CN212569645U

CN212569645U - Flexibly configurable edge server system architecture

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Publication number: CN212569645U
Application number: CN202021347621.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姬生钦
Original assignee: Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-09
Filing date: 2020-07-09
Publication date: 2021-02-19
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-09

Abstract

The utility model relates to a server system framework field especially relates to a nimble marginal server system framework that can join in marriage. The port surface of the chassis in the edge server system architecture is provided with a panel used for bearing one or more modules of the at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration, the configured full-height PCIe module and the half-height PCIe module; the panel is combined according to preset bearing configuration, and is customized with specifications of at least two port combination forms. The utility model discloses realize the hard disk module of different specifications and the PCIe module of different specifications compatible and nimble collocation, produce different server system structure form, can adapt to different business application scenes of marginal data center and demand.

Description

Flexibly configurable edge server system architecture

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The utility model relates to a server system framework field especially relates to a nimble marginal server system framework that can join in marriage.

[ background of the invention ]

With the continuous emergence and development of new technologies such as 5G, industrial Internet of things, artificial intelligence and the like, a service platform is built near a user side, resources such as storage, calculation, network and the like are provided, and part of key services are sunk to the edge side of the network, so that the development trend of the network in the future is formed. For this reason, the Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) introduced an OTII (telecommunication open IT infrastructure) server, which is different from the conventional server in that IT has technical features of a small depth, a wider temperature adaptability, a front maintenance and a unified management interface.

At present, many server manufacturers have successively introduced OTII server products, wherein, there are two main forms of servers supporting full-height, dual-width and full-length GPU/FPGA configuration:

(1) the server system framework is normally 6 hard disk slot positions and maximally configures 8 PCIe cards, but the design can consider that 8 hard disk slot positions and 5 PCIe slot positions are supported, so that different application scene requirements are met. However, in the server architecture, when 8 hard disk slots are supported, 3 full-high PCIe slots need to be sacrificed, which may cause the shortage of PCIe slot resources. Meanwhile, if 8 hard disk slots are configured, only 1 full-height, double-width and full-length GPU/FPAG calculation accelerator card can be supported, and the method is not beneficial to the application of scenes with high real-time computing capability and graphics processing capability.

(2) The server configuration has enough large hard disk configuration capacity and supports 6 standard PCIe slots, and a scene with large storage requirements can be used. However, the hard disk configuration and the PCIe expansion card configuration capability of the system scheme are relatively fixed, the problem that the PCIe expansion requirement cannot be well met exists, and an obvious phenomenon of effective space waste of a front panel of a server exists in a scene with low storage requirement.

In view of this, how to overcome the defects existing in the prior art is a problem to be solved in the technical field.

[ Utility model ] content

The problem that hard disk configuration and PCIe expansion card configuration capability of a system scheme in the prior art are relatively fixed, PCIe expansion requirements cannot be well met is high, and an obvious phenomenon of effective space waste of a front panel of a server exists in a scene with low storage requirements.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an adopt following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, the present invention provides a flexible and configurable edge server system architecture, which includes a chassis, a motherboard module, a power module, at least two sets of hard disk modules for selective configuration, a fan module, a full-height PCIe module for configuration, and/or a half-height PCIe module;

the port surface of the case is provided with a panel used for bearing one or more of the at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration, the configured full-height PCIe module and the half-height PCIe module;

the panel is combined according to preset bearing configuration, and is customized with specifications of at least two port combination forms.

Preferably, the at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration include a hard disk cage structure component and a hard disk backplane, specifically:

the hard disk cage structure component provides a fixed slot position for the type and the number of hard disks to be borne;

the hard disk backboard provides data and power supply connection ports for the types and the quantity of the hard disks to be borne, and is connected with the mainboard module through a signal cable.

Preferably, the at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration include a hard disk module a and a hard disk module B, specifically:

the hard disk module A is provided with 10 hard disk slots and is used for configuring less than 10 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disks or 2.5-inch NVMe hard disks;

the hard disk module B is provided with 6 hard disk slots and is used for configuring less than 6 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disks or 2.5-inch NVMe hard disks;

wherein, hard disk module A and hard disk module B are provided with corresponding hard disk back boards.

Preferably, the hard disk is connected with the hard disk backplane through an SFF-8680 and/or SFF-8639 connector.

Preferably, the half-high PCIe module includes a half-high PCIe expansion board, where one or more half-high PCIe slots are disposed on the half-high PCIe expansion board and used for configuring corresponding half-high PCIe cards; half high PCIe expansion board is provided with the switching mouth, the connection of PCIe signal is realized through connector and cable subassembly and mainboard to the switching mouth.

Preferably, the half-high PCIe module is arranged at a position adjacent to the hard disk module;

the hard disk cage structure assembly in the hard disk module is provided with a PCIe expansion board clamping groove on one side facing the PCIe expansion board and used for clamping the PCIe expansion board;

at least one pressure riveting stud is arranged on the main board module or the case shell, and corresponding screw hole positions are arranged on the corresponding PCIe expansion cards so as to be matched with PCIe expansion board clamping grooves in the hard disk cage structural assembly, and the PCIe expansion boards are fixed.

Preferably, the full-high PCIe module comprises a full-high PCIe expansion card; the full-high PCIe expansion card is provided with at least one full-high PCIe card slot position;

the full-height PCIe expansion card is vertically inserted into a corresponding notch of the mainboard module; after the insertion of the corresponding full-height PCIe card in the full-height PCIe card slot position is completed, each full-height PCIe card and the mainboard module form a parallel position relation.

Preferably, the full-high PCIe expansion card further includes a half-high PCIe card slot.

Preferably, the full-height PCIe card includes a standard PCIe card and/or a full-height dual-width full-length GPU/FGPA computing accelerator card.

Preferably, the fan module is specifically configured with 5 60mm fan modules or 4 80mm fan modules.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses beneficial effect lies in:

the utility model discloses the marginal server system architecture technical scheme who adopts can realize the maximize of marginal server integrated level, realize compatible and the nimble collocation between the hard disk module of different specifications and the PCIe module of different specifications, produce different server system structure forms, can adapt to different business application scenes and demands of marginal data center, simultaneously relatively independent server form design, the maximize sharing of server module and structure has been realized to compatible system architecture scheme, can effectively reduce marginal server's manufacturing cost.

[ description of the drawings ]

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a chassis port of a flexibly configurable edge server system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an axial view of a flexibly configurable edge server system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an isometric view of another flexibly configurable edge server system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a front view of a chassis port of another flexibly configurable edge server system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is an isometric view of another flexibly configurable edge server system architecture provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a hard disk cage structure in another flexible and configurable edge server system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a half-height PCIe module in a flexible and configurable edge server system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a fixed half-height PCIe module in a flexible edge server system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an all-high PCIe module in a flexible edge server system architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The present invention relates to a system structure of a specific function system, and therefore, the function logic relationship of each structure module is mainly explained in the specific embodiment, and the specific software and hardware implementation modes are not limited.

Furthermore, the technical features mentioned in the embodiments of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other. The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

Example 1:

the embodiment of the utility model provides a nimble marginal server system architecture that can join in marriage, as shown in fig. 1-3, marginal server system architecture includes that quick-witted case, mainboard module, power module, at least two sets of hard disk module that choose the configuration, fan module, full height PCIe module and/or half high PCIe module that supply the configuration constitute;

the mainboard module, the power supply module, at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration, the fan module, the full-height PCIe module for configuration and/or the half-height PCIe module are/is arranged in the case; data communication connection is established between the at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration and the full-high PCIe module and/or the half-high PCIe module for configuration and the mainboard module; the power supply module provides working power for other modules; with the orientation structure shown in fig. 2 and 3, based on the flexible edge server system architecture proposed by the present invention, there is at least one assembly mode: the hard disk module is located on the left side of the front end of the chassis, the PCIe module (a full-high PCIe module in fig. 2, and a combination of the full-high PCIe module and a half-high PCIe module in fig. 3) is located on the right side of the front end of the chassis, the power module is located on the left side of the rear end of the chassis, the fan module is located on the right side of the rear end of the chassis, and an I/O interface area is arranged below the PCIe module at the front end of the chassis.

The port face of the case is provided with a panel used for bearing one or more of the at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration, the configured full-height PCIe module and the half-height PCIe module. Fig. 1 and 4 are schematic diagrams of two panel structures provided by specific examples, and the corresponding left panel structures of fig. 2 and 3 also provide two other possible panel structure forms. The specific structural explanation of each corresponding figure will be specifically described in the following specific extended example scenario of the present invention, which is not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an adopted edge server system architecture technical scheme can realize the maximize of edge server integrated level, realize compatible and nimble collocation between the hard disk module of different specifications and the PCIe module of different specifications, produce different server system structure forms, can adapt to different business application scenes and demands of edge data center, while relatively independent server form design, the maximize sharing of server module and structure has been realized to compatible system architecture scheme, can effectively reduce edge server's manufacturing cost.

The embodiment of the present invention provides an in, at least two sets of hard disk module that supply the optional configuration, as shown in fig. 5 and fig. 6, including hard disk cage structure subassembly and hard disk backplate, it is specific:

As the utility model discloses a certain example scene that gives, the hard disk module of at least two sets of confessions optional configurations can include hard disk module A and hard disk module B, and is specific:

wherein, hard disk module A and hard disk module B are provided with corresponding hard disk back boards. The types and the number of the hard disk modules can be configured and adjusted according to actual conditions, and are not limited to the configuration combination mode of the hard disk module A and the hard disk module B given in the above example.

The hard disk is connected with the hard disk backboard through an SFF-8680 and/or SFF-8639 connector.

As shown in fig. 7, a schematic diagram of a half-high PCIe module structure provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes a half-high PCIe expansion board, where one or more half-high PCIe slots are disposed on the half-high PCIe expansion board for configuring corresponding half-high PCIe cards; half high PCIe expansion board is provided with the switching mouth, the connection of PCIe signal is realized through connector and cable subassembly and mainboard to the switching mouth.

In a specific example, as shown in fig. 3, 6 and 7, the half-high PCIe module is disposed adjacent to the hard disk module;

As shown in fig. 9, the full-high PCIe module includes a full-high PCIe expansion card; the full-high PCIe expansion card is provided with at least one full-high PCIe card slot position;

the full-height PCIe expansion card is vertically inserted into a corresponding notch of the mainboard module; after the insertion of the corresponding full-height PCIe card in the full-height PCIe card slot position is completed, each full-height PCIe card and the mainboard module form a parallel position relation. As shown in fig. 2, the PCIe card marked therein is in a parallel position relative to the motherboard assembly.

As shown in fig. 9, the full-high PCIe expansion card further includes a half-high PCIe card slot. In specific implementation, among the full-height PCIe expansion card, the combined number of the full-height PCIe card slot and the half-height PCIe card slot may be adjusted according to actual conditions, and is not limited to the embodiment of the present invention provides the two 1 shown in fig. 9: 2 in number relation. The specific total number and ratio will be adjusted and set according to the height of the edge server housing (i.e., the vertical height distance in the figure, relative to the perspective of fig. 9) and the specific function.

The utility model discloses an in the embodiment scene, full-height PCIe plug-in card, calculate the accelerator card including standard PCIe plug-in card and/or full-height double-width full length GPU FGPA.

In an embodiment scenario of the present invention, the fan module is specifically configured as a 5 60mm fan module (for example, as shown in fig. 5, which is an effect diagram of a configuration of a typical 5 60mm fan module) or a configuration of a 4 80mm fan module (not illustrated in the specific figure).

As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the interface area is generally located on the port surface of the chassis, and is located in the space position below each PCIe card in the full-height PCIe module, and is provided with an I/O interface area. The area is provided with a power supply, a UID, a VGA, a USB, a system health indicator lamp, a system reset key, a service network interface, an IPMI management network port, a COM port and the like. The power supply, the UID, the VGA, the USB, the system health indicator light, the system reset key and the like can also be placed on the ear wings at two sides of the case like the traditional server, and at the moment, more service network interfaces can be discharged from the I/O interface area.

Example 2:

the utility model provides a nimble marginal server system architecture that can join in marriage, it is based on the marginal server system architecture that embodiment 1 provided to combine the specific application scene to show the marginal server system architecture example that a complete structure appears.

The edge server system architecture meets the technical specification requirements of the OTII server, the height of the chassis of the edge server is 2U, and as shown in FIG. 1, the edge server is composed of the chassis, a mainboard module, a power module, a hard disk module A (only identified as the hard disk module in FIG. 2), a fan module and two full-height PCIe modules.

The edge server chassis is a standard 19-inch chassis, the depth of the chassis meets the installation of a 600mm deep network cabinet, an I/O interface area is arranged at the front end of the chassis and below a full-height PCIe module, and a power supply, a UID (user interface device), a VGA (video graphics array), a USB (universal serial bus), a system health indicator lamp, a system reset key, a service network interface, an IPMI (intelligent platform management interface), a COM (component object model) port and the like are arranged in the area. The power supply, UID, VGA, USB, system health indicator light, and system reset key may also be placed on the ear wings at both sides of the chassis as in the conventional server, and at this time, the I/O interface area may discharge more service network interfaces (not shown).

The hard disk module A of the edge server case comprises a hard disk cage structure assembly and a hard disk back plate, and the hard disk module A comprises 10 hard disk slots and is located in the left area of the front end of the edge server. The hard disk module A can be configured with 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disks, can support NVMe hard disks by replacing different hard disk back plates, and supports hot plugging and pre-maintenance operation of the hard disks. The hard disk is connected with the hard disk back plate through SFF-8680 and SFF-8639 connectors and is connected with the main board through signal cables.

The edge server chassis comprises 2 full-high PCIe modules and is positioned in the right area of the front end of the edge server. Each PCIe module comprises 3 PCIe card slots, 3 standard PCIe cards can be configured to the maximum extent, wherein two PCIe slots on the upper layer support full-height full-length cards and are matched with all PCIe standard cards, and PCIe slots on the lower layer support full-height half-length cards and half-length standard cards. The maximum total-height double-width full-length GPU/FGPA and other calculation acceleration cards can be configured for each full-height PCIe module, the maximum total-height double-width full-length GPU/FGPA and other calculation acceleration cards can be supported by the whole edge server, and the edge server can be used for edge application scenes such as high-performance calculation, graphic processing and the like.

The edge server comprises a power supply module which is positioned in the right area of the rear end of the edge server. The power supply module comprises a power supply cage and a power supply back plate, wherein the power supply cage can accommodate two standard CRPS power supply modules and support the hot plug maintenance operation of the power supply modules. The power supply back plate can realize output combination of the two power supply modules and supply power to the edge server mainboard, the hard disk back plate and the like through the power cable assembly. The power supply modules with different powers can be selected according to the load power of the edge server, and the alternating current power supply module, the high-voltage direct current power supply module or the-48V direct current power supply module can be selected according to the power supply configuration of the machine room. The power supply module supports configuration forms of single power supply module non-redundant power supply, two power supply modules 1+1 redundant power supply and the like.

The edge server comprises a fan module which is positioned in the left area of the rear end of the edge server. The edge server fan module comprises a fan cage structure component, a signal/power connector and fan modules arranged in a fan cage, each fan module comprises 5 fan modules, each fan module can be provided with a fan with the specification of 60mm multiplied by 38mm or 60mm multiplied by 56mm, and the fan modules provide air quantity necessary for heat dissipation for an edge server mainboard, a PCIe card, a hard disk and the like. The fan module realizes the connection of signals and power supply through the signal/power supply connector and the cable assembly connecting the fan module and the edge server mainboard. The fan module can realize hot plug and tool-free maintenance operation from the rear end of the case, and the normal operation of the edge server is not influenced in the operation process.

The edge server comprises a mainboard module which is positioned in the inner area of the edge server. The edge server mainboard module supports 2-path CPU configuration at most, 16 memory slots at most and 2 RISER card slots at most, and can be used for installing a full-height PCIe module.

Example 3:

the utility model provides a nimble marginal server system architecture that can join in marriage, it is based on the marginal server system architecture that embodiment 1 provided to combine the specific application scene to show the marginal server system architecture example that another complete architecture presented.

The edge server meets the technical specification requirements of the OTII server, the height of a chassis of the edge server is 2U, and as shown in FIG. 3, the edge server is composed of a chassis, a mainboard module, a power module, a hard disk module B (only identified as the hard disk module in FIG. 3), a fan module, two full-height PCIe modules and a half-height PCIe module.

The edge server cabinet position standard 19-inch cabinet is characterized in that the depth of the cabinet meets the installation of a 600mm deep cabinet, an I/O interface area is arranged at the front end of the cabinet and below a full-height PCIe module, and a power supply, a UID (user interface device), a VGA (video graphics array), a USB (universal serial bus), a system health indicator lamp, a system reset key, a service network interface, an IPMI (intelligent platform management interface), a COM (component object model) port and the like are arranged in the area. The power supply, UID, VGA, USB, system health indicator light, and system reset key may also be placed on the ear wings at both sides of the chassis as in the conventional server, and at this time, the I/O interface area may discharge more service network interfaces (not shown).

The hard disk module B of the edge server case consists of a hard disk cage structural component and a hard disk back plate, and the hard disk module B comprises 6 hard disk slot positions and is positioned in the left area of the front end of the edge server. The hard disk module B can be configured with 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disks, can support NVMe hard disks by replacing different hard disk back plates, and supports hot plugging and pre-maintenance operation of the hard disks. The hard disk is connected with the hard disk back plate through SFF-8680 and SFF-8639 connectors and is connected with the main board through signal cables.

The edge server chassis comprises 2 full-high PCIe modules and is positioned in the right area of the front end of the edge server. Each PCIe module comprises 3 PCIe card slots, 3 standard PCIe cards can be configured to the maximum extent, wherein two PCIe slots on the upper layer support full-height full-length cards and are matched with all PCIe standard cards, and PCIe slots on the lower layer support full-height half-length cards and half-length standard cards. The maximum total-height double-width full-length GPU/FGPA and other calculation acceleration cards can be configured for each full-height PCIe module, the maximum total-height double-width full-length GPU/FGPA and other calculation acceleration cards can be supported by the whole edge server, and the edge server can be used for edge application scenes such as high-performance calculation, graphic processing and the like. The edge server also comprises 1 half-high PCIe module which is positioned in the front-end hard disk module area of the edge server, comprises 2 half-high PCIe slots and can be used for configuring 2 half-high PCIe cards. The half-high PCIe module comprises a PCIe adapter plate, and the PCIe adapter plate is connected with the mainboard through the connector and the cable assembly to realize PCIe signal connection. The connection interface of the half-high PCIe module and the edge server chassis is designed to be compatible with the connection interface of the hard disk module and the chassis when the 10 disk positions are configured, so that the flexible configuration of 6 hard disk positions and 10 hard disk positions of the edge server can be realized.

Edge server machine case is provided with the draw-in groove of integrated circuit board on 6 dish position hard disk modules for joint PCIe expansion card is provided with two pressure riveting double-screw bolts in the one side of keeping away from the hard disk cage near the mainboard, and is provided with two corresponding screw hole sites on the PCIe expansion card that corresponds, and the pressure riveting double-screw bolt position avoids 10 quick-witted case spatial position that the position of dish position hard disk modules shared completely. By the scheme, the 6-disk and 10-disk chassis structures can be completely consistent, and the difference of the chassis main body structures caused by the difference of the hard disk modules is avoided. During production and assembly, the PCIe expansion card is firstly placed into the clamping groove on the hard disk module, and then the PCIe expansion card is fixed on the pressure riveting stud by screws.

According to 6 positions and 10 position of a stock embodiments the scheme under the unchangeable condition of case major structure, not only can realize the biggest hard disk configuration quantity of industry, can the biggest PCIe expansion slot position configuration of industry again simultaneously to satisfy different business scenes to the different demands of configuration, and effectively reduce edge server's manufacturing cost.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A flexibly configurable edge server system architecture is characterized in that the edge server system architecture comprises a chassis, a mainboard module, a power module, at least two groups of hard disk modules for selective configuration, a fan module, a full-height PCIe module for configuration and/or a half-height PCIe module;

2. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 1, wherein the at least two groups of selectively configurable hard disk modules comprise a hard disk cage assembly and a hard disk backplane, specifically:

3. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 2, wherein the at least two groups of selectively configurable hard disk modules comprise a hard disk module a and a hard disk module B, specifically:

4. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 3, wherein the hard disk is connected to the hard disk backplane via SFF-8680 and/or SFF-8639 connectors.

5. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 1, wherein a half-high PCIe module comprises a half-high PCIe expansion board, and one or more half-high PCIe slots are disposed on the half-high PCIe expansion board for configuring corresponding half-high PCIe cards; half high PCIe expansion board is provided with the switching mouth, the connection of PCIe signal is realized through connector and cable subassembly and mainboard to the switching mouth.

6. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 5, wherein the half-high PCIe module is disposed adjacent to a hard disk module;

7. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 1, wherein an all-high PCIe module comprises an all-high PCIe expansion card; the full-high PCIe expansion card is provided with at least one full-high PCIe card slot position;

8. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 7, further comprising a half-high PCIe card slot in the full-high PCIe expansion card.

9. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of claim 7, wherein the full-height PCIe add-in card comprises a standard PCIe add-in card and/or a full-height double-width full-length GPU/FGPA compute accelerator card.

10. The flexibly configurable edge server system architecture of any of claims 1-9, wherein the fan modules are specifically configured as 5 60mm fan modules or 4 80mm fan modules.