CN109429461B

CN109429461B - Rack server device

Info

Publication number: CN109429461B
Application number: CN201710722488.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈永佳
Original assignee: Shencloud Technology Co Ltd; Shunda Computer Factory Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shencloud Technology Co Ltd; Shunda Computer Factory Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-22
Filing date: 2017-08-22
Publication date: 2020-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-22
Also published as: CN109429461A

Abstract

A rack server device comprises a plurality of server units, four pillars, two mounting plate units and two bearing units. Each mounting plate unit comprises a side plate and a bridging plate. The side plate is locked on the pillar at the front side. Each bridging plate can move to the corresponding pillar on the rear side relative to the corresponding side plate and is locked. Each bearing unit comprises a plurality of bearing pieces, and the vertical positions of every two adjacent bearing pieces are separated from each other by an accommodating distance which is larger than the height of each server unit. The bridging plates can be respectively moved to the corresponding rear pillars and locked on the corresponding pillars, so that the requirements of different depth distances between the pillars on the front side and the pillars on the corresponding rear side can be met. And the bearing piece is detachably locked on the corresponding side plate and can be adjusted according to the height of the server unit, so that the assembly application layer is effectively improved, and the universality is good.

Description

Rack server device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a rack, and more particularly, to a rack server apparatus.

Background

Generally, in a server room, a rack server is mostly used and a plurality of servers are placed in a rack, so as to centrally manage the plurality of servers and reduce occupation of server space, thereby effectively utilizing the server space. Rack units having rack server heights are calibrated according to the american Electronic Industries Association (EIA) standard server unit (U), one rack unit being referred to as 1U, having a height of 1.75 inches (about 44.45 mm), thereby representing height limitations that can be accommodated within the rack, such as: a 1U rack may accommodate one rack unit height (about 44.45 mm) of servers, or a 9U rack may accommodate nine rack units height (about 400 mm) of servers, etc., with the internal required server components being matched up for the height limitations of its rack units. However, the required depth of the racks of different models is different, and the depth of the racks is usually 24-30 inches (about 610-762 mm), and the development and manufacturing of the racks with different models are still inconvenient.

In recent years, the development and widespread use of Open Computer Project (OCP) have been developed, and a rack size larger than the EIA standard size has been defined in relation to the hardware design of the rack server, in which the height of 1U (about 44.45 mm) is changed to 1OU (about 48 mm), thereby increasing the use of the internal space. However, since the specification standards of the OCP and the EIA are different, and the heights and depths of 1OU and 1U are different, how to change the existing rack into the rack conforming to the OCP can accommodate the server conforming to the 1OU specification, such as: the 9U server (height of about 400 mm) can be changed to a design conforming to the 8OU server (height of about 384 mm), which is worth the careful study and discussion of the practitioners.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a rack server device with excellent versatility.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the rack server device of the present invention includes a plurality of server units, four upright pillars, two mounting plate units, and two bearing units.

The struts are spaced apart from one another in parallel and two of the struts are located on the front side and the other two struts are located on the rear side, and the struts together define an installation space. The mounting plate units are positioned in the mounting space, one mounting plate unit is arranged on two front and back corresponding support columns, and the other mounting plate unit is arranged on the other two front and back corresponding support columns.

Each mounting plate unit comprises a side plate locked on one of the pillars on the front side and a bridging plate arranged on the outer side of the side plate. The bridging plate can move back and forth relative to the side plate, move to the corresponding rear pillar and is locked on the corresponding pillar. The side plates of the mounting plate unit define a containing space together.

The bearing units are respectively arranged on the mounting plate units and are positioned in the accommodating space. Each bearing unit comprises a plurality of bearing pieces which are detachably fixed on the corresponding side plate, the vertical positions of every two bearing pieces which are adjacent up and down are separated by an accommodating distance, and each accommodating distance is larger than the height of each server unit. The bearing parts of each bearing unit respectively correspond to the bearing parts of the other bearing unit, and the bearing parts corresponding to each other are matched with each other to respectively bear the server units.

Compared with the prior art, the design that the bridging board can move back and forth relative to the corresponding side board and move to the corresponding rear pillar and lock the corresponding pillar can be applied to the requirements of different depth distances of the pillars on the front side and the corresponding rear side corresponding to various rack server devices. The bearing parts are detachably locked on the corresponding side plates and matched with the design that the bearing parts are mutually spaced by the accommodating distance, so that the server unit can be adjusted and assembled according to the height of the server unit, the assembly application layer is effectively improved, and the universality is good.

[ description of the drawings ]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a rack server apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating a combined use aspect of the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view illustrating the linking relationship of a pillar, a mounting plate unit and a plurality of locking units in the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a linking relationship of the mounting plate unit and an extension plate unit in the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view illustrating a state of use in which a bridging plate is coupled to a side plate in the embodiment; and

fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating another use state in which the bridging plate is coupled to the side plate in the embodiment.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of a rack server apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of server units 1, four upright pillars 2, two mounting plate units 3, two carrying units 4, a plurality of locking units 5, two extension plate units 6, a plurality of brackets 7 respectively transversely linked to rear sides of the extension plate units 6, a power supply bus 8 fixed on the brackets 7, and a power supply unit 9 electrically connected to the power supply bus 8. It should be noted that, regarding the two mounting plate units 3, the two carrying units 4, the plurality of locking units 5, the two extending plate units 6, the plurality of brackets 7 respectively transversely linked to the rear sides of the extending plate units 6, and the power supply bus 8 fixed on the brackets 7 as a set of mounting assemblies K, the power supply unit 9 can externally supply power to the two sets of mounting assemblies K. In the present embodiment, for convenience of description, a set of mounting assemblies K is combined with the support column 2.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the pillars 2 are spaced apart from each other in parallel and two of the pillars 2 are located at the front side and the other two pillars 2 are located at the rear side, and the pillars 2 together define a mounting space 22. Each post 2 has a plurality of positioning holes 21.

The mounting plate units 3 are located in the mounting space 22, and one of the mounting plate units 3 is disposed on two of the posts 2 corresponding to each other in front and back, and the other mounting plate unit 3 is disposed on the other two posts 2 corresponding to each other in front and back. Each mounting plate unit 3 includes a side plate 31 locked to one of the pillars 2 on the front side, and a bridging plate 32 disposed on the outer side of the side plate 31. The bridging plate 32 can move back and forth relative to the side plate 31, move to the corresponding post 2 at the rear side and lock on the corresponding post 2.

The side plates 31 of the mounting plate unit 3 together define a receiving space 33. Each side plate 31 has a first body 311, a plurality of bumps 313 disposed on the outer side of the first body 311, a first connecting edge 312 disposed on the front side of the first body 311 and connected to the corresponding support column 2, and two supporting edges 314 disposed on the upper and lower ends of the first body 311 and located in the accommodating space 33.

Each bridging plate 32 has a second body 321, a plurality of sliding holes 323 penetrating the second body 321, and a second combining edge 322 disposed at the rear side of the second body 321 and combined with the corresponding pillar 2. The sliding holes 323 are inserted by the corresponding protrusions 313 and can move relative to the protrusions 313 of the side plates 31, so that the bridging plate 32 can move back and forth relative to the side plates 31.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, the bearing units 4 are respectively disposed on the mounting plate unit 3 and located in the accommodating space 33. Each of the carrying units 4 includes a plurality of carrying members 41 detachably locked on the inner side of the first body 311 of the corresponding side panel 31. The vertical positions (Y-axis coordinates) of the two adjacent supporting members 41 of each supporting unit 4 are separated from each other by a distance (a) and each distance is greater than the height of each server unit 1. The bearing parts 41 of each bearing unit 4 correspond to the bearing parts 41 of another bearing unit 4 respectively, and the bearing parts 41 corresponding to each other are matched to bear the server unit 1 respectively. In addition, each supporting edge 314 of each side plate 31 and the adjacent bearing member 41 are spaced apart from each other by the accommodating distance, and each supporting edge 314 disposed at the lower end of each first body 311 corresponds to each other and is matched to support any server unit 1. It should be noted that, in the embodiment, the supporting members 41 are detachably locked on the inner side of the first body 311, so that the accommodating distance can be adjusted according to the height of the server unit 1, for example, when the supporting members are applied to a 9U rack server device (with a height of about 400 mm), the supporting members can accommodate 9 1U servers (with a height of about 44.45 mm), so that the accommodating distance between the vertical positions of the supporting members 41 adjacent to each other up and down is only larger than 44.45 mm. Further, in the embodiment, the existing 9U rack server device is changed to conform to the OCP rack server for placement, since the height of the 1OU server is about 48 mm, the accommodating distance between the vertical positions of the supporting members 41 can be adjusted to be greater than 48 mm, and since the internal height of the 9U rack server device is about 400 mm, the design of the rack server device conforming to 8OU (the height is about 384 mm) can be improved, but not limited thereto, and the design and adjustment can be performed according to the actual use condition.

The locking unit 5 has a plurality of fixing members 51 respectively inserted through the first combining edges 312 of the side plates 31 and the second combining edges 322 of the bridge plate 32, a plurality of positioning members 52 screwed to the fixing members 51, and a plurality of locking members 53 screwed to the fixing members 51.

Each positioning member 52 has a positioning screw 521 and a positioning screw 522, the positioning screw 522 is locked and combined in the fixing member 51, and the positioning screw 521 can pass through any positioning hole 21 of the pillar 2 and be positioned on the pillar 2. Each locking member 53 has a locking head 531 and a locking screw 532. The locking screw 532 penetrates through the positioning hole 21 of the pillar 2 and is locked into the fixing member 51, and the locking screw 531 presses the pillar 2 toward the mounting plate unit 3, and locks and couples the first coupling edge 312 and the second coupling edge 322 to the corresponding pillar 2.

Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 6, the extension board unit 6 is detachably locked to the first body 311 of the side board 31 and extends from the rear side of the first body 311. The brackets 7 are transversely coupled to the rear sides of the extension plate units 6, respectively. The power supply bus 8 is fixedly arranged on the bracket 7. The power supply unit 9 has a power supply portion 91, and the power supply bus 8 can be inserted into the power supply portion 91 and electrically connected to the power supply unit 9.

Referring to fig. 3, 4 and 5, during assembly, the positioning screws 522 of the positioning members 52 are first locked into the corresponding fixing members 51, so that the positioning members 52 are respectively combined with the first combining edges 312 of the side plates 31 and the second combining edges 322 of the bridging plate 32. Then, the positioning screw 521 combined with the first combining edge 312 of one of the side plates 31 penetrates through the required positioning hole 21 of one of the pillars 2 located at the front side for hanging and positioning, and at the same time, the second body 321 of the corresponding bridge plate 32 is moved backward to the pillar 2 corresponding to the rear side, and the positioning screw 521 combined with the second combining edge 322 penetrates through the required positioning hole 21 of the corresponding pillar 2 for hanging and positioning, thereby hanging and positioning one of the mounting plate units 3 on the corresponding two pillars 2. Then, according to the above steps, another mounting plate unit 3 is hung and positioned on the corresponding two support posts 2, which is not described herein. That is, the positioning screw 521 is passed through the required positioning hole 21 and hung on the corresponding pillar 2, and the first coupling edge 312 of the side plate 31 is hung on the two pillars 2 located on the front side and the second coupling edge 322 of the bridge plate 32 is hung on the two pillars 2 located on the rear side, respectively, so that the mounting plate units 3 are positioned on the corresponding pillars 2, respectively. It should be noted that, since each bridging plate 32 can move back and forth relative to the corresponding side plate 31, the first combining edge 312 of each side plate 31 and the second combining edge 322 of the corresponding bridging plate 32 can meet the requirements of different depth distances of the front supporting column 2 and the rear supporting column 2 corresponding to various types of rack server devices. In the embodiment, the distance between each first bonding edge 312 and the corresponding second bonding edge 322 is in a range of 24 inches (see fig. 7) to 30 inches (see fig. 8) (about 610 to 762 mm), but not limited thereto, and the distance can be designed according to actual requirements. In addition, in the embodiment, each positioning screw 521 has a positioning portion 523, the positioning screw 521 passes through the positioning hole 21 and is matched to penetrate through the positioning portion 523 and can be hung on the corresponding support column 2, and each positioning portion 523 is in the form of a positioning groove formed on each positioning screw 521 and can be hung on each support column 2, but not limited thereto.

Then, the locking screw 532 of the locking member 53 is inserted into the positioning hole 21 to be locked and locked into the corresponding fixing member 51, and the locking screw 531 of the locking member 53 abuts against the support post 2, so that the first combining edge 312 of the side plate 31 is fixed on the two support posts 2 on the front side and the second combining edge 322 of the bridge plate 32 is fixed on the two support posts 2 on the rear side, and the mounting plate units 3 are locked on the corresponding support posts 2. In short, the mounting plate units 3 are first positioned on the corresponding pillars 2 by the positioning screws 521, and then the mounting plate units 3 are locked and combined with the corresponding pillars 2 by the locking members 53.

Then, the extension plate units 6 are locked on the first bodies 311 of the side plates 31 at desired positions, and the extension plate units 6 extend backward from the rear sides of the corresponding first bodies 311. Then, the brackets 7 are respectively transversely connected and locked at the rear side of the extension board unit 6, and the power supply bus 8 is fixedly arranged on the brackets 7. And placing the power supply unit 9 into the installation space 22, inserting the power supply bus 8 on the power supply portion 91, and fixing the power supply unit 9 on the support column 2, wherein the power supply bus 8 is electrically connected with the power supply unit 9. Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 6, it should be particularly noted that the extension board unit 6 is detachably locked on the first body 311 of the side board 31, so that the position where the extension board unit 6 is locked on the first body 311 of the side board 31 can be adjusted, and the power supply bus 8 is located at a desired position and can be adapted to the power supply portion 91 of various types of power supply units 9, such as: the method can be applied to different positions of the power supply part 91 of the power supply unit 9 corresponding to the OCP VI server and the V2 server, and the overall universality is further improved. Similarly, the other set of installation assemblies K only need to be assembled in the above manner, which is not described herein, and in this embodiment, the power supply bus 8 of one set of installation assemblies K is inserted and combined with the upper half portion of the power supply portion 91, so that when another set of installation assemblies K needs to be additionally combined, the power supply bus 8 of another set of installation assemblies K only needs to be inserted and combined with the lower half portion of the power supply portion 91, so as to electrically connect the power supply bus 8 and the power supply unit 9.

Then, the server units 1 are placed in the accommodating space 33 and the corresponding carriers 41 are matched to respectively support the server units 1. And the supporting edges 314 disposed at the lower end of the first body 311 are matched with each other to support the server unit 1 located at the lowest layer of the accommodating space 33. Finally, the server unit 1 may be electrically connected to the power supply bus 8.

By the design that the bridging plate 32 can move back and forth relative to the corresponding side plate 31, and move to the corresponding post 2 at the corresponding rear side and lock the corresponding post 2, the present invention can be applied to the requirements of different depth distances between the post 2 at the front side and the post 2 at the corresponding rear side corresponding to various rack server devices. The bearing parts 41 are detachably locked on the corresponding side plates 31 and matched with the design that the bearing parts 41 are mutually separated by the accommodating distance, so that the adjustment and the assembly can be carried out according to the height of the server unit 1, the assembly application layer is effectively improved, and the universality is good.

In summary, the rack server device of the present invention can meet the requirement of different depth distances between the front pillar 2 and the rear pillar 2 by the design that the bridging plate 32 can move back and forth relative to the corresponding side plate 31. The supporting member 41 is detachably locked on the corresponding side plate 31 and can be adjusted and assembled according to the height of the server unit 1, so as to effectively improve the assembly application level and achieve good versatility, thereby achieving the purpose of the present invention.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A rack server apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of server units;

four upright posts spaced apart from each other in parallel, two of which are located at a front side and the other two of which are located at a rear side, the posts defining a mounting space together;

two mounting plate units in the mounting space, wherein one mounting plate unit is arranged on two of the front and back corresponding pillars, the other mounting plate unit is arranged on the other two front and back corresponding pillars, each mounting plate unit comprises a side plate locked on one of the pillars on the front side and a bridging plate arranged on the outer side of the side plate, wherein each side plate is provided with a first body, each bridging plate is provided with a second body, the bridging plate can move back and forth relative to the side plate and moves to the pillar on the corresponding back side and is locked on the corresponding pillar, the side plates of the mounting plate units jointly define a containing space, each bridging plate is also provided with a plurality of sliding holes penetrating through the second body, each side plate is also provided with a plurality of convex blocks arranged on the outer side of the first body and extending into the sliding holes of the corresponding bridging plate, and the sliding holes of the bridging plate can move relative to the convex blocks of the side plate, so that the bridging plate can move back and forth relative to the side plates; and

two bearing units respectively arranged on the mounting plate unit and located in the accommodating space, wherein each bearing unit comprises a plurality of bearing pieces detachably fixed on the corresponding side plate, the vertical positions of every two mutually up-down adjacent bearing pieces of each bearing unit are mutually spaced by an accommodating distance, each accommodating distance is larger than the height of each server unit, the bearing pieces of each bearing unit respectively correspond to the bearing pieces of the other bearing unit, and the mutually corresponding bearing pieces are matched to respectively bear the server units.

2. The rack server device according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of locking units for fixing the mounting plate unit to the posts, wherein each post has a plurality of positioning holes, each side plate has a first coupling edge provided on a front side of the first body and coupled to the corresponding post, each bridge plate has a second coupling edge provided on a rear side of the second body and coupled to the corresponding post, the locking unit has a plurality of fixing members respectively inserted through the first coupling edges of the side plates and the second coupling edges of the bridge plates, and a plurality of locking members threadably engaged with the fixing members, each locking member has a locking screw head, and a locking screw rod passing through the positioning holes of the posts to be locked in the fixing members and the locking screw head urges the posts toward the mounting plate unit, and the first combining edge and the second combining edge are locked and combined on the corresponding support.

3. The rack server device according to claim 2, wherein the locking unit further comprises a plurality of positioning members screwed to the fixing member, each positioning member comprises a positioning screw head and a positioning screw rod, the positioning screw rod is locked to the fixing member, and the positioning screw head can pass through the positioning hole of the support and be positioned on the support.

4. The rack server device according to claim 3, wherein each positioning screw head has a positioning portion, the positioning screw head passes through the positioning hole and the positioning portion is used for positioning on the support column.

5. The rack server device according to claim 2, wherein the supporting members are disposed on the inner side of the first body of the corresponding side plate, each side plate further has two supporting edges disposed at the upper and lower ends of the first body respectively and located in the accommodating space, each supporting edge is spaced apart from the adjacent supporting members by the accommodating distance, and each supporting edge disposed at the lower end of each first body corresponds to and cooperates with each other to support any one server unit.

6. The rack server device according to claim 2, further comprising two extension board units detachably locked to the first body of the side boards and extending backward from the rear side of the first body, a plurality of brackets respectively transversely linked to the rear sides of the extension board units, a power supply bus fixed to the brackets and used for supplying power to the server units, and a power supply unit located in the installation space and outside the accommodation space and electrically connected to the power supply bus.

7. The rack server device according to claim 6, wherein the power supply unit has a power supply portion, and the power supply bus is inserted into the power supply portion and electrically connected to the power supply unit.