TWM468125U - Cable guiding structure and rack server system - Google Patents

Abstract

A cable guiding structure and a rack sever system are provided. The rack server system includes a rack, at least a server, a cable and a cable guiding structure. The cable guiding structure is adapted to guide the cable. The cable runs through a cable opening of a side wall of the server, and the cable opening is located at a rear portion of the server. The cable guiding structure includes a track and a limiting position element. The track is fixed to the rack. The limiting position element is fixed to the side wall of the server and is slidably disposed on the track. The limiting position element covers the cable opening and has a containing cavity for the cable passing through. The limiting position element and the track limit the cable to extend along an extending direction of the track.

Description

Wire guiding structure and rack server system

The present invention relates to a wire guiding structure, and more particularly to a wire guiding structure for a frame server system.

In recent years, the development of computer servers has evolved from a traditional large-scale and space-consuming vertical server to a rack server (Rack Server) that manages multiple chassis. The rack server is a server designed to have a uniform appearance and is used in conjunction with the chassis. The Rack Server is an optimized structure of the Tower Server, which is designed to minimize server space usage. Many professional network devices are rack-mounted, mostly flat, just like drawers. Such as switches, routers, hardware firewalls. The rack server has a width of 19 inches and a height in U (1U = 1.75 inches = 44.45 mm). There are usually 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 7U standard servers.

The basic structure of the server is roughly the same as that of a general personal computer. The internal components such as Central Process Unit, Memory, Hard Disk, and Mother Board are equipped. Compared to personal computers, servers typically have high-profile configurations for certain components based on the services they provide. For example, the server can be configured with dozens of hard disks to provide a large number of data storage services, or configure multiple CPUs, large-capacity memory to improve load capacity and so on.

In the case of a rack server, the server can be placed in front of the rack. After the server is placed, the servo wires are all taken out from the rear of the chassis and placed in the slot of the rack for easy management. In addition, in order to facilitate maintenance or expansion, the rear of the chassis The wire must be reserved for a sufficient length to not interfere with the stroke required by the server to pull it out. However, some of the racks will be designed with limited space such as container-type equipment rooms, and the space reserved at the rear end of the server is limited, which is not conducive to accommodating the wires drawn from the rear.

The present invention provides a wire guiding structure and a rack servo system capable of guiding wires that pass through the side walls of the server.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a wire guiding structure adapted to guide a wire of a server in a frame. The wire is threaded from a wire opening in one side of the servo and the wire opening is located in the rear half of the side wall. The wire guiding structure comprises a sliding rail and a limiting member. The rails are fixed to the frame. The limiting member is fixed to the side wall of the server and is slidably disposed on the sliding rail. The limiting member covers the wire opening and has a receiving groove for the wire to pass. The limiting member and the rail limiting wire extend in an extending direction of the sliding rail.

In one implementation of the present invention, the slide rail has a sliding slot, and the limiting member is located in the sliding slot and slides along the sliding slot.

In one implementation of the present invention, the direction of extension is the same as the direction in which the servo slides relative to the chassis.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a rack server system including a rack, at least one server, a wire, and a wire guiding structure. The rack has a rack opening. The server is mounted from the rack opening to the rack and slid into the rack. The server has an electronic module and a side wall, wherein the side wall has a wire opening. The electronics module and wire openings are located in the rear half of the servo. One end of the wire is connected to the frame, and the other end is connected to the wire opening and electrically connected to the electronic module. The wire guiding structure comprises a sliding rail and a limiting member. The rails are fixed to the frame. The limiting member is fixed to the side wall of the server and is slidably disposed on the sliding rail. The limiting member covers the wire opening and has a receiving groove for accommodating the wire. The limiting member and the rail limiting wire extend in an extending direction of the sliding rail.

In one implementation of the present invention, the slide rail has a sliding slot, and the limiting member is located in the sliding slot and slides along the sliding slot.

In one implementation of this creation, the extension direction is sliding with the server relative to the frame. The direction is the same.

In one implementation of the present invention, the wire is partially exposed outside the frame when the server is in the rack.

In one implementation of the present invention, the exposed portion of the wire has a bend.

In one implementation of the present invention, when the servo is slid out of the frame, the distance between the wire opening and the opening of the frame is gradually shortened.

Based on the above, by arranging the wire guiding structure between the side wall of the server and the frame, the wire can be extended along the side wall to the front of the frame. Therefore, it is convenient to reserve the space for the wire after the rack. In addition, the wire can be extended in the extending direction of the slide rail by the limitation of the limiting member and the slide rail. Therefore, it does not affect the smoothness of the servo sliding relative to the rack.

In order to make the above features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

100‧‧‧rack server system

110‧‧‧Rack

110a‧‧‧Rack opening

120‧‧‧Server

121‧‧‧ side wall

121a‧‧‧Wire opening

122‧‧‧Electronic module

123‧‧‧Connector

130‧‧‧Wire

130a‧‧‧ bend

140‧‧‧Wire guiding structure

141‧‧‧rails

141a‧‧ ‧ chute

142‧‧‧Limited parts

142a‧‧‧ accommodating slots

A1‧‧‧First extension direction

A2‧‧‧ second extension direction

D‧‧‧Distance

1 is a schematic diagram of a rack server system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of some components of the rack server system of FIG. 1. Figure 3a is a cross-sectional view of the I-I of the server of Figure 2 in a rack.

Figure 3b is a cross-sectional view of the I-I of the servo of Figure 2 partially pulled out of the frame.

1 is a schematic diagram of a rack server system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a portion of components of the rack server system of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, in the embodiment, the rack server system 100 includes a rack 110, at least one server 120, a wire 130, and a wire guiding structure 140. The frame 110 has a frame opening 110a. The server 120 is mounted from the rack opening 110a and slidably disposed in the chassis 110. Only one server 120 is used herein for illustration, but this embodiment does not limit the number of servers 120 within the rack 110.

The wire 130 is composed of, for example, a plurality of optical fibers, and may have a certain strength. Not easy to fall. In the present embodiment, when the server 120 is disposed in the frame 110, the wire 130 is partially exposed outside the frame 110, and the exposed portion of the wire 130 has a bend 130a. The wire guiding structure 140 is disposed between the frame 110 and the server 120 to guide the wire 130 to move along a first extending direction A1 and a second extending direction A2. In detail, the wire guiding structure 140 includes a sliding rail 141 and a limiting member 142. The slide rail 141 is fixed to the frame 110. The limiting member 142 is fixed to one side wall 121 of the server 120 and is slidably disposed on the sliding rail 141 . The wire 130 passes through the side wall 121 and is pressed and fixed by the limiting member 142. That is to say, the wire 130 passing through the side wall 121 can be close to the side wall 121 by the restriction of the limiting member 142. When the servo 120 slides relative to the frame 110, the frame 110 does not easily interfere with the structure of the wire 130, so that the sliding of the server 120 is smoother.

In addition, a portion of the wire 130 passing through the limiting member 142 may be guided by the sliding rail 141 to extend in the first extending direction A1. In the present embodiment, the slide rail 141 has, for example, a chute 141a. The sliding groove 141a can receive a part of the wire 130 to prevent the wire 130 from falling, and can also guide the limiting member 142 located in the sliding groove 141a to slide the limiting member 142 in the sliding groove 141a. In this embodiment, the first extending direction A1 and the second extending direction A2 of the slide rail 141 may coincide with the direction in which the servo 120 slides relative to the frame 110.

3a is a cross-sectional view of the I-I of the server of FIG. 2 in the rack, and FIG. 3b is a cross-sectional view of the I-I of the rack of FIG. 2 partially pulled out of the rack. Referring to FIG. 3a and FIG. 3b simultaneously, in the embodiment, the side wall 121 has a wire opening 121a located at the rear half of the server 120. The wire 130 is threaded out from the wire opening 121a, and the wire opening 121a is located in the rear half of the side wall. The limiting member 142 covers the wire opening 121a and has a receiving groove 142a. The receiving groove 142a can accommodate a portion of the wire 130 for the wire 130 to pass through. The limiting member 142 and the sliding rail 141 restrict the wire 130 from extending along the first extending direction A1 and the second extending direction A2 of the sliding rail 141.

Furthermore, the server 120 can have an electronic module 122 located in the second half of the server 120. One end of the wire 130 is connected to the frame 110 and extends into a hub (not shown) on the ceiling, and the other end is electrically connected to a connector 123 of the electronic module 122 through the wire opening 121a. In this embodiment, the electronic module 122 is, for example, An input/output board (I/O Board) is used to connect an external device (not shown) with other components (not shown) in the server 120.

Since the wire opening 121a is located at the rear half of the servo 120, when the servo 120 slides outside the frame 110 along the extending direction A1, the relative distance D of the wire opening 121a to the frame opening 110a is gradually shortened. As the server 120 moves out of the frame 110, the portion of the wire 130 that is located within the frame 110 becomes shorter and shorter, and the portion exposed to the frame 110 becomes longer and longer. When the servo 120 slides toward the inside of the frame 110, the exposed portion of the wire 130 is gradually received in the frame 110 such that the exposed portion of the wire 130 has only a small portion. That is, since the wire opening 121a is located in the rear half of the servo 120, the length of the wire 130 exposed outside the frame 110 can be shortened. In this way, not only is the line more convenient, but also more beautiful.

In summary, in the above embodiment of the present creation, by arranging the wire guiding structure between the side wall of the server and the frame, the wire can be extended along the side wall to the front of the frame. Therefore, it is convenient to reserve the space for the wire after the rack. In addition, the wire can be extended in the extending direction of the slide rail by the limitation of the limiting member and the slide rail. Therefore, it does not affect the smoothness of the servo sliding relative to the rack. In addition, since the wire opening and the electronic module are located in the rear half of the server, the length of the wire exposed outside the chassis is reduced, thereby preventing the wire transmission signal from being blocked due to the excessively long wire falling.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person having ordinary knowledge in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of this creation is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

100‧‧‧rack server system

110‧‧‧Rack

110a‧‧‧Rack opening

120‧‧‧Server

130‧‧‧Wire

140‧‧‧Wire guiding structure

Claims (8)

A wire guiding structure adapted to guide a wire of a server in a frame, wherein the wire passes through a wire opening of a side wall of the server, and the wire opening is located at a rear half of the side wall, The wire guiding structure includes: a sliding rail fixed to the frame; and a limiting member fixed to the side wall of the server and slidingly disposed on the sliding rail, wherein the limiting member covers the wire The opening has a receiving groove for the wire to pass through, and the limiting member and the sliding rail limit the wire to extend along an extending direction of the sliding rail. The wire guiding structure according to claim 1, wherein the sliding rail has a sliding slot, and the limiting member is located in the sliding slot and slides along the sliding slot. The wire guiding structure of claim 1, wherein the extending direction is consistent with a direction in which the servo slides relative to the frame. A rack server system includes: a rack having a rack opening; at least one server mounted from the rack opening to the rack and slidably disposed in the rack, the server having an electronic mode And a side wall, wherein the side wall has a wire opening, and the electronic module and the wire opening are located at a rear half of the server; a wire, one end is connected to the frame, and the other end is passed through the wire opening and electrically Connected to the electronic module; a slide rail fixed to the frame; and a limiting member fixed to the side wall of the server and slidably disposed on the sliding rail, wherein the limiting member covers the wire opening And having a receiving groove for accommodating the wire, and the limiting member and the sliding rail restrict the wire from extending along an extending direction of the sliding rail. The rack server system of claim 4, wherein the slide rail has a sliding slot, and the limiting member and the wire are located in the sliding slot and slide along the sliding slot. The rack server system of claim 4, wherein the extending direction coincides with a direction in which the servo slides relative to the rack. The rack server system of claim 4, wherein the wire is partially exposed outside the rack when the server is in the rack. The rack server system of claim 7, wherein the exposed portion of the wire has a bend.