WO2017124916A1

WO2017124916A1 - Hard disk subrack and server

Info

Publication number: WO2017124916A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/000056
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘磊
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-01-22
Filing date: 2017-01-03
Publication date: 2017-07-27
Also published as: CN106997224A

Abstract

A hard disk subrack (40) and a server. The hard disk subrack (40) comprises: a hard disk backplane (10), used for being fixedly connected to a hard disk at an end of the hard disk subrack (40), wherein the length of the hard disk backplane (10) is less than that of the hard disk subrack (40); and a cable frame combination (12) supporting a folding function, used for providing a communication signal and a power supply signal for the hard disk on the hard disk backplane (10) by means of a cable interface on the hard disk backplane (10). By means of the present invention, the problem that hot plugging maintenance cannot be performed inside a hard disk subrack (40) is solved.

Description

Hard disk box and server

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of servers, and in particular to a hard disk enclosure and a server.

Background technique

The Scorpio server project is jointly developed by Baidu, Tencent and Ali. The height of the cabinet is divided into two specifications: 2100mm and 2300mm, and the cabinet depth is 1200mm. The height per unit (Unit, U) is defined as 46.5mm. A computing or storage server can be implemented in a 1U space. The storage server supports up to 12 3.5-inch hard disks, requiring hot-swapping for each hard disk. The placement of multiple hard disks in a 1U height requires the depth of the cabinet. If you want to perform thermal maintenance on each hard disk, you need to pull all the hard disks out to the outside space of the rack for manual replacement.

In the related art, the server cannot implement the problem of thermal maintenance under the condition of continuous power, and no effective solution has been found yet.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a hard disk insertion box and a server, so as to at least solve the problem that the hard disk cannot be hot swapped and maintained in the hard disk insertion box in the related art.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a hard disk subrack is provided, including: a hard disk backplane, configured to securely connect a hard disk at one end of the hard disk insertion box, wherein a length of the hard disk backplane is smaller than the hard disk The length of the insertion box; the combination of the cable holders supporting the folding function is used to provide communication signals and power signals to the hard disks on the backplane of the hard disk through the cable interface on the hard disk backplane.

Optionally, the cable rack assembly supporting the folding function further includes: a communication cable, configured to provide a communication signal for the hard disk through the cable interface; and an electrical cable, configured to provide the hard disk insertion box a power supply; a folding frame for carrying the communication cable and the electrical cable, wherein the folding frame is bendable or stretchable in a space of the other end of the hard disk backboard in the hard disk insertion box.

Optionally, the communication cable includes: a serial SATA cable for providing a hard disk signal and a lighting signal for the hard disk; and/or a serial connection small computer system interface SAS cable for the hard disk Provide hard disk signal and lighting signal.

Optionally, the cable interface is disposed between two hard disks.

Optionally, the hard disk backplane further includes: a hard disk socket for setting a hard disk, and a serial universal input/output SGPIO

Decoding circuit, hard disk indicator, high speed signal driver.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a server is provided, including: the above-mentioned hard disk insertion box; a motherboard insertion box connected to the hard disk insertion box, including at least one of the following: a central processing unit CPU, a bridge, a system disk, RAM.

Optionally, the server further includes: an adapter board, the motherboard slot and the hard disk subrack are connected by an adapter, configured to provide power for the motherboard subrack, and into the hard disk subrack and A communication connection is provided between the motherboard slots.

Optionally, the interposer board further includes: a bus and an interface PCIE for transmitting communication signals through the SATA cable and/or the SAS cable.

Optionally, the bus and interface PCIE includes: a host bus adapter HBA card, and an independent redundant disk array RAID card.

Optionally, the motherboard subrack further includes: a serial SATA interface, configured to transmit a communication signal through the SATA cable.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a hard disk backplane is used for fixedly connecting a hard disk on one side of the hard disk insertion box, wherein the length of the hard disk backboard is smaller than the length of the hard disk insertion box; The rack combination is configured to provide a communication signal and a power signal to the hard disk on the hard disk backboard through a cable interface on the hard disk backplane. The invention solves the problem that the hard disk cannot be hot-swapped and maintained in the hard disk insertion box in the related art, and realizes the maintenance of the hard disk in the hard disk insertion box under the condition of continuous power-off, thereby improving the efficiency of the hard disk maintenance and improving the efficiency. The performance of the entire server.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a hard disk insertion box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of an optional structure of a hard disk subrack according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram 2 of an optional structure of a hard disk insertion box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a structural block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram 1 of an optional structure of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of a server design step according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram showing the composition of a server according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a schematic overall view of a server in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram of a hard disk enclosure in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present invention and the above drawings are used. To distinguish similar objects, and not necessarily to describe a specific order or order.

In this embodiment, a hard disk insertion device is provided, which can be disposed in a server, and the device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not described herein. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

1 is a structural block diagram of a hard disk insertion box according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the device includes: a hard disk back plate 10 and a cable tray assembly 12 supporting a folding function, wherein

The hard disk backplane 10 is configured to be fixedly connected to the hard disk at one end of the hard disk insertion box, wherein the length of the hard disk backboard is smaller than the length of the hard disk insertion box;

Optionally, the hard disk backplane 10 can be disposed at the front end or the back end of the hard disk insertion box. When the user pulls the hard disk insertion box, the hard disk set on the hard disk backboard can be inserted and removed. The hard disk backplane can include one or more hard disk interfaces for carrying the hard disk array. The hard disk is fixedly connected to the hard disk backplane. The hard disk backplane can be fastened to the left side wall of the hard disk enclosure. Six hard disks can be set in one hard disk backplane.

The cable tray assembly 12 supporting the folding function is used to provide communication signals and power signals to the hard disks on the hard disk backplane through the cable interfaces on the hard disk backplane.

The cable tray assembly 12 that supports the folding function can employ a bent structural member to minimize the length of the cable that provides communication signals and power signals.

In this embodiment, the space of the hard disk insertion box may include a space and a second space, and respectively set the hard disk backboard 10 and the cable rack combination 12 supporting the folding function, and at the same time, the length of the hard disk backboard 10 in the hard disk insertion box Less than the length of the hard disk insertion box, the cable tray assembly 12 supporting the folding function can be disposed in the remaining length space, so that the hard disk back plate 10 can be stretched inside and outside the hard disk insertion box through the cable holder assembly 12 supporting the folding function. When the hard disk on the hard disk backplane 10 needs to be subjected to thermal maintenance, the cable tray assembly 12 supporting the folding function can be adjusted, and the hard disk backplane 10 can be pulled out of the box to perform corresponding plugging or testing or maintenance.

In this embodiment, the hard disk backplane is used to fix the hard disk on one side of the hard disk insertion box, wherein the length of the hard disk backboard is smaller than the length of the hard disk insertion box; the cable rack combination supporting the folding function is used to pass the hard disk The cable interface on the backplane provides communication signals and power signals to the hard disks on the backplane of the hard disk. The invention solves the problem that the hard disk cannot be hot-swapped and maintained in the hard disk insertion box in the related art, and realizes the maintenance of the hard disk in the hard disk insertion box under the condition of continuous power-off, thereby improving the efficiency of the hard disk maintenance and improving the efficiency. The performance of the entire server.

2 is a block diagram of an optional structure of a hard disk subrack according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in addition to all the devices shown in FIG. 1, the cable tray assembly 12 supporting the folding function further includes: a communication cable 20, an electric cable 22, and a folding frame 24, wherein

a communication cable 20, configured to provide a communication signal to the hard disk through the cable interface;

Optionally, the communication cable 20 can be connected to a hard disk on the backplane of the hard disk to provide data for the mini sas cable. Or control the transmission of communication signals. In each mini sas cable, data signals and lighting signals of four hard disks can be transmitted. In this embodiment, six hard disks are arranged in the unit hard disk insertion box, so one mini sas cable can be set in one hard disk insertion box.

The electric cable 22 is used to supply power to the hard disk insertion box; the electric cable can provide power signals to the hard disk through the hard disk backboard, and can also provide power signals for the hard disk and the hard disk backboard through the hard disk insertion box.

The folding frame 24 is configured to carry a communication cable and an electric cable, wherein the folding frame can be bent or stretched in the space of the other end of the hard disk backboard in the hard disk insertion box.

Optionally, two mini sas cables and one folding frame are bundled together in each hard disk enclosure, wherein one minisas cable actually transmits four hard disk signals, and the other transmits two hard disk signals.

3 is a block diagram 2 of an optional structure of a hard disk subrack according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the device includes, in addition to all the devices shown in FIG. 2, the communication cable 20 includes:

Serial SATA cable 30 for providing hard disk signals and lighting signals for the hard disk;

Serial connection to the small computer system interface SAS cable 32 for providing hard disk signals and lighting signals for the hard disk.

SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is a serial connection small computer system interface, Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), SAS is a new generation of SCSI technology, and serial (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) The SATA interface is the same, using serial technology to achieve higher transmission speed, and improving internal space by shortening the connection line. SAS is a new interface developed after the parallel SCSI interface. This interface is designed to improve the performance, availability, and scalability of your storage system and provides compatibility with SATA drives. SATA is a new generation of IDE standard. SAS is a new generation of SCSI standard. It is serial transmission. The SAS interface can be compatible with SATA. Otherwise, the speed of SATA hard disk is currently up to 7200 rpm. The capacity is large. The current speed of SAS hard disk is up to 15000 rpm. Strong performance.

In this embodiment, the hard disk signal and the lighting signal may be separately provided by the serial SATA cable 30 or the serial SAS cable 32 for the hard disk, or may be used in combination.

In an alternative embodiment in accordance with the present embodiment, the cable interface is disposed between the two hard disks. Since the hard disk backplane is long, and the transmission of the minisas signal on the PCB is relatively large, if the minisas interface is placed at the rear entrance of the hard disk backplane, the signal quality to the front hard disk cannot be satisfied. Placing one minisas interface between each of the two hard disks in the depth direction realizes that the signal to the left and right hard disks has the shortest trace length on the PCB, and the driver placed at the interface should absorb the attenuation caused by the long distance trace. At the same time, relying on the structure to leave the cable between the hard disk and the locking space and the operation space to complete the entire hard disk box design.

Optionally, the hard disk backplane further includes: a hard disk socket for setting a hard disk, a serial general purpose input/output (SGPIO) decoding circuit, a hard disk indicator light, and a high speed signal driver.

The hard disk enclosure provides multiple hard disk interfaces from the hard disk backplane and carries the hard disk array. The hard disk backplane provides hard disk sockets, SGPIO decoding circuits, hard disk indicators, and high-speed signal drivers. The hard disk socket is used to insert the hard disk, and the SGPIO decoding circuit is used for providing code decoding for the hard disk signal, including data signals and control information, and the hard disk indicator light is used for outputting the hard disk. Or the signal of the hard disk backplane, such as alarm signal, working signal, hard disk plugging and unplugging signal light, high speed signal driver is used to drive high speed transmission and processing of hard disk signal.

A server is provided in this embodiment, and the device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not described herein. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

4 is a structural block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the device includes: a hard disk insertion box 40, a motherboard insertion box 42, wherein

Hard disk subrack 40;

The motherboard socket 42 is connected to the hard disk enclosure, and includes at least one of the following: a central processing unit CPU, a bridge chip, a system disk, and a memory.

In this embodiment, the server may be a comprehensive server in which the control device and the storage device are set. Here, the Scorpio server is taken as an example for description. Optionally, in one server, two hard disk subracks 40 and One motherboard subrack 42, two hard disk subracks 40 are juxtaposed on the server side, and the main board subrack 42 is disposed on the other side. The CPU, bridge, system disk, and memory of the CPU are common configurations of the motherboard.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an optional structure of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device includes: an adapter board 50 connected to the motherboard through an adapter, in addition to the device shown in FIG. A box and hard drive enclosure for powering the motherboard pod and providing a communication connection between the hard drive bay and the motherboard pod.

Optionally, the leftmost plug-in box of the server can be designed as a motherboard plug-in box with an intel processor, and the back end is connected through the connector and the adapter board 50. The motherboard plug-in box is not hot-swappable, but can be cold-swapped. maintain. Design an adapter board to be fixed to the rear end of the motherboard subrack in the server box. The interposer is interconnected by the connector and the motherboard subrack, and the bus and interface standard (Peripheral Component Interface Express for PCIE) is placed on the interposer board. A slot for flexible configuration of a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) card or a Redundant of Independent Disks (RAID) card corresponding to a SATA or SAS interface connected to the back end. The SATA and SAS interfaces are respectively connected to the SATA cable and the SAS cable. In addition to providing power for the motherboard socket, the adapter board also accesses the SATA signal of the CPU small system from the motherboard socket, and passes the adapter board and the HBA card on the PCIE card. Combined with a RAID card, it can provide flexible configuration of up to 6SAS+6SATA, 12SATA, and 12SAS interfaces. Optionally, the motherboard subrack can also have its own SATA interface. Using the motherboard's own SATA interface can save costs. SAS can also support or not support RAID.

The server and the hard disk subrack in the above embodiment are specifically described in detail below in conjunction with an optional embodiment according to the present application:

In this alternative embodiment, the server is a Scorpio server, and the box space of 538 mm width * 46.5 mm height (1 U) * 850 mm depth required by the Scorpio specification can be divided into three sub-boxes in the width direction, each of which is The box width is about 178mm. The leftmost subrack is designed as a motherboard subrack with an intel processor, and the rear end is connected to the adapter board through a connector. The adapter board is fixed to the rear end of the motherboard socket in the 1U box, interconnected by the connector and the motherboard plug, and the PCIE is placed on the adapter board. Slot, used to configure the HBA card or RAID card to the rear end of the SATA or SAS interface. The middle and right side boxes are designed as hard disk boxes, and each hard disk box can be plugged and unplugged. Design a 600mm long (depth direction) * 40mm wide hard disk backplane, and fasten the hard disk backplane to the left side wall of the hard disk enclosure. In this way, in the 850mm deep 1U box, the rear end of the hard disk insertion box has a space of 250mm for placing the folding frame and the cable. Design a folding frame and bundle the minisas cable on the folding frame. The cable ends with a minisas connector. The cable is bent or stretched with the folding frame. The folding frame and the cable are integrally fixed in a 250 mm space at the rear end of the hard disk insertion box. Connect one end of the cable to the connector on the rear panel of the motherboard subrack, and the other end to the minisas connector on the hard disk backplane in the hard drive subrack. Through the above, the storage server design and the hard disk hot plug maintenance function design in the 1U space are realized.

The Scorpio server includes: a server box, a motherboard insert box, an adapter board, a PCIE/SAS card, a hard disk subrack, a hard disk backplane, a power cable, a MINISAS cable, and a folding frame, as follows:

The server box is a large box with a height of 538mm * 46.5mm height (1U) * 850mm depth. The internal space is used to implement different types of servers, and the entire box is powered from the rack.

The motherboard plug-in is designed for general-purpose servers, including CPU, bridge, system disk, memory, etc.

The adapter board provides power for the motherboard socket on the one hand and a PCIE/SAS card on the other hand;

The hard disk subrack provides a multi-channel hard disk interface from the hard disk backplane to carry the hard disk array.

The hard disk backplane provides a hard disk socket, a SGPIO decoding circuit, a hard disk indicator, a high-speed signal driver, and the like;

The power cable takes power from the inside of the chassis to provide power for the hard disk enclosure.

The SATA/SAS cable provides multiple hard disk signals and lighting signals for the hard disk enclosure;

The folding frame is used to carry the above cables to ensure flexible movement of the cables.

Through the embodiment, the storage server design and the hard disk hot plug maintenance function design in the 1U space in the Scorpio rack are realized.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a server design step according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the method includes:

S601. The box space of 538 mm width * 46.5 mm height (1 U) * 850 mm depth required by the Scorpio specification is divided into three sub-boxes in the width direction, and each box width is about 178 mm.

S602, the leftmost plug box is designed as a motherboard plug-in box with an intel processor, and the back end is connected through a connector and an adapter board. The motherboard plug-in box is not hot-swappable, but can be cold-swapped for maintenance.

S603. Design an adapter board to be fixed at the rear end of the motherboard socket of the 1U box. The adapter board is interconnected with the motherboard socket through the connector, and a PCIE slot is placed on the adapter board for flexible configuration of the HBA card or The RAID card has a SATA or SAS interface on the back end. In addition to providing power for the motherboard subrack, the adapter board also accesses the SATA signal of the CPU small system from the motherboard subrack, and can provide flexible configuration of up to 6SAS+6SATA, 12SATA, 12SAS interfaces through the combination of the interposer board and the PCIE card. , using the motherboard comes with SATA can save costs, SAS can also support or not support RAID.

S604, the middle insertion box and the right side insertion box are designed as hard disk insertion boxes, and each of the insertion boxes is placed with 6 hard disks for a total of 12 hard disks. Each hard drive bay can be plugged and unplugged.

S605, design a 600mm long (depth direction) * 40mm wide hard disk backplane, and fasten the hard disk backplane to the left side wall of the hard disk enclosure. In this way, in the 850mm deep 1U box, the rear end of the hard disk insertion box has a space of 250mm for placing the folding frame and the cable.

S606. Design a folding frame and bind the minisas cable to the folding frame. The two ends of the cable are connected with a minisas connector, and the cable is bent or stretched together with the folding frame. The folding frame and the cable as a whole are fixed in the 250 mm space at the rear end in step 5.

S607, each minisas cable can transmit data signals and lighting signals of 4 hard disks, so two minisas cables and two folding frames are required for independent insertion and removal of two hard disk subracks, and each hard disk insertion box has 2 The minisas cable is bundled with a folding frame. One minisas cable actually transmits 4 hard disk signals and the other transmits 2 hard disk signals.

S608, because the hard disk backplane has a length of 600mm, and the transmission attenuation of the mini sas signal on the PCB is relatively large. If the mini sas interface is placed at the rear entrance of the hard disk backplane, the signal quality to the front hard disk cannot be satisfied. Place a mini sas interface between each of the 6 hard disks in the depth direction. The signal to the left and right hard disks has the shortest trace length on the PCB, and the driver placed at the interface should be attenuated by the long distance trace. . At the same time, relying on the structure to leave the cable between the hard disk and the locking space and the operation space to complete the entire hard disk box design.

S609. Connect one end of the cable to the interface of the motherboard rear-end adapter card in step 3, and connect the other end to the mini sas interface of the hard disk backplane in the hard disk enclosures in steps 4 and 5. At this point, the design and interconnection of the units in the entire 1U box are completed, and the hot-plugging function design of the storage server and the hard disk in the 1U space is realized.

7 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, including: a server box, a motherboard insert box, an adapter board, a PCIE/SAS card, a hard disk subrack, a hard disk backboard, and a power supply. Cables, MINISAS cables, folding frames, etc., are as follows:

The 1U box (server box) is a large box with a 538mm width * 46.5mm height (1U) * 850mm depth. The internal space is used to implement different types of servers. The entire box is CLIPBUS from the rear rack. Power take-off, power access design required by the internal specifications of the box. FIG. 8 is a schematic overall view of a server according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, a motherboard insert box and two hard disk plug-in boxes are included, and FIG. 8 illustrates a state in which the plug-in box is dialed.

The motherboard plug-in box is designed for general-purpose server, including CPU, bridge chip, system disk, memory, etc. The rear end of the motherboard plug-in box is connected to the signal connector and the adapter board through the power connector, and cannot be hot-plugged when it is used as a storage server. However, it can be plugged in and replaced for maintenance and repair.

The adapter board provides power for the motherboard socket on the one hand, powers the power supply from the rack power supply unit through the power connector, and carries the PCIE/SAS card, and accesses the PCIE from the motherboard through the signal connector. SATA signal, the PCIE signal is sent to the PCIE slot, and the SATA signal is directly discharged on the transfer board through two mini sas sockets.

The hard disk enclosure consists of a hard disk backplane, six 3.5-inch hard disks, a hard disk fixed structural member, a cable fixing structure, and a hard disk lighting knot. Components and other components. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hard disk insertion box according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9 , the hard disk is disposed in the hard disk insertion box, and can be hot swapped.

The hard disk backplane has a long strip structure, providing six hard disk sockets, two mini sas interfaces, SGPIO decoding circuits, hard disk indicators, high-speed signal drivers, etc. The design of the hard disk backplane is a key factor for this solution.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by, but not limited to, the foregoing modules are all located in the same processor; or, the modules are located in multiple In the processor.

For example, the specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the foregoing embodiments and the optional embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

Claims

A hard disk enclosure comprising:

The hard disk backplane is configured to be fixedly connected to the hard disk at one end of the hard disk insertion box, wherein the length of the hard disk backplane is less than the length of the hard disk insertion box;

A cable tray assembly supporting the folding function is configured to provide a communication signal and a power signal to the hard disk on the hard disk backboard through a cable interface on the hard disk backplane.
The hard disk subrack according to claim 1, wherein the cable rack assembly supporting the folding function further comprises:

a communication cable, configured to provide a communication signal to the hard disk through the cable interface;

An electric cable for supplying power to the hard disk enclosure;

a folding frame for carrying the communication cable and the electric cable, wherein the folding frame is bendable or stretchable in a space of the other end of the hard disk backboard in the hard disk insertion box.
The hard disk enclosure of claim 2, wherein the communication cable comprises:

a serial SATA cable for providing hard disk signals and lighting signals to the hard disk; and/or

A small computer system interface SAS cable is serially connected to provide hard disk signals and lighting signals for the hard disk.
The hard disk enclosure of claim 1, wherein the cable interface is disposed between two hard disks.
The hard disk subrack according to claim 1, wherein the hard disk backplane further comprises: a hard disk socket for setting a hard disk, a serial universal input/output SGPIO decoding circuit, a hard disk indicator light, and a high speed signal driver.
A server, including:

The hard disk insertion box according to any one of claims 1 to 5;

The motherboard slot is connected to the hard disk enclosure, and includes at least one of the following: a central processing unit CPU, a bridge chip, a system disk, and a memory.
The server of claim 6, wherein the server further comprises:

An adapter board connected to the motherboard subrack and the hard disk subrack by an adapter for providing power to the motherboard subrack and providing a communication connection between the hard disk subrack and the mainboard subrack .
The server of claim 7, wherein the interposer further comprises: a bus and an interface PCIE for transmitting communication signals over the SATA cable and/or the SAS cable.
The server of claim 8, wherein the bus and interface PCIE comprises: a host bus adapter HBA card, an independent redundant disk array RAID card.
The server of claim 6, wherein the motherboard subrack further comprises: a serial SATA interface for transmitting communication signals over the SATA cable.