the current port-configuration-topology type to the target expanding chip, whereby the target expanding chip reads an instance of the port-configuration firmware mirror images corresponding to the target signal from the internal memory, and based on the read port-configuration firmware mirror image, configures ports of the target expanding chip itself.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Port configuration method, component, and hard disk expansion apparatus

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Port configuration method, component, and hard disk expansion apparatus

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