CN117156774A - Cabinet server - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a cabinet server. The cabinet server comprises a cabinet, a first node, a plurality of second nodes and a wire arrangement module; the wire arrangement module comprises an installation body and a circuit board provided with a conductor layer, wherein the installation body is provided with a first interface and a plurality of second interfaces; the conductor layer of the circuit board comprises a plurality of wires, one end of each wire is connected to a first interface of the installation body, and the first interface is used for being connected with a first node; the other end of each wire is connected to a second interface for connection to a second node. The transmission function of the cable is realized by utilizing the lead formed by the circuit board of the wire arrangement module, the on-site deployment operation is simplified, and the wiring efficiency can be effectively improved. In addition, through the wire of integrated configuration on the circuit board, realize the signal transmission between first node and each second node, can further reduce the space occupation of wiring, convenient on-the-spot management and operation.

Description

Cabinet server

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of computing equipment, in particular to a cabinet server.

Background

With the increasing demand for highly dense computing devices, cable routing design and cable miniaturization are the development directions of great concern. Taking a complete machine cabinet server as an example, a plurality of server nodes and exchange nodes are arranged in the cabinet from top to bottom, and a full distribution layout is generally adopted; the switching nodes and the server nodes are connected through a large number of network cables, copper cables and optical fibers, so that the cabinet is required to provide the installation space as large as possible and meet the requirement of high wiring efficiency.

Under the constraint of the standardized cabinet width, the cable is arranged in the cable-arranging groove as much as possible by a common cable-arranging structure so as to reduce the influence on the pluggable node. The wire arranging implementation mode has strict requirements on the wire binding sequence, and the wire arranging time is long.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a cabinet server, which is used for effectively reducing the workload of on-site deployment and improving the wire arrangement efficiency.

The first aspect of the embodiment of the application provides a cabinet server, which comprises a cabinet, a first node, a plurality of second nodes and a wire arrangement module; the wire arrangement module comprises an installation body and a circuit board provided with a conductor layer, wherein the installation body is provided with a first interface and a plurality of second interfaces; the conductor layer of the circuit board comprises a plurality of wires, one end of each wire is connected to a first interface of the installation body, and the first interface is used for being connected with a first node; the other end of each wire is connected to a second interface, which is connected to a second node. The wire arrangement module is fixedly connected with the first node and each second node respectively to establish corresponding signal transmission; compared with the traditional cable connection mode, the on-site deployment operation is simplified, and the wiring efficiency can be effectively improved.

In addition, through the wire of integrated configuration on the circuit board, realize the signal transmission between first node and each second node, can further reduce the space occupation of wiring, convenient on-the-spot management and operation.

In practical application, the installation body can be assembled and fixed through the installation part, and the installation body is applied to a whole cabinet server for example and can be detachably connected with the cabinet by using a threaded fastener based on a connecting hole on the installation part; illustratively, the attachment holes in the mounting portion may be elongated holes to accommodate tolerance stack-up for corresponding mounting locations on the cabinet side.

In other applications, the mounting body may also be fixedly arranged by means of a welding process or an adhesive bonding process.

Based on the first aspect, the embodiment of the present application further provides a first implementation manner of the first aspect: the installation body extends along the height direction of the cabinet, and a plurality of second interfaces are arranged on the installation body at intervals in the height direction. Therefore, the method can adapt to the layout relation of the corresponding nodes to be connected, and the overall layout is more compact and reasonable.

Based on the first implementation manner of the first aspect, the embodiment of the present application further provides a second implementation manner of the first aspect: in the height direction, the first interface is located at an end of the mounting body, or the first interface is located between the plurality of second interfaces. In practical applications, for the case that the plurality of second nodes are located on the same side as the first node, that is, the first node is located above the plurality of second nodes, or the first node is located below the plurality of second nodes, the first interface may be disposed at an end of the installation body; in the case where the plurality of second nodes are located on both sides of the first node, respectively, the first node is located between the plurality of second nodes, the first interface may be disposed between the plurality of second interfaces. Therefore, the length of the connecting cable between the side of the connecting wire arrangement module and the first node can be reasonably controlled, the occupied space is reduced, and the on-site deployment operation is facilitated.

Based on the first aspect, or the first implementation manner of the first aspect, or the second implementation manner of the first aspect, the embodiment of the present application further provides a third implementation manner of the first aspect: the installation body comprises a plurality of configuration positions provided with second interfaces, and the distance between two adjacent configuration positions is consistent with the distance between two corresponding adjacent second nodes. In practical application, a second interface can be arranged at each configuration position, or a plurality of second interfaces are arranged at each configuration position; for the case of handling multiple second interfaces at a configuration location, all second interfaces may be enabled for the respective server node, providing a multi-way connectivity path; of course, part of the second interfaces can be started, and the rest of the second interfaces which are not started are used as redundant interfaces, so that the reliability and stability of signal transmission realized based on the wire arrangement module can be improved.

Based on the first aspect, or the first implementation manner of the first aspect, the second implementation manner of the first aspect, or the third implementation manner of the first aspect, the embodiment of the present application further provides a fourth implementation manner of the first aspect: the plurality of wires are located on the same conductor layer of the circuit board, or the plurality of wires are located on different conductor layers of the circuit board. Specifically, the conductor layers of the circuit board can be designed according to the functional characteristics of each cable and the number of the actual cables required under different application scenes, so that the technical advantages of miniaturization and integration of integrated wiring are fully utilized to realize wire arrangement.

A second aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a computing device including a cabinet, at least one first node, and a plurality of second nodes; the plurality of second nodes are connected with the first node through a plurality of cables, and at least part of the cables are formed by adopting the cable arranging module.

The mounting body of the wire management module may be fixedly arranged at the side of the cabinet or may be fixedly arranged on a fixing structure in the cabinet.

Based on the second aspect, the embodiment of the present application further provides a first implementation manner of the second aspect: the computing equipment is a complete machine cabinet server, the first node is a switching node, and the second node is a server node.

In practical application, the wire arrangement module can be used for transmitting data signals, control signals and management signals between the switching node and each server node; the wire arranging module provided by the embodiment can correspondingly replace a network wire or a high-speed copper cable and the like for realizing the same transmission function. For example, but not limited to, the signal transmission function of the 10GE network cable between the server node and the 10GE electrical port switch, or the signal transmission function of the GE network cable between the server node and the GE switch; the signal transmission function of the high-speed copper cable between the server node and the IB switch or between the server node and the 10GE optical port switch can be realized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of overall arrangement of a whole cabinet server according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of a wire management module according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is another angular schematic view of the wire management module shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view in the direction A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view B-B in FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an overall arrangement of another whole cabinet server according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of another wire management module according to an embodiment of the application.

Detailed Description

At present, the application of cable connection in computing equipment is wide, and the wiring design and the miniaturization of cables of various types are important solutions for realizing high-density layout of the computing equipment. Taking a whole cabinet server as an example, cables connected to the server node and the switching node are taken as examples, and the cables comprise cable types such as network cables, copper cables, optical fibers and the like, so as to be respectively used for communication and data transmission between the server node and the switching node and uplink of the switching node.

Limited by the trend of high density layout, the number of cables is large, and the installation space needs to be provided as large as possible; in addition, under the constraint of cabinet size standardization, a typical wire arrangement scheme is to arrange the cables in wire arrangement grooves as much as possible, and the wire arrangement implementation has strict requirements on the wire binding sequence, so that wire arrangement time is long, and wire arrangement efficiency is low.

Based on the above, the embodiment of the application provides a cabinet server, which comprises a cabinet, a first node, a plurality of second nodes and a wire arrangement module; a plurality of cables are arranged between the second nodes and the first nodes, and at least part of the cables are formed by adopting a cable management module; the wire arrangement module comprises a mounting body and a circuit board (Printed Circuit Board ) provided with a conductor layer, wherein the conductor layer is formed through an etching process and is mainly used for establishing electrical interconnection, and the shape and the size of the conductor can be determined according to actual interconnection requirements. The installation body is fixedly arranged and provided with a first interface and a plurality of second interfaces, the first interface is correspondingly arranged and connected with the first node, and the second interface is correspondingly arranged and respectively connected with the second node; the conductor layer of the circuit board comprises a plurality of wires, one end of each wire is connected to the first interface, and the other end of each wire is connected with the corresponding second interface. The wire arrangement module is fixedly connected with the first node and each second node respectively to establish corresponding signal transmission when the wire arrangement module is assembled on site; compared with the traditional cable connection mode, the on-site deployment operation is simplified, and the wiring efficiency can be effectively improved.

In addition, through the wire of integrated configuration on the circuit board, realize the signal transmission between first node and each second node, can further reduce the space occupation of wiring, convenient on-the-spot management and operation.

In order to better understand the technical scheme and technical effects of the present application, without losing generality, a detailed description will be given below of specific embodiments with the whole machine pivot server as a main body in combination with the accompanying drawings. Referring to fig. 1, a schematic diagram of a whole cabinet server 100 according to an embodiment of the application is shown.

As shown in fig. 1, the whole cabinet server 100 includes a cabinet 10, in which a first node 20, a plurality of second nodes 30 and a wire arrangement module 40 are disposed in the cabinet 10, and the plurality of second nodes 30 are connected with the first node 20 through the wire arrangement module 40; the first node 20 may be a switching node, and the second node 30 may be a server node, and implement a data switching function through the switching nodes, respectively.

In a specific implementation, a switching node provides a management interface and gathers the management interface to an uplink management switch through an uplink port of the switching node; such as, but not limited to, a data center management system. For the switching node, it can be configured as IB (InfiniBand) switch, GE (Gigabit Ethernet) switch, 10GE electrical port switch and/or 10GE optical port switch according to overall design requirements of the complete machine. Here, the electrical port switch refers to a switching device that uses network cable transmission for the interface, and the optical port switch refers to a switching device that uses optical fiber transmission for the interface. In a specific implementation, the number of IB switches, GE switches, 10GE electrical port switches and 10GE optical port switches, and the setting positions of each switching node in the cabinet may be determined according to actual needs, so as to meet different performance and application requirements, and the embodiment of the application is not limited.

In this embodiment, the wire management module 40 is fixed on the cabinet 10 in the height direction X, and provides a first interface 11 for corresponding to the switching node (i.e. the first node 20) and a second interface 12 for corresponding to each server node (i.e. the second node 30). As shown in the figures, the wire management module 40 is fixed on the side of the cabinet 10, and based on the wires configured on the circuit board through integration, the same wiring space occupies less space, and the technical advantages of facilitating field management and operation are more remarkable under the constraint of the standardization of the cabinet width.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3 together, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of a wire management module according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 3 is another schematic diagram of an angle of the wire management module shown in fig. 2.

The wire management module 40 includes a mounting body 1 having a cavity 13 therein, and a circuit board 2 is disposed in the cavity 13 of the mounting body 1, and a conductor layer of the circuit board 2 is provided with a plurality of wires (not shown in the drawing). In a specific implementation, the conductor layer of the circuit board 2 may be designed according to the functional characteristics of each cable and the number of actual cables required in different application scenarios, for example, multiple wires integrated on the circuit board 2 may be formed on the same conductor layer or may be formed on different conductor layers, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1, a first node 20, which is a switching node, is located above a plurality of second nodes 30, which are server nodes. Accordingly, in the height direction X, the first interface 11 is located at one end of the installation body 1, one ends of the plurality of wires are connected to the first interface 11, and the first interface 11 is connected to the first connection interface 201 of the first node 20 through the first connection cable 50, that is, the connection between the first interface 11 side and the switching node side is achieved; as shown in fig. 2, each second interface 12 is sequentially and alternately arranged on the mounting body 1, the other ends of the plurality of wires are respectively connected with the corresponding second interfaces 12, and each second interface 12 is respectively connected with the second connection port 301 of the corresponding second node 30 through the second connection cable 60, that is, the one-to-one correspondence connection between the second interface 12 side and the server node side is realized.

In other possible implementations, the wire management module 40 described in fig. 2 may also be applied to a scenario in which the first node 20 is located below the plurality of second nodes 30.

Based on the wire management module 40, the method can be used for transmitting data signals, control signals and management signals between the switching node and each server node; in other words, with the wire management module 40 provided in this embodiment, a network cable or a high-speed copper cable that realizes the same transmission function can be replaced accordingly. For example, but not limited to, the signal transmission function of the 10GE network cable between the server node and the 10GE electrical port switch, or the signal transmission function of the GE network cable between the server node and the GE switch; the signal transmission function of the high-speed copper cable between the server node and the IB switch or between the server node and the 10GE optical port switch can be realized.

Alternatively, the arrangement positions S of the second interfaces 12 on the mounting body 1 may be provided so as to correspond to the respective second nodes 30 in the height direction X. Referring to fig. 1, 2, 4 and 5, fig. 4 is a view from the direction a in fig. 2, and fig. 5 is a sectional view B-B in fig. 4.

In a specific implementation, the spacing between two adjacent configuration locations S may be consistent with the spacing between two adjacent server nodes. In this way, the physical distance between the second interface 12 and the second connection port 301 of the corresponding second node 30 can be reasonably controlled, and the connection can be realized through the connection cable 50 with a shorter length, and the connection operation is convenient.

It should be understood that the "configuration location S" of the second interface refers to a configuration area for setting the second interface corresponding to the second node, and does not refer to a location corresponding to setting one second interface. As shown in fig. 1, taking a network cable connected to each server node and the switching node as an example, a network cable with a shorter length is adopted, and connection connectors at two ends of the network cable are respectively inserted into connection interfaces between each second interface 12 and the corresponding server node, so that connection between the server node and the corresponding switching node is established. Therefore, the application of more overlong network cables can be prevented from influencing on-site deployment operation, and wiring efficiency can be effectively improved.

Illustratively, as shown, three second interfaces 12 are provided at each of the configuration positions S on the mounting body 1. In other embodiments, one or more other second interfaces 12 may be provided at each configuration location S, and embodiments of the present application are not limited.

For the case where a plurality of second interfaces 12 are handled at the configuration location S, all of the second interfaces 12 may be enabled for the respective server nodes, providing a multi-way communication path; of course, a part of the second interfaces 12 may be enabled, and the rest of the second interfaces 12 that are not enabled are used as redundant interfaces, so that the reliability and stability of signal transmission realized based on the wire arrangement module 40 may be improved.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the mounting body 1 is provided with mounting portions 14 at both ends thereof in order to improve the assembly workability of the wire management module 40. In a specific implementation, based on the connection hole 141 formed on the mounting portion 14, the mounting body 1 may be fixed on the cabinet 10 or other fixing members in the cabinet by a threaded fastener (not shown in the drawing). Has the characteristics of simple and reliable structure.

Optionally, the connecting hole 141 on the mounting portion 14 is an elongated hole, which can adapt to tolerance accumulation of the corresponding mounting position on the side of the cabinet 10, and further reduce the machining precision requirement of the mounting body 1 and reasonably control the manufacturing cost of the product on the basis of realizing reliable fixing relationship between the wire arranging module 40 and the cabinet 10.

In a specific implementation, the mounting portion 14 is not limited to the end portion of the mounting body 1 as shown in the drawing, and may be provided in the middle portion of the mounting body 1 as needed. In other specific implementations, a welding process or an adhesive process may be further used to fix the installation body 1 on the cabinet 10 or other fixing members, so that the installation portion 14 is not required to be configured, and the fixing of the wire management module 40 is achieved.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, a plurality of wires (not shown in the drawing) on the circuit board 2 are connected to the first interface 11 through connection wires 15, respectively, and in a specific implementation, each connection wire 15 may be soldered to a corresponding wire interface on the circuit board 2, respectively, to form a reliable electrical connection.

It should be noted that the mounting body 1 may be a fully enclosed structure, such as, but not limited to, a cover structure; the mounting body 1 may also be a semi-enclosed structure of a partially open article, such as, but not limited to, a frame structure. It should be understood that the specific structural implementation of the installation body 1 may be determined according to the overall design requirement of the product, and may be a split type assembly structure and an integrally formed structure, so long as the assembly function requirement of the wire management module 40 can be met.

In the foregoing embodiment, the first node 20, which is a switching node, is located above the plurality of second nodes 30, which are server nodes. In a specific implementation, the first node 20 may also be located below the plurality of second nodes 30, and it may be understood that, along the height direction X, the first interface 11 may be correspondingly disposed at a lower end (not shown in the drawing) of the installation body 1, so as to reasonably control the length of the first connection cable 50 connecting the first interface and the first connection interface, so as to facilitate the on-site deployment operation.

In other implementations, a first node, which is a switching node, may also be located between a plurality of second nodes, which are server nodes, in the height direction X. Referring to fig. 6 and fig. 7, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an overall arrangement of another whole cabinet server according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of another wire management module according to an embodiment of the present application. For clarity of illustration of this embodiment, the same functional constitution or structure as in the foregoing examples described in fig. 1 and 2 is shown with the same reference numerals.

As shown in fig. 6, the whole cabinet server 100a includes a first node 20 and a plurality of second nodes 30, wherein a part of the plurality of second nodes 30 is located above the first node 20, and a part of the plurality of second nodes 30 is located below the first node 20. In the height direction X, a first node, which is a switching node, is located between a plurality of second nodes, which are server nodes.

Accordingly, as shown in fig. 7, the first interface 11 of the wire management module 40a is located at the middle of the mounting body 1 in the height direction X.

Likewise, one ends of a plurality of wires (not shown in the figure) are connected to the first interface 11, and the first interface 11 is connected to the first connection interface 201 of the first node 20 through the first connection cable 50, so that the connection of the first interface 11 side and the switching node side is realized; the second interfaces 12 are respectively located at two sides of the first interface 11, the other ends of the plurality of wires are respectively connected with the corresponding second interfaces 12, and each second interface 12 is respectively connected with the second connection port 301 of the corresponding second node 30 through the second connection cable 60, so that one-to-one correspondence connection between the second interface 12 side and the server node side is realized.

The wire management module described in the foregoing embodiments may be widely applied to different high-density application scenarios, such as, but not limited to, supercomputers, HPCs (High Performance Computing, high-performance computer clusters), intensive computing servers, and other computing devices, but not limited to the foregoing whole cabinet servers. Therefore, on the basis of high-density layout, the on-site deployment workload is effectively reduced, and the wire arrangement efficiency is improved.

It should be appreciated that other functions of the corresponding computing device constitute core points of the application and are not described in detail herein.

The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present application and it should be noted that modifications and adaptations to those skilled in the art may be made without departing from the principles of the present application, which are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. The cabinet server is characterized by comprising a cabinet, a first node, a plurality of second nodes and a wire arrangement module; the wire arranging module comprises an installation body and a circuit board, wherein the installation body comprises a first interface and a plurality of second interfaces;

wherein the circuit board comprises a conductor layer, the conductor layer comprises a plurality of wires, one end of each wire is connected to the first interface, and the first interface is used for being connected with the first node; the other end of each wire is connected with one second interface, and the second interface is used for being connected with one second node.

2. The rack server of claim 1, wherein the mounting body extends along a height direction of the rack, and the plurality of second interfaces are spaced apart on the mounting body.

3. The rack server of claim 2, wherein the first interface is located at an end of the mount body and the first node is located above or below the plurality of second nodes in the height direction.

4. The wire management module of claim 2, wherein in the height direction, the first interface is located between the plurality of second interfaces, and the first node is located between the plurality of second nodes.

5. The rack server of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the mounting body includes a plurality of configuration positions provided with the second interfaces thereon, wherein a pitch of two adjacent configuration positions coincides with a pitch of two corresponding adjacent second nodes.

6. The rack server of claim 5, wherein a plurality of the second interfaces are provided at each of the configuration locations.

7. The rack server of any of claims 1-6, wherein the plurality of wires are located on a same conductor layer of the circuit board or the plurality of wires are located on different conductor layers of the circuit board.

8. The rack server of claim 7, wherein the mounting body of the wire management module is fixedly disposed on a side of the rack.

9. The rack server of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the first node is a switching node and the second node is a server node.

10. The cabinet server of claim 9, wherein the switching node is a GE switch or a 10GE electrical port switch.