CN212515791U

CN212515791U - PCIe (peripheral component interface express) adapter card and 4GPU (graphics processing Unit) configuration system

Info

Publication number: CN212515791U
Application number: CN202021538493.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈阳阳
Original assignee: Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-29
Filing date: 2020-07-29
Publication date: 2021-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-29

Abstract

The application discloses PCIe patch card and 4GPU configuration system, this PCIe patch card includes: the mobile terminal comprises a golden finger, a first Slot, a second Slot, a third Slot and a first Slot connector, wherein the first Slot is connected with a GPU card of X16, the second Slot is connected with a first outer plug-in card, the third Slot is connected with a second outer plug-in card, the golden finger is connected with a server mainboard and used for transmitting PCIe signals to the first Slot, the second Slot and the third Slot, and the first Slot connector is connected with the server mainboard through the second Slot connector. The system comprises: PCIe adapter card, CPU, first connector, second connector and first adapter card, second Slimline connector sets up on first adapter card, and CPU is connected to golden finger through first connector, and CPU is connected to first Slimline connector through second connector, the second Slimline connector that sets up on first adapter card. Through the method and the device, the flexibility and the universality of the server mainboard configuration can be effectively improved.

Description

PCIe (peripheral component interface express) adapter card and 4GPU (graphics processing Unit) configuration system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the technical field of server system configuration, and in particular, to a PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express) adapter card and a 4GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) configuration system.

Background

With the rapid development of technologies such as internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and the like, users have made higher demands on the data processing capability of the server and the transmission capability of network data, and at the same time, the server is required to support multiple configurations. Especially, in a 4-GPU Balance system server, the requirement on system configuration is urgent.

Currently, a system configuration device supporting 4 GPUs generally adopts a Riser card, and two X16 slots are arranged in the Riser card, one X16 slot is connected with a GPU card, and the other X16 slot is connected with a PCIe external plug-in card.

However, in the currently configured Riser card supporting a 4GPU system, since the X16 slot for connecting the PCIe add-in card can only connect to a fixed PCIe add-in card, and cannot connect to other add-in cards with a large demand, the versatility and flexibility of the server are poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a PCIe adapter card and a 4GPU configuration system, which are used for solving the problem that in the prior art, a Riser card can only be connected with a fixed PCIe external plug-in card, so that the universality and the flexibility of a server are poor.

In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the application discloses the following technical scheme:

a PCIe patch card is applied to a 4GPU Balance system server, and comprises: the golden finger, set up in the positive first Slot, second Slot and the third Slot of PCIe adapter card, and set up in the first Slot connector at the PCIe adapter card back, X16's GPU card is connected to first Slot, first outer plug-in card of second Slot connection, the outer plug-in card of third Slot connection second, the golden finger is connected with the server mainboard for transmit PCIe signal to first Slot, second Slot and third Slot, first Slot connector is connected with the server mainboard via second Slot connector, second Slot connector sets up in the outside connector that is used for connecting the server mainboard of PCIe adapter card.

Optionally, the first Slot is a PCIe X16 Slot, the second Slot is a PCIe X8 Slot, and the third Slot is a PCIe X8 Slot.

Optionally, the first add-in card comprises a Raid card and the second add-in card comprises a PCIe network card.

Optionally, the PCIe signal transmitted by the gold finger is a PCIe X24 signal.

Optionally, the first slim connector is an X8 slim connector.

A 4GPU configuration system, the 4GPU configuration system comprising a PCIe riser card as recited in any one of claims 1-5.

Optionally, the system further includes: the interface card comprises a CPU, a first connector, a second connector and a first adapter card, wherein the second Slimline connector is arranged on the first adapter card, and the CPU is connected to the first Slimline connector through the second connector and the second Slimline connector arranged on the first adapter card.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can have the following beneficial effects:

the application provides a PCIe riser card, this riser card mainly includes: the PCIe patch card comprises a golden finger, a first Slot, a second Slot, a third Slot and a first Slimline connector, wherein the first Slot, the second Slot and the third Slot are arranged on the front surface of the PCIe patch card, and the first Slimline connector is arranged on the back surface of the PCIe patch card. The first Slot, the second Slot and the third Slot are respectively connected with a GPU card, a first outer plug-in card and a second outer plug-in card of the X16, and the first Slim line connector is connected with the server mainboard through the second Slim line connector. The PCIe adapter card in this embodiment can connect different external plug-in cards, such as a PCIe network card and a Raid card, after the connection to the GPU card is realized by setting the three Slot slots, so that flexible configuration of the server can be satisfied, and the universality and flexibility of the server can be improved. Three Slot slots are connected with the server mainboard through the golden fingers, so that the PCIe adapter card can be connected to X24 PCIe uplink signals and X8 uplink signals, one X16 PCIe downlink signal and two X8 PCIe downlink signals are transmitted in the downlink direction, and various signal configuration requirements can be met at the same time.

The application also provides a 4GPU configuration system, the system comprises the PCIe adapter card, a CPU, a first connector, a second connector and a first adapter card, the second adapter card is arranged, the CPU can distribute PCIe signals to the PCIe adapter card through the first connector and the second connector on the server mainboard, uplink signals of the PCIe adapter card are provided by the first connector, the second connector, the first adapter card and the first Slim line connector, downlink signals are transmitted to three standard PCIe slots including a first Slot, a second Slot and a third Slot, and the structural design is favorable for improving flexibility and universality of server mainboard configuration.

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.

Drawings

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 structural diagram of a PCIe adapter card according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a PCIe signal topology of a PCIe riser card according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a 4GPU configuration system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

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 structural diagram of a PCIe adapter card according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the PCIe adapter card in this embodiment mainly includes: the connector comprises a golden finger, a first Slot, a second Slot, a third Slot and a first Slimline connector.

The first Slot, the second Slot and the third Slot are arranged on the front face of the PCIe adapter card, the first Slot is used for being connected with a GPU card of X16, the second Slot is used for being connected with a first outer plug-in card, the third Slot is used for being connected with a second outer plug-in card, the first outer plug-in card comprises a Raid card and other PCIe standard cards, and the second outer plug-in card comprises a PCIe network card and other PCIe standard cards. Due to the arrangement of the three Slot slots, the PCIe adapter card in the embodiment can be connected with the GPU card and different external plug-in cards, so that flexible configuration of the server mainboard is realized. In this embodiment, three Slot slots are arranged on the front surface of the PCIe riser card from top to bottom, the first Slot is a PCIe X16 Slot, the second Slot is a PCIe X8 Slot, and the third Slot is a PCIe X8 Slot.

The first Slimline connector is arranged on the back of the PCIe riser card. The first Slimline connector is connected with the server mainboard through a second Slimline connector, and the second Slimline connector is a connector which is arranged outside the PCIe adapter card and used for connecting the server mainboard. In this embodiment, the second Slimline connector is disposed on a riser card other than the PCIe riser card, and therefore, the first Slimline connector is indirectly connected to the server motherboard via the second Slimline connector. The first Slimline connector is an X8 Slimline connector, and an upstream X8 PCIe signal from the server mainboard can be timely acquired through the X8 Slimline connector.

As can be seen from fig. 1, in this embodiment, one end of the golden finger is connected to the server motherboard, and is used to transmit PCIe signals to the first Slot, the second Slot, and the third Slot. By the connection mode, uplink signals from the server mainboard can be transmitted to the corresponding first Slot, second Slot or third Slot via the golden finger in time. The gold finger in this embodiment is used to pass the PCIe X24 signal of the motherboard.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a PCIe signal topology of the PCIe riser card in this embodiment. In fig. 2, Riser2 is a PCIe adapter card, Riser1 is another adapter card disposed outside PCIe, and a second slim connector is disposed on the adapter card, the CPU includes a CPU0 and a CPU1, a PCIe 16 CONN2 is a first Slot, a PCIe 8 CONN1 is a second Slot, a PCIe 8 CONN0 is a third Slot, a PCIe 24 GOLD FINGER is a GOLD FINGER, and J102 and J99 are both connectors disposed on the server motherboard.

As can be seen from fig. 2, the upstream of the PCIe Riser2 is composed of X24 PCIe Slot and X8 Slot, and the downstream supports 3 standard PCIe SLOTs, one of which is X16 PCIe Slot and the other is X8 PCIe Slot. The third Slot PCIE X8 CONN0 can be connected with a standard PCIe network card or other cards, PCIe signals are provided by a mainboard CPU1 and PE2 and are directly switched to Riser2 through a J102 connector on the mainboard, wherein PE 2A/B is connected with TX/RX 0-7. The second Slot PCIEX8 CONN1 can be connected with a Raid card or other cards, PCIe signals are provided by a mainboard CPU1 and PE2, and are directly switched to the Riser card 2 through a J102 connector on the mainboard, wherein the PE 2C/D is connected with TX/RX 8-15. The first Slot PCIEX16 CONN2 is connected with the GPU card, PCIe signals are provided by a mainboard CPU0 PE3, the signals are composed of two parts in an uplink mode, wherein PE 3A/B is switched to Riser2 through a J102 connector on the mainboard and is connected with TX/RX 8-15; PE 3C/D is switched to Riser1 through a J99 connector on the main board, and signals are transmitted to Riser2 through a second Slimline connector on Riser1, and TX/RX 0-7 is connected.

In summary, the PCIe adapter card in this embodiment can flexibly configure the Raid card, the PCIe network card, and other PCIe standard cards outside the GPU card, which is beneficial to improving flexibility and universality of Balance system server configuration.

Example two

The application also protects a 4GPU configuration system, and the configuration system comprises the PCIe adapter card. Referring to fig. 3 based on the embodiments shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a 4GPU configuration system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As can be seen from fig. 3, the configuration system in this embodiment further includes, in addition to the PCIe adapter card: the device comprises a CPU, a first connector, a second connector and a first adapter card, wherein a second Slimline connector is arranged on the first adapter card, the CPU is connected to a golden finger through the first connector, and the CPU is connected to the first Slimline connector through the second connector and the second Slimline connector arranged on the first adapter card.

In this embodiment, the first connector and the second connector are both disposed on the server motherboard. As can be seen from fig. 2, in the embodiment, the first connector is a J102 connector disposed on the server motherboard for transmitting one uplink X24 PCIe signal, and the second connector is a J99 connector disposed on the server motherboard for transmitting another uplink X24 PCIe signal.

According to the 4GPU configuration system, the PCIe adapter card is arranged, various PCIe standard cards can be flexibly configured, and the universality and the flexibility of the server mainboard can be improved.

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.

Claims

1. The PCIe riser card is applied to a 4GPU Balance system server, and comprises: the golden finger, set up in the positive first Slot, second Slot and the third Slot of PCIe adapter card, and set up in the first Slot connector at the PCIe adapter card back, X16's GPU card is connected to first Slot, first outer plug-in card of second Slot connection, the outer plug-in card of third Slot connection second, the golden finger is connected with the server mainboard for transmit PCIe signal to first Slot, second Slot and third Slot, first Slot connector is connected with the server mainboard via second Slot connector, second Slot connector sets up in the outside connector that is used for connecting the server mainboard of PCIe adapter card.

2. The PCIe riser card of claim 1, wherein the first Slot is a PCIe X16 Slot, the second Slot is a PCIe X8 Slot, and the third Slot is a PCIe X8 Slot.

3. The PCIe riser card of claim 1, wherein the first add-in card comprises a Raid card and the second add-in card comprises a PCIe network card.

4. The PCIe patch card of claim 1, wherein the PCIe signal transmitted by the gold finger is a PCIe X24 signal.

5. The PCIe riser card of claim 1, wherein the first Slimline connector is an X8 Slimline connector.

6. A 4GPU configuration system, wherein the 4GPU configuration system comprises a PCIe adapter card as recited in any one of claims 1-5.

7. A4 GPU configuration system according to claim 6, further comprising: the second Slimline connector is arranged on the first adapter card, the CPU is connected to the golden finger through the first connector, and the CPU is connected to the first Slimline connector through the second connector and the second Slimline connector arranged on the first adapter card.