Circuit board and system supporting universal and cabinet type servers
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of server design.
Background
In the field of servers, Rack (Rack) type servers and general purpose type servers are two different server architectures that are specified. Typically, Rack-type servers are Rack-mounted, typically 1U high nodes. In the field of cold storage, the internal storage architectures and control modes of the Rack and the general server are different. At present, the board cards are respectively designed according to the two major architectures in the industry.
At present, in the field of cold storage, a universal server adopts a form of matching an HBA card and a storage disk connection card to realize the connection of a plurality of storage disks, and the storage disks are distributed in a node in a layered mode and are listed in a multilayer mode.
In the Rack type architecture, a main board and a back board are directly connected, and a storage disk is tiled at the bottom of a node and is not arranged in a layered mode. Due to the difference of internal architectures of the two models, both the Rack and the universal model are designed respectively at present, and if the same platform supports the two models, the two models need to be divided into two projects, so that development resources are wasted.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned technical problems. Therefore, the invention provides a circuit board and a system supporting universal and cabinet type servers, which have the application of the same platform and the same processor, can share one core board card, and do not need to be designed separately for different machine types. Can greatly save development resources, enrich product forms and maximize design benefits.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions.
There is provided a circuit board supporting general and cabinet type servers, comprising:
the motherboard, and a CPU (central processing unit) chip, a BMC (baseboard management Controller) chip, a PCH (south bridge) chip, a motherboard high-density connector plug, and a motherboard power connector, which are provided on the motherboard. The CPU chip is connected to the high-density connector joint of the main board through PCIE. FAN signals and I2C bus signals of the BMC chip are connected to the high-density connector joint of the mainboard. The CPU chip is connected with a PCIE card slot. The PCH chip is connected to several disk connectors. The high-density connector joint of the main board is used for transmitting signals including PCIE signals, I2C signals and FAN signals.
A rack-type server system, comprising:
support circuit board, backplate of general and rack-type server. The backboard is provided with a backboard high-density connector joint, a backboard first power connector and a backboard second power connector, the backboard high-density connector joint is connected with at least one PCIE-to-SATA connector, and the PCIE-to-SATA connector is connected with at least one storage disk. The high-density connector joint of the back board is used for being connected with the high-density connector joint of the main board. The first power connector of the backboard is connected with the second power connector of the backboard through a cable. The first power connector of the backboard is used for connecting an external power supply, and the second power connector of the backboard is connected with the power connector of the mainboard and used for supplying power to the mainboard.
A universal server system, comprising:
the IO board is provided with an IO board high-density connector joint, an IO board first power connector and an IO board second power connector, the IO board high-density connector joint is connected with a FAN connector through a FAN signal line and is connected with an I2C connector through an I2C bus. And the IO board high-density connector joint is used for being connected with the mainboard high-density connector joint. The IO board first power connector is connected with the IO board second power connector through a cable. The first power connector of the IO board is used for connecting an external power supply, and the second power connector of the IO board is used for connecting with the power connector of the main board.
The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the circuit board supporting the universal server and the cabinet server can carry out the overall design of the architecture according to the difference point between the universal server and the Rack server, can be compatible with the Rack architecture and the universal architecture at the same time, saves development resources and enriches product forms.
2. Through the design of three board cards of adopting mainboard, IO board, backplate, the collocation is free, conveniently constructs and builds, and is compatible strong in addition, provides the sharing reference for the project of follow-up same platform, and the commonality is strong, has reduced the development number of times of follow-up integrated circuit board.
3. The high-density ports are adopted for connection, so that signal connection is reinforced, and the signal transmission quality is ensured, thereby ensuring the product quality.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture connection of a Rack-type server system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an architecture connection of a general server system according to an embodiment.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and examples.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the circuit board supporting the general-purpose server and the cabinet-type server includes:
the mainboard, and CPU chip, BMC chip, PCH chip, mainboard high-density connector joint, mainboard power connector that establish on the mainboard. And the main board card integrates all key chips and realizes functions. The CPU chip is connected to the high-density connector joint of the main board through PCIE. FAN signals and I2C bus signals of the BMC chip are connected to the high-density connector joint of the mainboard. The CPU chip is connected with a PCIE card slot. The PCH chip is connected to several disk connectors. The high-density connector joint of the main board is used for transmitting signals including PCIE signals, I2C signals and FAN signals.
The I2C signal, information collection and control for general purpose disk attached cards, and information collection for power consumption, Rack and general purpose architecture in common.
FAN signals, FAN control signals and monitoring signals, connected to the FAN, for a universal server architecture.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the rack server system includes:
support circuit board, backplate of general and rack-type server. The backboard is provided with a backboard high-density connector joint, a backboard first power connector and a backboard second power connector, the backboard high-density connector joint is connected with at least one PCIE-to-SATA connector, and the PCIE-to-SATA connector is connected with at least one storage disk. The high-density connector joint of the back board is used for being connected with the high-density connector joint of the main board. The first power connector of the backboard is connected with the second power connector of the backboard through a cable. The first power connector of the backboard is used for connecting an external power supply, and the second power connector of the backboard is connected with the power connector of the mainboard and used for supplying power to the mainboard.
In this embodiment, the backplane is connected to the plurality of storage disk connectors through the PCIE-to-SATA connector, and then connected to the storage disks, thereby realizing a Rack type storage disk connection. The back plate mainly realizes the functions of PCIE and SATA conversion, storage disk point lamp control, power supply connection and the like.
In this embodiment, the motherboard CPU is connected to the high-density connector through pcie 4. The backplane mainly realizes the connection of the storage disks, converts the signals of PCIEx4 from the motherboard into SATA buses through 4 PCIE-SATA conversion, and connects the storage disks through 3 storage disk connectors respectively. The backboard can be connected with 12 storage disks, one end of the backboard is connected with the power supply connecting plate of the Rack framework, and the other end of the backboard is connected with the main board, so that the design of the whole Rack framework is realized.
The storage disk connector on the mainboard is used for a Rack architecture, the Rack architecture does not need to be connected with an HBA card, all storage disks are directly connected with the mainboard or a backboard, and the current mainboard supports 6 storage disks.
The high-density connector joint of the main board is a high-density connector female head, and the high-density connector joint of the back board is a high-density connector male head.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 2, the general server system includes:
the IO board is provided with an IO board high-density connector joint, an IO board first power connector and an IO board second power connector, the IO board high-density connector joint is connected with a FAN connector through a FAN signal line and is connected with an I2C connector through an I2C bus. And the IO board high-density connector joint is used for being connected with the mainboard high-density connector joint. The IO board first power connector is connected with the IO board second power connector through a cable. The first power connector of the IO board is used for connecting an external power supply, and the second power connector of the IO board is used for connecting with the power connector of the main board.
In this embodiment, the PCIE slot of the main board is specifically a PCIE x8 slot, and is used to connect an HBA card, and the HBA card is used to connect a storage disk connection card of the universal platform, so as to implement a multi-storage disk location design.
The IO board obtains I2C signal and FAN signal from the mainboard, and I2C signal is used for distinguishing general-purpose storage disk connection card and is used for information collection and control of storage disk connection card, and the FAN signal is that the connection FAN was used, and general-purpose model FAN is inside the quick-witted case, therefore needs to connect the FAN.
The high-density connector joint of the main board is specifically a high-density connector female head, and the high-density connector joint of the IO board is specifically a high-density connector male head.
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without inventive efforts by those skilled in the art based on the technical solution of the present invention.