CN217643937U - Functional module and network equipment - Google Patents
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The specification provides a functional module and network equipment, and relates to the field of machinery. A functional module applied to network equipment comprises: the tray is provided with a wiring hole; the first bracket is fixed above the tray, and an expansion board for inserting the functional module is connected to the first bracket; the second bracket is fixed below the tray, and the second bracket is connected with an adapter plate of a connector inserted on the main board; wherein, the cable on at least part of the expansion board passes through the wiring hole and is connected to the adapter board. Through the functional module, the space utilization rate of the network equipment can be improved.
Description
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of mechanical technologies, and in particular, to a functional module and a network device.
Background
With the development of network technology, more and more services need to be carried by a server. In order to improve the performance of the server, designers want to be able to more efficiently utilize the limited space in the server, and add more devices to a server for improvement, such as increasing the number of GPUs (Graphics Processing units).
When the GPU and the motherboard are connected, the GPU and the connector on the motherboard need to be connected by a cable, and as the number of GPUs increases, the number of cables also increases. In a limited space, the long-distance cable deployment can increase the pressure on the space in the server, and therefore, how to more reasonably utilize the space in the server becomes a problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present specification provides a function module and a network device.
In combination with the first aspect of the embodiments of the present specification, the present application provides a function module, applied to a network device, including:
the tray is provided with a wiring hole;
the first bracket is fixed above the tray, and an expansion board for inserting the functional module is connected to the first bracket;
the second bracket is fixed below the tray, and the second bracket is connected with an adapter plate of a connector inserted on the main board;
wherein, the cable on at least part expansion board passes through the routing hole and is connected to the keysets.
Optionally, a portion of the cable on the expansion board extends to a connector on the motherboard.
Optionally, the first bracket includes:
a first fixing part connected with the tray;
a first extension part vertically extended from the first fixing part and connected with an extension board;
the second extension part is arranged at intervals with the first extension part and is connected with another expansion plate;
and the connecting part is connected between the first extending part and the second extending part.
Furthermore, connectors on the two expansion boards and inserted with the functional modules are arranged in a staggered mode;
the two expansion plates are provided with slots, and the connectors on the two expansion plates penetrate through the slots.
Optionally, a tray, comprising:
a bottom plate and a side plate;
wherein, a release screw for locking the functional module is arranged on the side plate.
Optionally, the function module further includes:
and the module support is positioned on one side of the bottom plate relative to the side plate, and the module support and the side plate clamp the functional module.
Optionally, the module support comprises:
a first support arm;
the second supporting arm is arranged at an interval with the first supporting arm, wherein the first supporting arm is connected with one expansion plate, and the second supporting arm is connected with the other expansion plate;
a first fixing arm extending from a top end of the first support arm in a direction parallel to the base plate; and the number of the first and second groups,
and a second fixing arm extending from the bottom end of the second support arm in a direction parallel to the base plate.
Optionally, a captive screw for fixing the functional module is provided on the first and second fixing arms.
Further, a second bracket, comprising:
the second fixed part is connected with the tray;
the third extension part is connected with the fixing part and fixes the adapter plate;
and the guide part is matched with a guide post in the network equipment to guide the functional module.
In combination with the second aspect of the embodiments of the present specification, the present application provides a network device, including:
a housing;
the mainboard is fixed in the shell; and (c) a second step of,
any of the functional modules described above.
The technical scheme provided by the implementation mode of the specification can have the following beneficial effects:
in the embodiment of the specification, the wire routing holes are formed in the tray, and the second support is arranged below the tray and used for fixing the adapter plate, so that the cables on the expansion plate above the tray can be partially connected to the adapter plate below the tray from the wire routing holes, part of the cables of the expansion plate are connected to the main board through the adapter plate, the number of the cables, connected to the main board, of the expansion plate inside the network equipment is reduced, and the space utilization rate inside the network equipment is improved.
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 specification.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with this specification and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the specification.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a circuit and a cable in a network device according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a functional module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in which an expansion board is not shown;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a functional module according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a module holder in a functional module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a relay board and a motherboard in a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present specification.
The present application provides a function module 100, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, applied to a network device 200, including:
the tray 1 is provided with a wiring hole 10 on the tray 1. The tray 1 may comprise a bottom panel 11 and side panels 12, the bottom panel 11 and the side panels 12 forming the tray 1. In order to fix the tray 1 in the network device 200, the tray 1 and the housing 201 of the network device 200 may be fixed by the form of the locking hole 13 and the locking hook 202, and the locking hook 202 may be formed in the form of a mushroom head and locked into the locking hole 13. Of course, the connection form of the catching hole 13 and the catching hook 202 is not limited thereto.
The first bracket 2 is fixed above the tray 1, and an expansion board 4 to which the functional module 3 is inserted is connected to the first bracket 2, wherein the functional module 3 and the expansion board 4 can be connected by a connector 40 provided on the expansion board 4. Of course, other devices are provided on the expansion board 4, which is not limited to this. Specifically, can set up an expansion board 4 on the first support 2, also can set up two expansion boards 4, according to actual demand setting can.
And a second bracket 5 fixed below the tray 1, wherein the second bracket 5 is connected with an adapter board 6 of a connector 204 inserted on the main board 203. The patch panel 6 is used for a main board 203 in the network device 200, and other devices are further disposed on the main board 203, which is not limited to this. On the patch panel 6, a connector 60 for connecting the functional module 3 may be further disposed, so as to more reasonably utilize the space from the lower side of the functional module 100 to the upper side of the main board 203, and improve the deployment density of the network device 200.
It should be noted that the functional modules 3 include, but are not limited to, PCIE (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) cards and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and the selected functional modules 3 may be modules having the same function or modules having different functions.
Wherein at least part of the cables 41 on the expansion board 4 are connected to the patch panel 6 through the cabling holes 10. In order to connect the cables 41 deployed on the expansion board 4 to the motherboard 203, all the cables 41A need to be connected through an external cable 41A in the past, at least a part of the cables 41B on the expansion board 4 passes through the wire routing holes 10 to be connected to the patch board 6, and then the patch board 6 is directly connected to the connector 204 on the motherboard 203, so that the part of the cables 41B is directly connected to the motherboard 203, thereby avoiding that all the cables 41 are connected to the motherboard 203 in the form of the external cables 41A, reducing the number of the external cables 41A deployed in the network device 200, allocating the space occupied by the part of the external cables 41A to devices in other network devices 200, and improving the space utilization rate in the network device 200.
In order to avoid the wiring stress on the patch panel 6, optionally, as shown in fig. 2, a part of the cable 41 on the expansion board 4 extends to the connector 204 on the main board 203.
That is, a portion of the cable 41B may be selected to be connected from the patch panel 6 to the motherboard 203, and a portion of the cable 41A may be selected to extend to the connector 205 of the motherboard 203 in an externally hung manner. In this way, it is avoided that all the cables 41 on the extension board 4 are connected to the patch panel 6, thereby excessively raising the design pressure and wiring pressure of the patch panel 6.
Optionally, the first bracket 2, as shown in fig. 3, includes:
the first fixing portion 20 is connected to the tray 1. The connection mode can adopt screw joint, welding, riveting and the like, and is not limited in this respect.
A first extension part 21 vertically extending from the first fixing part 20 and connected to an extension board 4;
the second extension 22 is spaced apart from the first extension 21 and connected to another extension board 4. It should be noted that the extending direction of the first extending portion 21 and the second extending portion 22 is the same as the arranging direction of the extended plate 4, for example, if the extended plate 4 is arranged in the longitudinal direction, the extending direction of the first extending portion 21 and the second extending portion 22 is also the longitudinal direction.
And a connection portion 23 connected between the first extension portion 21 and the second extension portion 22. The first extension 21 and the second extension 22 can be integrally formed by the connecting portion 23.
In order to maximize the space utilization of the two expansion boards 4 connected to the first bracket 2, as shown in fig. 4, the connectors 40 of the plug-in functional modules 3 on the two expansion boards 4 are alternatively arranged in a staggered manner;
the two expansion boards 4 are provided with slots 42, and the connectors 40 on the two expansion boards 4 are inserted into the slots 42.
The offset arrangement means that the two connectors 40 are located at different positions as viewed from one side of the expansion board 4. Specifically, the two connectors 40 are respectively located at the lower right corner and the upper right corner of the expansion board 4, that is, the two connectors 40 do not interfere with each other with respect to the expansion board 4.
With such an arrangement, the functional modules 3 can be fixed to both sides of the tray 1, respectively, and can be mounted more easily.
Optionally, the tray 1, as shown in fig. 4, includes:
a bottom plate 11 and side plates 12. The side plate 12 is provided with a captive screw 14 which locks the functional module 3.
By loosening the screws 14, the functional module 3 can be quickly and easily disassembled from the tray 1 without using tools.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, the functional module 100 further includes:
and the module support 7 is positioned on one side of the bottom plate 11 opposite to the side plate 12, and the functional module 3 is clamped between the module support 7 and the side plate 12.
The functional module 3 is arranged on the tray, and on one side opposite to the side plate 12, the functional module 3 can be fixed through a screw, a buckle and other structures.
Optionally, the module support 7 comprises:
a first support arm 70; the second support arm 71 is spaced apart from the first support arm 70.
The first support arm 70 is connected to one expansion board 4, and the second support arm 71 is connected to the other expansion board 4. That is, the expansion board 4 is supported by the first bracket 2 at the middle portion thereof, and is supported by the module bracket 7 at the rear portion thereof, so that the arrangement of the expansion board 4 in the function module 100 is more stable.
A first fixing arm 72 extending from the tip end of the first support arm 70 in a direction parallel to the base plate 11; and the number of the first and second groups,
and a second fixing arm 73 extending from the bottom end of the second support arm 71 in a direction parallel to the base plate 11.
The first fixing arm 72 and the second fixing arm 73 are provided so that they can hold the functional module 3 together with the side plate 12. The first fixing arm 72 and the second fixing arm 73 can fix the function module 3 by means of screws, rivets, snaps, and the like.
Optionally, a release screw 74 for fastening the functional module 3 is provided on the first fastening arm 72 and the second fastening arm 73.
By loosening the release screw 74, the functional module 3 can be quickly and easily attached to and detached from the tray 1 without using a tool.
In order to be able to be implemented in a smaller space, the second bracket 5, as shown in fig. 6, comprises:
and a second fixing portion 50 connected to the tray 1, wherein the second fixing portion 50 can fix the second bracket 5 to the tray 1. The connection mode can be through spiro union, riveting and joint etc. do not limit this.
The third extending portion 51 is connected to the second fixing portion 50 and fixes the adaptor plate 6. The third extension 51 is aligned with the direction in which the interposer 6 is disposed.
The guide portion 52 is engaged with the guide post 206 of the network device 200 to guide the function module 100. In the network device 200, a guiding column 206 may be disposed, and the guiding column 206 may be disposed on the main board 203 or on the bottom wall of the housing 201 of the network device 200, which is not limited thereto.
When the function module 100 is mounted, the function module 100 can be pushed into the network device 200, and after the guide portion 52 and the guide post 205 are fitted to each other, the function module 100 is considered to reach a predetermined position, and the mounting is further completed downward, so that the mounting of the function module 100 can be quickly and stably achieved.
Correspondingly, the present application provides a network device 200, as shown in fig. 1, including:
a housing 201;
a main board 203 fixed in the case 201; and the number of the first and second groups,
the functional module 100 of any of the above.
The technical scheme provided by the implementation mode of the specification can have the following beneficial effects:
in the embodiment of the specification, the wire routing holes are formed in the tray, and the second support is arranged below the tray and used for fixing the adapter plate, so that the cables on the expansion plate above the tray can be partially connected to the adapter plate below the tray from the wire routing holes, part of the cables of the expansion plate are connected to the main board through the adapter plate, the number of the cables, connected to the main board, of the expansion plate inside the network equipment is reduced, and the space utilization rate inside the network equipment is improved. It will be understood that the present description is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and is not to be construed as limiting the present disclosure, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure.
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1. A functional module, applied to a network device, includes:
the tray is provided with a wiring hole;
the first bracket is fixed above the tray, and an expansion board for inserting the functional module is connected to the first bracket;
the second bracket is fixed below the tray, and an adapter plate of a connector inserted in the mainboard is connected to the second bracket;
wherein at least part of the cables on the expansion board pass through the wiring holes to be connected to the adapter board.
2. The functional module of claim 1, wherein a portion of the cables on the expansion board extend to connectors on the main board.
3. The function module of claim 1, wherein the first bracket comprises:
a first fixing part connected with the tray;
a first extension part vertically extending from the first fixing part and connected to one of the extension boards;
the second extension part is arranged at an interval with the first extension part and is connected with another expansion plate;
a connecting portion connected between the first extension portion and the second extension portion.
4. The functional module according to claim 3, wherein the connectors of the two expansion boards, which are plugged with the functional modules, are arranged in a staggered manner;
and the two expansion plates are provided with slots, and the connectors on the two expansion plates penetrate through the slots.
5. The function module of claim 3, wherein the tray comprises:
a bottom plate and a side plate;
wherein a release screw for locking the functional module is provided on the side plate.
6. The function module of claim 5, further comprising:
and the module support is positioned on one side of the bottom plate relative to the side plate, and the module support and the side plate clamp the functional module.
7. The function module of claim 6, wherein the module holder comprises:
a first support arm;
the second supporting arm is arranged at an interval with the first supporting arm, wherein the first supporting arm is connected with one expansion plate, and the second supporting arm is connected with the other expansion plate;
a first fixing arm extending from a tip end of the first support arm in a direction parallel to the base plate; and the number of the first and second groups,
a second fixing arm extending from a bottom end of the second support arm in a direction parallel to the base plate.
8. The function module according to claim 7, characterized in that a captive screw for fastening the function module is provided on the first and second fastening arms.
9. The function module of claim 1, wherein the second bracket comprises:
a second fixing part connected with the tray;
the third extension part is connected with the fixing part and is used for fixing the adapter plate;
and the guide part is matched with a guide post in the network equipment to guide the functional module.
10. A network device, comprising:
a housing;
a main board fixed in the housing; and (c) a second step of,
the functional module of any of the preceding claims 1-9.
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