JP2002278653A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor capable of reducing costs by making an information processing unit common even in any using configuration without generating any problem in terms of the outside dimension even at the time of removing the information processing unit from a rack and using it. SOLUTION: This information processor is provided with a rack 2, at least one rack board 25 supported by this rack with preliminarily decided width dimension and a server main body 32 supported by this rack board so as to be removable. The server main body is provided with a box-shaped housing 34 in which a functioning component such as a power source unit 56 is housed. The housing 4 is arranged in the width direction on the rack board while the width dimension of the housing is set so as to be not more than the half of the width dimension of the shelf-board.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a server body unitized as one module.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a rack mount type server has been known as a server for storing and managing data. This type of server includes a server body in which various functional components such as a microprocessor, a CD-ROM drive, a power supply unit, and a plurality of hard disk drives are unitized, and an extension unit for expanding the functions of the server body. ing. Each of the server main body and the extension unit has a box-shaped housing as an outer shell thereof, and this housing is incorporated in a rack called a cabinet rack.

The gantry has a hollow box shape extending in the vertical direction. At the front end of the gantry, there is formed an opening for taking in and out the server main body and the extension unit, and this opening is opened and closed by a door.

[0004] Four mount frames are arranged inside the gantry. The mount frame extends vertically at four corners of the gantry, and two mount frames located at the front end of the gantry face each other with an opening therebetween. Therefore, the width of the opening is determined by the spacing between the mount frames, and the width of the opening is 450 mm in the conventional standard 19-inch mount.
It is set before and after.

[0005] A pair of left and right slide rails are attached to the mount frame. The slide rail is arranged horizontally along the depth direction of the gantry,
The server body and the housing of the extension unit are supported so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction across the slide rails.

[0006]

By the way, in the conventional standard 19-inch frame, the width of the opening for inserting and removing the housing is set to about 450 mm.
The width dimension of the housing that can be mounted on this mount is inevitably about 430 mm even considering the thickness of the slide rail.

[0007] In this case, there is a demand from some users that the server body should be placed on a desk, for example, instead of being assembled into a gantry and used in the same form as a desktop personal computer or audio equipment.

However, the conventional housing has a width dimension of about 430 mm as described above, and the depth dimension is often larger than the width dimension, so that the outer dimensions of the housing itself are very large. It has become.

For this reason, when the server main body is placed on the desk in a horizontal position, the occupied area of the server main body becomes large, and a large installation space must be secured on the desk. . Further, when the server main body is placed on the desk in a vertical position, the width of the housing becomes the height as it is, so that the height of the server main body becomes unusually large.

As a result, in order to use a rack-mount type server body as a desktop type, there is a problem that the external dimensions are too large. One server body is commonly used by the rack-mount type and the desktop type. become unable. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a dedicated server body suitable for the usage form, which is one of the major factors that cause an increase in cost.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and even when the information processing unit is detached from the gantry and used, there is no problem in terms of external dimensions. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that can share an information processing unit in any of the cases where the information processing unit is used after being taken out of the gantry, thereby reducing costs.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising:
The shelf includes at least one shelf board having a predetermined width dimension and a plurality of information processing units detachably supported by the shelf board. The information processing unit has a box-shaped housing for accommodating a plurality of functional components, and the width of each housing is set to be equal to or less than half the width of the shelf, and It is characterized by being arranged side by side in the width direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of information processing units which are removably incorporated into a gantry via a shelf having a predetermined width. The information processing unit includes box-shaped housings each accommodating a plurality of functional components, and each housing has a width set to be equal to or less than half the width of the shelf, and a width above the shelf is set. It is characterized by being arranged side by side in the direction.

According to such a configuration, the width of each housing is suppressed to less than half of the width of the shelf, so that the housing has a narrower and more compact shape than the shelf. Therefore, when the information processing unit is used, for example, placed on a desk, the size of the housing does not cause any discomfort in both the horizontal and vertical positions, and the desktop type personal computer or audio device is not affected. It can be used with the same feeling without any resistance.

Therefore, the information processing unit can be shared in both the case where the information processing unit is incorporated into the gantry via the shelf board and the case where the information processing unit is taken out of the gantry and used. And the cost can be reduced, and the workability during maintenance can be improved.

To achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention according to claim 7 includes a plurality of information processing units which are detachably incorporated into a gantry via a shelf having a predetermined width. ing. Each of these information processing units includes a box-shaped housing for accommodating a plurality of functional components. Each housing has a width set to be equal to or less than half of the width of the shelf, and a width above the shelf is set. The information processing unit is provided with a removable exterior cover that covers the housing when the information processing unit is removed from the shelf board.

According to such a configuration, since the width of each housing is suppressed to less than half of the width of the shelf, the housing has a narrower and more compact shape than the shelf. Therefore, when the information processing unit is used, for example, placed on a desk, the size of the housing does not cause any discomfort in both the horizontal and vertical positions, and the desktop type personal computer or audio device is not affected. It can be used with the same feeling without any resistance.

Therefore, the information processing unit can be shared in both the case where the information processing unit is incorporated into the gantry via the shelf board and the case where the information processing unit is taken out from the gantry and used. Is reduced, cost can be reduced, and workability at the time of maintenance can be improved.

Further, if the information processing unit is taken out of the gantry and an exterior cover is attached to the housing, the housing can be covered and the appearance quality of the information processing unit can be improved. Therefore, even when the information processing unit is used in a state where the information processing unit is taken out of the gantry, there is no problem in appearance, and the usage form of the information processing unit can be expanded by adding the minimum necessary parts.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings applied to a rack-mount type server.

FIG. 1 discloses a rack mount type server 1 as an information processing apparatus. The server 1 includes a gantry 2 called a cabinet rack, and the gantry 2 has a hollow box shape extending in a vertical direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gantry 2 includes a rectangular pedestal 4 mounted on the floor 3 and four columns 5a to 5d vertically protruding from four corners of the pedestal 4. A top plate 6, left and right side plates 7 and a rear plate 8 are provided, which are fixed to the columns 5a to 5d. The top plate 6, the left and right side plates 7, and the rear plate 8 constitute a device accommodation room 9 inside the gantry 2.

An opening 10 is formed on the front surface of the gantry 2 so as to be continuous with the equipment accommodating chamber 9. The opening 10 extends in the height direction of the gantry 2 and is opened and closed by a door 11 attached to the front end of the gantry 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the two columns 5a and 5b located at the front end of the pedestal 4 face each other with the opening 10 interposed therebetween. A first mount frame 13 is fixed to each of the columns 5a and 5b. The first mount frames 13 are arranged parallel to each other along the height direction of the gantry 2, and are located on both sides of the opening 10. Therefore, the opening width W1 of the opening 10 is determined by the arrangement interval of the first mount frames 13, and the opening width W1 of the opening 10 is set to about 450 mm in the conventional standard 19-inch frame 2. .

Two pillars 5 located at the rear end of the pedestal 4
The second mount frames 14 are fixed to c and 5d, respectively. The second mount frames 14 are arranged in parallel with each other along the height direction of the gantry 2, and the second mount frames 14 and the first mount frames 13 face each other in the depth direction of the gantry 2. ing. The first mount frame 13 and the second mount frame 14 each have a large number of through holes 15,
These through holes 15 are arranged in a row at intervals in the height direction of the gantry 2.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, a pair of brackets 17 are bridged between the first mount frame 13 and the second mount frame 14. The bracket 17 has a flat plate shape extending in the height direction of the gantry 2. The bracket 17 is provided with a first flange 1 abutting against the back surface of the first mount frame 13.
8 and a second flange 19 abutting against the back surface of the second mount frame 14. These first
And the second flange portions 18 and 19 are provided at a position corresponding to one of the through holes 15 at a desired height via a plurality of screws 20 respectively.
Is fixed to the mount frame 14.

For this reason, the bracket 17 is held horizontally in the depth direction of the gantry 2 and is exposed to the equipment housing 9 in a posture facing each other in the width direction of the gantry 2.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, stoppers 21 are fixed to the brackets 17, respectively. The stoppers 21 protrude into the device accommodating chamber 9 at an intermediate portion along the depth direction of the gantry 2, and engagement holes 22 are opened at the distal ends of the stoppers 21. A guide portion 23 is formed at a front end of the bracket 17 adjacent to the door 11. As shown in FIG. 6A, the guide portions 23 slightly protrude from the mutually facing surfaces of the bracket 17 in directions approaching each other.

In the case of the present embodiment, the brackets 17 are installed at three places separated in the height direction of the gantry 2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the equipment accommodation room 9 of the gantry 2
, For example, three shelf boards 25 are installed. Shelf board 2
5 are stacked on each other at predetermined intervals in the height direction of the gantry 2. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6B, the respective shelves 25 are horizontally arranged across the brackets 17 and stand on the both sides of the shelves 25 along the brackets 17. Left and right side plates 26 are formed. Since the shelf 25 is accommodated in the equipment accommodating room 9 through the opening 10 of the gantry 2, the width W2 of the shelf 25 is smaller than the opening width W1 of the opening 10 by 440.
mm or less.

As shown in FIG. 6B and FIG.
A pair of tongue pieces 27a and 27b are formed at the front end of the side plate 26 at a right angle.
The tongue pieces 27a and 27b are superimposed on the front surface of the first mount frame 13, and are located on the upper and lower sides with the screw 20 for fixing the bracket 17 to the first mount frame 13 therebetween. .

Decorative screws 28a, 28b are inserted into the tongue pieces 27a, 27b from the direction of the opening 10. These decorative screws 28a, 28b are screwed into the first flange portion 18 of the bracket 17 through the through hole 15, whereby the front end of the shelf 25 is connected to the tongue pieces 27a, 2b.
It is fixed at a desired height position of the first mount frame 13 via the base 7b.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 7, a flange portion 29 is formed at the rear end of the side plate 26 of the shelf 25 inwardly bent at a right angle. Flange part 2
9 faces the stopper 21 of the bracket 17, and an engaging pin 30 projecting rearward is fixed to the flange portion 29. The tip of the engagement pin 30 is fitted into the engagement hole 22 of the stopper 21, whereby the rear end of the shelf 25 is held by the bracket 17.

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
Is an extension 2 projecting upward from the front end of the side plate 26.
6a. A slit 31 opened toward the rear of the shelf 25 is formed in the extension 26a. The slit 31 extends linearly and continuously from the upper edge of the side plate 26 located behind the extension 26a, and the guide portion 23 of the bracket 17 is slidably engaged with the slit 31.

For this reason, the front end of the shelf plate 25 is slidably held by the bracket 17 and the decorative screw 28
When the fixing to the bracket 17 by the brackets a and 28b is released, the shelf plate 25 can be pulled out by the length of the slit 31 to the front of the gantry 2 while the shelf plate 25 is held by the bracket 17.

As shown in FIG. 1, for example, two server bodies 32 and four additional units 33 used to increase the storage capacity of the server bodies 32 are provided in the device accommodating room 9 of the gantry 2. Is housed. Two server bodies 32
Are arranged in the width direction on the uppermost shelf board 25. The four extension units 33 are arranged two by two on the two shelves 25 below the server main body 32 in the width direction.

FIGS. 7 and 9 disclose the overall shape of the server body 32 as an information processing unit. The server main body 32 has a housing 34 made of sheet metal. The housing 34 has a rectangular box shape elongated in the depth direction of the gantry 2, and the width dimension W3 is set to half of the width dimension W2 of the shelf board 25. For this reason, two housings 34 of the server main body 32 are arranged on one shelf board 25 in the width direction, and are sandwiched between the side boards 26 of the shelf board 25.

The extension unit 33 as another information processing unit has a housing 35 made of sheet metal as shown in FIG. The housing 35 has a rectangular box shape elongated in the depth direction of the gantry 2, and contains, for example, four hard disk drives (not shown) inside the housing 35. At the front end of the housing 35, a mounting port 3 for inserting and removing the hard disk drive is provided.
5a is opened, and the mounting port 35a is opened and closed by a front door 36.

The housing 3 of the extension unit 33
The width dimension W3, the depth dimension D, and the height dimension H of the housing 5 and the housing 34 of the server body 32 are set to be equal to each other. For this reason, the server main body 32 and the extension unit 33 can be placed side by side on one shelf board 25, and can be adapted to various use forms.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the housing 34 of the server main body 32 includes a housing main body 37 and a top plate 38. The housing body 37 includes a rectangular bottom plate 39, left and right side plates 40 a and 40 b and a rear plate 4.
And 1. The bottom plate 39 is overlaid on the upper surface of the shelf plate 25. The side plates 40a and 40b stand at right angles from both sides along the width direction of the bottom plate 39, and
5, side plates 40a, 40b of the housing 34 adjacent to each other
Overlap each other. The rear plate 41 extends between the rear ends of the side plates 40a and 40b.
A pair of exhaust holes 42a, 42b are opened side by side.

The top plate 38 is detachably screwed to the upper ends of the side plates 40a, 40b and the rear plate 41, and faces the bottom plate 39. These top plate 38 and bottom plate 3
9, the side plates 40a and 40b and the rear plate 41 constitute a housing chamber 43 as shown in FIG. 11 inside the housing 34. At the front end of the housing 34, a mounting opening 44 connected to the housing chamber 43 is opened. Have been. The mounting port 44 has a horizontally long opening shape along the width direction of the housing 34.

At the front end of the housing 34, a mounting port 44 is provided.
The front door 45 which opens and closes is arrange | positioned. The front door 45 has a rectangular plate shape that matches the opening shape of the mounting port 44, and is attached to the front end of the bottom plate 39 facing the mounting port 44 via a pair of hinge fittings 46.

For this reason, the front door 45 is erected vertically to close the mounting opening 44 at the first position (shown in FIG. 7).
And a second position (shown in FIG. 9) in which the mounting port 44 is opened by leaning horizontally toward the front of the housing 34 and is rotatably supported by the housing 34.

As can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 7, the shelf 2
The housing 34 of the server main body 32 located on the left side of the two server main bodies 32 placed on the top 5 has a connection fitting 47 at the front end of the left side plate 40a.
The connection fitting 47 is detachably screwed to the side plate 40a, and projects leftward from the front end of the side plate 40a. Further, the housing 34 of the server main body 32 located on the right side has another connecting fitting 48 at the front end of the right side plate 40b. The connection fitting 48 is connected to the side plate 4.
0b is detachably screwed to the side plate 4b.
0b protrudes rightward from the front end.

Connection fittings 47, 48 of each housing 34
Is detachably fixed to the first mount frame 13 of the gantry 2. Since this fixing structure is common to the left and right, the connection fitting 47 of the left housing 34 will be described as a representative.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6, the connecting fitting 47 is superposed on the front surfaces of the tongue pieces 27a and 27b of the shelf 25. The connection fitting 47 has a notch 49 for avoiding the screw 20 for fixing the bracket 17 to the first mount frame 13 and the decorative screw 28b for fixing the second tongue piece 27b to the first mount frame 13. ing. And, of this connection metal fitting 47,
The upper end overlapped with the first tongue piece 27a is fixed to the first mount frame 13 using a decorative screw 28a. For this reason, the front end of the housing 34 and the first tongue piece 27a of the bracket 17 are
It is fixed to the first mount frame 13 via 8a.

Further, as shown in FIG.
An engagement pin 50 protruding rearward is attached to a rear end portion. The engagement pin 50 is detachably fitted in a stopper 51 fixed to a rear portion of the shelf 25, whereby the rear end of the housing 34 is held by the shelf 25.

As shown in FIG. 10, various functional components such as a main circuit board 53, two hard disk modules 54, a CD-ROM drive 55 and a power supply unit 56 are accommodated in a housing chamber 43 inside a housing 34. Is housed.

The main circuit board 53 is screwed onto the bottom plate 39, and three memories 57 and a pair of microprocessors 58 are mounted on the rear half of the upper surface of the main circuit board 53. A heat sink 59 is mounted on the upper surface of the microprocessor 58.

The microprocessor 58 and the heat sink 5
9 is covered by a wind guide duct 61. The air guide duct 61 is provided above the main circuit board 53 with a cooling air passage 62 (FIG. 1).
1), and the rear end, which is the downstream end of the cooling air passage, has exhaust holes 42 a, 42 at the rear end of the housing 34.
b.

A pair of cooling fans 63 are provided at the rear end of the storage chamber 43. The cooling fan 63 is located at the downstream end of the cooling air passage 62 and faces the exhaust holes 42a and 42b of the rear plate 41. For this reason, when the cooling fan 63 is driven, air is sucked into the housing chamber 43 from the front end of the housing 34, and most of the air becomes cooling air and is guided to the cooling air passage 62, and then the exhaust holes 42 a , 42b to the outside of the housing 34.

The two hard disk modules 54
Are held at the left end of the front half of the storage chamber 43 via a frame 64, and are vertically stacked in front of the microprocessor 58.

The top plate 65 of the frame 64 covers the hard disk module 54 from above.
The above-mentioned CD-ROM drive 55 is held on the disk. For this reason, the CD-ROM drive 55 is stored in the accommodation room 43 in a state of being stacked on the hard disk module 54.

The power supply unit 56 includes the housing 34
Of the housing main body 37 so as to cover the memory 57 from above.

Further, as shown in FIG.
4 between the top plate 38 and the air guide duct 61, for example,
An expansion card 66 such as a type card is accommodated. The expansion card 66 is arranged horizontally along the top plate 38 and is electrically connected to the main circuit board 53 via a vertically extending support card 67.

The server main body 32 can be taken out from the shelf board 25 to the front of the gantry 2 by releasing the fixing to the bracket 17 by the decorative screw 28a. The server main body 32 can be used in the same form as a desktop personal computer by mounting it on a desk, for example, in addition to being built into the gantry 2.

FIGS. 11 to 15 disclose a state in which the server main body 32 is used by being placed on a tabletop 68 of a desk. In this usage mode, the housing 3 of the server main body 32 is used.
The connecting fitting 47 or 48 is removed from the housing 4 and an outer cover 70 made of synthetic resin is attached to the housing 34.
Is attached.

The outer cover 70 has a hollow box shape having a bottom plate 71 and a top plate 72 and left and right side plates 73a and 73b facing each other. A portion of the housing 34 other than the rear plate 41 and the front door 45 is formed. Surrounds continuously. Therefore, the front door 4 of the server body 32
5 is exposed at the front end of the exterior cover 70, and the rear plate 41 including the exhaust holes 42a and 42b is exposed at the rear end of the exterior cover 70.

The outer cover 70 is divided into a first cover 75 and a second cover 76. First cover 75
Include upright portions 77a, 7 on both sides along the width direction of the bottom plate 71 with the bottom plate 71 interposed therebetween.
7b is formed. The second cover 76 includes a top plate 72.
The top plate 72 is provided on both sides along the width direction of the top plate 72.
The standing portions 78a and 78b facing each other are sandwiched therebetween. These first and second covers 75, 76
Are symmetrical with each other, and their outer dimensions are set to be equal.

For this reason, the outer cover 70 is formed by abutting the first cover 75 and the second cover 76 with the housing 34 interposed therebetween, whereby the first and second covers 75, 76 standing portions 77a, 77
b, 78a, 78b are located on the same plane to constitute the side plates 73a, 73b.

The side plates 73a, 7a of the exterior cover 70
3b is fastened and fixed to the side plates 40a and 40b of the housing 34 via screws 80 at both front and rear ends. At this time, the front end of the exterior cover 70 is fixed to the housing 34 at the same position as the mounting position of the connection fittings 47 and 48. For this reason, a part of the screw 80 is used for fixing the connection fittings 47 and 48 to the housing 34, and the number of parts is reduced by using the screw 80 in common.

As shown in FIG. 13, the bottom plate 71 of the exterior cover 70 has four projections 81. The convex portion 81
It is located at the four corners of the bottom plate 71 and slightly projects from the bottom plate 71. Also, as shown in FIG.
The top plate 72 has four concave portions 82. Recess 82
Are located at the four corners of the top plate 72, and when another exterior cover 70 is stacked on this top plate 72,
The projection 81 of the 0 bottom plate 71 is fitted.
By this fitting, for example, when a plurality of exterior covers 70 are stacked, the positioning of the adjacent exterior covers 70 is performed, and the plurality of exterior covers 70 are aligned in a line in the vertical direction.

FIG. 14 discloses a usage pattern in which the server main body 32 is placed in a vertical position on, for example, a table top 68 of a desk. In this use form, a pair of synthetic resin auxiliary legs 83 is attached to the exterior cover 70. The auxiliary legs 83 are installed at two places separated from each other in the depth direction of the exterior cover 70. Each of the auxiliary legs 83 has a seat portion 84 in contact with the tabletop 68 of the desk and a support portion 85 projecting upward from the seat portion 84. This support 8
5 is formed with a fitting recess 86 that is opened upward, and the exterior cover 70 vertically placed in the fitting recess 86 is formed.
Is detachably fitted at the lower end.

In the server 1 having such a configuration, in order to use the server main body 32 or the extension unit 33 incorporated in the gantry 2, as shown in FIGS.
Housing 34 of the extension unit 33
Is placed on the shelf 25 of the gantry 2 and is fixed to the shelf 25 and the bracket 17 of the gantry 2 via the decorative screws 28a.

On the other hand, in order to place the server main body 32 on a desk and use it in the same form as a desktop type personal computer, the connecting fitting 47 or 48 is removed from the housing 34 of the server main body 32, and
The outer cover 70 is attached to the cover 4. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, when the bottom plate 71 of the exterior cover 70 is placed on the top plate 68 of the desk, the server main body 32 is placed on the desk in a horizontal position. In addition, the auxiliary legs 8 are attached to the exterior cover 70.
3 and the seat portion 84 of the auxiliary leg 83 is attached to the top plate 6 of the desk.
8, the server main body 32 is placed on a desk in a vertical position.

Further, the housing 3 of the extension unit 33
5 has the same outer dimensions as the housing 34 of the server body 32, so that the outer cover 70 can be attached to the housing 35 of the extension unit 33. For this reason, if the housing 35 is attached to each of the server main body 32 and the extension unit 33, as shown in FIG. 15, the server main body 32 and the extension unit 33 can be placed on a desk in a state of being stacked on each other.

Since the widths W3 of the housings 34 and 35 of the server body 32 and the extension unit 33 are set to half of the width W2 of the shelf 25, these housings 34 and 35 are connected to the shelf 25. It has a more compact shape. For this reason, the server body 32 and the extension unit 33
14 is placed on the tabletop 68 of the desk, and especially in the vertical position shown in FIG. 14, the height of the housings 34 and 35 on the tabletop 68 is reduced to half that of the conventional case. In addition to being suppressed, in the horizontal position shown in FIG.
The occupation area is reduced to half of the conventional area.

As a result, the conventional discomfort that the housings 34 and 35 are too large can be eliminated, and the user can use the same feeling as a desktop personal computer or audio equipment without any difficulty.

Therefore, the server body 32 and the extension unit 33 are incorporated into the gantry 2 and used as a rack mount type, and the server body 32 and the extension unit 33 are used as a desktop type by being placed on a tabletop 68 of a desk. In any of the forms, the server body 32
The extension unit 33 can be used in common as it is.

The server body 32 and the extension unit 33
When changing the usage form of the device from the rack mount type to the desktop type, the connecting fittings 47 and 48 are removed from the housings 34 and 35 and the housings 34 and 3 are removed.
The outer cover 70 may be newly attached to the fifth embodiment. For this reason, the basic configuration of the server main body 32 and the extension unit 33 does not need to be changed at all, and the usage form of the server main body 32 and the extension unit 33 can be expanded by adding the necessary minimum components.

Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare a number of dedicated parts when changing the usage form, and accordingly, the number of parts can be reduced and the parts can be provided at a low cost, and the workability at the time of maintenance is improved. Can be.

Further, in the use form of the desktop type, the housing 3 made of sheet metal is provided by the outer cover 70.
4, 35 can be obscured. For this reason, it is not necessary to apply special exterior processing to the housings 34 and 35 in consideration of use in a desktop type. This also contributes to cost reduction and enhances the appearance quality of the server body 32 and the extension unit 33. Can be.

In addition, according to the above configuration, the server body 3
The shelf 25 supporting the second unit 2 and the extension unit 33 is held by a flat plate-shaped bracket 17 spanned between the first and second mount frames 13 and 14 of the gantry 2.
Therefore, when comparing the server main body 32 and the extension unit 33 to those mounted on the gantry 2 via an extendable slide rail, the width dimension W1 of the shelf 25 can be increased by an amount corresponding to the thickness of the slide rail. it can.

Therefore, the mounting space on the shelf 25 can be expanded, and the width W3 of the housings 34 and 35 placed on the shelf 25 is reduced to half of the width W1 of the shelf 25. Nevertheless, there is an advantage that there is no need to worry about the arrangement of the functional components housed inside the housings 34 and 35.

In the above embodiment, the outer cover is formed by abutting the first cover and the second cover. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the outer cover may be opened in the front-rear direction. Alternatively, the housing may be formed into a rectangular tube shape, and the housing may be inserted from the front end of the rectangular tube.

[0076]

According to the present invention described in detail above, it is possible to eliminate the conventional discomfort that the housing of the information processing unit is too large, and to perform the resistance as if it were a desktop personal computer or audio equipment. Can be used without.

For this reason, the information processing unit is common in both a form in which the information processing unit is incorporated into a gantry and used as a rack mount type, and a form in which the information processing unit is placed on a desk and used as a desktop type. It is not necessary to prepare many dedicated parts when changing the usage form. Therefore, there is an advantage that the number of components can be reduced and the cost can be reduced, and the workability during maintenance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a rack-mount type server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the server showing a state in which two server bodies are housed in a device housing room inside a gantry via a shelf board.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the server showing a connection structure between a gantry, a front end of a shelf, and a front end of a server body.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the server showing a connection structure between a gantry, a rear end of a shelf, and a rear end of a server body.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the server showing a structure for fixing a shelf board to a gantry.

FIG. 6A is a front view showing a positional relationship between a first mount frame and a bracket. (B) is a front view showing the state where the shelf board was fixed to the first mount frame. (C)
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where the housing of the server body is fixed to a first mount frame.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where two server bodies are mounted on a shelf board.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which two additional units are mounted on a shelf board.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a server body.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing a server body.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the server body covered with an exterior cover.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary perspective view showing a state where the server body covered with the outer cover is placed on a desk in a horizontal position;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a server body covered with an exterior cover as viewed from the bottom side.

FIG. 14 is an exemplary perspective view showing a state in which the server body covered with the outer cover is placed on a desk in a vertical position;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a state in which a server body covered with an exterior cover and an extension unit covered with the exterior cover are stacked on each other.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... stand 25 ... shelf board 32, 33 ... information processing unit (server body, extension unit) 34, 35 ... housing 53, 54, 55, 56 ... functional parts (main circuit board, hard disk module, CD-ROM drive, power supply) Unit) 70 ... exterior cover

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A gantry, at least one shelf board supported by the gantry and having a predetermined width dimension, and a plurality of information processing units detachably supported by the shelf board, The information processing unit has a box-shaped housing for accommodating a plurality of functional components, and the width of each housing is set to be equal to or less than half the width of the shelf, and the housing is placed on the shelf. An information processing apparatus characterized by being arranged side by side in the width direction. 2. A plurality of information processing units which are removably incorporated into a gantry via a shelf having a predetermined width, and each of the information processing units has a box-like shape for accommodating a plurality of functional components. An information processing apparatus including a housing, wherein each housing has a width dimension set to be equal to or less than half the width dimension of the shelf, and is arranged on the shelf in the width direction. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
The shelf has upright plates facing each other on both sides along the width direction, and the housings of the plurality of information processing units are juxtaposed on the shelf in a state of being sandwiched between the uprights. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 4. The pedestal according to claim 1, wherein the pedestal is disposed at a front end of the pedestal, and is vertically opposed to each other in a width direction of the shelf. A pair of first mounting frames extending;
A pair of second mount frames disposed at a rear end of the pedestal and extending in a vertical direction so as to face each other in a width direction of the shelf, and formed between the first mount frame and the shelf; And a pair of plates fixed to the first and second mount frames at an arbitrary position along the height direction and horizontally disposed between the mount frames. And the shelf board has a front end portion detachably connected to a front end portion of the bracket at an arbitrary position along a height direction of the first mount frame, An information processing device, wherein a rear end portion is detachably engaged with the bracket. 5. The information processing unit according to claim 4, wherein the housing of each of the information processing units has a detachable connecting fitting on one side of a front end thereof, and the connecting fitting has a height of the first mount frame. Information that is detachably connected to the front end of the bracket at any position along the direction, and that the rear end of the housing is removably engaged on the shelf. Processing equipment. 6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the connection fitting of the housing and the front end of the shelf board are detachably connected to the front end of the bracket using a common screw. Information processing device. 7. A plurality of information processing units which are removably incorporated into a frame via a shelf plate having a predetermined width dimension, and each of the information processing units has a box-like shape for accommodating a plurality of functional components. The housing includes a housing, and the width of each housing is set to be equal to or less than half of the width of the shelf, and the housings are arranged on the shelf in the width direction. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a detachable exterior cover that covers the housing when detached from a board. 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the base is:
A pedestal, a pair of first mount frames disposed at a front end of the pedestal and extending vertically in a state of facing each other in a width direction of the shelf, and a pair of first mount frames disposed at a rear end of the pedestal; A pair of second mount frames extending in the vertical direction so as to face each other in the width direction, an opening formed between the first mount frames, and through which the shelf board is removably inserted; A pair of plate-shaped brackets fixed to the first and second mount frames at arbitrary positions along the height direction and horizontally disposed between the mount frames. The housing of each information processing unit has a detachable connection fitting on one side of its front end, and the connection fitting can be attached to the bracket at an arbitrary position along the height direction of the first mount frame. An information processing device, which is detachably connected to a front end of a socket and is detached from the housing when the housing is covered with the exterior cover. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the exterior cover has an auxiliary leg for supporting a lower end of the exterior cover when erecting the housing of the information processing unit.