CN102478906A

CN102478906A - Rack-mounted server

Info

Publication number: CN102478906A
Application number: CN2010105761458A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐继彭
Original assignee: Inventec Corp
Current assignee: Fucheng International Machinery Co ltd; Jiangxi Union Speed Technology Co ltd; Zhang Kaijun
Priority date: 2010-11-30
Filing date: 2010-11-30
Publication date: 2012-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-30
Also published as: CN102478906B

Abstract

The invention provides a rack server, comprising: a chassis having a bottom plate, a front end, a rear end and two side walls; the middle partition board is parallel to the two side walls and divides the case into a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space; the mainboard module is arranged in the first accommodating space; the hard disk module sets up in the second accommodation space, includes: the hard disk frame is provided with a first side and a second side which are parallel to the middle partition plate, and the second side is provided with a hard disk opening; the hard disk back plate is fixed on the first side of the hard disk frame and is parallel to the first side; the hard disks are arranged in the hard disk frame in a pluggable manner and are electrically connected with the hard disk backboard; the line concentration module is arranged at the rear end of the hard disk frame and is positioned in the same plane with the hard disk frame, comprises an extensible/foldable supporting arm and is arranged between the rear end and the hard disk frame, and the two tail ends of the line concentration module are respectively pivoted with the case and the hard disk frame; a wire set disposed inside the supporting arm and extending/folding along with the supporting arm. The rack server can realize the quick maintenance of multiple hard disks in a starting state.

Description

A kind of rack-mount server

Technical field

The invention relates to a kind of server, and particularly relevant for a kind of rack-mount server.

Background technology

Server is the core computer for each computing machine of service in the network system, can be the network user storage and function such as printings are provided, and the while also can be used for the client various resources in the share web each other.The basic framework of server and general personal computer are roughly the same; Comprise that central processing unit, internal memory, hard disk and input-output device constitute; Connected in inside by bus, connect central processing unit and internal memory through north bridge chips, South Bridge chip connects input-output device etc.

The rack-mount server of widespread use at present is the server of a kind of outward appearance according to unified international rack standard design; Cooperate the unified use of rack; The benefit of doing like this is very obvious: can make the minimum space of hold facility on the one hand; Then be convenient on the other hand and being connected and management of other network equipment, also can seem clean and tidy, attractive in appearance in the machine room simultaneously.The width of rack server is 19 inches, and height is unit (1U=1.75 inch=44.45 millimeter) with U, 1U is arranged usually, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, the server of several kinds of standards of 7U.The size of rack also is to adopt the general-purpose industrial standard, from 22U to 42U, does not wait usually; Height by U in the rack has dismountable slip bracket, and the user can be according to the absolute altitude flexible height of own server, with network equipments such as service device, hub, disk array cabinets.After server was put, its all input-output lines were all drawn from the rear of rack, unified being placed in the wire casing of rack.

Fig. 1 is the system architecture diagram of existing server.Please refer to Fig. 1; Existing server 100 comprises mainboard (mother board) 110, hard disk bearing frame 120, a plurality of fan 130 and a plurality of connector 140; Wherein be placed with a plurality of hard disks (not illustrating) in the hard disk bearing frame 120; And connector 140 is configured on the mainboard 110, and connector 140 can be power supply control linkage device, SATA connector, IDE connector, floppy disk connector and USB (universal serial bus, USB) connector etc.Fan 130 is between this mainboard 110 and this hard disk bearing frame 120, in order to get rid of the heat of server 100.

Summary of the invention

The invention reside in provides a kind of rack-mount server, comprises:

One cabinet has a base plate, a front end and a rear end, reaches the two side;

One median septum is arranged in the said cabinet, and said median septum is perpendicular to said base plate and be parallel to the two side, and said cabinet is separated into one first accommodation space and one second accommodation space;

One mainboard module is arranged in said first accommodation space; And

One hard disk module is arranged in said second accommodation space, comprising:

One hard disk rack is applicable to by said front end cunning and establishes in said second accommodation space that said hard disk rack has one first side parallel with said median septum and one second side, and said second side has a hard disk opening;

One hard disk backboard is fixed in said first side of said hard disk rack and is parallel to said first side;

A plurality of hard disks can be arranged in the said hard disk rack and with said hard disk backboard with plugging and electrically connect, and when said hard disk rack was stretched out said cabinet, said hard disk rack is installed or detached to said hard disk via said hard disk opening; And

One line concentration module is arranged at the rear end of said hard disk rack and is positioned at same plane with said hard disk rack, comprising:

The sway brace of one extending/folding, its two end articulates said cabinet and said hard disk rack respectively; And

One lead group is disposed at said sway brace inside, and with said sway brace extension/folding, the one of which end electrically connects said hard disk backboard, and the other end electrically connects said mainboard module.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the mainboard module comprises: a pallet, establish upper strata by the front end cunning into first accommodation space; One mainboard has a plurality of IO interfaces, is fixedly arranged in first pallet; And a control panel, be fixedly arranged in the cabinet, electrically connect through golden finger and mainboard.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the lead group electrically connects through control panel and mainboard.Wherein, server more comprises a fan module, is positioned at said rear end, and to the said rear end air-supply of said cabinet, the fan module electrically connects through said control panel and said mainboard.

According to further embodiment of this invention; Server more comprises an input faceplate panels; Vertically be arranged on the said pallet; Said IO interface exposes to said input faceplate panels, and when said pallet was positioned at said cabinet inside, said input faceplate panels was positioned at the said front end of said cabinet.

Wherein, server more comprises a power panel, electrically connects said control panel, and has a direct current power interface, and said power panel is positioned at the said front end of said cabinet, and contiguous said input faceplate panels also is in same plane with it.

Wherein, control panel is tiled in the rear end of first accommodation space.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the contiguous median septum of first side of hard disk rack, second side is away from median septum.

According to one embodiment of the invention, sway brace is articulated by a plurality of connecting rods and forms.

Wherein, lead group one end is exposed to outside the end of sway brace, and in second accommodation space, be attached at hard disk backboard with its electric connection.

Based on above-mentioned, the module position in the server of the present invention is through reconfiguring, to meet customized requirement.

Description of drawings

For letting above and other objects of the present invention, characteristic, advantage and the embodiment can be more obviously understandable, the detailed description of appended accompanying drawing be following:

Fig. 1 is existing rack-mount server structural representation;

Fig. 2 a is the synoptic diagram according to an embodiment of rack-mount server of the present invention;

Fig. 2 b extracts synoptic diagram out according to the hard disk module of an embodiment of rack-mount server of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram according to an embodiment of the hard disk module of rack-mount server of the present invention; And

Fig. 4 is the schematic perspective view according to an embodiment of rack-mount server of the present invention.

Embodiment

Please with reference to Fig. 2 a, Fig. 2 b and Fig. 3; Fig. 2 a is the synoptic diagram according to an embodiment of rack-mount server of the present invention; Fig. 2 b extracts synoptic diagram out according to the hard disk module of rack-mount server of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram according to an embodiment of the hard disk module of rack-mount server of the present invention.2U rack-mount server 200 comprises cabinet 202, median septum 204, the first mainboard module 206, hard disk module 208 and a line concentration module.Cabinet 202 has a base plate, a front end 202a, a rear end 202b and a two side.Median septum 204 is arranged in the cabinet 202, and median septum 204 is perpendicular to base plate and be parallel to the two side of cabinet 202, thereby cabinet 202 is separated into one first accommodation space 216 and one second accommodation space 218.。Hard disk module 208; Be arranged in second accommodation space 218; Hard disk module 208 comprises: a hard disk rack 300; Be applicable to by front end 202a is sliding and establish in second accommodation space 218 that hard disk rack 300 has one first side 300a and the one second side 300b parallel with median septum 204, the second side 300b has a hard disk opening 306; One hard disk backboard 302 vertically is fixed in the first side 300a of hard disk rack 300 and is parallel to the first side 300a; A plurality of hard disks 308 can be arranged in the hard disk rack 300 and with hard disk backboard 302 with plugging and electrically connect, and when hard disk rack 300 was stretched out cabinet 202, hard disk rack 300 is installed or detached to hard disk 308 via hard disk opening 306.The line concentration module is arranged at hard disk rack 300 rear ends, and is positioned at same plane with it.The lead group 212 that the line concentration module comprises the sway brace 210 of extending/folding and is disposed at sway brace 210 inside.Sway brace 210 tilings of extending/folding are arranged at hard disk rack 300 tops; Its two end articulates cabinet 202 and hard disk rack 300 respectively; Lead group 212 is disposed at sway brace 210 inside; With sway brace 210 extension/foldings, the one of which end electrically connects hard disk backboard 302, and the other end electrically connects mainboard module 206.

Cabinet 202 comprises base plate and front end 202a, rear end 202b and two side.Median septum 204 is thin strip-plates isometric with cabinet 202; Be arranged in the cabinet 202; Perpendicular to base plate and simultaneously perpendicular to front end 202a and rear end 202b, in brief, median septum 204 first accommodation space 216 and second accommodation space 218 arranged side by side about cabinet 202 is separated into.

The first mainboard module 206 is arranged in first accommodation space 216, and hard disk module 208 is arranged in second accommodation space 218.Sway brace 210 is articulated by a plurality of connecting rods and forms, and it can any folding or extension in the articulated section, and its two end articulates hard disk module 208 and cabinet 202 respectively.Being disposed at sway brace 210 inner lead groups 212 can extend or folding with sway brace 210, and the one of which end electrically connects hard disk module 208, and the other end electrically connects mainboard module 206.

Hard disk module 208 comprises hard disk rack 300, hard disk backboard 302 and a plurality of hard disk 308.In the present embodiment, according to the size of 2U server, hard disk rack 300 can be held the hard disk 308 of three layers of arrangement.Hard disk rack 300 has first side 300a and the second side 300b parallel with median septum 204; And the contiguous median septum 204 of the first side 300a; The second side 300b is away from median septum 204, and hard disk backboard 302 vertically is fixed in the first side 300a of hard disk rack 300, and the second side 300b has a hard disk opening.On hard disk backboard 302, have the required interface of grafting hard disk 308, therefore can hard disk 308 be fit into hard disk rack 300 or from hard disk rack 300, detach from the hard disk opening part of the second side 300b.Add or during removal hard disk 308 like need, only need hard disk rack 300 is stretched out second accommodation space 218 via the front end 202a of server 200, shown in Fig. 2 b, the hard disk opening 306 from the second side 300b plugs hard disk 308 again.In order to be implemented in the electric connection that still keeps hard disk backboard 302 and mainboard module 206 when hard disk rack 300 is stretched out cabinet 202, to the invention provides sway brace 210 and be disposed at the inner lead group 212 of sway brace 210.Sway brace 210 is articulated by a plurality of connecting rods and forms, and it can any folding or extension in the articulated section.In the present embodiment, be disposed at sway brace 210 inner lead group 212 1 ends and electrically connect hard disk backboard 302.Lead group 212 1 ends are exposed to outside the end of sway brace 210, in second accommodation space 218, be attached at hard disk backboard 302 with its electric connection.Like this, when hard disk rack 300 when cabinet 202 is inner, sway brace 210 and inner lead group 212 thereof are folding state, shown in Fig. 2 a.When hard disk rack 300 was stretched out cabinet 202, sway brace 210 and inner lead group 212 thereof were extension state, shown in Fig. 2 b, and so no matter hard disk module 208 electric connection that whether in cabinet 202, all can keep hard disk backboard 302.

Present embodiment comprises that further the first mainboard module 206 also comprises one first pallet, the first mainboard 206a and the first control panel 206b.The first mainboard 206a is fixedly arranged on first pallet, has a plurality of IO interfaces 222 on it, and in the time of in first pallet is established into first accommodation space 216 via the front end 202a cunning of server 200, IO interface 222 is positioned at the front end 202a of server 200.The first control panel 206b is fixedly arranged in the cabinet; After the first mainboard 206a slips into first accommodation space along with first pallet; The first mainboard 206a and the first control panel 206b electrically connect through golden finger 224; The first control panel 206b electrically connects via the hard disk backboard in lead group 212 and the hard disk module 208 302 and is its power supply in addition, and lead group 212 electrically connects through the first control panel 206b and the first mainboard 206a.

Preferable, server 200 also has an input faceplate panels, a power panel 232.The input faceplate panels is arranged on first pallet of the first mainboard module 206 vertically.The IO interface 222 of the first mainboard 206a exposes to the input faceplate panels, and when pallet 206a was positioned at cabinet 202 inside, the input faceplate panels was positioned at the front end 202a of cabinet 202.When needs were safeguarded server 200, all interfaces just all were positioned at the front end 202a of server 200, and attended operation only needs to get final product at the enterprising row of input faceplate panels.

Preferable; Power panel 232 electrically connects the first control panel 206b; And it also has a direct current power interface 234; Can external direct current power supply be electrically connected to the first control panel 206b via direct supply interface 234, the first control panel 206b is tiled in the rear end of first accommodation space 216 so that effectively utilize space in the cabinet.In the present embodiment, power panel 232 is positioned at the front end 202a of cabinet 202, and contiguous input faceplate panels also is in same plane with it.

Preferable, server 200 also comprises fan module 226, is positioned at the rear end 202b of server 200, electrically connects 202b air-supply to the back-end through the first control panel 206b in the lead group 212 and the first mainboard module 206.Because two spaces arranged side by side that first accommodation space 216 and second accommodation space 218 are separated out by median septum 204; Therefore fan module 226 carries out air discharging and radiating to first mainboard module 206 that is positioned at first accommodation space 216 and the hard disk module 208 that is positioned at second accommodation space 218 respectively; To improve cooling effectiveness, cut down the consumption of energy.

Please with reference to Fig. 4, it is the schematic perspective view according to an embodiment of rack-mount server of the present invention.Server 200 also has up and down two pairs of slide rails, is arranged on the madial wall of first accommodation space 216 and is parallel to the base plate of cabinet 202.The first mainboard module 206 is slidedly arranged on wherein through the slide rail of top in first accommodation space 216, and 236 slide rail cunnings through the below of the second mainboard module are slidedly arranged in first accommodation space 216.Can in first accommodation space 216, establish two cover mainboard modules like this with the mode cunning of levels.Similar with the first mainboard module 206, the second mainboard module 236 also comprises one second pallet, second mainboard and second control panel.Second mainboard is fixedly arranged on second pallet; Have a plurality of IO interfaces 222 on it; In the time of in second pallet is established into first accommodation space 216 via the front end 202a of server 200 through the slide rail cunning of below, IO interface 222 is positioned at the front end 202a of server 200.Second control panel is fixedly arranged in first accommodation space 216 in the cabinet 202; After second mainboard slips into first accommodation space 216 along with second pallet; Second mainboard and second control panel electrically connect through golden finger, and second control panel electrically connects via the hard disk backboard in lead group 212 and the hard disk module 208 302 in addition.

In sum; In 2U server of the present invention, the position of hard disk module and mainboard module is through reconfiguring, via the sway brace of extending/folding and the electric connection of inner lead group thereof; To meet customized demand, can effectively utilize space in the cabinet simultaneously again.

In addition; Mainboard module and hard disk module are with respect to the slip setting of cabinet; Make things convenient for the user that hard disk, I/O interface panel or mainboard are taken out in cabinet, to carry out hard disk and to be arranged at the maintenance or the replacing of the electronic package on I/O interface panel or the motherboard.

In addition, the fan module is positioned at the rear end of server, so that respectively hard disk module and mainboard module are cooled off, improves cooling effectiveness, cuts down the consumption of energy.

Though the present invention discloses as above with embodiment; Right its is not in order to limit the present invention; Any those of ordinary skill in the art; Do not breaking away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, when can doing various changes and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking accompanying the claim person of defining.

Claims

1. A rack server, characterized in that it comprises:

A case has a bottom plate, a front end and a rear end, and two side walls;

a middle partition, arranged in the case, the middle partition is perpendicular to the bottom plate and parallel to the two side walls, and divides the case into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space;

a motherboard module, arranged in the first accommodation space; and

A hard disk module, arranged in the second accommodating space, comprising:

A hard disk rack, suitable for being slid into the second accommodating space from the front end, the hard disk rack has a first side and a second side parallel to the middle partition, and the second side has a hard disk opening;

A hard disk backplane, fixed on the first side of the hard disk rack and parallel to the first side;

A plurality of hard disks are pluggably arranged in the hard disk rack and electrically connected to the hard disk backplane. When the hard disk rack extends out of the chassis, the hard disks are installed or pulled out through the hard disk opening the hard disk shelf; and

A cable assembly module is arranged at the rear end of the hard disk rack and is located in the same plane as the hard disk rack, including:

an extendable/foldable support arm, the two ends of which are respectively pivotally connected to the case and the hard disk rack; and

A wire group is arranged inside the support arm, expands/folds with the support arm, one end of which is electrically connected to the hard disk backplane, and the other end is electrically connected to the motherboard module.

2. The rack server according to claim 1, wherein the motherboard module comprises:

A tray is slid into the upper layer of the first accommodating space from the front end;

a mainboard, having a plurality of input and output interfaces, fixed in the tray; and

A control board is fixed in the case and is electrically connected to the main board through golden fingers.

3. The rack server according to claim 2, wherein the wire group is electrically connected to the main board through the control board.

4. The rack server according to claim 2, wherein the server further comprises a fan module located at the rear end to supply air to the rear end of the chassis, the fan module The group is electrically connected with the main board through the control board.

5. The rack server according to claim 2, wherein the server further comprises an input-output interface panel vertically arranged on the tray, and the input-output interface is exposed on the input-output interface panel, and when the tray is inside the case, the input-output interface panel is located at the front end of the case.

6. The rack server according to claim 5, wherein the server further comprises a power panel electrically connected to the control board and having a DC power interface, the power panel is located in the chassis The front end is adjacent to the input-output interface panel and is on the same plane as it.

7 . The rack server according to claim 2 , wherein the control board is laid flat on the rear end of the first accommodation space. 8 .

8. The rack server according to claim 1, wherein the first side of the hard disk rack is adjacent to the middle partition, and the second side is away from the middle partition.

9. The rack server according to claim 1, wherein the support arm is formed by a plurality of connecting rods pivotally connected.

10. The rack-mounted server according to claim 1, wherein one end of the wire group is exposed outside one end of the support arm, and is attached to the hard disk backplane in the second accommodation space to be electrically connected to it.