CN217034665U - U.2 hard disk adapter card and server - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of server storage equipment, in particular to an U.2 hard disk adapter card and a server. The U.2 hard disk adapter card includes: the board main body is a half-high PCIE board, and an expansion part is formed on the board surface of the board main body and used for bearing the U.2 hard disk; a switching part capable of being inserted into the PCIE slot is formed at the bottom of the board card main body; and the connecting piece is arranged at the end part of the containing part and is used for being plugged with the U.2 hard disk. The utility model can be switched to U.2 hard disks and PCIE slots to enlarge the storage capacity of the server, occupies small space, is stable and reliable in installation of U.2 hard disks, is convenient and safe to insert and pull, is simple to operate and is convenient to maintain; the server adopting the U.2 hard disk adapter card improves the storage density and meets the requirements of data storage, processing, transmission and the like.

Description

U.2 hard disk adapter card and server

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of server storage equipment, in particular to an U.2 hard disk adapter card and a server.

Background

In order to meet the demand for storage, processing, transmission and the like of increasing data volume, a large number of large-capacity storage servers are developed, and the number of hard disks used for storing data is also increasing. In order to improve the convenience of user maintenance, storage media are increasingly designed in a user-oriented rear window position, and the demand of hard disks is increasing along with the upgrading of server performance. However, the application of high-speed storage media is greatly limited due to the size of the server and the specification of the hard disk backplane, and the work of expanding the storage capacity of the server is hindered.

For a common rack-mounted server, the space of a chassis is limited, and the internal layout of the server is compact, for example, the width of a 2U server is about 450mm, and the conventional adapter card cannot be installed smoothly due to size limitation or cannot be adapted to some high-speed storage media, such as U.2 hard disks. It cannot satisfy the requirements of large-capacity and high-speed storage, processing and transmission.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, an object of the present application is to provide an U.2 hard disk adapter card and a server, so as to solve the problem that the operation of improving the performance of the server to meet the actual application requirements is hindered due to the influence of the size and the tight internal layout of the chassis of the rack server and the limited location and space for installing the high-speed storage medium.

The utility model provides an U.2 hard disk adapter card in a first aspect, wherein the U.2 hard disk adapter card comprises:

the board main body is a half-high PCIE board, and an expansion part is formed on the board surface of the board main body and used for bearing the U.2 hard disk; a switching part capable of being inserted into the PCIE slot is formed at the bottom of the board card main body;

and the connecting piece is arranged at the end part of the expansion part and is used for being plugged with the U.2 hard disk.

Preferably, a hard disk slot recessed inwards is formed in the side wall of the connecting piece, the opening direction of the hard disk slot faces the expansion part, first golden fingers arranged along the length direction of the hard disk slot are arranged inside the hard disk slot, and the first golden fingers are matched with the interface of the U.2 hard disk.

Preferably, the hard disk slot is a hot plug slot, so that the U.2 hard disk can be hot plugged.

Preferably, the switching part is provided with second gold fingers arranged along the length direction of the switching part, and the second gold fingers are matched with the PCIE slot;

the first golden finger and the second golden finger are connected through a printed circuit on the board card main body.

Preferably, when the U.2 hard disk adapter card is installed with the U.2 hard disk, the bottom of the U.2 hard disk corresponds to the top of the adapter part.

Preferably, the U.2 hard disk adapter card still includes the pilot lamp, the pilot lamp set up in on the face of integrated circuit board main part to show the state of U.2 hard disk.

Preferably, the U.2 hard disk adapter card further includes a positioning element disposed on the card main body, the positioning element and the connecting element are disposed facing each other and located at two ends of the expansion portion.

Preferably, the positioning element is a stepped structure formed by bending at a right angle, the right angle faces the connecting element, and the U.2 hard disk can be abutted against the side wall of the positioning element to realize positioning.

Preferably, the U.2 hard disk adapter card further comprises an anti-loose piece;

the anti-loosening element is arranged on the side wall of the positioning element through a fixing shaft and can rotate by taking the fixing shaft as an axis;

the anti-loosening piece can rotate to abut against the U.2 hard disk to achieve anti-loosening.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a server, including the U.2 hard disk adapter card according to any one of the above technical solutions.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

the U.2 hard disk adapter card can be used for adapting U.2 hard disks and PCIE slots so as to enlarge the storage capacity of a server, and is small in occupied space, stable and reliable in hard disk installation, convenient and safe in plugging and unplugging; the server adopting the U.2 hard disk adapter card has the advantages that the storage capacity and the storage speed are obviously improved, and the requirements of increasing data storage, processing, transmission and the like are met.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

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 description of the embodiments or the prior art 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 U.2 hard disk adapter card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adapter card installed U.2 hard disk according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adapter card U.2 hard disk installed at another view angle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adapter card installed on a motherboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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the hard disk locking device comprises a board card main body 10, an expansion part 11, a switching part 12, a connecting part 20, a hard disk slot 21, a positioning part 30, an anti-loosening part 40, a fixed shaft 50, an indicator light 60, a PCIE slot 70 and a hard disk 80-U.2.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader in obtaining a thorough understanding of the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein. However, various changes, modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of the disclosure of the present application. For example, the order of operations described herein is merely an example, which is not limited to the order set forth herein, but rather, may be changed in addition to operations that must occur in a particular order, as will be apparent upon an understanding of the present disclosure. Moreover, descriptions of features known in the art may be omitted for the sake of clarity and conciseness.

The features described herein may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples described herein. Rather, the examples described herein have been provided merely to illustrate some of the many possible ways to implement the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein that will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application.

Throughout the specification, when an element (such as a layer, region, or substrate) is described as being "on," "connected to," coupled to, "over," or "overlying" another element, it may be directly "on," "connected to," coupled to, "over," or "overlying" the other element, or one or more other elements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," directly coupled to, "directly over" or "directly overlying" another element, there may be no intervening elements present.

As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any one of the associated listed items and any combination of any two or more of the items.

Although terms such as "first", "second", and "third" may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers or sections should not be limited by these terms. Rather, these terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first member, component, region, layer or section discussed in the examples described herein could be termed a second member, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the examples.

For ease of description, spatial relationship terms such as "above … …", "upper", "below … …" and "lower" may be used herein to describe one element's relationship to another element as illustrated in the figures. Such spatial relationship terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "upper" relative to other elements would then be oriented "below" or "lower" relative to the other elements. Thus, the term "above … …" includes both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …" depending on the spatial orientation of the device. The device may also be otherwise oriented (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative terms used herein should be interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing various examples only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. The singular forms are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having" specify the presence of stated features, quantities, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, quantities, operations, components, elements, and/or combinations thereof.

Variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, may be expected. Thus, the examples described herein are not limited to the particular shapes shown in the drawings, but include changes in shape that occur during manufacturing.

The features of the examples described herein may be combined in various ways that will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application. Further, while the examples described herein have a variety of configurations, other configurations are possible, as will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application.

Example one

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adapter card according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adapter card installed U.2 hard disk according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adaptor card U.2 hard disk installed at another view angle according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an U.2 hard disk adapter card installed on a motherboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The U.2 hard disk adapter card of the embodiment includes a card body 10 and a connector 20.

Hereinafter, a specific structure of the above-described components of the U.2 hard disk adapter card according to the present embodiment will be described.

The speed and capacity requirements for data storage, processing and transmission are increasing day by day, but the application of high-speed storage media is greatly limited due to the size of the server and the specification of a hard disk backplane, and the work of expanding the storage capacity of the server is hindered.

The space of a chassis of a rack server is limited, the internal layout of the chassis is compact, for example, the width of a 2U server is about 450mm, and the conventional adapter card cannot be smoothly installed or cannot be matched with some high-speed storage media such as U.2 hard disks due to size limitation; or the device cannot be adapted to a PCIE slot on the server, and cannot meet the requirement of increasing the capacity and speed of the server for storing, processing, and transmitting data.

In order to solve the above problems, an U.2 hard disk adapter card is designed, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, a U.2 hard disk adapter card includes a board card main body 10, in order to ensure that a U.2 hard disk adapter card can be smoothly installed inside a server chassis with a small volume, the board card main body 10 is a half-high PCIE board card, the height of the half-high PCIE board card is not more than 68.9mm, the half-high PCIE board card is used for standardizing a board card used in a small-volume system, and can be installed on a PCIE slot on a server, and the half-high PCIE board card is completely located inside the server, and the situations such as interference do not occur.

In addition, in order to realize the function that the adapter card can increase the storage capacity, an expansion part 11 is formed on the board surface of the board card main body 10, and the expansion part 11 is used for bearing U.2 hard disk 80; in order to realize that the adapter card can be connected with the PCIE slot 70 in a matching manner, the bottom of the board card body 10 is formed with an adapter portion 12 that can be inserted into the PCIE slot 70.

It should be noted that there is no overlapping area between the expansion portion 11 and the adapter portion 12 on the board main body 10, so as to avoid interference between the U.2 hard disk 80 and the PCIE slot 70 when the board main body 10 is in use, which may result in unstable expansion or failure in expansion.

In addition, the U.2 hard disk adapter card also includes a connector 20, and is disposed at an end of the expansion portion 11, and is used for plugging U.2 hard disk 80, so as to implement the function of adapting and expanding the capacity of U.2 hard disk adapter card. The connector 20 may be a connector, and specifically may be a cable connector or a non-cable connector, as long as the connector 20 can cooperate with the interface of the U.2 hard disk 80 to realize the function of plugging the U.2 hard disk 80. The connector 20 is usually welded to the board main body 10, but other arrangements may be used as long as the connector 20 can be fixed to the board main body 10.

In order to save the installation space, the U.2 hard disk 80 is disposed at a position on the board main body 10, and the long side of the U.2 hard disk 80 is generally disposed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the PCIE slot 70. Therefore, the length direction of the connector 20 needs to be perpendicular to the PCIE slot 70. And may be provided at the left or right end of the expansion portion 11. However, the position or the arrangement mode of the connector 20 on the board card main body 10 is only required to ensure that when the U.2 hard disk 80 is connected with the connector 20, the U.2 hard disk 80 does not exceed the end part of the left side or the right side of the board card main body 10, so that the interference situation is avoided.

In this embodiment, to save the space for U.2 hard disk adapter cards to be mounted on the PCIE slot 70, the connector 20 is preferably a non-cable connector. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, a hard disk slot 21 recessed toward the inside is formed on the side wall of the connecting piece 20, the opening direction of the hard disk slot 21 faces the accommodating portion 11, and a first gold finger arranged along the length direction of the hard disk slot 21 is arranged inside the hard disk slot 21, and the first gold finger is adapted to the interface of the U.2 hard disk, so that the connecting piece 20 can be connected to the U.2 hard disk 80.

It should be noted that the gold finger is composed of a plurality of gold-colored conductive contacts, and is called "gold finger" because the gold-plated surface is arranged and the conductive contacts are arranged like fingers, and is used for transmitting signals. The length direction of each conductive contact is perpendicular to the length direction of the hard disk slot 21.

In this embodiment, in order to allow the user to take out or replace U.2 the hard disk 80 without shutting down the system or cutting off the power supply, thereby improving the timely recovery capability, expandability, flexibility, etc. of the system against disasters, the hard disk slot 21 is a hot-plug slot, so that U.2 hard disk 80 can be hot-plugged. It should be noted that the hard disk slot 21 may be plugged or unplugged in another manner, as long as U.2 hard disk adapter cards have the adapter function.

In addition, in this embodiment, the switching portion 12 is provided with a second gold finger arranged along the length direction thereof, and is adapted to the PCIE slot 70, and the length direction of each conductive contact on the gold finger is perpendicular to the length direction of the PCIE slot 70; in order to save space and facilitate installation, the first golden finger and the second golden finger are connected through a printed circuit on the board card main body 10; but the two can be connected by a cable, so long as the adapter card is ensured to have the switching function.

In this embodiment, in order to further prevent the adapter card from being limited by the internal space of the server and ensure that the adapter card with U.2 hard disk 80 installed thereon is smoothly inserted into the PCIE slot 70 of the server, as shown in fig. 2, when the U.2 hard disk adapter card is installed with U.2 hard disk 80, the bottom of the U.2 hard disk 80 corresponds to the top of the adapter 12; it should be noted that, the position of the end of the U.2 hard disk 80 only needs to ensure that the stability of the adaptor portion 12 when being disposed in the PCIE slot 70 is not interfered, and is preferably close to the top end of the adaptor portion 12, so as to achieve space saving and ensure installation.

In this embodiment, in order to enable the user to directly observe U.2 the operating state of the hard disk 80, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the U.2 hard disk adapter card further includes an indicator light 60, and the indicator light 60 is disposed on the board surface of the board card main body 10.

It should be noted that the indicator 60 is preferably disposed on the board main body 10 at a position close to the chassis housing to facilitate the user to observe and judge U.2 the operating state of the hard disk 80, but the indicator 60 may be disposed at other positions as long as it can display U.2 the operating state of the hard disk 80. Similarly, the indicator lights 60 may be displayed in different colors to indicate different states, or may be displayed U.2 in the manner of blinking, turning on or off, or the like, to indicate the operating state of the hard disk 80.

In this embodiment, in order to improve the stability of U.2 the hard disk 80 is disposed on the connecting member 20, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the U.2 hard disk adapter card further includes a positioning member 30 disposed on the card main body 10, and the positioning member 30 and the connecting member 20 are disposed facing each other and located at two ends of the accommodating portion 11. The securing members 30 abut U.2 the sides of the hard disk 80 to provide a secure mounting. The positioning member 30 may be in the shape of a plate, a block, or a rod, as long as it can improve U.2 the stability of the hard disk 80 disposed on the board card main body 10.

In this embodiment, since there is a gap between the back of the U.2 hard disk 80 and the board card main body 10 when the U.2 hard disk 80 is connected to the hard disk slot 21 on the connector 20, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the positioning element 30 is preferably a step-shaped structure formed by bending at a right angle, the right angle formed by bending faces the connector 20, the back and the side of the U.2 hard disk 80 can be abutted against the side wall of the positioning element 30, and the step-shaped positioning element 30 fills up the gap between the U.2 hard disk 80 and the board card main body 10, so that the U.2 hard disk 80 is no longer in a suspended state, and reliable positioning is achieved.

It should be noted that the positioning element 30 may also be arranged in a manner that the position of the positioning element relative to the board card main body 10 can be adjusted, so as to improve the application range, and make the adapter card suitable for U.2 hard disks 80 with various specifications and sizes.

In this embodiment, in order to further improve U.2 the stability of the hard disk 80 disposed on the connecting member 20, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the U.2 hard disk adaptor card further includes an anti-loose member 40, the anti-loose member 40 is disposed on the sidewall of the positioning member 30 through the fixing shaft 50, and can rotate around the fixing shaft 50; when the anti-loosening element 40 rotates to abut against the U.2 hard disk 80, the U.2 hard disk 80 can be further attached to the positioning element 30, so that anti-loosening is realized.

It should be noted that, the anti-loose piece 40 is preferably configured as a strip structure, so as to meet the anti-loose requirement; however, the anti-loose member 40 may have a circular or fan-shaped structure, so long as the installation stability can be further improved; similarly, the anti-loose element 40 is disposed at a position that can realize the anti-loose function.

In summary, the present embodiment can switch U.2 hard disks and PCIE slots to expand the storage capacity of the server, and has the advantages of small occupied space, stable and reliable installation, convenient and safe plugging, and improved timely recovery capability, extensibility, flexibility, and the like of the system to disasters. The requirements of data storage, processing, transmission and the like are met, the operation is simple, and the maintenance is convenient.

Example two

The embodiment provides a server, which includes the U.2 hard disk adapter card of the above embodiment, and can be adapted to U.2 hard disk and PCIE slot, and a server using the U.2 hard disk adapter card is convenient to maintain a storage unit, and can stably and reliably meet the increasing demands for storage, processing, transmission and the like of data.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present application, and are used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, but not limiting the same, and the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and although the present application is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: those skilled in the art can still make modifications or changes to the embodiments described in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions for some features, within the technical scope of the present disclosure; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application and are intended to be covered by the appended claims. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides an U.2 hard disk adapter card for switching U.2 hard disk and PCIE slot, its characterized in that, U.2 hard disk adapter card includes:

the board main body is a half-high PCIE board, and an expansion part is formed on the board surface of the board main body and used for bearing the U.2 hard disk; a switching part capable of being inserted into the PCIE slot is formed at the bottom of the board card main body;

and the connecting piece is arranged at the end part of the expansion part and is used for being plugged with the U.2 hard disk.

2. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 1, wherein the connecting piece has a side wall formed with a hard disk slot recessed therein, the hard disk slot has an opening facing the accommodating section, and the hard disk slot has first gold fingers arranged along a length direction thereof, the first gold fingers being adapted to the U.2 hard disk interface.

3. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 2, wherein the hard disk slots are hot-pluggable slots to enable hot-plugging of the U.2 hard disk.

4. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 2, wherein the adapter portion is provided with a second gold finger arranged along its length direction, the second gold finger being adapted to the PCIE slot;

the first golden finger and the second golden finger are connected through a printed circuit on the board card main body.

5. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 1, wherein when the U.2 hard disk is installed on the U.2 hard disk adapter card, the bottom of the U.2 hard disk corresponds to the top of the adapter portion.

6. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 1, wherein the U.2 hard disk adapter card further includes an indicator light, the indicator light is disposed on the board surface of the board card main body to display the status of the U.2 hard disk.

7. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 1, wherein the U.2 hard disk adapter card further comprises positioning members disposed on the card body, the positioning members and the connecting members being disposed opposite to each other and at both ends of the receptacle portion.

8. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 7, wherein the locating element is a step-like structure formed by bending at a right angle, the right angle faces the connecting element, the U.2 hard disk can abut against the side wall of the locating element to achieve the location.

9. The U.2 hard disk adapter card of claim 7, wherein the U.2 hard disk adapter card further comprises an anti-release member;

the anti-loosening element is arranged on the side wall of the positioning element through a fixed shaft and can rotate by taking the fixed shaft as an axis;

the anti-loosening piece can rotate to abut against the U.2 hard disk to achieve anti-loosening.

10. A server comprising the U.2 hard disk adapter card of any one of claims 1-9.

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