CN210836054U - Storage expansion device and storage expansion device system - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a storage expansion equipment and storage expansion equipment system, include: a first hard disk box having a first port for connection with a SATA/SAS hard disk; the second hard disk box is provided with a second port used for being connected with the PCIE intelligent acceleration module; the hard disk slot comprises a third port connected with the first hard disk box or the second hard disk box, a fourth port connected with the SATA/SAS protocol bus and a fifth port connected with the PCIE protocol bus, wherein under the condition that the third port is connected with the first hard disk box, the fourth port is connected with the first hard disk box through the third port, and the fourth port and the third port form a first channel; and under the condition that the third port is connected with the second hard disk box, the fifth port is connected with the second hard disk box through the third port, and the fifth port and the third port form a second channel. Through the utility model discloses, the limited problem of intelligence acceleration card density of storage expansion equipment among the correlation technique has been solved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a server equipment field particularly, relates to a storage expansion equipment and storage expansion equipment system.
Background
In a related general technical solution, when an intelligent accelerator card is extended, the storage device chassis shown in fig. 1 is generally extended through a chassis extension box shown in fig. 2, or extended through a motherboard high-speed serial computer extension bus (PCIE) slot in a block shown in fig. 3. In the area enclosed by the middle box of fig. 2, there is only one chassis expansion box, which is expanded by installing the smart accelerator card in the chassis expansion box. Fig. 2 shows that the size of the extension box of the chassis is large, and a plurality of extension boxes cannot be installed. In the area enclosed by the upper left box of fig. 3, there are multiple PCIE slots, and the smart accelerator card can be inserted into these PCIE slots for expansion. However, it can be seen that the pitch of the PCIE slots is relatively large, and there are only a few PCIE slots available for expansion on the motherboard. Therefore, when the related general purpose expansion is performed by a chassis expansion box or a motherboard, the expansion density of the smart accelerator card is limited because the structural space is limited.
In view of the above problems in the related art, no effective solution has been proposed.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The embodiment of the utility model provides a storage expansion equipment and storage expansion equipment system to solve the limited problem of the intelligent acceleration card density of the storage expansion equipment who exists among the correlation technique at least.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment provides a storage expansion equipment, include: a first hard disk cartridge having a first port for connection with a serial high technology configuration/serial small computer system interface SATA/SAS hard disk; the second hard disk box is provided with a second port used for being connected with the PCIE intelligent acceleration module; and the hard disk slot position comprises a third port connected with the first hard disk box or the second hard disk box, a fourth port connected with the SATA/SAS protocol bus and a fifth port connected with the PCIE protocol bus, wherein in the case that the third port is connected with the first hard disk box, the fourth port is connected with the first hard disk box through the third port, the fourth port and the third port form a first channel, in the case that the third port is connected with the second hard disk box, the fifth port is connected with the second hard disk box through the third port, and the fifth port and the third port form a second channel.
Optionally, the hard disk slot of the storage expansion device includes an SAS dual port connector, and the SAS dual port connector includes: a third port, a fourth port and a fifth port.
Optionally, the storage expansion device further comprises: SATA/SAS expands the chip; a PCIE expansion chip; and the master control device is connected with the fourth port through the SATA/SAS expansion chip and is connected with the fifth port through the PCIE expansion chip.
Optionally, the SATA/SAS expansion chip is connected to the master control device through a first PCIE line, and is connected to the fourth port through a SATA/SAS protocol bus; the PCIE expansion chip is connected to the main control device through the second PCIE line, and is connected to the fifth port through the PCIE protocol bus.
Optionally, the number of hard disk slots is the sum of the number of first hard disk cartridges and the number of second hard disk cartridges.
Optionally, the storage expansion device further includes a first PCIE switch, where the second port is connected to the multiple PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through the first PCIE switch.
Optionally, the storage expansion device further comprises: and the main control device is connected with the plurality of second hard disk cartridges through the second PCIE switch, and a second port of each second hard disk cartridge is connected with the plurality of PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through one first PCIE switch.
Optionally, the number of the second PCIE switches is one or more, where when the number of the second PCIE switches is multiple, each second PCIE switch is connected to multiple second hard disk cartridges, a second port of each second hard disk cartridge is connected to multiple PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through one first PCIE switch, and the number of the second hard disk cartridges connected to each second PCIE switch is the same or different.
Optionally, a ratio between the number of the second hard disk cartridges connected to the second PCIE switch and the bandwidth of the input end of the second PCIE switch is N, where N is a natural number.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a storage expansion device system is provided, which includes the storage expansion device and the PCIE intelligent acceleration module as described above.
Through the utility model discloses, because the grafting that storage expansion equipment can be selective has the first hard disk cartridge of SATA/SAS hard disk or is connected with the second hard disk cartridge of PCIE intelligent module, through grafting second hard disk cartridge and then connect the PCIE intelligent module as required. Therefore, the problem that the density of the intelligent accelerator card of the storage expansion device in the related art is limited can be solved, and the effect of intelligent expansion with higher density is achieved under the condition of the same structural size.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation to the invention. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a storage device in the related art;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a storage device having a chassis expansion box in the related art;
fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a motherboard of a PCIE slot in the related art;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a hard disk panel of a storage expansion device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a second hard disk cartridge in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a block diagram of a storage expansion device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a storage expansion device according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention; and
fig. 8 is a block diagram of a storage expansion device system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.
The proposal aims at realizing the effect of higher-density intelligent expansion under the condition of the same structure size. The present invention will be described with reference to the following examples:
in the present embodiment, a storage expansion device is provided, and fig. 6 shows a block diagram of a storage expansion device according to an embodiment of the present invention. For clarity, only the connection of master control 30 to one hard disk slot is shown in FIG. 6. As shown in fig. 6, the storage expansion apparatus includes: a first hard disk cartridge 21 having a first port 211 for connection with a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment/Serial attached small Computer System Interface (SATA/SAS) hard disk; a second hard disk cartridge 22, wherein the second hard disk cartridge 22 has a second port 221 for connecting with a PCIE intelligent acceleration module; the hard disk slot includes a third port 101 connected to the first hard disk cartridge 21 or the second hard disk cartridge 22, a fourth port 102 connected to the SATA/SAS protocol bus, and a fifth port 103 connected to the PCIE protocol bus, where in the case where the third port 101 is connected to the first hard disk cartridge 21, the fourth port is connected to the first hard disk cartridge 21 through the third port 101, the fourth port and the third port 101 constitute a first channel, in the case where the third port 101 is connected to the second hard disk cartridge 22, the fifth port is connected to the second hard disk cartridge 22 through the third port 101, and the fifth port and the third port 101 constitute a second channel. The hard disk slot may refer to fig. 4, and the range of the square frame in fig. 4 is one of the plurality of hard disk slots storing the hard disk panel of the expansion device; the second hard disk cartridge 22 can be seen in fig. 5.
According to the utility model discloses a SATA/SAS agreement and PCIE agreement are supported simultaneously to the third port 101 of storage expansion equipment's hard disk slot position, consequently can insert first hard disk cartridge 21 or insert second hard disk cartridge 22 according to actual need selectivity. Under the condition of plugging the second hard disk cartridge 22, the connection between the storage expansion device and the PCIE intelligent acceleration module (for example, a PCIE acceleration card, etc.) is realized, so that the PCIE intelligent acceleration module can be expanded to the storage expansion device by plugging the second hard disk cartridge 22.
In an alternative embodiment, the hard disk slot includes an SAS dual port connector 10, the SAS dual port connector 10 including: a third port 101, a fourth port 102 and a fifth port 103.
According to the utility model discloses a storage expansion device's hard disk slot position has adopted SAS bi-port connector 10. Generally, the SAS dual port connector is downward compatible with the SATA protocol, so that the hard disk of the SAS protocol may be connected to the hard disk of the first hard disk cartridge 21, and the SAS dual port connector may also implement hot plugging of the hard disk cartridge, that is, the hard disk cartridge may be replaced during operation without affecting the operation of the storage expansion device.
In an optional embodiment, the storage expansion device further includes: a SATA/SAS expansion chip 40; a PCIE expansion chip 50; the master control device 30 is connected to the fourth port 102 through the SATA/SAS expansion chip 40, and is connected to the fifth port 103 through the PCIE expansion chip 50. The main control device 30 is used for managing each hard disk cartridge connected to the storage expansion device.
In an optional embodiment, the SATA/SAS expansion chip 40 is connected to the main control device 30 through a first PCIE line, and is connected to the fourth port 102 through a SATA/SAS protocol bus; the PCIE expansion chip 50 is connected to the main control device 30 through a second PCIE line, and is connected to the fifth port 103 through a PCIE protocol bus.
The master control device 30 can perform bidirectional communication with the SATA/SAS expansion chip 40 using the first PCIE line. Meanwhile, the SATA/SAS expansion chip 40 is capable of bidirectional communication with the fourth port 102 using a SATA/SAS protocol bus. Thereby realizing the bidirectional communication of the first hard disk cartridge 21 with the main control apparatus 30. Correspondingly, the master control device 30 can perform bidirectional communication with the PCIE expansion chip 50 by using the second PCIE line. Meanwhile, the PCIE expansion chip 50 can perform bidirectional communication with the fourth port 102 by using a PCIE protocol bus. Thereby realizing the bidirectional communication of the second hard disk cartridge 22 with the main control apparatus 30.
In an alternative embodiment, the number of hard disk slots is the sum of the number of first hard disk cartridges 21 and the number of second hard disk cartridges 22. According to the utility model discloses a storage expansion equipment can include a plurality of hard disk slot positions, all pegs graft at every hard disk slot position and have the condition of hard disk cartridge, and its quantity just equals the quantity sum of the quantity of first hard disk cartridge 21 and the quantity of second hard disk cartridge 22. The number of the first hard disk cartridges 21 and the number of the second hard disk cartridges 22 may be arbitrarily combined.
Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a storage expansion device according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention. Here, for clarity, the universal SATA/SAS interconnect and connector portions are omitted, with only the PCIE cascade portion being embodied.
The storage expansion device further includes a first PCIE switch 60, where the second port 221 is connected to the multiple PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through the first PCIE switch 60.
As shown in fig. 7, each second hard disk cartridge is in bidirectional communication with the first PCIE switch 60 via a PCIE X1 line, and the PCIE X1 line is further divided into 3 parallel PCIE X1 lines via the first PCIE switch 60 (in a subsequent application, it may also be designed into more parallel PCIE X1 lines), and each of them is connected to one PCIE smart acceleration module. In this way, 3 PCIE intelligent acceleration modules can be extended by one second hard disk cartridge 22, and high-density extension of the PCIE intelligent acceleration modules is realized. In this embodiment, the PCIE switch corresponds to a PCIE expansion chip.
It should be noted that the PCIE X1 line indicates that the line has 1 lane, where one lane is composed of two pairs of wires, one for transmitting and the other for receiving. Data packets are transmitted over the lane at a rate of one packet per clock. One connection of X1 lines, the lowest PCIE connection, has only one lane, i.e., 4 pins. Its transmission in each direction can reach 1bit per clock. A connection of X1 lines may then transmit 2 bits per clock and so on, a connection of X2 lines may transmit 4 bits per clock and also apply to PCIE Xa and PCIE Xb in fig. 7, and a and b may be 2, 4, 12, 16, 32, etc.
In an optional embodiment, the storage expansion device further includes a second PCIE switch 70, the master control device is connected to the plurality of second hard disk enclosures 22 through the second PCIE switch 70, and a second port 221 of each second hard disk enclosure 22 is connected to the plurality of PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through one first PCIE switch 60.
As shown in fig. 7, the second PCIE switch 70 is connected to m groups of second hard disk cartridges 22 through m PCIE X1 lines, where m is a natural number. The storage expansion device expands 3m PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through the second PCIE switch 70.
In an alternative embodiment, the number of the second PCIE switches 70 in the storage expansion device is one or more, where when the number of the second PCIE switches 70 is multiple, each second PCIE switch 70 is connected to multiple second hard disk enclosures 22, the second port 221 of each second hard disk enclosure 22 is connected to multiple PCIE smart acceleration modules through one first PCIE switch 60, and the number of the second hard disk enclosures 22 connected to each second PCIE switch 70 is the same or different.
As shown in fig. 7, the lower second PCIE switch 70 is connected to n groups of second hard disk cartridges through n PCIE X1 lines, where n is a natural number. The storage expansion device expands 3n PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through the second PCIE switch 70. The number m of second hard disk enclosures 22 connected to the upper second PCIE switch 70 in fig. 7 and the number n of second hard disk enclosures 22 connected to the lower second PCIE switch 70 in fig. 7 may be the same or different.
In an alternative embodiment, a ratio between the number of the second hard disk enclosures 22 to which the second PCIE switch 70 is connected and the bandwidth of the input end of the second PCIE switch 70 is N, where N is a natural number, that is, a ratio of m to a is N.
In fig. 7, PCIE Xa is an uplink port of the second PCIE switch, and PCIE x1 connected to the second PCIE switch is a downlink port of the second PCIE switch; the second PCIE switch is configured to convert one PCIE Xa uplink port with a larger bandwidth into more PCIE X1 downlink ports with a smaller bandwidth. The function is similar for the third PCIE switch and the PCIE xb and PCIE X1 connected to it.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a storage expansion device system, and as shown in fig. 8, the storage expansion device system includes the storage expansion device and the PCIE intelligent acceleration module described in any of the foregoing embodiments. Therefore, high-density expansion of the PCIE intelligent acceleration module on the storage expansion equipment is realized.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A storage expansion device, comprising:
a first hard disk cartridge (21), the first hard disk cartridge (21) having a first port (211) for connection with a SATA/SAS hard disk;
a second hard disk cartridge (22), the second hard disk cartridge (22) having a second port (221) for connecting with a PCIE smart acceleration module;
a hard disk slot including a third port (101) connected to the first hard disk cartridge (21) or the second hard disk cartridge (22), a fourth port (102) connected to a SATA/SAS protocol bus, and a fifth port (103) connected to a PCIE protocol bus, wherein in a case where the third port (101) is connected to the first hard disk cartridge (21), the fourth port is connected to the first hard disk cartridge (21) through the third port (101), and the fourth port and the third port (101) constitute a first channel; when the third port (101) is connected with the second hard disk box (22), the fifth port is connected with the second hard disk box (22) through the third port (101), and the fifth port and the third port (101) form a second channel.
2. The storage expansion device of claim 1, wherein the hard disk slot comprises: SAS dual port connector (10), wherein the SAS dual port connector (10) comprises: the third port (101), the fourth port (102) and the fifth port (103).
3. The storage expansion device of claim 2, further comprising:
a SATA/SAS expansion chip (40);
a PCIE expansion chip (50);
the main control device (30) is connected with the fourth port (102) through the SATA/SAS expansion chip (40), and is connected with the fifth port (103) through the PCIE expansion chip (50).
4. The storage expansion device of claim 3,
the SATA/SAS expansion chip (40) is connected with the main control device (30) through a first PCIE line and is connected with the fourth port (102) through the SATA/SAS protocol bus;
the PCIE expansion chip (50) is connected with the main control device (30) through a second PCIE line and is connected with the fifth port (103) through the PCIE protocol bus.
5. The storage expansion device of claim 1, wherein the number of hard disk slots is the sum of the number of the first hard disk cartridges (21) and the number of the second hard disk cartridges (22).
6. The storage expansion device of claim 1, further comprising a first PCIE switch (60), wherein,
the second port (221) is connected with the plurality of PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through a first PCIE switchboard (60).
7. The storage expansion device of claim 6, further comprising:
the storage expansion device comprises a second PCIE switchboard (70), the main control device of the storage expansion device is connected with the plurality of second hard disk cartridges (22) through the second PCIE switchboard (70), and the second port (221) of each second hard disk cartridge (22) is connected with the plurality of PCIE intelligent acceleration modules through one PCIE switchboard (60).
8. The storage expansion device of claim 7,
the number of the second PCIE switches (70) is one or more, wherein when the number of the second PCIE switches (70) is multiple, each second PCIE switch (70) is connected to multiple second hard disk enclosures (22), and the number of the second hard disk enclosures (22) to which each second PCIE switch (70) is connected is the same or different.
9. The storage expansion device of claim 7, wherein a ratio between the number of the second hard disk enclosures (22) to which the second PCIE switch (70) is connected and a bandwidth of an input of the second PCIE switch (70) is N, where N is a natural number.
10. A storage expansion device system, comprising the storage expansion device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 and the PCIE intelligent acceleration module.
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