A kind of blade-type external expansion card module
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of blade-type external expansion card module, relate in particular to a kind of blade-type external expansion card module having in the cabinet of track that is applicable to hot plug and is arranged at.
Background technology
Blade server refers in the rack cabinet of calibrated altitude server unit that can the multiple cassettes of plug-in mounting, realizes high available and high density.Each piece " blade " is exactly in fact a block system mainboard.They can, by the operating system of " plate carries " hard disk startup oneself, as Windows NT/2000, Linux etc., be similar to one by one independently server, under this pattern, the system of each piece motherboard operation oneself, serves the different user group of appointment, there is no each other association.But, keeper can use system software that these motherboards are assembled to a server cluster.Under cluster mode, all motherboards can couple together provides network environment at a high speed, and while shared resource, is identical customer group service.In cluster, insert new " blade ", just can improve overall performance.
According to the required server capability of bearing, it is several that blade server is divided into server blade, networking blade, storage blade, managing blade, optical-fibre channel SAN blade, expansion I/O blade, graphic process unit (GPU) blade etc., and various blade-type external expansion card modules are born functions different in system.Each external expansion card module is packed in server, is not easy to expansion and the maintenance of each functional module.
Therefore, how easily tool setting chip module is installed and is safeguarded, to reach, server is managed to the research emphasis that has become industry more efficiently rapidly.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, object of the present invention is just to provide a kind of blade-type external expansion card module, can be independently, easily by its hot plug in cabinet.
According to one embodiment of the invention, a kind of blade-type external expansion card module is proposed, be applicable to hot plug and be arranged at one have in the cabinet of track, comprising: an expansion card, has a PCI golden finger; One adapter, arrange vertical with expansion card, adapter comprises: a PCI slot, be arranged at a surface of adapter, setting corresponding to PCI golden finger, with the PCI golden finger of pegging graft; And a connector, be arranged at the rear end of adapter, be applicable to be electrically connected cabinet, the direction of connector is perpendicular to the direction of PCI slot, and identical with the direction of track; And a shell, accommodating expansion card and adapter, outer casing back has at least one opening, and connector exposes to opening, and shell is pegged graft and extracts cabinet along track.
Wherein, shell comprises one the first half housing and one the second half housing, and first and second half shell combination becomes shell and forms an accommodation space with accommodating expansion card and adapter.The first half housings have a vertically disposed base plate and a first side wall and a locking wall, and the first side wall has one first bending wall away from base plate place, has multiple chutes on the bending line of the first bending wall.The second half housings have a vertically disposed top board and one second sidewall, have multiple screw holes on the second sidewall, and top board has the L-type spacer corresponding with the chute of the first half housings away from the second side-walls.Expansion card is fixed on the base plate of the first half housings, adapter is fixed on the second sidewall of the second half housings, when the first half housings and the second half shell combination, L-type spacer is inserted to chute corresponding with it, then by the first half housings and the second half housing relative slidings, the corresponding chute of L-type spacer and its is engaged, and the second sidewall is affixed by screw with locking wall.
Wherein, the second half housings have leader's structure, comprise leader and a fastener, handle is strip, and its bottom is articulated in shell and has a bayonet socket, and its upper end has the crotch of an outward, fastener is L-type elastic body, its one end is fixed on shell, and the other end has a snap fit, fastens with the upper end of handle.In the time of in blade-type external expansion card module is plugged on cabinet, the bayonet socket of handle bottom blocks the edge of chassis backplane.When needs detach in cabinet by blade-type external expansion card module, the upper end of handle is separation with fastener, make the interference at the edge of the bayonet socket detachment machine box plate of handle bottom.
Wherein, outer casing back is pegged graft and extracts cabinet along track towards cabinet.
Use blade-type external expansion card module provided by the invention, the juncture of its shell is convenient to the assembling of module, being provided with to be beneficial to better of handle fixed itself and cabinet, also can be independently except being convenient to self assembling, easily by its hot plug in cabinet, improve the efficiency of installing and safeguarding.
Accompanying drawing explanation
For above and other objects of the present invention, feature, advantage and embodiment can be become apparent, being described in detail as follows of appended accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are the decomposition texture schematic diagram that illustrates the different angles of an embodiment of blade-type external expansion card module of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the assembling schematic diagram that illustrates an embodiment of blade-type external expansion card module of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that illustrates L-type spacer and chute snap-in structure in Fig. 3; And
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that illustrates blade-type external expansion card module of the present invention and cabinet.
Embodiment
Below will and describe in detail with accompanying drawing and know explaination spirit of the present invention, any those of ordinary skill in the art is understanding after preferred embodiment of the present invention, when can be by the disclosed technology of the present invention, change and modification, and do not depart from spirit of the present invention and scope.
With reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, it is the decomposition texture schematic diagram that illustrates the different angles of an embodiment of blade-type external expansion card module of the present invention.Blade-type external expansion card module comprises the shell being comprised of the first half housings 100 and the second half housings 102 and is arranged on the first half housings 100 and the second half housings 102 combine and an expansion card 110 and an adapter 112 in the accommodation space of the shell that forms forms.Expansion card 110 is elements of realizing the function of external expansion card module.Expansion card 110 has a PCI golden finger, and adapter 112 setting vertical with expansion card 110, is provided with a PCI slot 128, straight up with the PCI golden finger of pegging graft on adapter 112.In addition, adapter 112 is also provided with a connector 114, and its direction is perpendicular to the direction of PCI slot 128, and connector 114 is in order to be electrically connected expansion card 110 by adapter 112 and cabinet.The first half housings 100 have a vertically disposed base plate 116, in a side of base plate 116, are provided with perpendicular the first side wall 118, and the first side wall 118 has folded walls 104 away from base plate 116 places, and it is vertical with the first side wall 118, is parallel to base plate 116.The folding line place of folded walls 104 has multiple chutes 106.At base plate 116, away from another side edge of the first side wall 118, there is a locking wall 124, perpendicular to base plate 116, and on it, have for fixing screw hole.With the first half housings 100 similarly, the second half housings 102 have a vertically disposed top board 120, top board 120 is parallel with base plate 116.In top board 120 1 side edge, be provided with the second perpendicular sidewall 122, the second sidewalls 122 and away from top board 120 places, there is the hole corresponding with screw hole on the locking wall 124 of the first half housings 100.At top board 120, away from another side edge of the second sidewall 122, there is the L-type spacer 108 corresponding to chute 106 at the folding line place of the folded walls 104 of multiple and the first half housings 100.That is to say, the L-type spacer 108 of the second half housings 102 is corresponding one by one with the chute 106 of the first half housings 100.Rear end that it should be noted that the first half housings 100 caves inward and the shape that forms opening 126, the second half housings 102 correspondingly caves in, and so just makes connector 114 expose to the accommodation space that the first half housings 100 and the second half housings 102 form.When this blade-type external expansion card module of combination, expansion card 110 is fixed on base plate 116 abreast by screw, adapter 112 is parallel to the second sidewall 122 and arranges, and be screwed on the second sidewall 122, and the PCI golden finger of expansion card 110 is inserted in the PCI slot 128 of adapter 112, then the L-type spacer 108 of the second half housings 102 is inserted respectively in the chute 106 of the first half housings 100 corresponding with it, then by the first half housings 100 and the second half housing 102 relative slidings, until L-type spacer 108 engages with chute 106, now the locking wall 124 of the first half housings overlaps with the corresponding screw hole on the second sidewall 122, locked together with screw, complete assembling.In addition, for this blade-type external expansion card module is plugged easily in cabinet, on the second half housings 102, be provided with leader's structure, comprise a handles 130 and a fastener 132.Handle 130 is strip, and its bottom is articulated in the second half housings 102 and has a bayonet socket 136, and its upper end has the crotch 138 of an outward, fastener 132 is L-type elastic body, its one end is fixed on the second half housings 102, and the other end has a snap fit, fastens with the upper end of handle 130.
Now please refer to Fig. 3, it is to illustrate schematic diagram after the assembling of an embodiment of blade-type external expansion card module of the present invention.After the first half housings 100 and the second half housing 102 combinations, form the shell of blade-type external expansion card module, expansion card 110 and adapter 112 (not illustrating) are placed in the accommodation space of shell, but opening 126 places of shell front end, the connector 114 of adapter 112 exposes to shell, its direction is parallel to the plug direction of blade-type external expansion card module, in order to this blade-type external expansion card module and cabinet are electrically connected.The L-type spacer 108 of the second half housings 102 inserts respectively in the chute 106 of the first half housings 100 corresponding with it, then by the first half housings 100 and the second half housing 102 relative slidings, until L-type spacer 108 engages with chute 106, now the locking wall 124 of the first half housings overlaps with the corresponding screw hole on the second sidewall 122, locked together with screw, with this, completed assembling.In the rear end of shell, the namely opposite side of opening 126, is provided with leader 130 and a fastener 132 on the second half housings 102.
In order to further illustrate engaging of L-type spacer and chute, please refer to Fig. 4, it is the schematic diagram that illustrates L-type spacer and chute snap-in structure in Fig. 3.In figure, chute 106 is square, and the folding line place that it is positioned at the folded walls 104 of the first half housings 100, therefore can observe its position easily.The length of L-type spacer 108 is less than chute 106, therefore L-type spacer can be inserted to chute 106.L-type spacer is being inserted after chute 106, by the first half housings 100 and the second half housing 102 relative slidings, make the place, right angle of L-type spacer 108 be close to the end of chute 106, so just in the mode that is similar to grab, the relative position of the first half housings 100 and the second half housings 102 is fixed.
Please refer to Fig. 5, it is the schematic diagram that illustrates blade-type external expansion card module of the present invention and cabinet.Cabinet 500 has multiple parallel tracks arranged side by side so that the use of multiple blade-type external expansion card modules to be provided.Blade-type external expansion card module is with its rear end, and opening 126 is pegged graft and extracts along track towards cabinet 500 with connector 114 place ends.When blade-type external expansion card module is plugged on cabinet 500 when interior, the connector 114 exposing is just electrically connected blade-type external expansion card module and cabinet 500.Now the bayonet socket 136 of handle 130 bottoms blocks the edge of cabinet 500 base plates, makes it be difficult for getting loose and skid off.When needs are extracted cabinet 500 by blade-type external expansion card module, the upper end of handle 130 is separation with fastener 132, the crotch 138 of holding 130 ends on handle makes the bayonet socket 136 of handle 130 bottoms depart from the interference at the edge of cabinet 500 base plates, and blade-type external expansion card module is pulled out to cabinet 500.
Blade-type external expansion card module reliable in structure provided by the present invention, utilize L-type spacer and engaging of chute to make its disassembly and assembly easy, that connector that utilization exposes is realized is independent, easily by the object of its hot plug in cabinet, improve the efficiency of installing and safeguarding.
Although the present invention discloses as above with way of example; so it is not in order to limit the present invention; any those of ordinary skill in the art; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when being used for a variety of modifications and variations, the scope that therefore protection scope of the present invention ought define depending on claims is as the criterion.