CN115134454B - Mobile KVM control device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a mobile KVM control device and a method, wherein the device comprises: a mobile terminal, and one or more signal receiving terminals; the mobile terminal is configured to generate a corresponding KVM signal in response to a touch operation on a designated area of the display module, and send the KVM signal to the one or more signal receiving terminals through the wireless communication module; one or more signal receiving terminals are configured to self-network when a plurality of signal receiving terminals exist nearby, and the signal receiving terminal nearest to the mobile terminal is used as a master node to receive the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and broadcast the received KVM signal in the formed local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal and sends the KVM signal to a server connected to the signal receiving terminal. The mobile KVM control device of the invention is convenient to move, is not limited by the distance between the mobile KVM control device and a server and is not limited by the number of interfaces.

Description

A mobile KVM control device and method

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of government servers, in particular to a mobile KVM control device and method.

Background technique

At present, KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) commonly used in data center computer rooms can be mainly divided into two categories. One is hardware KVM, that is, data center administrators can manage multiple hosts through a set of keyboards, mice, and monitors. Switch between multiple hosts or servers with different operating systems; the other type is KVM at the software level, generally KVM based on server management software, such as KVM over IP, also known as IP KVM, which is a remote Compared with the analog signal sent by traditional KVM, the KVM switch with management function sends out digital KVM signal, so it can realize remote control of multiple computer servers through network transmission.

However, the current hardware KVM commonly used in data center computer rooms has obvious disadvantages. For example, the number of manageable servers is limited by the number of ports, the distance from the server is limited, it is inconvenient to move, etc., and the cost is high; while network-based KVM is limited by network conditions. Restrictions, after the device fails and loses connection, when there is no KVM hardware device available on site, it will cause great difficulties to solve the problem.

Therefore, a field-available KVM control device or method that is not limited by the interface and is convenient to move is urgently needed in the art.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, in one aspect of the present invention, a mobile KVM control device is proposed, including: a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal at least includes a processor module, a touch display module connected to the processor module, a storage module and a wireless communication module; and one or more signal receiving terminals, each of which at least includes a signal processor and a wireless communication module and an interface expansion module respectively connected to the signal processor; wherein, The one or more signal receiving terminals are wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal is configured to generate a corresponding KVM signal in response to a touch operation on a designated area of the touch display module, and through The wireless communication module sends to the one or more signal receiving terminals; the one or more signal receiving terminals are configured to self-organize a network when there are multiple signal receiving terminals nearby, and the mobile terminal closest to the mobile terminal The signal receiving terminal as the master node receives the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and broadcasts the received KVM signal in the formed local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal and sends it to the The server that accepts terminal connections.

In one or more embodiments, the interface expansion module of the signal receiving terminal includes a SATA interface plug, a USB interface plug and/or an RJ-45 interface plug, and the interface expansion module is configured to pass through various interface plugs Either one is communicatively connected to the server.

In one or more embodiments, the plurality of signal receiving terminals are further configured to obtain the display signal of the control interface of the server in response to the access of the corresponding server by the interface expansion module, and send it to the a master node; the master node sends the display signals of the control interfaces of one or more servers to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module.

In one or more embodiments, the plurality of signal receiving terminals are further configured to obtain the number of the access server in response to the access of the corresponding server by the interface expansion module; use the number of the service to mark the number of the server The display signal of the control interface is sent to the mobile terminal.

In one or more embodiments, the signal receiving terminal serving as the master node is further configured to use the relevant information of the mobile terminal to encrypt the display signals of the control interfaces of the one or more servers.

In one or more embodiments, the mobile terminal is further configured to receive display signals from control interfaces of one or more servers of the signal receiving terminal, and decrypt the one or more display signals to Obtain the number of one or more servers; select one of the display signals to display according to the number of the server carried; and divide the specified area in the current display screen to trigger the generation of the KVM signal for the current control interface.

In one or more embodiments, the signal receiving terminal further includes a switch module connected to the wireless communication module and configured to control enabling or disabling the wireless communication module.

In one or more embodiments, the multiple signal receiving terminals are further configured to judge the distance from the mobile terminal through signal strength, and select the signal receiving terminal with the strongest signal as the master node.

In one or more embodiments, the mobile terminal includes a smart phone or a tablet computer, and the wireless communication module includes a Bluetooth module or a WiFi module. .

In a second aspect of the present invention, a mobile KVM control method is proposed, the method comprising: generating a KVM signal by a mobile terminal and sending the KVM signal to a designated target through its wireless communication module; The receiving terminal is connected to one or more servers, and receives the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and sends it to the corresponding server; wherein, when there are multiple signal receiving terminals nearby, multiple signal interface terminals will form a network by themselves, And the signal receiving terminal closest to the mobile terminal is used as the master node to receive the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and broadcast the received KVM signal in the formed local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal The signal is sent to the server connected to the signal receiving terminal.

In one or more embodiments, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention also includes: configuring various interface plugs for the interface expansion module of the signal receiving terminal, including SATA interface plugs, USB interface plugs and/or RJ-45 interfaces The plug is used to configure the interface expansion module to communicate with the server through any one of various interface plugs.

In one or more embodiments, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring a plurality of signal receiving terminals for responding to accessing the corresponding server, acquiring the display signal of the control interface of the corresponding server, and sending it to Master node: the node sends the display signals of the control interface of one or more servers to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module.

In one or more embodiments, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring a plurality of signal receiving terminals to access the corresponding server in response to the interface expansion module, and obtaining the serial number of the access server; using the serial number of the service Mark the display signal of the control interface of the server and send it to the mobile terminal.

In one or more embodiments, the mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring the master node to use the relevant information of the mobile terminal to encrypt display signals of the control interfaces of one or more servers.

In one or more embodiments, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring the mobile terminal to receive display signals from the control interfaces of one or more servers of the signal receiving terminal, and displaying one or more Decrypt the signal to obtain the number of one or more servers; select one of the display signals to display according to the number of the server carried; and divide the specified area in the current display screen to trigger the generation of the KVM signal for the current control interface .

In one or more embodiments, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring multiple signals to judge the distance from the mobile terminal through signal strength, and selecting the signal receiving terminal with the strongest signal as the master node .

In one or more embodiments, the above-mentioned mobile terminal includes a smart phone or a tablet computer, and the wireless communication module includes a Bluetooth module or a WiFi module.

The beneficial effects of the present invention include: the mobile KVM control device proposed by the present invention can completely replace the hardware KVM and be used in the field. Reduce the wiring of the server site and make the site more concise.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiments according to these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of mobile KVM control device of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a working flow chart of a mobile KVM control method of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that all expressions using "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present invention are to distinguish two entities with the same name but different parameters or parameters that are not the same, see "first" and "second" It is only for the convenience of expression, and should not be construed as a limitation on the embodiments of the present invention, which will not be described one by one in the subsequent embodiments.

The mobile KVM control device proposed by the present invention can completely replace the hardware KVM and be used in the field. It is convenient to move without being limited by the distance from the server and the number of interfaces. The scene is more concise. The solutions of the present invention will be described in more detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile KVM control device of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the mobile KVM control device of the present invention is composed of two parts, including: a mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 at least includes a processor module and a touch display module connected to the processor module, a storage module and a wireless communication module; and

One or more signal receiving terminals 200, each of the one or more signal receiving terminals includes at least a signal processor and a wireless communication module and an interface expansion module respectively connected to the signal processor; wherein, one or more signal receiving terminals and The mobile terminal is connected by wireless communication, and the mobile terminal is configured to generate a corresponding KVM signal in response to the touch operation on the designated area of the touch display module, and send it to one or more signal receiving terminals through the wireless communication module; Or multiple signal receiving terminals are configured to form a network by itself when there are multiple signal receiving terminals nearby, and the signal receiving terminal closest to the mobile terminal is used as the master node to receive the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and the received KVM signal broadcast in the formed local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal and sends it to the server connected to the corresponding signal receiving terminal.

Specifically, the mobile terminal in the present invention is actually a smart phone or a tablet computer. By designing a corresponding APP application, and installing the APP application on the smart phone or tablet computer to realize including receiving display signals from one or more servers, and selecting and displaying the corresponding control interface according to the number of the server in the display signal , and divide the specified area in the displayed control interface to realize keyboard and mouse operations to generate KVM signals and send them to corresponding servers. Wherein, since the server generally does not have a short-range wireless communication module, the present invention also designs a signal receiving terminal to cooperate with the above-mentioned mobile terminal to realize operations such as KVM signal sending and receiving, signal encryption, communication protocol conversion, and networking. The APP application program and related data are stored in the storage module.

In one embodiment, the interface expansion module of the signal receiving terminal includes a SATA interface plug, a USB interface plug and/or an RJ-45 interface plug, and the interface expansion module is configured to communicate with the server through any one of a variety of interface plugs . Specifically, because the interface resources on the server site are limited, the present invention configures a variety of interface plugs for the signal receiving terminal to realize communication connection with the on-site server through different interfaces or communication methods. Among them, the RJ-45 interface is a network cable interface.

In one embodiment, the plurality of signal receiving terminals are also configured to respond to the access of the corresponding server by the interface expansion module, obtain the display signal of the control interface of the server, and send it to the main node; the main node will send one or more The display signal of the control interface of the server is sent to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module. Specifically, another main purpose of the signal receiving module is to acquire the display signal of the control interface of the server connected to it, and mark the display signal (as in the next embodiment), and the mobile terminal according to the marking method to switch the control interface.

In one embodiment, the plurality of signal receiving terminals are further configured to obtain the serial number of the access server in response to accessing the corresponding server by the interface expansion module; use the service serial number to mark the display signal of the control interface of the server, and send it to the mobile terminal. Specifically, in addition to the number of the server used for marking the video signal, any information that can uniquely represent the server, such as IP address and mac address, can also be used for marking, and the present invention is not limited in comparison.

In a further embodiment, the signal receiving terminal serving as the master node is further configured to use relevant information of the mobile terminal to encrypt display signals of the control interfaces of one or more servers. Specifically, not only the signal receiving terminal needs to encrypt the video signal, correspondingly, the mobile terminal also needs to encrypt the KVM signal sent by it. The encryption method can be encrypted by using the other party's information and sending data for hash calculation, or can be encrypted by using the other party's public key, which is not limited in the present invention.

In a further embodiment, the mobile terminal is further configured to: receive display signals from the control interfaces of one or more servers of the signal receiving terminal, and decrypt the one or more display signals to obtain the number; select one of the display signals to display according to the number of the server carried; and divide the specified area in the current display screen to trigger the generation of the KVM signal for the current control interface.

In an optional embodiment, a designated area can be divided on the display module for triggering the mouse signal, and a keyboard input interface can be called up for triggering the keyboard signal by clicking on the area in another self-defined area. In another optional embodiment, the trigger area of the mouse signal is the entire display module, and the trigger area of calling out the keyboard is a draggable specified area.

In one embodiment, the signal receiving terminal further includes a switch module connected to the wireless communication module and configured to control enabling or disabling the wireless communication module.

In one embodiment, the multiple signal receiving terminals are further configured to judge the distance from the mobile terminal through signal strength, and select the signal receiving terminal with the strongest signal as the master node. Specifically, considering the limited signal transmission distance of the short-distance wireless communication module, in order to facilitate the operation and management of multiple servers, the present invention uses the signal receiving terminal to realize arbitrary networking on the one hand, and another way to communicate with the mobile The signal receiving terminal with the strongest signal connection as the master node can better guarantee the stability of signal transmission.

In one embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a smart phone or a tablet computer, and the wireless communication module includes a Bluetooth module or a WiFi module. .

As in the above-mentioned embodiment, the mobile KVM control device proposed by the present invention can completely replace the hardware KVM and be used in the field. On-site wiring makes the site more concise.

In the second aspect of the present invention, a mobile KVM control method is proposed. Fig. 2 is a working flow chart of a mobile KVM control method of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, the mobile KVM control method of the present invention comprises: step S1, generate KVM signal by a mobile terminal and send described KVM signal to specified target through its wireless communication module; Step S2, receive by one or more signals The terminal is connected to one or more servers, and receives the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and sends it to the corresponding server; step S3, when there are multiple signal receiving terminals nearby, the multiple signal interface terminals will form a network by themselves, and the The signal receiving terminal closest to the mobile terminal acts as the master node to receive the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and broadcasts the received KVM signal in the formed local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal and sends it to the signal receiving terminal. The server that accepts terminal connections. Wherein, the mobile terminal can be any mobile device installed with an APP for implementing the method of the present invention, such as a smart phone and a tablet computer.

In a further embodiment, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention also includes: configuring various interface plugs for the interface expansion module of the signal receiving terminal, including SATA interface plugs, USB interface plugs and/or RJ-45 interface plugs, The interface expansion module is configured to communicate with the server through any one of various interface plugs.

In a further embodiment, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring a plurality of signal receiving terminals for responding to accessing the corresponding server, obtaining the display signal of the control interface of the corresponding server, and sending it to the master node ; The node sends the display signals of the control interfaces of one or more servers to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module.

In a further embodiment, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring a plurality of signal receiving terminals to respond to the interface expansion module accessing the corresponding server, and obtaining the serial number of the access server; using the serial number of the service to mark the The display signal of the control interface of the server is sent to the mobile terminal.

In a further embodiment, the mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring the master node to use the relevant information of the mobile terminal to encrypt display signals of control interfaces of one or more servers.

In a further embodiment, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring the mobile terminal to receive display signals from the control interfaces of one or more servers of the signal receiving terminal, and performing one or more display signals Decrypt to obtain the number of one or more servers; select one of the display signals to display according to the number of the server carried; and divide the designated area in the current display screen to trigger the generation of the KVM signal for the current control interface.

In a further embodiment, a mobile KVM control method of the present invention further includes: configuring multiple signals to determine the distance from the mobile terminal through signal strength, and selecting the signal receiving terminal with the strongest signal as the master node.

In a further embodiment, the wireless communication module includes a Bluetooth module or a WiFi module.

As in the above-mentioned embodiment, the device in the mobile KVM control method proposed by the present invention can completely replace the hardware KVM and be used in the field, so that the mobile is not limited by the distance from the server and the number of interfaces. It can reduce the wiring of the server site and make the site more concise.

The above are the exemplary embodiments disclosed in the present invention, but it should be noted that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments of the present invention defined in the claims. The functions, steps and/or actions of the method claims in accordance with the disclosed embodiments described herein need not be performed in any particular order. In addition, although the elements disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be described or required in an individual form, they may also be understood as a plurality unless explicitly limited to a singular number.

It should be understood that as used herein, the singular form "a" and "an" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly supports an exception. It should also be understood that "and/or" as used herein is meant to include any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The serial numbers of the embodiments disclosed in the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention are only for description, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

Those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: the discussion of any of the above embodiments is exemplary only, and is not intended to imply that the disclosed scope (including claims) of the embodiments of the present invention is limited to these examples; under the idea of the embodiments of the present invention , the technical features in the above embodiments or different embodiments can also be combined, and there are many other changes in different aspects of the above embodiments of the present invention, which are not provided in details for the sake of brevity. Therefore, within the spirit and principle of the embodiments of the present invention, any omissions, modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc., shall be included in the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A mobile KVM control apparatus, comprising:

the mobile terminal at least comprises a processor module, and a touch display module, a storage module and a wireless communication module which are respectively connected with the processor module; and

the system comprises one or more signal receiving terminals, a wireless communication module and an interface expanding module, wherein the one or more signal receiving terminals at least comprise a signal processor, and the wireless communication module and the interface expanding module are respectively connected with the signal processor;

the mobile terminal is configured to generate a corresponding KVM signal in response to a touch operation on a designated area of the touch display module, and send the KVM signal to the one or more signal receiving terminals through the wireless communication module;

the one or more signal receiving terminals are configured to self-network when a plurality of signal receiving terminals exist nearby, and the signal receiving terminal nearest to the mobile terminal is used as a master node to receive the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and broadcast the received KVM signal in a local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal and sends the KVM signal to a server connected to the signal receiving terminal.

2. The mobile KVM control of claim 1, wherein the interface expansion module of the signal receiving terminal comprises a SATA interface plug, a USB interface plug, and/or an RJ-45 interface plug, the interface expansion module being configured to communicatively connect with the server via any of a plurality of interface plugs.

3. The mobile KVM control of claim 2, wherein the plurality of signal receiving terminals are further configured to obtain a display signal of a control interface of a corresponding server in response to the access of the server by the interface expansion module, and send the display signal to the master node;

and the main node sends display signals of control interfaces of one or more servers to the mobile terminal through the wireless communication module.

4. The mobile KVM control of claim 3, wherein the plurality of signal receiving terminals are further configured to obtain a number of an access server in response to accessing a corresponding server by the interface expansion module;

and marking a display signal of a control interface of the server by using the serial number of the service, and sending the display signal to the mobile terminal.

5. The mobile KVM control of claim 4, wherein the signal receiving terminal as a master node is further configured to encrypt display signals of the control interface of the one or more servers with information related to the mobile terminal.

6. The mobile KVM control of claim 5, wherein the mobile terminal is further configured to receive display signals from a control interface of one or more servers of the signal receiving terminal and decrypt the one or more display signals to obtain a number of the one or more servers;

selecting one of the display signals for display according to the number of the carried server; and is combined with

The designated area is divided in the current display for triggering generation of the KVM signal for the current control interface.

7. The mobile KVM control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the signal receiving terminal further comprises a switch module coupled to the wireless communication module and configured to control the wireless communication module to be turned on or off.

8. The mobile KVM control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal receiving terminals are further configured to determine a distance from the mobile terminal by signal strength and select a signal receiving terminal with a strongest signal as a master node.

9. The mobile KVM control of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a smart phone or a tablet computer, and the wireless communication module comprises a bluetooth module or a WiFi module.

10. A mobile KVM control method, the method comprising:

generating a KVM signal by a mobile terminal and transmitting the KVM signal to a designated target through a wireless communication module of the mobile terminal;

because one or more signal receiving terminals are connected with one or more servers, the signal receiving terminals receive KVM signals from the mobile terminals and send the KVM signals to the corresponding servers;

when a plurality of signal receiving terminals exist nearby, the signal receiving terminals are self-networked, the signal receiving terminal nearest to the mobile terminal is used as a main node to receive the KVM signal from the mobile terminal, and the received KVM signal is broadcast in a formed local area network so that the corresponding signal receiving terminal obtains the corresponding KVM signal and sends the corresponding KVM signal to a server connected with the signal receiving terminal.

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