CN117499349A

CN117499349A - Switch and network device

Info

Publication number: CN117499349A
Application number: CN202211074241.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘贤兵; 唐丰
Original assignee: Ruijie Networks Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ruijie Networks Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-02
Filing date: 2022-09-02
Publication date: 2024-02-02

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of communication and discloses a switch and network equipment, wherein the switch comprises a shell, a data communication module and a power supply module; the data communication module and the power supply module are positioned in the accommodating space; the shell is provided with a first port and a second port, the data communication module is in communication connection with the first external device through the first port, and the power supply module is electrically connected with the second external device through the second port. The power supply module comprises a power supply module, a power supply board and a power supply terminal, and is connected with the power supply board and used for converting alternating current into direct current and transmitting the direct current to the power supply board; the power supply board is connected with the power supply terminal and is used for transmitting direct current to the power supply terminal; the power supply terminal is used for supplying power to the second external device. The switch can realize remote power supply and improve the reliability of products.

Description

Switch and network device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a switch and a network device.

Background

With the development of economy, industrial parks are generated, and as the area of the industrial parks is larger, new requirements are put on the transmission distance of the park network. When the network cable transmission mode of the traditional switch is adopted, the transmission distance which can be supported is short (for example, the transmission distance is only 100 meters), and the network port of the traditional switch is generally used for signal transmission and power supply at the same time, and when the transmission distance is limited, the power supply distance is also affected, so that long-distance power supply cannot be realized.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a switch and network equipment, which can be used for solving the problem that the switch cannot supply power in a long distance.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a switch, including a housing, a data communication module, and a power module;

the communication module and the power supply module are both positioned in the accommodating space; the shell is provided with a first port and a second port, the data communication module is connected with first external equipment through the first port, and the power supply module is connected with second external equipment through the second port;

the power supply module comprises a power supply module, a power supply board and a power supply terminal, wherein the power supply module is connected with the power supply board, and is used for converting alternating current into direct current and transmitting the direct current to the power supply board; the power supply board is connected with the power supply terminal and is used for transmitting the direct current to the power supply terminal; the power supply terminal is used for transmitting the direct current to the second external device.

The switch that this application provided for through set up first port and second port on equipment for power module and data communication module mutually independent work, mutually noninterfere, thereby can make power module not receive data transmission module's signal transmission distance influence, and can transmit the electric current alone, and then realize long-range power supply. In addition, because the power supply module and the data communication module are mutually independent, when one module fails, the use of the other module is not influenced, and the reliability of the product is improved.

In some possible embodiments, one end of the power supply terminal connected with the power supply board is provided with a plurality of pairs of pins, and each pair of pins comprises a positive pin and a negative pin;

the plurality of pairs of pins are connected with the external device through the patch cable.

In some possible embodiments, the accommodating space is provided with at least two slots, at least one slot is used for installing the power module, and at least one slot is used for installing the power supply board.

In some possible embodiments, the number of the power supply boards is at least one, the number of the power supply terminals is the same as the number of the power supply boards, the shell is provided with jacks corresponding to the power supply terminals one by one, one end of each power supply terminal is inserted into one power supply board through the corresponding jack, and the other end of each power supply terminal is located outside the shell.

In some possible embodiments, the power supply terminal is provided with a positioning member for positioning the power supply terminal with the housing.

In some possible embodiments, the power module is plugged into the power panel.

In some possible embodiments, a limiting module for limiting the power module is provided inside the housing.

In some possible embodiments, a baffle for separating the data communication module and the power supply module is provided inside the housing, and a heat dissipation component is provided between the baffle and the data communication module.

In some possible embodiments, the first port and the second port are located on opposite sides of the housing, respectively.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a network device comprising a cabinet and a switch as described in any of the possible embodiments of the first aspect, the switch being located inside the cabinet.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a switch in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the switch of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an exploded architecture of the switch of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a portion of the switch of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a structure of the power terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the power terminal of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of another structure of a switch according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is another view of the switch of fig. 7.

In the figure:

100-a housing; 101-slot positions; 110-a bottom plate; 120-top plate; 130-a first panel; 131-opening; 140-a second panel; 141-a jack; 150-baffle plates; 160-a limit module; 200-a data communication module; 300-a power supply module; 310-a power module; 320-a power supply board; 330-a power supply terminal; 331-pin; 332-patch cable; 333-bolts; 400-signage; 500-heat dissipation assembly.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1 or 2, the switch in the embodiment of the present application may include a housing 100, a data communication module 200, and a power supply module 300. As shown in fig. 3, the housing 100 includes a bottom plate 110, a top plate 120, and four panels (not shown in the drawing), wherein two panels are arranged along a first direction, and the other two panels are arranged along a second direction, and the bottom plate 110, the top plate 120, and the four panels enclose the housing 100 having a receiving space therein. The data communication module 200 and the power supply module 300 are disposed on the base plate 110, that is, the data communication module 200 and the power supply module 300 are disposed in the accommodating space. The case 100 has a first port through which the data communication module 200 may be communicatively connected to the first external device and a second port through which the power supply module 300 may be electrically connected to the second external device, which are in communication with the receiving space.

In this embodiment, the first port and the second port may be located on the same panel, that is, the ports of the data communication module 200 and the power supply module 300 for external output are located on the same side. Alternatively, the first port and the second port may be located on two adjacent panels, and the ports for external output of the data communication module 200 and the power supply module 300 are located on different sides. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 or fig. 3, the first port and the second port may also be located on two opposite panels, where the first port may include a plurality of openings 131 disposed on the first panel 130 located on one side of the data communication module 200, and the plurality of openings 131 may correspond to the external output ports of the data communication module 200 one to one, so that the first panel 130 and the housing 100 may be conveniently connected in an aligned manner.

In addition, the first panel 130 may be detachably connected to the housing 100, and when the data communication module 200 needs to be replaced or maintained, the first panel 130 is detached, so that the data communication module 200 can be conveniently taken out, thereby improving convenience of switch maintenance. In addition, the label 400 of the switch may be adhered to a side of the first panel 130 facing away from the interior of the housing 100, so that identification may be facilitated.

The power supply module 300 may include a power supply module 310, a power supply board 320 and a power supply terminal 330, referring to fig. 2 and 3, a second panel 140 is disposed on a side of the housing 100 opposite to the first panel 130, a plurality of slots 101 are disposed in a portion of the housing 100 near the second panel 140, and the plurality of slots 101 may be arranged along a second direction, wherein a portion of the slots 101 may be used for mounting the power supply module 310, and another portion of the slots 101 may be used for mounting the power supply board 320. The power supply terminals 330 may be in one-to-one correspondence with the power supply boards 320, and each pair of the power supply boards 320 and the power supply terminals 330 may be arranged along the first direction, the second panel 140 may be provided with insertion holes 141 in one-to-one correspondence with the power supply terminals 330, one end of the power supply terminal 330 may be inserted into the corresponding power supply board 320 after being inserted into the interior of the housing 100 by the corresponding insertion hole 141, and the other end of the power supply terminal 330 may be extended out of the housing 100 so as to be connected with a second external device.

It will be appreciated that in this embodiment, the power module 310 may be configured to convert ac power into dc power and transmit the dc power to the power board 320, and the power board 320 transmits the dc power to the power terminal 330, so as to supply power to the second external device through the power terminal 330. In addition, a part of the slots 101 may be used to mount the power modules 310, and another part of the slots 101 may be used to mount the power boards 320, and it is understood that when the number of slots 101 is fixed, the number of power modules 310 and the number of power boards 320 are not limited, and may be flexibly configured according to actual requirements.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, in some embodiments, a plurality of pairs of pins 331 may be disposed at an end of the power terminal 330 connected to the power board 320, and each pair of pins 331 may include one positive pin and one negative pin, and each pair of pins 331 may be plugged into the power board 320 to thereby implement connection. The plurality of pairs of pins 331 may be connected through one patch cable 332, and the cable 332 may be connected to a second external device, so that the power supply terminal 330 supplies power to the second external device through the cable 332. It is understood that, since the power supply terminal 330 is provided with a plurality of pairs of pins 331, power supply from a plurality of power supply ports can be realized.

In practical application, since the switch in this embodiment is disposed inside the cabinet, a wire arranging frame may be disposed inside the cabinet, and when the patch cables 332 corresponding to the power supply terminals 330 one by one are connected from the power supply board 320, each patch cable 332 may be abutted with the wire arranging frame, and then the copper cable in the optical-electrical hybrid cable is connected through the wire arranging frame to realize external electrical transmission.

In some embodiments, with continued reference to fig. 5, the power supply terminal 330 is provided with a positioning component for positioning with the second panel 140, and in a specific implementation, the positioning component may be two bolts 333 provided on the power supply terminal 330, where the bolts 333 are respectively located on two opposite sides of the power supply terminal 330. The second panel 140 may be provided with a bolt hole, and the bolt 333 is fixed in the bolt hole, so that the power supply terminal 330 can be fixed on the second panel 140, and stability of electric transmission is ensured.

As shown in fig. 4, a barrier 150 may be further disposed inside the case 100, and the barrier 150 may extend in the second direction and be located between the power supply module 300 and the data communication module 200, that is, the barrier 150 may separate the power supply module 300 from the data communication module 200, so that two independent spaces are formed inside the case 100. A heat dissipation assembly 500 may be disposed between the baffle 150 and the data communication module 200 for dissipating heat from the data transmission module 200, and the heat dissipation assembly 500 may include a plurality of fans, for example. In addition, a heat dissipation module may be disposed in the power module 310, so as to play a role in dissipating heat from the power module 310, and it may be appreciated that two independent heat dissipation channels are formed in the housing 100 through the baffle 150, so that the data communication module 200 and the power module 310 may not interfere with each other, and design reliability is high.

As an embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 4, the power module 310 may be plugged with the power board 320, so that the power module 310 may be conveniently plugged from the power board 320, thereby meeting different configurations under different requirements and meeting network deployment requirements. In addition, a limiting module 160 may be disposed in the housing 100 for limiting the power module 310, so as to ensure stable connection between the power module 310 and the power board 320.

It should be noted that, the number of slots 101 in the housing 100 is not limited, the number of power modules 310 and the number of power boards 320 are not limited, and, as mentioned above, when the number of slots 101 on the housing 100 is fixed, the number of power modules 310 and the number of power boards 320 can be designed according to the requirement. In addition, the number of power supply terminals 330 may not correspond to the number of power supply boards 320, and in other embodiments, one power supply board 320 may also correspond to a plurality of power supply terminals 330, and a plurality of power supply terminals 330 may be plugged into one power supply board 320.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, four slots 101 are provided in the housing 100, two slots 101 are used for the power modules 310, and the other two slots 101 are used for mounting the power boards 320, each power module 310 may be plugged into one power board 320, and the power terminals 330 may be D-sub high-density terminals. Each power supply terminal 330 is provided with 48 pins 331, so that each power supply terminal 330 can support the requirement of 24-port external power supply, and under the 1U space, a high-density far-supply interface with 48-port light and 28-port power supply can be realized.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 7 and 8, for example, four slots 101 are provided in the housing 100, three slots 101 are used for mounting the power module 310, one slot 101 is used for mounting the power board 320, all three power modules 310 can be plugged into the power board 320, and the power terminal 330 can be a D-sub high-density terminal. Each power supply terminal 330 is provided with 48 pins 331, so that the power supply terminal 330 can support the requirement of 24-port external power supply, and under the 1U space, a high-density remote power supply interface with 24-port light and 24-port power supply can be realized.

Or, when a plurality of slots 101 are provided in the housing 100, a part of the slots 101 are provided with the power module 310 or the power board 320, and the rest of the slots 101 can be in an idle state, so that the internal functions of the switch can be improved at a later stage.

It should be noted that the number of external interfaces of the data communication module 200 is generally the same as the number of external interfaces of the power supply terminal 330, and of course, in other embodiments, the number of external output ports of the data communication module 200 may be different from the number of external interfaces of the power supply terminal 330. In addition, the configurations in the above embodiments are merely examples, and different configurations may be designed according to different requirements in practical applications, and the present embodiment is not limited herein.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiments of the present application may also provide a network device, where the network device includes a cabinet and a switch as in any of the foregoing embodiments, and the switch is disposed inside the cabinet.

Compared with the traditional switch and network equipment, the switch in the application separates the power supply module from the data communication module, so that the power supply module and the data communication module are not interfered with each other, and the reliability of a product is improved. In addition, through the terminal design of high density, can realize 48 mouthful of light and 48 mouthful of long-distance connection communication and external power supply of electricity at the maximum under 1U's height, on the basis of power module and data communication module separation's mode, through the size that designs power supply board and switching power supply compatibility, not only can realize nimble configuration deployment, can also realize long-distance power supply and solve the problem of centralized power supply management.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention also include such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. The switch is characterized by comprising a shell, a data communication module and a power supply module;

the data communication module and the power supply module are both positioned in the accommodating space; the shell is provided with a first port and a second port which are communicated with the accommodating space, the data communication module is in communication connection with first external equipment through the first port, and the power supply module is electrically connected with second external equipment through the second port;

2. The switch of claim 1, wherein the end of the power supply terminal connected to the power supply board is provided with a plurality of pairs of pins, each pair of pins comprising a positive pin and a negative pin;

the plurality of pairs of pins are connected with the second external device through a patch cable.

3. The exchange according to claim 1, wherein the accommodating space is provided with at least two slots, at least one of the slots being used for mounting the power module, at least one of the slots being used for mounting the power board.

4. The switch according to claim 1, wherein the number of the power supply boards is at least one, the number of the power supply terminals is the same as the number of the power supply boards, the shell is provided with jacks corresponding to the power supply terminals one by one, one end of each power supply terminal is inserted into one power supply board through the corresponding jack, and the other end of each power supply terminal is located outside the shell.

5. The switch of claim 1, wherein the power supply terminal is provided with a positioning member for positioning the power supply terminal with the housing.

6. The switch of claim 1, wherein the power module is plugged into the power board.

7. The switch of claim 1, wherein a limit module for limiting the power module is provided inside the housing.

8. The switch of claim 1, wherein a baffle for separating the data communication module from the power supply module is provided inside the housing, and a heat dissipation assembly is provided between the baffle and the data communication module.

9. The switch of any of claims 1-8, wherein the first port and the second port are located on opposite sides of the housing, respectively.

10. A network device comprising a cabinet and a switch as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, the switch being located inside the cabinet.