TWI466023B - System and method for a server in communication with a plurality of client devices - Google Patents

Description

System and method for multi-user shared server

The present invention relates to a system and method for a multi-user shared server.

At present, it has become a reality to start a client without a hard disk through the server remote. When a server needs to start multiple clients, it is necessary to develop an operating system for each client to avoid confusion caused by overwriting the system documentation.

One method of booting multiple operating systems through the server remotely is to bind a IP address, each IP address specifies a configuration document, and the client starts the system according to the specified configuration file. The client that includes different hardwares is configured to start different types of configuration documents. For example, a client that includes one central processor and a client that includes two central processors are different systems, and corresponding to different configuration documents. However, the manner in which each client obtains an IP address from the server is random, and different types of configuration documents cannot be assigned according to different client types.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a multi-user shared server system and method, which can read a corresponding configuration document from a server according to different configurations of the client, and start the system of the client according to the configuration file.

A multi-user shared server system, the server includes a configuration file of each client, a default configuration document, multiple MAC address tables, and a correspondence list between the hardware information of each client and the MAC address table, which is more The system for sharing the server by the client includes: a configuration document reading module for reading the default configuration document from the server, starting the system of the user terminal according to the default configuration document; and identifying the module for reading the hard from the user end The body information identifies the MAC address table corresponding to the client from the server according to the read hardware information; the MAC value reading module is configured to read a status flag from the identified MAC address table. Is an unused MAC value, and in the identified MAC address table, the status flag of the read MAC value is modified to the used state; creating a module for creating a temporary document in the client, obtaining a default MAC value of the network card in the client, the default MAC value is stored in the temporary file; a setting module, configured to set the default MAC value to a MAC value read from the MAC address table; Configuration document reading module also To read from the server according to the MAC value corresponding to the read configuration file, and restart the client system configuration according to the read document.

A method for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal, the server includes a configuration file of each client, a default configuration document, a plurality of MAC address tables, and a correspondence list between the hardware information of each client and a MAC address table, the method The method includes the following steps: reading a default configuration document from the server, starting a system of the client according to the default configuration document; reading hardware information from the client, and identifying a MAC address corresponding to the client according to the read hardware information Reading a status flag from the identified MAC address table to an unused MAC value, and modifying the status flag of the read MAC value to the used state in the identified MAC address table; Create a temporary file in the client, obtain a default MAC value of the network card in the client, and store the default MAC value in the temporary file; set the default MAC value to the MAC read from the MAC address table. Value; read the corresponding configuration document from the server according to the read MAC value, and restart the system of the client according to the read configuration document.

Compared with the prior art, the multi-user shared server system and method can read corresponding configuration documents from the server according to different configurations of the user end when the users of different configurations share the same server, and Start the client's system according to the configuration document.

FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram of a preferred embodiment of a system for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal according to the present invention. The multi-user shared server system 30 is applied to one or more subscribers 3 (only three are shown in FIG. 1), and the subscriber 3 is communicatively coupled to the server 1 via the network 2. In this embodiment, the network 2 may be an intranet or an Ethernet, or may be an Internet or other type of communication network.

The client 3 is a client that installs different hardware and has no hard disk. For example, the installation of different hardware clients 3 includes a client that installs a central processor, a user terminal that installs two central processors, and the installation. The client side of the three central processors.

The server 1 stores a configuration file of each client 3, a default configuration document, multiple MAC (Media Access Control) address table, and hardware information and MAC address of each client 3. A list of correspondences for the table.

Each MAC address table includes a MAC record of the client 3 having the same hardware information, for example, a client-side MAC address table A including a central processor, and a client-side MAC address including two central processors. Table B, the client side corresponding to the three central processors corresponds to the MAC address table C. Each of the MAC records includes two field bits, and the first field element is used to store a status flag indicating whether the record is used. For example, if the first field is “0”, it means that the record has no record. Used, if the first field is "1", it means that the record has been used, the second field is used to store the MAC value, and each MAC value corresponds to a configuration document. As shown in FIG. 4, it is a schematic diagram of a MAC address table, where a1 is the first field of the first record, "0" indicates that the MAC value of the record is not used, and a2 is the first record. The second field, "001122334400" is the MAC value of the record. B1 is the first field of the second record, "1" indicates that the MAC value of the record has been used, b2 is the second field of the second record, and "001122334401" is the record of the record. MAC value.

As shown in FIG. 2, it is a functional module diagram of a system for sharing a server with a multi-user terminal according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a multi-user shared service system 30 in a client 3 is taken as an example for description. . The multi-user shared service system 30 includes a configuration document reading module 300, an identification module 301, a MAC value reading module 302, a creation module 303, and a setting module 304. The module referred to in the present invention is a computer program segment for performing a specific function, and is more suitable for describing the execution process of the software in the computer than the program. Therefore, the following description of the software is described in the module.

First, the configuration document reading module 300 is configured to read a default configuration document from the server 1, and activate the system of the client terminal 3 according to the default configuration document.

The identification module 301 is configured to read the hardware information from the client 3, and identify the MAC address table corresponding to the client 3 from the server 1 according to the read hardware information. For example, the client side including a central processor corresponds to the MAC address table A, and the client side corresponding to the two central processors corresponds to the MAC address table B, and the client side corresponding to the three central processors corresponds to the MAC address table C.

The MAC value reading module 302 is configured to read an unused MAC value from the identified MAC address table, and modify the status flag of the read MAC value in the identified MAC address table. Is the used state. The MAC value reading module 302 reads a record whose first field is "0" from the identified MAC address table, and "0" indicates that the MAC value of the record is not used, and reads the barcode. The recorded MAC value is changed to the status flag "0" of the record to "1" to indicate that the record has been used.

The creating module 303 is configured to create a temporary file in the client 3, obtain a default MAC value of the network card in the client 3, and store the default MAC value in the temporary file.

The setting module 304 is configured to set the default MAC value of the network card 31 in the client 3 to the MAC value read from the MAC address table.

The configuration document reading module 300 is further configured to read a corresponding configuration document from the server 1 according to the read MAC value, and restart the system of the user terminal 3 according to the read configuration document. The configuration document loading module adds 01 to the MAC value to obtain a new MAC value, and sets a new MAC value into a group of 2 digits, and a neutral line is added between each group to obtain a corresponding one. Configure the file name of the document. For example, if the read MAC value is 001122334400, the file name of the corresponding configuration file is 01-00-11-22-33-44-00.

The setting module 304 is further configured to: when the client 3 exits the system, set the MAC value of the network card 31 in the client 3 to the default MAC value stored in the temporary file, delete the temporary file, and The status flag of the read MAC value is modified to an unused state in the identified MAC address table. For example, the status flag "1" indicating that the MAC value is used is modified to the status flag "0" indicating that the MAC value is not used.

As shown in FIG. 3, it is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of a method for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal according to the present invention. First, in step S10, the configuration document reading module 300 reads the default configuration document from the server 1, and starts the system of the client terminal 3 according to the default configuration document.

In step S11, the identification module 301 reads the hardware information from the client 3, and identifies the MAC address table corresponding to the client 3 from the server 1 based on the read hardware information.

Step S12, the MAC value reading module 302 reads an unused MAC value from the identified MAC address table, and displays the status flag of the read MAC value in the identified MAC address table. Change to the used state. The MAC value reading module 302 reads a record whose first field is "0" from the identified MAC address table, and "0" indicates that the MAC value of the record is not used, and reads the barcode. The recorded MAC value is changed to the status flag "0" of the record to "1" to indicate that the record has been used.

In step S13, the creating module 303 creates a temporary file in the client 3, obtains a default MAC value of the network card in the client 3, and stores the default MAC value in the temporary file.

In step S14, the setting module 304 sets the default MAC value of the network card 31 in the client 3 to the MAC value read from the MAC address table.

In step S15, the configuration document reading module 300 reads the corresponding configuration document from the server 1 according to the read MAC value, and restarts the system of the client terminal 3 according to the read configuration document. The configuration document loading module adds 01 to the MAC value to obtain a new MAC value, and sets a new MAC value into a group of 2 digits, and a neutral line is added between each group to obtain a corresponding one. Configure the file name of the document.

In step S16, the setting module 304 is further configured to: when the user terminal 3 exits the system, set the MAC value of the network card 31 in the client 3 to the default MAC value stored in the temporary file, and delete the temporary document. And modifying the status flag of the read MAC value to an unused state in the identified MAC address table.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

1‧‧‧Server

2‧‧‧Internet

3‧‧‧User side

30‧‧‧Multi-user shared server system

300‧‧‧Configuration Document Reading Module

301‧‧‧identification module

302‧‧‧MAC value reading module

303‧‧‧Create module

304‧‧‧Setup Module

1 is a hardware architecture diagram of a preferred embodiment of a system for sharing a server with a multi-user terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a functional module association diagram of a preferred embodiment of a multi-user shared server of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of a method for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a MAC address table.

30‧‧‧Multi-user shared server system

300‧‧‧Configuration Document Reading Module

301‧‧‧identification module

302‧‧‧MAC value reading module

303‧‧‧Create module

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Claims (6)

A multi-user shared server system, the server includes a configuration file of each client, a default configuration document, multiple MAC address tables, and a correspondence list between the hardware information of each client and the MAC address table, which is more The system in which the client shares the server includes:
Configuring a document reading module for reading a default configuration document from the server, and starting the system of the user terminal according to the default configuration document;
The identification module is configured to read hardware information from the user end, and identify a MAC address table corresponding to the user end from the server according to the read hardware information;
The MAC value reading module is configured to read a status flag from the identified MAC address table as an unused MAC value, and display a status flag of the read MAC value in the identified MAC address table. Modified to the used state;
Creating a module for creating a temporary file in the client, obtaining a default MAC value of the network card in the client, and storing the default MAC value in the temporary file;
a setting module, configured to set the default MAC value to a MAC value read from a MAC address table;
The configuration document reading module is further configured to read a corresponding configuration document from the server according to the read MAC value, and restart the system of the user end according to the read configuration document. The multi-user shared server system of claim 1, wherein the setting module is further configured to set a MAC value of the network card in the user end to the temporary storage when the user exits the system. The default MAC value stored in the document deletes the temporary file and modifies the status flag of the read MAC value to an unused state in the identified MAC address table. The multi-user shared server system of claim 1, wherein each of the MAC address tables includes a MAC record of a client having the same hardware information, and each record includes two field elements. The first field is used to store a status flag indicating whether the record is used. The second field is used to store the MAC value. A method for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal, the server includes a configuration file of each client, a default configuration document, a plurality of MAC address tables, and a correspondence list between the hardware information of each client and a MAC address table, the method Including steps:
Reading the default configuration document from the server, and starting the system of the client according to the default configuration document;
Reading hardware information from the client, and identifying a MAC address table corresponding to the client according to the read hardware information;
Reading a status flag from the identified MAC address table as an unused MAC value, and modifying the status flag of the read MAC value to the used state in the identified MAC address table;
Creating a temporary file in the client, obtaining a default MAC value of the network card in the client, and storing the default MAC value in the temporary file;
Setting the default MAC value to a MAC value read from a MAC address table;
The corresponding configuration document is read from the server according to the read MAC value, and the system of the client is restarted according to the read configuration document. The method for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal according to claim 4, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
When the client exits the system, the MAC value of the network card in the client is set to the default MAC value stored in the temporary file, the temporary file is deleted, and the read is read in the identified MAC address table. The status flag of the MAC value is changed to the unused state. The method for sharing a server by a multi-user terminal according to claim 4, wherein each of the MAC address tables includes a MAC record of a client having the same hardware information, and each record includes two field elements. The second field is used to store the MAC value.