Server device and server cabinet

Abstract

A server chassis and a server device, the server chassis includes a tray, a hard disk front frame and a hard disk rack. The tray includes a shell, a receiving slot, a front opening and a rear window frame. The front opening and the rear window frame are respectively formed on the shell, the receiving slot is located in the shell and respectively connects the front opening and the rear window frame, the hard disk front frame is located in the receiving slot and is connected with the front opening and exposed outside the tray through the front opening. The hard disk rack includes a rack body and an assembly part. The assembly part is located on the rack body, the rack body is selectively connected with the front opening or the rear window frame. The rack body is locked in the hard disk front frame and exposed outside the tray through the front opening. When the rack body is connected with the rear window frame, the rack body is exposed outside the tray through the opening of the rear window frame, and the hard disk rack further includes a shielding rack, the rack body is locked to the assembly part and the rear window frame through the shielding rack. Through the above structure, the present application can not only reduce the acquisition cost, storage cost and management cost of the hard disk rack, thereby simplifying the material management of the hard disk rack and improving the configuration flexibility and selectivity of the transmission interface of different size specifications.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a server chassis, and more particularly to a server chassis and server device having a hard drive rack that can be assembled into the front or rear window. Background Technology

[0002] With the rapid development of technology, the performance and scalability of server equipment are also constantly being updated. For example, many expansion devices and transmission interfaces (such as I / O board terminals or USB interfaces) of different server equipment may be exposed through the front or rear windows of the chassis, depending on their design specifications.

[0003] However, businesses must prepare expansion devices and hard drive racks for these server devices, which not only incurs additional costs for acquiring, storing, and managing these hard drive racks, but also limits the flexibility and choice in configuring different sizes and specifications of transmission interfaces.

[0004] It is evident that the aforementioned technology still has inconveniences and shortcomings, requiring further improvement. Therefore, effectively addressing these inconveniences and shortcomings is a crucial research and development issue and a pressing goal for improvement in related fields. Utility Model Content

[0005] This utility model proposes a server device and server chassis to solve the problems of the prior art.

[0006] According to one embodiment of the present invention, a server chassis includes a tray, a hard drive front frame, and a hard drive rack. The tray includes a housing, a receiving slot, a front opening, and a rear window frame. The front opening and the rear window frame are respectively formed opposite to each other on the housing. The receiving slot is located inside the housing and is connected to the front opening and the rear window frame. The hard drive front frame is located inside the receiving slot, connected to the front opening, and exposed outside the tray through the front opening. The hard drive rack includes a frame and an assembly part. The assembly part is located on the frame, and the frame is used to accommodate at least one first hard drive device. The frame is locked inside the hard drive front frame and exposed outside the tray through the front opening; or the frame is connected to the rear window frame and exposed outside the tray through the opening in the rear window frame. The hard drive rack also includes a shielding frame, which is locked to the assembly part and the rear window frame respectively.

[0007] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the aforementioned server chassis, the front frame of the hard drive includes at least one first channel and at least one second channel. The first channel accommodates a hard drive rack, and the second channel accommodates at least one second hard drive device, the size of which is larger than that of the first hard drive device.

[0008] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned server chassis, the hard drive rack further includes a hard drive backplate, the hard drive backplate has a snap-fit ​​protrusion, one end of the rack has a snap-fit ​​recess, the hard drive backplate is suspended on the snap-fit ​​recess through the snap-fit ​​protrusion, and the hard drive backplate is limited to the rack.

[0009] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the aforementioned server chassis, the frame includes a base plate and a U-shaped cover. A snap-fit ​​recess is located on the U-shaped cover, which covers the base plate and defines an internal space for accommodating a first hard disk drive. A hard disk backplate covers the base plate, the U-shaped cover, and the internal space.

[0010] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned server chassis, the shielding frame is locked to the assembly part of the hard disk rack by a fastener, which is one of screws, rivets, and rivets.

[0011] According to one embodiment of the present invention, a server device includes a server chassis, a motherboard, at least one first hard disk drive (HDD) and at least one second HDD. The server chassis includes a tray, a front frame for hard disk drives, and a drive rack. The tray includes a housing, a receiving slot, a front opening, and a rear window frame. The front opening and rear window frame are respectively formed opposite to each other on the housing. The receiving slot is located inside the housing and is connected to the front opening and the rear window frame. The front frame for hard disk drives is located inside the receiving slot, connected to the front opening, and exposed outside the tray through the front opening. The drive rack includes a frame and an assembly part, the assembly part being located on the frame. The motherboard is located inside the receiving slot. The first HDD is housed in the frame and electrically connected to the motherboard. The second HDD is housed in the front frame for hard disk drives and electrically connected to the motherboard. The size of the second HDD is larger than that of the first HDD. The frame is locked inside the front frame of the hard drive and exposed outside the tray through the front opening; or the frame is connected to the rear window frame and exposed outside the tray through the opening of the rear window frame, and the hard drive rack also includes a shielding frame, which is locked to the assembly part and the rear window frame respectively.

[0012] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described server device, the front frame of the hard disk includes at least one first channel and at least one second channel. The first channel accommodates a hard disk rack, and the second channel accommodates a second hard disk device.

[0013] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described server device, the hard drive rack further includes a hard drive backplate, which is electrically connected to the first hard drive device and the motherboard. The hard drive backplate has a latching protrusion, and one end of the rack has a latching recess. The hard drive backplate is suspended from the latching protrusion and the latching recess, thus confining it to the rack.

[0014] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned server device, the frame includes a base plate and a U-shaped cover, the buckle recess is located on the U-shaped cover, the U-shaped cover covers the base plate and defines an internal space with the base plate, the internal space accommodates a first hard disk device, and the hard disk backplate covers the base plate, the U-shaped cover and the internal space.

[0015] According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-described server device, the shielding frame is locked to the assembly part of the hard disk rack by a fastener, which is one of screws, rivets, and rivets.

[0016] Thus, through the above architecture, the server device and server chassis of this utility model can not only reduce the acquisition cost, storage cost and management cost of the aforementioned hard disk racks, thereby simplifying the material management of hard disk racks, but also improve the configuration flexibility and selectivity of transmission interfaces of different sizes and specifications.

[0017] The above description is only used to illustrate the problem that this utility model intends to solve, the technical means to solve the problem, and the effects it produces. The specific details of this utility model will be described in detail in the following embodiments and related drawings. Attached Figure Description

[0018] To make the above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of this utility model more apparent and understandable, the accompanying drawings are described below:

[0019] Figure 1 This is a perspective view of a server device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A partial exploded view of the server device;

[0021] Figure 3 For the reason Figure 1 View a partial 3D image of the server device from direction D1;

[0022] Figure 4 for Figure 3 An exploded view of the hard drive enclosure;

[0023] Figure 5 This is a partial perspective view of a server device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 6 For the reason Figure 5 View a partial schematic diagram of the server device from direction D2.

[0025] [Symbol Explanation]

[0026] 10, 11: Server devices

[0027] 100: Server Chassis

[0028] 110: Pallet

[0029] 111: Shell

[0030] 111A: Bottom surface

[0031] 112: Receiving slot

[0032] 121: Front opening

[0033] 130: Rear window frame

[0034] 131: Opening

[0035] 132: First Framework

[0036] 133: Second Frame

[0037] 134: The Third Framework

[0038] 140: Support shell

[0039] 200: Hard drive front frame

[0040] 210: First Channel

[0041] 220: Second Channel

[0042] 300: Hard drive bracket

[0043] 310: Frame

[0044] 311: Base Plate

[0045] 312: U-shaped cover

[0046] 320: Interior Space

[0047] 330: Buckle recess

[0048] 340: Assembly Department

[0049] 350: Fastener

[0050] 360: Shelter

[0051] 400: Motherboard

[0052] 500: First hard disk device

[0053] 510: Hard drive backplate

[0054] 511: Front

[0055] 512: Slot

[0056] 513: Buckle protrusion

[0057] 600: Second hard disk device

[0058] 610: Hard drive backplate

[0059] B: Bolt

[0060] D1, D2: Direction

[0061] X, Y, Z: Axes Detailed Implementation

[0062] The following describes multiple embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. For clarity, many practical details will be described in the following description. However, those skilled in the art should understand that these practical details are not essential in some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be used to limit the present invention. Furthermore, for the sake of simplicity, some conventional structures and components are shown in the drawings in a simplified schematic manner. Additionally, for ease of viewing, the dimensions of the components in the drawings are not drawn to scale.

[0063] Figure 1 This is a perspective view of a server device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 for Figure 1 A partial exploded view of server device 10. Figure 3 For the reason Figure 1 View a partial 3D image of server device 10 from direction D1. (For example...) Figures 1 to 3 As shown, in this embodiment, a server device 10 includes a server chassis 100, a motherboard 400, a plurality of first hard disk drives 500, and a plurality of second hard disk drives 600. The server chassis 100 includes a tray 110, a front hard disk frame 200, and one or more (e.g., two) hard disk racks 300. The tray 110 includes a housing 111, a receiving slot 112, a front opening 121, and a rear window frame 130. The front opening 121 and the rear window frame 130 are respectively located opposite to each other on the housing 111. The receiving slot 112 is located inside the housing 111, between the front opening 121 and the rear window frame 130, and connects the front opening 121 and the opening 131 of the rear window frame 130. The front hard disk frame 200 is located inside the receiving slot 112, connected to the front opening 121, and exposed outside the tray 110 through the front opening 121. The front frame 200 accommodates the hard drive bay 300 and the second hard drive devices 600. The hard drive bay 300 accommodates the first hard drive devices 500, which are smaller than the second hard drive devices 600. The motherboard 400 is located in the receiving slot 112, rests flat on the bottom surface 111A of the housing 111, and is electrically connected to the first hard drive devices 500 and the second hard drive devices 600.

[0064] In a first configuration, the hard drive racks 300 of this embodiment are arranged side-by-side within the front frame 200, and each hard drive rack 300 is locked within the front frame 200, protruding from the tray 110 through the front opening 121. Furthermore, the tray 110 of this embodiment conforms to a 1U or higher standard, and the front end of the tray 110 relative to the rear window frame 130 has no front window frame, only the front opening 121. However, this invention is not limited to this; in other embodiments, the front end of the tray may also have a front window frame with the aforementioned front opening 121.

[0065] More specifically, the front frame 200 includes a plurality of (e.g., three) first channels 210 and a plurality of (e.g., two) second channels 220, which are arranged sequentially along the long axis (e.g., the Y-axis) of the server chassis 100. Each first channel 210 is used to accommodate one of the hard drive racks 300, and each hard drive rack 300 is used to accommodate a number of first hard drive devices 500, which are sequentially stacked in each first channel 210 along the Y-axis. Each first hard drive device 500 can be withdrawn from the hard drive rack 300, thereby electrically disconnecting it from the motherboard 400. Each second channel 220 is used to accommodate a number of second hard drive devices 600, which are sequentially stacked in each second channel 220 along the vertical direction (e.g., the Z-axis). Each second hard drive device 600 can be withdrawn from the second channel 220, thereby electrically disconnecting it from the hard drive backplane 610 on the motherboard 400.

[0066] Figure 4 for Figure 2 An exploded view of the 300 hard drive enclosure. More specifically, as shown... Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, each hard drive rack 300 includes a frame 310. Two latching recesses 330 extend from one end of the frame 310 toward the short axis (e.g., X-axis) of the server chassis 100. The frame 310 includes a base plate 311 and a U-shaped cover 312, with the latching recesses 330 located at the same end of the U-shaped cover 312. The U-shaped cover 312 covers the base plate 311 and defines an internal space 320. Figure 2 The internal space 320 is used to accommodate the first hard disk drive 500. The hard disk drive rack 300 also includes a hard disk backplate 510, and each of the two opposite ends of the hard disk backplate 510 has a latching protrusion 513. Thus, by being suspended from the corresponding latching recesses 330 by the latching protrusions 513, the hard disk backplate 510 is positioned at one end of the rack 310 and covers the bottom plate 311, the U-shaped cover 312, and the internal space 320. Then, the hard disk backplate 510 is secured to the U-shaped cover 312 by bolts B. Figure 4The hard disk backplane 510 electrically connects the first hard disk devices 500 to the motherboard 400. The front 511 of the hard disk backplane 510 has a plurality of slots 512. Each slot 512 is for connecting a first hard disk device 500.

[0067] Figure 5 This is a partial perspective view of a server device 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 For the reason Figure 5 A partial schematic diagram of server device 11 is observed from direction D2. (See attached image.) Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, this embodiment is largely the same as the above embodiment, except that in a second configuration plan, one of the hard disk racks 300 in this embodiment is fixedly connected to the rear window frame 130 of the tray 110, and the tray 110 in this embodiment conforms to the 2U or higher standard.

[0068] Thus, when the frame 310 of the hard drive rack 300 is fixedly connected to the rear window frame 130 of the tray 110, the frame 310 of the hard drive rack 300 passes through the opening 131 of the rear window frame 130 (see reference). Figure 6 It is exposed outside the tray 110.

[0069] In addition, the hard drive rack 300 also includes an assembly part 340 and a shielding frame 360. The assembly part 340 is located on the frame 310 of the hard drive rack 300, and the frame 310 is locked to the assembly part 340 and the rear window frame 130 by the shielding frame 360. In this embodiment, the shielding frame 360 ​​is locked to the assembly part 340 of the hard drive rack 300 by a fastener 350, so that the shielding frame 360 ​​can shield the remaining openings of the rear window frame 130 (not shown in the figure). For example, the fastener 350 is a screw, rivet, or stud.

[0070] Furthermore, such as Figure 5 As shown, the tray 110 also includes a support shell 140, which is located in the receiving groove 112 and fixed to the bottom surface 111A of the housing 111. One end of the support shell 140 is connected to the rear window frame 130 of the tray 110 and supports the hard disk rack 300.

[0071] Furthermore, such as Figure 6 As shown, the rear window frame 130 includes a first frame 132, a second frame 133, and a third frame 134, with the first frame 132 directly superimposed between the second frame 133 and the third frame 134. The second frame 133 is fixedly connected to the housing 111 and the first frame 132, respectively, and the third frame 134 is fixedly connected to the housing 111, the first frame 132, and the shielding frame 360, respectively.

[0072] By definition, in the above embodiments, the first hard disk device 500 is, for example, a sq. hard disk device, and the second hard disk devices 600 belong to the same type of hard disk; or, two of the second hard disk devices 600 belong to different types of hard disks. For example, the second hard disk devices 600 can be conventional hard disks (HHD), hybrid hard disks (SSHD), and / or solid-state drives (SSD); the size of the second hard disk devices 600 can also be 2.5 or 3.5 inches; or, the capacity of the second hard disk devices 600 may also be 1TB or 2TB; or they may be bare disks detached from the hard disk enclosure 300. However, the present invention is not limited to these.

[0073] Thus, through the above architecture, the server device and server chassis of this utility model can not only reduce the acquisition cost, storage cost and management cost of the aforementioned hard disk racks, thereby simplifying the material management of hard disk racks, but also improve the configuration flexibility and selectivity of transmission interfaces of different sizes and specifications.

[0074] Finally, the embodiments disclosed above are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications and refinements will be protected under the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A server chassis, characterized in that, Include: A tray includes a housing, a receiving groove, a front opening and a rear window frame, the front opening and the rear window frame being formed opposite to each other on the housing, the receiving groove being located inside the housing and respectively connected to the front opening and the rear window frame; A hard drive front frame, located within the receiving slot, connected to the front opening, and exposed outside the tray through the front opening; and A hard drive rack includes a frame and an assembly unit located on the frame, the frame being used to accommodate at least one first hard drive device. The frame is locked inside the front frame of the hard drive and protrudes outside the tray through the front opening; or The frame is connected to the rear window frame, and the frame is exposed outside the tray through the opening in the rear window frame. The hard drive rack also includes a shielding frame, which is locked to the assembly part and the rear window frame respectively.

2. The server chassis as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The front frame of the hard drive includes at least one first channel and at least one second channel. The first channel accommodates the hard drive rack, and the second channel is used to accommodate at least one second hard drive device, the size of which is larger than that of the first hard drive device.

3. The server chassis as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The hard drive cage also includes a hard drive backplate, which has a latching protrusion, and one end of the cage has a latching recess. The hard drive backplate is suspended from the buckle recess by the buckle protrusion and is confined to the frame.

4. The server chassis as described in claim 3, characterized in that, The frame includes a base plate and a U-shaped cover. The latching recess is located on the U-shaped cover, which covers the base plate and defines an internal space that accommodates the first hard disk device. The hard drive backplate covers the base plate, the U-shaped cover, and the internal space.

5. The server chassis as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The shielding bracket is secured to the assembly part of the hard drive rack by fasteners, which are one of screws, rivets, and bolts.

6. A server device, characterized in that, Include: A server chassis includes a tray, a front hard drive frame, and a hard drive rack. The tray includes a housing, a receiving slot, a front opening, and a rear window frame. The front opening and the rear window frame are respectively formed opposite to each other on the housing. The receiving slot is located inside the housing and is connected to the front opening and the rear window frame. The front hard drive frame is located inside the receiving slot, connected to the front opening, and exposed outside the tray through the front opening. The hard drive rack includes a frame and an assembly part, and the assembly part is located on the frame. A motherboard is located within the receiving slot; At least one first hard disk drive is housed within the frame and electrically connected to the motherboard; and At least one second hard disk drive is housed within the front frame of the first hard disk drive and electrically connected to the motherboard. The second hard disk drive is larger than the first hard disk drive. The frame is locked inside the front frame of the hard drive and protrudes outside the tray through the front opening; or The frame is connected to the rear window frame, and the frame is exposed outside the tray through the opening of the rear window frame. The hard drive rack also includes a shielding frame, which is locked to the assembly part and the rear window frame respectively.

7. The server apparatus as described in claim 6, characterized in that, The front frame of the hard drive includes at least one first channel and at least one second channel, the first channel accommodating the hard drive rack and the second channel accommodating the second hard drive device.

8. The server apparatus as described in claim 6, characterized in that, The hard drive enclosure also includes a hard drive backplate, which electrically connects the first hard drive device to the motherboard. The hard drive backplate has a latching protrusion, and one end of the enclosure has a latching recess. The hard drive backplate is suspended from the buckle recess by the buckle protrusion and is confined to the frame.

9. The server apparatus as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that, The frame includes a base plate and a U-shaped cover. The buckle recess is located on the U-shaped cover. The U-shaped cover covers the base plate and defines an internal space with the base plate. The internal space accommodates the first hard disk device. The hard disk backplate covers the base plate, the U-shaped cover and the internal space.

10. The server apparatus as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that, The shielding bracket is secured to the assembly part of the hard drive rack by fasteners, which are one of screws, rivets, and bolts.

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