CN102346504A - Server - Google Patents

Abstract

A server is provided with a hard disk array and a mainboard module which are respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of a case in a removable way so as to realize hot plug on the hard disk array and the mainboard module. The mainboard module is provided with a bearing disc for bearing a mainboard, an expansion frame for bearing an expansion card with golden fingers and a cable for electrically connecting the mainboard and the expansion card, and the cable can avoid the distortion of signals of the mainboard caused by the influence of the length of a transmission path, so that the mainboard can be contacted with a server inserted by the golden fingers of the expansion card to reduce the design and manufacturing cost of the server, namely, the invention can effectively overcome various defects in the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.

Description

server

technical field

The invention relates to a server, in particular to a server realizing the function of hot plugging of the motherboard.

Background technique

With the development of electronic technology, servers have become widely used information processing systems in the industry. A server usually includes a motherboard, a power supply, various disk drives, etc., and the motherboard is the core part of the server.

Due to the increasing demand for server functions and the increasing miniaturization of the volume, there are more and more demands for installing multiple motherboards in the same chassis, and the volume of each motherboard itself is getting smaller and smaller. On the one hand, it is required to realize the hot plug of the motherboard. On the other hand, it is required to lay out more parts on the motherboard in a limited space, which makes the design and manufacturing cost of the server remain high.

Therefore, how to design a server to realize hot-swapping on the main board, and satisfy more parts on the main board in a limited space, thereby reducing the cost of design and manufacturing, is an urgent need for industry players in related fields. The problem to be solved.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a server to implement the hot-swappable function on the mainboard and reduce design and manufacturing costs.

In order to achieve the above purpose and other related purposes, the present invention provides a server, including: a chassis, a hard disk array, a plurality of motherboard modules, a motherboard, a carrier disk, an expansion shelf, an expansion card, a power supply module, and an adapter board, wherein the The chassis has a bottom plate; the hard disk array is detachably arranged at the front end of the chassis; the plurality of mainboard modules are detachably arranged at the rear end of the chassis, and each mainboard module has: the mainboard is provided with at least one first connection port; the carrier plate is used to carry the main board; the expansion frame is fixedly connected to one end of the carrier plate; the expansion card is carried on the expansion frame, and the expansion card is connected to the first cable through a first cable The port is electrically connected, and the expansion card is provided with a golden finger at the end away from the motherboard; the power supply module and the motherboard module are arranged side by side at the rear end of the chassis; the adapter board is arranged on the Between the hard disk array and the main board module, and parallel to the bottom plate of the chassis, the adapter board is electrically connected to the hard disk array and the power supply module through the second cable, and the adapter board is close to the main board module One end of one end has a plurality of second connection ports corresponding to the gold fingers, so that the gold fingers can be respectively inserted into the second connection ports.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the server may include a fan module disposed between the hard disk array and the adapter board in the case, the fan module includes a plurality of fans, and the fans correspond to the main board module. set by location. The main board module may include a central processing unit, a plurality of memory bars and an air deflector, the central processing unit and the memory bars are arranged side by side on the air outlet side of the fan on the main board, and the bottom of the air deflector is fixed on the air deflector. On the expansion card, the rear end of the air deflector is clamped between two of the memory sticks that are relatively close to the central processing unit, wherein the memory stick closest to the central processor and the air deflector jointly form a wind deflector. noodle.

In addition, the front end of the air deflector may have an extension, which extends to a position close to the air outlet surface of the fan module, and is bent toward the direction of the memory module. Correspondingly, the front end of the expansion shelf may have The opening, the extension of the wind deflector and the golden finger of the expansion card are exposed through the opening.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the edge of the expansion card may have a second through hole for screwing the expansion card onto the expansion frame, and the bottom of the wind deflector may have a first through hole corresponding to The second through hole of the expansion card is set, so that the air deflector can be locked on the expansion card through the screws passing through the first and second through holes in sequence. Both the front end of the carrying tray and the rear end of the extension frame can be provided with folded edges, and the carrying tray and the extension frame are riveted together through the folded edges. Each motherboard module may include a battery holder for carrying the battery used by the motherboard module. The battery holder has at least two supporting feet extending downward from the bottom of the battery holder. The two supporting feet can be fixed to the motherboard and the extension respectively. card, so that the bottom of the battery holder separates the motherboard and the expansion card.

Furthermore, the edges of the main board and the expansion card can respectively have fourth through holes, so that the main board and the expansion card can be screwed on the carrier tray and the expansion rack respectively, and the two supporting feet of the battery rack can respectively have corresponding The third perforation of the fourth perforation allows the battery holder to be locked on the main board and the expansion card through screws sequentially passing through the third and fourth perforations. The server can include two fixing frames, and the fixing frames can be respectively fixed on the two side walls of the case to fix the adapter board. The rear end of the cabinet can have a plurality of partitions, and the partitions can be parallel to the two side walls of the cabinet to divide the cabinet into a plurality of accommodating spaces. Tracks can be formed on each partition for respectively Guide the motherboard module and the power supply module into the accommodating space of the chassis.

As mentioned above, the server of the present invention has a hard disk array and a mainboard module respectively detachably arranged at the front and rear ends of the chassis, so as to realize hot swapping thereof. The mainboard module has a carrier plate for carrying the mainboard, an expansion frame for carrying an expansion card with gold fingers, and a cable for electrically connecting the mainboard and the expansion card, and the cable can prevent the signals of the mainboard from being affected. Therefore, the main board of the present invention can get in touch with the server where it is inserted through the gold finger of the expansion card, so as to reduce the design and manufacturing costs of the server, that is, the present invention can effectively overcome the problems in the prior art. Various defects have high industrial utilization value.

Description of drawings

The following drawings are all simplified drawings, and only illustrate the basic idea of the present invention in a schematic manner. In the drawings, only the components related to the server of the present invention are shown rather than drawn according to the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation. The type, quantity and ratio of each component can be adjusted and changed according to the actual situation.

FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view of the internal structure of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of the motherboard module of the server shown in FIG. 1 .

Description of main component symbols

1 server

11 Chassis

111 Bottom plate

112 Partition

113 side wall

12 hard disk array

121 Guidance Department

13 main board module

131 motherboard

1311 CPU

1312 memory stick

1313 Fourth piercing

1314 The first connection port

132 expansion card

1321 Fourth piercing

1322 Goldfinger

1323 Second piercing

133 carrying plate

134 Expansion rack

1341 opening

135 wind deflector

1351 Extension

1352 First piercing

136 battery rack

1361 Supporting feet

13611 Third perforation

14 The first cable

15 Power module

16 adapter board

161 Second connection port

17 fan module

171 fan

18 Fixed frame

191 Second cable

192 The third cable

2 batteries

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention are described below through specific examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific examples, and various modifications and changes can be made to the details in this specification based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 , which are partial exploded views of the internal structure of the server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the server 1 of this embodiment is at least composed of a chassis 11, a hard disk array 12, a plurality of motherboard modules 13, a power supply module 15, and an adapter board 16. The composition and connection relationship of the components will be described in detail below . It should be noted that the internal structure and number of accessories of the server of the present invention are not limited to those shown in the figure.

In this embodiment, the chassis 11 is at least surrounded by a bottom plate 111 and two side walls 113 . This hard disk array 12 comprises hard disk rack, and this hard disk rack is arranged on the front end of this cabinet 11, and can insert a plurality of hard disks, thereby makes described hard disk be arranged in this hard disk array 12 extractably, promptly described hard disk can all be installed in this hard disk array 12. The front end of the chassis 11 is plugged in for data access inside the server 1. If the amount of data to be accessed is huge, the number of hard disks plugged in can be increased.

In addition, the rear end of the cabinet 11 has two partitions 112 arranged in parallel to divide the cabinet 11 into multiple accommodating spaces, but it should be noted that the number of partitions 112 arranged in the cabinet 11, It is not limited to two, and the number of partitions 112 can still be appropriately increased or decreased according to the situation. As shown in the figure, each partition 112 is provided with a track to guide each motherboard module 13 and power supply module 15 to enter and exit the rear end of the chassis 11 in the direction of the double arrow D2 in FIG. 1 , so that the power supply module 15 and the motherboard The modules 13 are arranged side by side at the rear end of the chassis 11 , so as to realize hot swapping of the motherboard module 13 and the power supply module 15 on the rear end of the chassis 11 .

In this embodiment, each motherboard module 13 has a motherboard 131 , an expansion card 132 , a carrier disk 133 , and an expansion shelf 134 . The motherboard 131 is provided with a first connection port 1314 for providing an electrical connection with the expansion card 132 . The supporting plate 133 has a supporting surface for supporting the main board 131 . The extension frame 134 is riveted to one end of the support plate 133, so that the support plate 133 and the extension frame 134 are combined into one body, but not limited thereto, screw connection, pin connection and other fixing methods can also be used to combine the two. The expansion card 132 is carried on the expansion frame 134, and is electrically connected to the first connection port 1314 of the main board 131 through the first cable 14, thereby connecting the main board 131 and the expansion card through the first cable 14. 132 , the expansion card 132 is provided with a golden finger 1322 at the end away from the motherboard 131 . Optimally, there are a plurality of first connection ports 1314 on the mainboard 131 to complete the electrical connection between all components on the mainboard 131 and the expansion card 132, so that the layout and wiring of each component on the mainboard 131 can be easily Restricted by the space of the motherboard, more parts can be arranged in the limited space of the motherboard, thereby effectively saving the design and manufacturing costs of the server.

In addition, because the electrical conductivity of the cable is easier to grasp, that is, the signal transmission will not be affected by the length of the transmission path and cause excessive distortion. For example, if the cable is used to transmit the SATA signal in the north bridge chip of the motherboard, it will not be transmitted. Excessive distortion due to the influence of the path length, that is, the signal transmitted by the cable will meet the requirements of the layout of the components and the signal on the motherboard regarding line length, line width, line spacing, impedance, timing, electromagnetic interference, etc. Since the layout of the cables does not need to take up too much space on the motherboard, it will not be restricted by the smaller and smaller volume of the motherboard and the denser electronic components on it. Therefore, the server in this embodiment uses the first cable , while reducing overall design and manufacturing costs.

Each motherboard module 13 can be electrically connected to the server 1 through the golden finger 1322 of its expansion card 132, so each motherboard module 13 can be hot-swapped at the rear end of the chassis 11, so as to realize the hot-swap of the motherboard and satisfy all requirements. customer's request. The adapter plate 16 is arranged between the hard disk array 12 and the mainboard module 13 in the case 11, and is arranged parallel to the bottom plate 111 of the case 11. The adapter plate 16 is electrically connected through the second cable 191. The hard disk array 12 is permanently connected, and the end of the adapter board 16 close to the motherboard module 13 has a plurality of second connection ports 161 corresponding to the gold fingers 1322 of each expansion card 132, for the gold fingers 1322 to be plugged in respectively. Placed in the second connection port 161 , and then establish a correspondence and connection relationship between the motherboard module 13 and the hard disk array 12 through the adapter board 16 . And the adapter board 16 is electrically connected with the power supply module 15 through the third cable 192, so that the power supply module 15 can supply power to the adapter board 16, and then the hard disk array 12 and the motherboard module are respectively connected through the adapter board 16. 13 power supply. In this embodiment, the second connection port 161 is a gold finger slot, but not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the server 1 further includes two fixing brackets 18, and the two fixing brackets 18 are respectively locked on the two side walls 113 of the chassis 11, or integrally formed on the side walls 113 of the chassis 11, for use To fix the adapter plate 16 , correspondingly, each fixing frame 18 has a fixing mechanism such as a screw hole for locking the adapter plate 16 , but not limited thereto.

In addition, the motherboard module 13 also includes a CPU 1311 and a plurality of memory sticks 1312 arranged side by side on the motherboard 131 . When the motherboard module 13 is running, the central processing unit 1311 will generate high heat, so it needs to be blown to dissipate heat, so as to prevent the central processing unit 1311 from being burned due to overheating, and even affect the working performance. Therefore, the server 1 is provided with a fan module 17 between the hard disk array 12 and the motherboard module 13 with the air outlet side facing the central processing unit 1311 . The fan module 17 includes a plurality of fans 171 , and each fan 171 is set corresponding to the motherboard module 13 to blow air and dissipate heat to the CPU 1311 .

In order to make the cooling air generated by the fan module 17 flow to the CPU 1311 effectively, the motherboard module 13 is also provided with an air deflector 135 . The bottom of the wind deflector 135 is fixed on the expansion card 132, and the rear end of the wind deflector 135 is clamped between the two of the memory sticks 1312 that are relatively close to the central processing unit 1311, and the closest to the central processing unit 1311. The memory bar 1312 of the processor 1311 and the air deflector 135 jointly form an air guide surface to guide most of the air of the fan module 17 to flow to the central processing unit 1311, thereby strengthening the heat dissipation of the central processing unit 1311 by the fan module 17 Effect.

As shown in the figure, one end of the wind deflector 135 is clamped by two memory sticks 1312 to achieve the purpose of locking, and the other end is locked on the expansion card 132 by screws, so the setting of the wind deflector 135 There is no need to form additional holes on the main board 131 , so the arrangement of the air deflector 135 will not affect the circuit layout on the main board 131 . In addition, the air deflector 135 has an extension portion 1351 extending toward the fan module 17, the extension portion 1351 extends to a position close to the air outlet surface of the fan module 17, and is bent toward the direction of the memory module 1312 for Part of the airflow generated by the fan module 17 is guided to an appropriate place of the motherboard 131 for heat dissipation. Specifically, the air deflector 135 can guide part of the airflow generated by the fan module 17 that originally flows to the memory module 1312 to the central processing unit 1311, thereby strengthening the heat dissipation of the central processing unit 1311, thereby solving the problem of the fan module. The airflow provided by 17 mostly flows to the memory module 1312 due to the wind resistance and cannot effectively dissipate the heat of the central processing unit. In addition, the shape of the air deflector 135 can be adjusted according to the requirement of heat dissipation, and is not limited to the one shown in the figure.

One side of the extension frame 134 has an opening 1341 for the extension portion 1351 of the air deflector 135 to protrude outward toward the direction of the fan module 17 and the memory module 1312 . Preferably, the extension portion 1351 of the wind deflector 135 and the golden finger 1322 of the expansion card 132 are exposed through the opening 1341 .

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2 , the edge of the expansion card 132 has a second through hole 1323 for screwing the expansion card 132 onto the expansion frame 134 , and correspondingly, the bottom of the wind deflector 135 has a first hole 1323 . Through holes 1352, the first through holes 1352 are set corresponding to the second through holes 1323 of the expansion card 132, so that the air deflector 135 can be fixed on the expansion card through the screws passing through the first through holes 1352 and the second through holes 1323 in sequence. On card 132. In this embodiment, the front end of the carrier plate 133 and the rear end of the extension frame 134 are provided with folded edges, so that the carrier plate 133 and the extension frame 134 are riveted into one body through the folded edges, and through the The folded edges are used to prevent the carrier tray 133 and the extension frame 134 from warping under force, so as to increase the structural strength of the carrier tray 133 and the extension frame 134 as a whole.

In this embodiment, each motherboard module 13 may include a battery rack 136 for carrying the battery 2 required for the operation of the motherboard module 13. The battery rack 136 has at least two supporting feet 1361, and the supporting feet 1361 are formed by the The bottom of the battery holder 136 extends downwards and is respectively fixed on the main board 131 and the expansion card 132, so that the bottom of the battery holder 136 separates the main board 131 and the expansion card 132 respectively, so as not to hinder the main board 131 and the expansion The circuit layout on the card 132 relative to the location of the battery bay 136 .

Wherein, the edges of the main board 131 and the expansion card 132 have fourth through holes 1313, 1321 respectively, which are respectively used to screw the main board 131 and the expansion card 132 onto the carrier tray 133 and the expansion rack 134, and the battery rack 136 The support foot 1361 has a third through hole 13611 corresponding to the fourth through hole 1313, 1321, so that the battery holder 136 can be connected to the The two ends of the two ends are respectively locked on the main board 131 and the expansion card 132, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, other locking mechanisms can also be used instead. Therefore, the arrangement of the battery holder 136 does not need to add through holes on the main board 131 to avoid occupying the inherent circuit layout space of the main board 131 .

To sum up, the server of the present invention has a hard disk array and a motherboard module respectively detachably arranged at the front and rear ends of the chassis, so as to realize hot swapping. The mainboard module has a carrier plate for carrying the mainboard, an expansion frame for carrying an expansion card with gold fingers, and a cable for electrically connecting the mainboard and the expansion card, and the cable can prevent the signals of the mainboard from being affected. Therefore, the main board of the present invention can get in touch with the server where it is inserted through the gold finger of the expansion card, so as to reduce the design and manufacturing costs of the server, that is, the present invention can effectively overcome the problems in the prior art. Various defects have high industrial utilization value.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only illustrative to illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify and change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical ideas disclosed in the present invention should still be covered by the claims.

Claims (10)

1. server comprises:

Cabinet has base plate;

Hard disk array is arranged at the front end of cabinet, comprises a plurality of hard disks, and said hard disk can be located in this hard disk array with extracting;

A plurality of mainboard modules can be located at the rear end of this cabinet with extracting, and each mainboard module has:

Mainboard is provided with at least one first connectivity port;

Carrier is to carry this mainboard;

Extensible frame is fixed in an end of this carrier;

Expansion card is carried on this extensible frame, and this expansion card is through the electric connection of first cable and this first connectivity port, and this expansion is stuck in an end that deviates from this mainboard and is provided with golden finger;

Power module is arranged side by side the rear end in this cabinet with said mainboard module; And

Card extender; Be located between this hard disk array and said mainboard module in this cabinet; And be parallel to the base plate setting of this cabinet, this card extender electrically connects this hard disk array through second cable, and electrically connects this power module through the 3rd cable; And this card extender has a plurality of second connectivity ports corresponding with said golden finger near an end of said mainboard module, is inserted in respectively in said second connectivity port for said golden finger.

2. server according to claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises blower module, is located between this hard disk array and this card extender in the cabinet, and this blower module comprises a plurality of fans, and said fan is provided with corresponding to the position of said mainboard module.

3. server according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; This mainboard module also comprises central processing unit, a plurality of memory bar and wind deflector, and this central processing unit and said memory bar are arranged side by side in the air side of this above fan of mainboard, and the bottom of this wind deflector is fixed on this expansion card; The rear end of this wind deflector is arranged in the said memory bar relatively near between the two of this central processing unit, wherein forms the wind-guiding face jointly near memory bar and this wind deflector of this central processing unit.

4. server according to claim 3 is characterized in that the front end of this wind deflector has extension, and this extension extends to the position that is close to this blower module outlet air surface, and bends to the direction of said memory bar.

5. server according to claim 4 is characterized in that the front end of this extensible frame has opening, and the extension of this wind deflector and the golden finger of this expansion card expose to this opening.

6. server according to claim 3; It is characterized in that; The edge of this expansion card has second perforation, and in order to this expansion card is bolted on this extensible frame, and the bottom of this wind deflector has first perforation; Second perforation corresponding to this expansion card is provided with, thereby this wind deflector of screws through passing these first and second perforation in regular turn is on this expansion card.

7. server according to claim 1; It is characterized in that each mainboard module further comprises battery carrier, in order to carry the battery that this mainboard module uses; This battery carrier has at least two feets; To extending below, this two feet is individually fixed on this mainboard and this expansion card, thereby makes the bottom of this battery carrier separate this mainboard and this expansion card respectively by this battery carrier bottom surface.

8. server according to claim 7; It is characterized in that; The edge of this mainboard and this expansion card has the 4th perforation respectively; So that this mainboard and expansion card are bolted in respectively on this carrier and the extensible frame, this of this battery carrier two feets have the 3rd perforation corresponding to said the 4th perforation respectively, thereby this battery carrier of screws through passing said third and fourth perforation in regular turn is on this mainboard and expansion card.

9. server according to claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises two fixed mounts, and said fixed mount is individually fixed on the two side of this cabinet, in order to fixing this card extender.

10. server according to claim 9; It is characterized in that; The rear end of this cabinet has a plurality of dividing plates, and is parallel with the two side of this cabinet, and this cabinet is divided into a plurality of accommodation spaces; Be formed with track on each dividing plate, get in the accommodation space of this cabinet in order to guide said mainboard module and this power module respectively.

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