CN217034657U - Expandable power module and server - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an expandable power module and a server, and particularly relates to a casing and at least one group of redundant power supplies arranged in the casing, wherein the redundant power supplies are connected with a power supply cable, at least one surface of the casing is provided with a wire outlet, one end of the power supply cable is connected with the redundant power supply, and the other end of the power supply cable extends out of the wire outlet. The power module has high universality, is suitable for 2U server cases of any type, and can ensure that the server cannot be powered off when a single power supply has a replacement requirement, thereby ensuring the normal and stable operation of the server; meanwhile, the power supply module has high expansion capability, can support power supply of various different types of electrical appliances without adding new power supply cables, such as a mainboard, a backboard, a GPU and other components, and achieves the purpose that one power supply module is adaptive to the power supply of various electrical appliances. In addition, the power supply module can effectively protect the power supply, and is convenient for subsequent maintenance or power supply replacement; reasonable in design, simple structure, low cost installs simple and easy swift.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of power supplies, in particular to an expandable power supply module and a server.
Background
The server is one of computers, and runs faster, has higher load and is more expensive than a common computer. The server has high-speed CPU operation capability, long-time reliable operation, strong I/O external data throughput capability and better expansibility. The server power supply refers to a power supply used in a server, and is a switching power supply as well as a PC power supply. The server power supply is the starting point and the homing point of the construction of the power supply and distribution system of the whole data center. Therefore, stability and ease of maintenance of the power supply are critical. Two or more power supplies are widely used in server devices to supply power simultaneously, and such a multi-power supply technology is called "redundant power supply". The redundant power supply consists of a plurality of completely same power supplies, the chip controls the power supplies to carry out load balancing, when a certain power supply fails, other power supplies can take over the work of the certain power supply immediately, and the plurality of power supplies are recovered to work cooperatively after the power supply is replaced. Based on the characteristics, each independent power supply module in the redundant power supply system can be subjected to hot plugging. When a certain power module needs to be replaced, the maintenance work can be completed without power failure, and the normal operation of the server is not influenced. By means of the design of the redundant power supply, higher reliability can be obtained.
The redundant power supply of the server has various configuration forms, such as 1+1 power supply configuration, namely, one power supply module works normally, and the other power supply module is used as a redundant backup; other devices also exist, such as 2+1 power supply configurations, 2+2 power supply configurations, and the like. Due to the existence of redundant backup, the volume of a redundant power supply is usually larger, and for a server with limited installation space, reasonable installation and fixation are particularly important. The existing server cases are different in specification and model, when redundant power supplies are installed in different server cases, the fixing devices in the server cases cannot be used for effective fixing, potential safety hazards exist when server maintenance, expansion or power supply module replacement is carried out, and stable operation of the server can also be influenced. In view of the above technical problems, a power module suitable for high versatility is needed, and different redundant power supplies of various types, models, and specifications can be satisfied.
In view of the above, the present invention is particularly proposed.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The first purpose of the utility model is to provide an expandable power supply module suitable for servers of 2U and above, aiming at the problem that the installation, placement or fixation of a redundant power supply in the prior art cannot be met, the expandable power supply module can effectively protect the power supply, is convenient for subsequent maintenance and power supply replacement, and has low cost and simple and quick installation; meanwhile, the power supply module has high expansion capability, can support power supply of electrical appliances of various different types under the condition that a new power supply cable is not required to be added, and achieves the purpose that one power supply module is adaptive to various servers for power supply.
The second objective of the present invention is to provide a server including the expandable power module, wherein when a power source in the server goes wrong or is replaced, the overall operation of the server is not affected, and meanwhile, when the server is expanded, no new power supply cable needs to be added.
In order to achieve the above purpose of the present invention, the following technical solutions are adopted:
an expandable power module comprises a shell and at least one group of redundant power supplies arranged in the shell;
the redundant power supply is connected with a power supply cable;
and at least one surface of the shell is provided with a wire outlet, one end of the power supply cable is connected with the redundant power supply, and the other end of the power supply cable extends out of the wire outlet.
As a preferred embodiment, the housing is of hexahedral configuration;
as a preferred embodiment, the hexahedron has a size of 265mm 84mm 77 mm;
as a preferred embodiment, at least one face of the housing is provided with at least one vent;
as a preferred embodiment, the shape of the vent includes, but is not limited to, circular, oval, rectangular, square;
in a preferred embodiment, the number of the power supply cables is 15 to 18.
As a preferred embodiment, the power supply cable has a format comprising 2 × 4 pins, 2 × 12 pins, 2 × 2 pins, 2 × 3 pins;
as a preferred embodiment, the redundant power supply is a 1+1 type power supply configuration;
as a preferred embodiment, the other end of the power supply cable is used for connecting an electrical appliance, and the electrical appliance mainly includes a main board, a back board, and a GPU card;
in a preferred embodiment, the material of the housing includes at least one of iron and iron alloy.
A server comprises the expandable power module.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
(1) the expandable power module has high universality and is suitable for 2U server cases of any model; and moreover, the server can not be powered off when a single power supply needs to be replaced, and the normal and stable operation of the server is guaranteed.
(2) The expandable power supply module has high expansion capability, can support various different types of electric appliances to supply power without adding new power supply cables, such as a mainboard, a backboard, a GPU and other components, and achieves the purpose that one power supply module is adaptive to various electric appliances to supply power.
(3) The expandable power supply module can effectively protect a power supply and is convenient for subsequent maintenance or power supply replacement; reasonable in design, simple structure, low cost installs simple and easy swift.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an expandable power module according to an embodiment of the utility model;
fig. 2 is a front view of a top view of the expandable power module shown in fig. 1;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the expandable power module shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the expandable power module shown in FIG. 1;
fig. 5 is a partially exposed view of the output end of the power supply cable provided by the present invention.
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1-outer shell surface; 11-outlet port; 12-a first vent;
2-a shell plate; 21-a first groove; 22-a second vent;
23-a second groove; 24-a baffle plate; 25-a fastener;
26-label.
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The technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, but those skilled in the art will understand that the following described embodiments are some, not all, of the embodiments of the present invention, and are only used for illustrating the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention. The examples, in which specific conditions are not specified, were conducted under conventional conditions or conditions recommended by the manufacturer. The reagents or instruments used are conventional products which are not indicated by manufacturers and are commercially available.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case to those of ordinary skill in the art.
The expandable power module is provided for solving the technical problems that in the prior art, specifications and models of server cabinets are different, when redundant power supplies are installed in different server cabinets, fixing devices in the server cabinets cannot be used for effective fixing, potential safety hazards exist when servers are maintained, expanded or power modules are replaced, stable operation of the servers can be influenced, and the like. The power module has high universality and high expansibility, and can meet different redundant power supplies of various types, models and specifications.
The expandable power module is suitable for 2U and above servers of any type, such as 2U, 3U, 4U servers and the like. Wherein U is a unit representing a size of the server, 1U is 44.45mm, 2U is 2 x 44.45 mm; i.e. the server profile meets the EIA specification and has a thickness that is an integer multiple of 44.45 mm.
The utility model is realized through the following technical scheme, wherein fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the expandable power module provided by the utility model, and fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4 are respectively a front view, a top view and a side view of the top view of the expandable power module shown in fig. 1.
An expandable power module comprises a shell and at least one group of redundant power supplies arranged in the shell;
the redundant power supply is connected with a power supply cable;
and at least one surface of the shell is provided with an outlet 11, one end of the power supply cable is connected with the redundant power supply, and the other end of the power supply cable extends out of the outlet 11.
As a preferred embodiment, the housing is of a hexahedral structure;
as an alternative embodiment, the housing is assembled by means of fasteners 25;
as a preferred embodiment, the hexahedron has a size of 265mm 84mm 77 mm;
when a hexahedral structure of 265mm 84mm 77mm is adopted, the expandable power module of the utility model can be adapted to standard cabinets of various commercial manufacturers.
As a preferred embodiment, at least one face of the housing is provided with at least one vent;
as a preferred embodiment, the shape of the vent includes circular, oval, rectangular, square;
in a preferred embodiment, 15-30 closely arranged quadrilateral first vents 12 are arranged on the shell surface 1 provided with the outlet 11;
in a preferred embodiment, two casing plates 2 of 265mm × 84mm each have an elongated second ventilation opening 22; more preferably, the positions of the second ventilation openings 22 on the housing plate 2 are symmetrical to each other, so as to facilitate ventilation and heat dissipation;
the ventilation openings are reasonably arranged, so that heat in the battery module can be dissipated, the temperature distribution in the battery module is more balanced, and the problems of local overheating and service life reduction of a power supply module caused by uneven heat are solved;
as an alternative embodiment, the outer shell 2 with the size of 265mm × 84mm may be further provided with an optional number and an optional size of elongated first grooves 21 and second grooves 23;
as an alternative embodiment, an optional number of flaps 24 may also be provided on the closure plate 2 with a size of 265mm x 84 mm;
as an alternative embodiment, an optional number of labels 26, of optional size, may also be provided on closure panel 2 of size 265mm 77 mm.
As a preferred embodiment, the power supply cable has a specification mainly including 2 × 4 pins, 2 × 12 pins, 2 × 2 pins, 2 × 3 pins;
the specification of the power supply cable comprises an 8pin power line, a 24pin main board power supply line, a 6pin power line and the like;
as a preferred embodiment, the number of the power supply cables is 15-18, and the specific configuration of the exposed drawing of the output ends of the power supply cables is shown in fig. 5;
as a more preferable embodiment, the number of the power supply cables is 17.
As a preferred embodiment, the other end of the power supply cable is used for connecting an electrical appliance, and the electrical appliance mainly includes a main board, a back board, and a GPU card;
through rationally allocating the power supply cable, make the power module have high expansion ability, need not to increase under the circumstances of new power supply cable, can support the power supply of electrical apparatus of multiple different grade type, like mainboard, backplate, GPU etc. reach the purpose of the multiple electrical apparatus power supply of a section power module adaptation.
In a preferred embodiment, the redundant power supply is a 1+1 type power supply configuration;
the 1+1 type redundant power supply consists of a power supply module which works normally and another redundant power supply module which is backed up redundantly, and a 2+1 type or a 2+2 type redundant power supply can be prepared. The redundant power supply can ensure that the server cannot be powered off when a single power supply needs to be replaced, so that the normal and stable operation of the server is guaranteed.
In a preferred embodiment, the material of the outer shell surface 1 and the outer shell plate 2 includes at least one of an aluminum alloy and an iron alloy; the iron alloy can be made of galvanized steel sheet, tin-plated steel sheet and the like;
in a more preferred embodiment, the shell is made of aluminum alloy;
the aluminum alloy has higher strength than steel under the same thickness, is lighter in weight, has higher oxidation resistance, and saves the cost of paint coating. Meanwhile, the heat dissipation capacity of the aluminum alloy is better.
A server comprises the expandable power module.
While particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be appreciated that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solution of the present invention and are not restrictive; those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments, or equivalents may be substituted for some or all of the features thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention; it is therefore intended to cover in the appended claims all such changes and modifications that are within the scope of this invention.
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1. An expandable power supply module is characterized by comprising a shell and at least one group of redundant power supplies arranged in the shell;
the redundant power supply is connected with a power supply cable;
and at least one surface of the shell is provided with a wire outlet, one end of the power supply cable is connected with the redundant power supply, and the other end of the power supply cable extends out of the wire outlet.
2. The expandable power module as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing is a hexahedral structure.
3. The expandable power module of claim 2, wherein the size of the hexahedron is 265mm x 84mm x 77 mm.
4. The expandable power module as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one vent is disposed on at least one side of the housing;
the shape of the ventilation opening mainly comprises a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle and a square.
5. An expandable power module according to claim 1, wherein the number of the power supply cables is 15-18.
6. An expandable power module according to claim 1, wherein the power supply cable has a specification comprising 2 x 4pin, 2 x 12pin, 2 x 2pin, 2 x 3 pin.
7. An expandable power supply module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the redundant power supply is of type 1+1 power supply configuration.
8. An expandable power supply module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other end of the power supply cable is used to connect to an electrical appliance, and the electrical appliance mainly comprises a main board, a back board and a GPU card.
9. The server comprises the expandable power module set as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.
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