JP2002319082A - Controller for data center - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely and centralizingly conduct environment control such as an electric power source and a temperature a rack by a rack, and security management. SOLUTION: In a data center provided with the plurality of racks of which the each stores a sever connected to a network and locks it to be controlled, the each rack R is arranged with a control monitoring device C comprising a lock control means for detecting and controlling lock and lock release of a rack door, a temperature control means having a temperature sensor for detecting and controlling the temperature in an inside of the rack and a fan member, an electric power source control means for controlling the power source inside the rack, and an alraming means for notifying abnormality, and a controller P is provided to connect the plural control monitoring devices and to monitor them centralizingly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management device for managing power, air conditioning, security, and the like in a data center equipped with various servers, routers, backbone lines, LANs (local area networks), and the like.
In particular, the present invention relates to a data center management device capable of easily performing centralized and reliable management for each rack provided for each user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent spread of networks, many companies use server systems such as servers, routers, and LANs. However, in order to deploy and manage this server system in a company, power management,
Considering temperature control, security control, etc.
It is necessary to have a system that can respond to accidents such as equipment failures and attacks by hackers 24 hours a day. Since this requires a great deal of cost and labor, it has recently been practiced to install a server system in a specialized server management company and leave it to management. This large-scale one is called an Internet data center or a data center. In addition, server systems that handle a large amount of traffic, such as portal sites, e-commerce sites, and ASPs (application service providers), may be installed in such high-speed networks and data centers that handle a large amount of traffic. Almost.

In a large data center, the entire facility is used for managing a server system, and a large number of racks provided for each user are installed.
In the rack, server systems such as servers, routers, and LANs, storages, and the like are provided, and these are connected to the user's in-house network, consumer PCs, and the like via the Internet or the like. This data center is equipped with an earthquake-resistant structure, an uninterruptible power supply system using an emergency power generator, a highly reliable air conditioning system, a security system, a flame prevention and fire suppression system, a backup system, etc. To demonstrate.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned data center, since racks for each user are mixed and used by many companies, the doors of the racks are always locked in order to maintain security for each rack. In the meantime, a person in charge of a data center opens a locked rack with a key only for maintenance of equipment.

However, in a large-scale data center, the number of racks is enormous, and the number of keys for opening and closing the racks is enormous, making it difficult to search for a desired key and manage a large number of keys. In addition, although the data center monitors the room where the rack is installed using a surveillance camera, there is no way to know who opened the rack as data, so it was incomplete security management. . In addition, air conditioning management for each facility, floor, and room
Although power management was performed, air conditioning management and power management for each rack were not performed due to the complexity of management, and a system for responding immediately to troubles in equipment was inadequate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a data center management apparatus capable of reliably performing environmental management such as power supply and temperature for each rack and security management.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a data center management apparatus according to the present invention is provided in a data center comprising a plurality of racks for storing, locking and managing servers connected to a network. Each rack has a lock control means for detecting and controlling the locking and unlocking of the rack door, a temperature management means having a temperature sensor and a fan member for detecting and controlling the temperature in the rack, and a power supply in the rack. The present invention is characterized in that a control monitoring device including a power management unit and an alarm unit for notifying an abnormality is provided, and a management device for connecting the plurality of control monitoring devices and monitoring them collectively is provided.

The lock control means uses an ID card.
It is characterized by unlocking by an operation specified by an operator such as fingerprint collation.

Further, the control and monitoring device is characterized in that data of the opening / closing operation of the rack door, data of the opening / closing operator, and time data of the opening / closing operation are recorded and / or output as log data.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A data center management apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a management device for a data center, and a plurality of racks R ₀₀₁ , R ₀₀₂ , R _003.
.., R ₁₀₁ , R ₁₀₂ , R ₁₀₃ ...
The rack R _001, R _002, R ₀₀₃ control monitoring device C of ... management device P _001, the rack R _101, R _102, R ₁₀₃ control monitoring device C of ... is connected to the management apparatus P _002, Further, the management devices P ₀₀₁ , P ₀₀₂ ... _Are connected to the management server S.

FIG. 2 shows 100 racks R ₁ , R _2.
Each control and monitoring device C of the R ₁₀₀ is shows the configuration of connecting the serial cable to the management device P and bus connection. The management device P is connected to a magnetic card reader A such as an ID card, has a data storage memory card M therein, and is connected to the management server S via a LAN. And authority

As shown in FIG. 3, the control and monitoring device C includes, as input / output means connected to the control board 1, a solenoid 2 as an electronic lock for opening and closing the door of the rack R, and a limit switch 3 for detecting the open / closed state of the door. (The solenoid 2 and the limit switch 3 constitute a lock control means), and controls the drive / stop of a fan for discharging air from the rack and introducing air into the rack in order to prevent a rise in temperature in the rack R; A fan monitoring means 4 for monitoring, a temperature sensor 5 for detecting the temperature in the rack R (the fan monitoring means 4 and the temperature sensor 5 constitute a temperature management means), and a rack for notifying the abnormality when an abnormality occurs in the rack R A warning light 6 such as an LED installed on the surface of the rack R, and a door mounted on the surface of the rack R so that the unlocked rack R can be easily identified from a remote place when the door of the rack R is unlocked. Unlocking indicator 7, the control and monitoring device C
An operation indicator light 8 installed on the surface of the rack R for indicating that the power supply is operating, current monitoring means 9 and voltage monitoring means 1 for monitoring the current and voltage of the power supplied to the rack R
0 (a current monitoring means 9 and a voltage monitoring means 10 constitute a power management means); a converter 11 for converting a signal; and an alarm output terminal 12 for connection to a device for reporting an alarm when an abnormality is detected. ing. This alarm output terminal 12
As shown in FIG. 2, 100 racks are connected to the management device P by connecting ALM lines in series to monitor the alarm output. The control board 1 has a CPU 13 for controlling the above-mentioned opening / closing drive, sensors, alarm means, etc., a storage device 14 for recording an application program for control management of the present system, and a management device P by connecting racks R in series. A connector 15 and the like for connecting to the device are provided.

The operation of the data center management apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration will be described below. First, when the control monitoring device C detects that the inside of the rack R is operating normally, the operation indicator light 8 of the rack R is turned on, the alarm light 6 and the unlock indicator light 7 are turned off. I have. Then, when unlocking a specific rack R, the magnetic ID card of the operator is passed through a magnetic card reader A connected to the management device P to check the collation. The management device P checks that the person having the ID code has the unlocking authority with information on the unlocking authority set in advance, and identifies that the person has the authority. On the other hand, a rack ID and a release signal are output through a serial cable so as to unlock the door of the rack R. Upon receiving this release signal, the control monitoring device C of the rack R of the corresponding ID drives the solenoid 2 to unlock and open the rack door, and the limit switch 3 detects that the rack door is open, The unlock indicator light 7 is turned on. At this time, the control monitoring device C
The log data (date and time, name of the person in charge of unlocking, etc.) of unlocking the rack door in response to the release signal by the D card operation is temporarily recorded in the memory 16.

When the operator closes the rack door, the rack is automatically locked, and the limit switch 3 detects that the rack door is closed, and turns off the unlocking indicator light 7. In addition, log data that the rack door was locked,
It is recorded in the memory 16 of the control monitoring device C. The log data recorded in the memory 16 is sequentially sent to the management device P and is recorded and managed for storage in the memory card M.

The operations controlled and managed by the control and monitoring device C other than the rack door opening and closing management described above include the following items. (1) When the fan monitoring means 4 detects that the fan for circulating the external air in the rack R is stopped when it should be operated so that the temperature in the rack R does not excessively rise, (2) ) When the temperature sensor 5 detects that the temperature in the rack R has risen above the set value, or (3) when the current monitoring means detects that the current value of the power supplied to the rack R has exceeded the set range. If the voltage monitoring means detects that the voltage has exceeded the set range, or (4) if the limit switch detects that the rack door is open even though the solenoid 2 is not unlocked by the release signal, these abnormalities are detected. When each sensor detects, the control and monitoring device C turns on the warning light 6,
An alarm signal is output to the alarm output terminal 12 and the log data is recorded in the memory 16. Further, the power management means including the current monitoring means 9 and the voltage monitoring means 10 makes it possible to easily collectively analyze the power consumption for each rack.

The management device P, which has received the alarm signal from the control and monitoring device C, displays on its own display device which rack has issued an alarm of what kind, and connects the data by LAN connection. To the management server S.
The management server S notifies the person in charge of the abnormality by receiving an alarm data from the management device P and appropriately displaying an alarm or generating an alarm sound.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where a magnetic card is used for confirming the ID has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. Anything may be used as long as it is unlocked by an operation specified by the user and this log data is output.

For communication between the management device P and the management server S, any suitable bidirectional communication means such as serial communication and telephone line may be used in addition to the LAN.

[0019]

As described in detail above, according to the data center management apparatus of the present invention, environmental management such as power supply and temperature for each rack in the data center and security management can be reliably performed in a concentrated manner. It is. Also,
The power consumption for each rack can be easily tabulated and analyzed.

Further, since the lock control means unlocks by an operation specified by the operator such as use of an ID card and fingerprint collation, it is possible to centrally manage unlocking without requiring many keys. And excellent security management.

Further, the control and monitoring device records and / or outputs log data of the rack door opening / closing operation, data of the opening / closing operator, and time data of the opening / closing operation as log data. It is possible to reliably record and manage log data such as the date and time and the name of the unlocking operator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration of a data center management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration of a data center management device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control monitoring device of the data center management device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 R rack P management device S management server C control monitoring device A magnetic card reader M memory card 1 control board 2 solenoid 3 limit switch 4 fan monitoring means 5 temperature sensor 6 alarm light 7 unlock indicator light 8 operation indicator light 9 current monitoring means Reference Signs List 10 voltage monitoring means 11 converter 12 alarm output terminal 13 CPU 14 storage device 15 connector 16 memory

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiromune Matoba 51 Watari-cho, Minami, Watari-gun, Miyagi Prefecture F-term in Chuo Works (reference) 5C087 AA23 AA32 BB10 BB12 BB46 BB48 BB74 CC52 DD08 DD43 EE07 FF01 FF04 FF08 FF19 FF25 GG08 GG10 GG18 GG21 GG23 GG30 GG73

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a data center comprising a plurality of racks which store, lock and manage servers connected to a network, each rack has lock control means for detecting and controlling locking and unlocking of a rack door. And a control monitoring device including a temperature sensor having a temperature sensor and a fan member for detecting and controlling the temperature in the rack, a power supply manager for managing a power supply in the rack, and an alarmer for notifying an abnormality. A management device for a data center, further comprising a management device for connecting the plurality of control and monitoring devices and monitoring them collectively. 2. The management apparatus for a data center according to claim 1, wherein the lock control means unlocks by an operation specified by an operator such as use of an ID card and fingerprint collation. 3. The control and monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the data of the rack door opening / closing operation, the data of the opening / closing operator, and the time data of the opening / closing operation are recorded and / or output as log data. Data center management device.