TW201824980A - Server - Google Patents

Abstract

A server includes a mother board, a fixing base, a back board, a hard disk and a fan module. The fixing base fixes on the mother board. The back board locates on the fixing base to form a fan storage space and a hard disk storage space. The back board includes a first surface facing the fan storage space and a second surface facing the hard disk storage space. The back board electrically connects with the mother board. The hard disk locates in the hard disk storage space and electrically connects with the back board. The fan module locates in the fan storage space and electrically connects with the back board to communicate to the mother board.

Description

server

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to a server.

With the development of electronic technology, the server has become an information processing system widely used in the industry. The server usually includes a motherboard, a power supply, various drives, fans, and the like.

In order to provide consumers with better service quality, various manufacturers are eager to improve the performance of the server. Among them, the performance of the server is generally proportional to the number of internal components of the server. For example, if the number of hard disks increases, the storage performance of the server will be improved. If the number of fans increases, the heat dissipation efficiency of the server can be improved. However, due to the limited internal space of the server, the number of internal components cannot be increased without an upper limit. Therefore, how to load the largest fan and hard disk in a limited space is one of the major issues that manufacturers are facing.

The present invention provides a server for solving the problem that the number of internal components in a server is difficult to effectively expand.

A server disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention includes a motherboard, a fixed base, a backplane, a hard disk, and a fan module. The fixing base is fixed on the motherboard. The backboard stands on the fixed seat to distinguish between a fan storage space and a hard disk storage space. The backboard includes a first side facing the fan storage space and a second side facing the hard disk storage space. The backboard is electrically connected to the motherboard. The hard disk is located in the hard disk storage space and electrically connected to the backboard. The fan module is located in the fan storage space and electrically connected to the backplane to communicate with the motherboard through the backplane.

According to the server of the above embodiment, the fixing seat is separated from the hard disk accommodating space and the fan accommodating space through the back plate, that is, the back plate is simultaneously used as the fan back plate and the hard disk back plate, so as to be in a limited space. Expand the number of hard disks and the number of fans. The above description of the present invention and the following description of the embodiments are intended to illustrate and explain the principles of the invention, and to provide a further explanation of the scope of the invention.

Please refer to Figure 1 to Figure 4. 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a server according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 1. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the fan module of FIG. 2. 4 is a perspective view of another perspective view of the fan module of FIG. 2.

The server 10 of the embodiment includes a motherboard 100, a fixed base 200, a backplane 300, a plurality of hard disks 400, and two fan modules 500.

The motherboard 100 is provided with, for example, a central processing unit, a display card, a memory, and an expansion card (not shown). The holder 200 is fixed to the motherboard 100 through a fastener 600. The holder 200 has a plurality of card slots 210 and a plurality of sliders 220.

The backplane 300 is a circuit board. The backplane 300 is disposed on the fixed base 200 and electrically connected to the motherboard 100 to distinguish between a fan storage space S1 and a hard disk storage space S2. The card slots 210 of the mount 200 and the sliders 220 are located in the fan storage space S1.

In addition, the backplane 300 includes a first side 310 facing the fan storage space S1 and a second side 320 facing the hard disk storage space S2. The first side 310 of the backplane 300 has a first electrical connector 311, and the second side 320 of the backplane 300 has a plurality of second electrical connectors 321.

The hard disk 400 is located in the hard disk storage space S2. Each of the hard disks 400 has a fourth connector 410. The fourth connectors 410 are respectively plugged into and electrically connected to the second electrical connectors 321 of the backplane 300.

The fan module 500 is located in the fan storage space S1. Each fan module 500 includes a body 510, two fans 520, and a plurality of fixing members 530. The frame 510 further includes at least one assembly slot 511. The assembly slot 511 has a release section 511a and a positioning section 511b. The release section 511a of the assembly groove 511 has a first aperture. The positioning section 511b of the assembly groove 511 has a second aperture. The slider 220 has a diameter. The first aperture of the release section 511a is greater than the diameter of the slider 220, and the second aperture of the positioning section 511b is smaller than the diameter of the slider 220. The second fan 520 is mounted on the frame 510. Each of the fan modules 500 is provided with a third electrical connector 550, and the two fans 520 are electrically connected to the same third electrical connector 550.

The assembly slot 511 of the frame 510 is slidably assembled to the slider 220 of the mounting base 200, and the third electrical connector 550 of the fan module 500 is electrically connected to the backplane 300 to pass through the backplane 300. The motherboard 100 communicates. In addition, the fan module 500 further includes a fixed elastic piece 540. The fixing elastic piece 540 is fixed to the frame body 510 and has a plurality of hooks 541. The hooks 541 are detachably snapped to the at least one slot 210 to fix the fan module 500 to the mount 200.

In this embodiment, the third electrical connector 550 of the fan module 500 and the backplane 300 are serially connected through the adapter cable 700. Specifically, the server 10 further includes a patch cable 700. The adapter cable 700 includes two electrical connectors 710, 720 and a wire 730 that connects the two electrical connectors 710, 720. The two electrical adapters 710 and 720 are electrically connected to the first electrical connector 311 and the third electrical connector 550 to electrically connect the fan module 500 to the backplane 300.

The above-described manner of coupling the assembly groove 511 and the slider 220 eliminates the need for screws, thereby improving the assembly efficiency of the fan module 500 and the mount 200.

The server 10 of this embodiment further includes an assembly rack 800. The assembly frame 800 is fixed to the fixing base 200 and located in the fan storage space S1. The assembly frame 800 is separated from the back plate 300 to form a line space S3 between the assembly frame 800 and the back plate 300. The two electrical adapters 710 are mounted on the assembly frame 800, and at least a portion of the wires 730 are located in the management space S3 to place the wires 730 neatly in the management space S3.

In this embodiment, the fan module 500 further includes at least one guiding post 560. The guide post 560 is assembled on the frame 510, and the assembly frame 800 has at least one guiding hole 810. When the fan module 500 is mounted on the mounting base 200, the at least one guiding post 560 is disposed in the at least one guiding hole 810 to assist the third electrical connector 550 to be more accurately inserted and fixed on the mounting frame 800. The electrical connector 710 is switched.

In this embodiment, the fan module 500 further includes a housing 570. The housing 570 is fixed to the frame 510. The housing 570 has an accommodation space S4. The third electrical connector 550, the adapter cable 700, and the assembly rack 800 are located in the accommodating space S4.

According to the server of the above embodiment, the fixing seat is separated from the hard disk accommodating space and the fan accommodating space through the back plate, that is, the back plate is simultaneously used as the fan back plate and the hard disk back plate, so as to be in a limited space. Expand the number of hard disks and the number of fans.

In addition, the backplane and the fan module are connected through the adapter cable to improve the assembly efficiency between the fan module and the backplane.

Furthermore, the assembly frame is disposed on the fixing base and separated from the back plate, so that a cable space for the adapter cable is formed between the assembly frame and the back plate. This allows the adapter cable to be placed more neatly and improves overall space utilization.

While the present invention has been described above in terms of the preferred embodiments thereof, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The patent protection scope of the invention is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached to the specification.

10‧‧‧Server

100‧‧‧ motherboard

200‧‧‧ fixed seat

210‧‧‧ card slot

220‧‧‧ Slider

300‧‧‧ Backplane

310‧‧‧ first side

311‧‧‧First electrical connector

320‧‧‧ second side

321‧‧‧Second electrical connector

400‧‧‧ Hard disk

410‧‧‧fourth electrical connector

500‧‧‧Fan module

510‧‧‧ ‧ body

511‧‧‧Assemble slot

511a‧‧‧ release section

511b‧‧‧ positioning segment

520‧‧‧Fan

530‧‧‧Fixed parts

540‧‧‧Fixed shrapnel

541‧‧‧ hook

550‧‧‧ Third electrical connector

560‧‧‧ Guide column

570‧‧‧shell

600‧‧‧Locker

700‧‧‧Transfer cable

710, 720‧‧‧Transfer electrical connectors

730‧‧‧Wire

800‧‧‧Assembly

810‧‧‧ Guide hole

S1‧‧‧fan storage space

S2‧‧‧ hard disk storage space

S3‧‧‧Manage space

S4‧‧‧ accommodating space

1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a server according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 1. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the fan module of FIG. 2. 4 is a perspective view of another perspective view of the fan module of FIG. 2.

Claims (10)

A server includes: a motherboard; a fixing base fixed to the motherboard; a back panel standing on the fixing base to distinguish a fan storage space from a hard disk storage space, the backboard includes an orientation a first side of the fan storage space and a second side facing the hard disk storage space, the back plate is electrically connected to the motherboard; a hard disk is located in the hard disk storage space and electrically connected to the back plate And a fan module located in the fan storage space and electrically connected to the backplane to communicate with the motherboard through the backplane. The server of claim 1, wherein the fan module further comprises a body, a fan and a plurality of fixing members, and the fan is fixed to the frame through the plurality of fixing members. The server of claim 1, wherein the holder is fixed to the motherboard through a lock. The server module of claim 1, wherein the fan module further comprises a fixed elastic piece fixed to the frame body and having at least one hook, the fixing base having at least one card slot located in the fan storage space The at least one hook is detachably snapped to the at least one card slot. The server of claim 1, wherein the frame further comprises at least one assembly slot, the assembly slot has a release section and a positioning section, and the fixing base has a slider located in the fan storage space, The release section of the assembly slot has a first aperture, the positioning section of the assembly slot has a second aperture, the slider has a diameter, the first aperture is larger than the diameter, and the second aperture is smaller than the diameter. The server of claim 1, wherein the first side of the backplane has a first electrical connector, and the second side of the backplane has a second electrical connector, the fan module having a a third electrical connector, the third electrical connector is electrically connected to the first electrical connector, the hard disk has a fourth electrical connector, and the fourth electrical connector is electrically connected to the second electrical connector Connector. The server of claim 1 further includes a switch cable, wherein the adapter cable includes a second adapter and a wire connecting the two adapters, and the two adapters are connected. The device is electrically connected to the first electrical connector and the third electrical connector, respectively. The server of claim 7 further includes an assembly frame fixed to the fixing base and located in the fan storage space, the assembly frame is separated from the back plate to form a frame between the assembly frame and the back plate. The cable space, one of the two adapter electrical connectors is mounted on the assembly frame, and at least a portion of the wire is located in the cable management space. The server of claim 8 , wherein the fan module further comprises at least one guiding post assembled on the frame, the mounting frame has at least one guiding hole, and the at least one guiding column is disposed And at least one guiding hole. The server of claim 8 , wherein the fan module further comprises a casing fixed to the frame, the casing has an accommodating space, the third electrical connector, the adapter cable and The assembly frame is located in the accommodating space.