CN113064470A - Server backboard expansion device and working method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses server backboard extension device and working method thereof, the device comprises: the pluggable Expander module is characterized in that one end of the pluggable Expander module is connected with the direct connection back plate, the other end of the pluggable Expander module is plugged with the RAID card or the SAS card, and a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module are arranged in the pluggable Expander module. The working method comprises the following steps: setting the initial configuration of the server backboard as a direct connection backboard; determining whether back board expansion is needed or not according to the acquired command; if the backboard expansion is needed, the pluggable Expander module is connected with the direct-connected backboard and the disk controller respectively, and the disk controller comprises: a RAID card or SAS card; through carrying on the gating control to a plurality of Expander chips, change the storage link and adjust the interface quantity of the hard disk; and if the back plate expansion is not needed, directly connecting the directly connected back plate with the RAID card. Through the application, more hard disks can be mounted, and the flexibility and the usability of the expansion of the server backboard are greatly improved.
Description
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of server hard disk backboard design, in particular to a server backboard expansion device and a working method thereof.
Background
The storage link mode of the server is typically a hard disk link to a backplane. The backplane generally comprises two types, namely a direct-connection backplane, an Expander (expansion) backplane with an expansion chip, and only one Expander chip in the Expander backplane with the expansion chip. How to realize the expansion of the server backplane so as to mount more hard disks is an important technical problem.
For the two types of backplane, the existing structure for expanding the server backplane is usually to increase the number of interfaces for a directly connected backplane, thereby increasing the number of hard disks that can be mounted. For the Expander back plate with the expansion chip, a large number of hard disks are mounted through one expansion chip.
However, in the current structure for expanding the server backplane, because the interface of the direct connection backplane is limited, the number of hard disks that can be mounted is limited. The Expander chip of the Expander back plate with the expansion chip is placed on 1 direct-connected back plate, and the number of the mounted hard disks is limited. Moreover, if there is adjustment of the hard disk interface, the two backplane extension structures can only replace two backplanes, even the whole storage link needs to be adjusted. Therefore, the structure for expanding the server backboard is poor in flexibility, and the number of hard disks capable of being mounted is small.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides a server backboard expansion device and a working method thereof, and aims to solve the problems that in the prior art, the structure for expanding the server handles is poor in flexibility and the number of hard disks capable of being mounted is small.
In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the application discloses the following technical scheme:
a server backplane expansion device, the device comprising: the pluggable Expander module is connected with a direct-connected backboard, the other end of the pluggable Expander module is plugged with a RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) card or an SAS (Serial Attached SCSI, SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)) card, and a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module are arranged in the pluggable Expander module;
the plurality of Expander chips are used for expanding the number of hard disk interfaces of the directly connected back plate;
and the gating management module is used for changing a storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces by gating control on the plurality of Expander chips.
Optionally, the gating management module includes: the device comprises a gating switch and an Expander management chip, wherein the Expander management chip sets the Expander chip to be gated currently through the gating switch.
Optionally, the gating switch is a toggle switch.
Optionally, a peripheral interface is further disposed in the pluggable Expander module, and is configured to burn the plurality of Expander chips, where the peripheral interface includes: a serial port and a U port.
Optionally, a storage unit is further disposed in the pluggable Expander module, and is configured to store a log related to an operating process of the Expander chip, where the log includes: expander log and hard disk ontology log.
Optionally, the pluggable Expander module is a PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly, where a PCB blank Board is subjected to SMT loading or the entire process of DIP plugging) Board.
A working method of a server backplane expansion device comprises the following steps: pluggable Expander module, the one end of pluggable Expander module is connected with directly connecting the backplate, the other end of pluggable Expander module is pegged graft with RAID card or SAS card, be provided with a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module in the pluggable Expander module, it is a plurality of the Expander chip is used for carrying out the expansion of hard disk interface quantity to directly connecting the backplate, work method includes:
setting the initial configuration of the server backboard as a direct connection backboard;
determining whether back board expansion is needed or not according to the acquired command;
if the backboard expansion is needed, the pluggable Expander module is connected with the direct connection backboard and the disk controller respectively, and the disk controller comprises: a RAID card or SAS card;
the method comprises the steps of changing a storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces by carrying out gating control on a plurality of Expander chips;
and if the back plate expansion is not needed, directly connecting the directly connected back plate with the RAID card.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
burning the plurality of Expander chips through a peripheral interface, wherein the peripheral interface comprises: a serial port and a U port;
storing a log related to the Expander chip working process through a storage unit, wherein the log comprises: expander log and hard disk ontology log.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can have the following beneficial effects:
the application provides a server backplate extension device, the device mainly includes a pluggable Expander module, but the one end of this pluggable Expander module with directly link the backplate and be connected, the other end pegs graft with RAID card or SAS card to realize the disconnect-type design of service hard disk backplate, improve the modularization and the ease for use of hard disk backplate. The pluggable Expander module is internally provided with a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module. Through a plurality of Expander chips, can be to directly connecting backplate extension hard disk interface quantity, because be provided with a plurality of Expander chips in this embodiment, compare in prior art, expandable hard disk interface quantity greatly increased to can carry more hard disk quantity. Through the management module, the gating control can be performed on a plurality of Expander chips, the storage link is changed, the number of hard disk interfaces is adjusted, the control of the RAID card or the SAS card on different numbers of hard disks is realized, and therefore the flexibility of server backboard expansion is effectively improved. In addition, one end of the pluggable Expander module in the embodiment is connected with the direct-connected backplane, and only one type of hard disk backplane is provided, so that the number of models of the hard disk backplane can be reduced on the basis of improving the expansibility of the backplane, the user experience can be further improved, and the operation and maintenance cost of a company can be reduced.
The application also provides a working method of the server backboard expansion device, the working method comprises the steps of firstly setting the initial configuration of the server backboard as the direct connection backboard, then determining whether backboard expansion needs to be carried out according to the acquired command, connecting the pluggable Expander module with the direct connection backboard and the magnetic disk controller respectively when the backboard expansion is needed, and changing the storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces to realize the backboard expansion by carrying out gating control on a plurality of Expander chips. And when the back plate expansion is not needed, directly connecting the direct connection back plate with the RAID card. The working method can flexibly expand the backboard according to the user requirement, and can be operated independently through the pluggable Expander module, the hard disk interface connected with the backboard can be quickly changed without plugging and unplugging the original backboard, and therefore the flexible change of the number of the mounted hard disks is achieved. Therefore, the method has stronger flexibility and greater usability for the expansion of the server hard disk backplane, and is beneficial to greatly reducing the maintenance cost in the processes of backplane configuration selection, expansion and distribution change and the like.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a server backplane expansion apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a working method of a server backplane expansion device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
For a better understanding of the present application, embodiments of the present application are explained in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example one
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a server backplane expansion apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the server backplane expansion device in this embodiment mainly includes a pluggable Expander module, one end of the pluggable Expander module is connected to the direct connection backplane, and the other end of the pluggable Expander module is plugged into the RAID card or the SAS card. But plug Expander module does not set up on the backplate in this embodiment, adopts the disconnect-type design with the backplate, can improve the ease for use of backplate, realizes transplantable and the modularization of plug Expander module, the nimble adjustment of the server storage link configuration of being convenient for.
The pluggable Expander module is internally provided with a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module. The plurality of Expander chips are used for expanding the number of hard disk interfaces of the directly connected back plate; and the gating management module is used for changing the storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces by gating control on a plurality of Expander chips. In this embodiment, a plurality of Expander chips are provided, so that the number of hard disk interfaces is large, and the number of corresponding connectable hard disks is greatly increased. The gating management module can flexibly control the gating and closing of a plurality of Expander chips according to the user requirements, so that the RAID card or SAS card can control different numbers of hard disks, and the control flexibility and usability are high.
The pluggable Expander module of the embodiment can be realized by adopting a PCBA board card. 1 or more Expander chips are collected on one PCBA board.
Further, the gating management module comprises: the expansion of the expansion chip to the direct-connected back plate is realized. The gating management module can be realized in a gating circuit mode, and the expansion functions of a plurality of Expander chips can be controlled through the gating circuit. The gating switch can adopt a dial switch.
Further, the pluggable Expander module of this embodiment is further provided with a peripheral interface for burning multiple Expander chips, including firmware burning, software burning, and the like for the multiple Expander chips. Wherein, the peripheral interface includes: a serial port and a U port.
The pluggable Expander module of the embodiment is also provided with a storage unit for storing logs related to the working process of the Expander chip. Wherein the log comprises: expander log and hard disk ontology log. The storage unit can be designed to store the Expander log and the hard disk body log in time and eliminate the structure of the logs periodically. Specifically, a timer can be arranged in the storage unit, and when newly stored Expander logs and hard disk body logs reach a certain time, the newly stored Expander logs and the hard disk body logs are cleaned, so that the space of the storage unit is saved, and the full utilization of resources is facilitated.
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Referring to fig. 2 based on the embodiment shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an operating method of a server backplane expansion device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As can be seen from fig. 2, the working method of the server backplane expansion device in this embodiment mainly includes the following steps:
s1: the initial configuration of the server backplane is set to the direct backplane.
The working method in this embodiment is applied to the server backplane expansion device. The back plate in the working method is a direct connection back plate. Under the condition of ensuring the extension of the back plate, the number of the models of the back plate can be reduced, and the management cost is reduced.
S2: and determining whether the back board expansion is needed or not according to the acquired command.
If the backplane expansion is required, go to step S3: connect respectively through pluggable Expander module and connect directly and link backplate and disk controller, disk controller includes: RAID cards or SAS cards.
S4: and through carrying out gating control on a plurality of Expander chips, changing a storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces.
When the back board expansion is needed, the direct connection back board and the disk controller are respectively connected, and a foundation is provided for the subsequent control of the RAID card or the SAS card on different numbers of hard disks. And then, according to the number of the hard disks needing to be connected specifically, gating control is carried out on the plurality of Expander chips, so that flexible control over the Expander chips is realized, a storage link is changed, and the number of hard disk interfaces is adjusted.
If the backplane expansion is not required, go to step S5: and directly connecting the direct-connected back plate with the RAID card.
Further, the working method of this embodiment further includes:
s6: and burning the plurality of Expander chips through the peripheral interface. Wherein, the peripheral interface includes: a serial port and a U port.
S7: and storing logs related to the working process of the Expander chip through the storage unit. Wherein the log comprises: expander log and hard disk ontology log.
Wherein, the sequence of steps S6 and S7 can be adjusted according to the user' S requirement.
For parts not described in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and the two embodiments may be referred to each other, which is not described herein again.
The above description is merely exemplary of the present application and is presented to enable those skilled in the art to understand and practice the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
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1. A server backplane expansion apparatus, the apparatus comprising: the pluggable Expander module is characterized in that one end of the pluggable Expander module is connected with the direct connection back plate, the other end of the pluggable Expander module is plugged with the RAID card or the SAS card, and a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module are arranged in the pluggable Expander module;
the plurality of Expander chips are used for expanding the number of hard disk interfaces of the directly connected back plate;
and the gating management module is used for changing a storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces by gating control on the plurality of Expander chips.
2. The server backplane expansion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the gating management module comprises: the device comprises a gating switch and an Expander management chip, wherein the Expander management chip sets the Expander chip to be gated currently through the gating switch.
3. The server backplane expansion device of claim 2, wherein the gating switch is a dial switch.
4. The server backplane expansion apparatus of claim 1, wherein a peripheral interface is further disposed in the pluggable Expander module, and is configured to burn a plurality of the Expander chips, and the peripheral interface includes: a serial port and a U port.
5. The server backplane expansion device of claim 1, wherein a storage unit is further disposed in the pluggable Expander module, and is configured to store a log related to an operating process of the Expander chip, and the log comprises: expander log and hard disk ontology log.
6. The server backplane expansion device of any of claims 1-5, wherein the pluggable Expander module is a PCBA card.
7. A working method of a server backplane expansion device is characterized in that the server backplane expansion device comprises: pluggable Expander module, the one end of pluggable Expander module is connected with directly connecting the backplate, the other end of pluggable Expander module is pegged graft with RAID card or SAS card, be provided with a plurality of Expander chips and a gating management module in the pluggable Expander module, it is a plurality of the Expander chip is used for carrying out the expansion of hard disk interface quantity to directly connecting the backplate, work method includes:
setting the initial configuration of the server backboard as a direct connection backboard;
determining whether back board expansion is needed or not according to the acquired command;
if the backboard expansion is needed, the pluggable Expander module is connected with the direct connection backboard and the disk controller respectively, and the disk controller comprises: a RAID card or SAS card;
the method comprises the steps of changing a storage link and adjusting the number of hard disk interfaces by carrying out gating control on a plurality of Expander chips;
and if the back plate expansion is not needed, directly connecting the directly connected back plate with the RAID card.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:
burning the plurality of Expander chips through a peripheral interface, wherein the peripheral interface comprises: a serial port and a U port;
storing a log related to the Expander chip working process through a storage unit, wherein the log comprises: expander log and hard disk ontology log.
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