Decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet and liquid-cooled server system

Abstract

A decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet and a liquid-cooled server system. The liquid-cooled server cabinet comprises a cabinet body, a liquid supply pipe, a liquid discharge pipe, and at least one connecting assembly. The liquid supply pipe is provided with at least one liquid inlet, and the liquid discharge pipe is provided with at least one liquid outlet. A first end of a first hose of the connecting assembly is connected to one of the at least one liquid inlet, and a second end of the first hose is connected to a first connector. A first end of a second hose of the connecting assembly is connected to one of the at least one liquid outlet, and a second end of the second hose is connected to a second connector. The first connector and the second connector are detachably connected to a support member of the connecting assembly, respectively. When the cabinet body is connected to a quick-connect liquid-cooled server, the support member can be removed, and the cabinet body is connected to the server by means of the first connector and the second connector. When the cabinet body is connected to a blind mate liquid-cooled server, the first connector and the second connector can be fixed by means of the support member.

Description

Decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet and liquid-cooled server system

[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202411273753.X, filed on September 11, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of servers, and in particular to a decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet and a liquid-cooled server system. BACKGROUND

[0003] With the acceleration of digital transformation of traditional industries and the application demand driving of emerging industries such as intelligent computing, the demand for intelligent computing is growing rapidly. The rapid growth of intelligent computing demand has also driven the development of liquid-cooled servers.

[0004] At present, the connection form of the liquid cooling system inside the liquid-cooled server cabinet mainly includes blind insertion form and hose quick connector connection form. SUMMARY

[0005] In a first aspect, a decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet is provided, including a cabinet body, a liquid supply pipe, a liquid discharge pipe, and at least one connection assembly. The liquid supply pipe is provided with at least one liquid inlet, and the liquid discharge pipe is provided with at least one liquid outlet. Any one of the at least one connection assembly includes a first pipe, a second pipe, a first connector, a second connector, and a support.

[0006] The first end of the first pipe is connected to one of the at least one liquid inlet, and the second end of the first pipe is connected to the first connector. The first end of the second pipe is connected to one of the at least one liquid outlet, and the second end of the second pipe is connected to the second connector. The first connector and the second connector are respectively detachably connected to the support.

[0007] In this way, the support can provide support for the first connector and the second connector and fix the first connector and the second connector, so that the blind insertion type liquid-cooled server can be smoothly connected to the first connector and the second connector during assembly. When a quick connection type liquid-cooled server needs to be assembled, the support detachably connected to the cabinet body can be removed, and the first connector and the second connector can be inserted into the server.

[0008] In some embodiments, the any one of the connection assemblies further includes a fastener. The cabinet body is provided with at least one first mounting hole at each end in the width direction, and the support is provided with at least one second mounting hole at each end in the width direction. The fastener is arranged in the at least one first mounting hole and the at least one second mounting hole to detachably connect the cabinet body and the support.

[0009] In some embodiments, the at least one first mounting hole comprises one first mounting hole, and the at least one second mounting hole comprises one second mounting hole; the cabinet body is provided with the first mounting hole at each of the opposite ends thereof, and the support member is provided with the second mounting hole at each of the opposite ends thereof. The one first mounting hole corresponds to the one second mounting hole, and the fastener is arranged in the one first mounting hole and the one second mounting hole.

[0010] In some embodiments, the at least one first mounting hole comprises a plurality of first mounting holes. The cabinet body is provided with the plurality of first mounting holes at each of the opposite ends thereof, and the plurality of first mounting holes are arranged along the height direction of the cabinet body; the plurality of second mounting holes are selectively connected to one of the plurality of first mounting holes by means of the fastener, so as to adjust the height of the support member relative to the cabinet body.

[0011] In some embodiments, the at least one second mounting hole comprises a plurality of second mounting holes. The support member is provided with the plurality of second mounting holes at each of the opposite ends thereof, and the plurality of second mounting holes are arranged along the height direction of the cabinet body; the plurality of first mounting holes are selectively connected to one of the plurality of second mounting holes by means of the fastener, so as to adjust the height of the support member relative to the cabinet body.

[0012] In some embodiments, the support member comprises a first mounting ear, a second mounting ear and a mounting component. The first mounting ear is provided with the second mounting hole, and the second mounting ear is provided with the second mounting hole. The second mounting ear is arranged in the width direction of the cabinet body and is connected to the cabinet body. The mounting component is arranged between the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear and is connected to the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear. The first joint is detachably connected to the mounting component, and the second joint is detachably connected to the mounting component.

[0013] In some embodiments, the support member further comprises a joint connecting member. The joint connecting member is detachably connected to the mounting component, and the joint connecting member is provided with a joint mounting hole. The first joint or the second joint is arranged in the joint mounting hole and is connected to the joint connecting member.

[0014] In some embodiments, the mounting component comprises a mounting component main body and a sliding component. The mounting component main body is arranged between the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear and is connected to the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear. The mounting component main body is provided with a clearance space, and the sliding component is arranged in the clearance space. The sliding component moves back and forth in the clearance space along the width direction of the cabinet body. The first joint is detachably connected to the sliding component, and the second joint is detachably connected to the sliding component.

[0015] In some embodiments, a plurality of third mounting holes are arranged on the sliding member at intervals along the width direction of the cabinet body, and the first connector is selectively arranged in one of the plurality of third mounting holes. A plurality of fourth mounting holes are arranged on the sliding member at intervals along the width direction of the cabinet body, and the second connector is selectively arranged in one of the plurality of fourth mounting holes.

[0016] In some embodiments, the any one of the connection assemblies further comprises a guide structure arranged on the support member at a side close to the liquid-cooled server.

[0017] In some embodiments, the at least one liquid inlet comprises a plurality of liquid inlets arranged along the length direction of the liquid supply pipe. The at least one liquid outlet comprises a plurality of liquid outlets arranged along the length direction of the liquid discharge pipe. The at least one connection assembly comprises a plurality of connection assemblies arranged along the height direction of the cabinet body.

[0018] In the second aspect, a liquid-cooled server system is provided, comprising the liquid-cooled server cabinet and a plurality of liquid-cooled servers as described above.

[0019] In some embodiments, the plurality of liquid-cooled servers are quick-connection type liquid-cooled servers.

[0020] In some embodiments, the plurality of liquid-cooled servers are blind insertion type liquid-cooled servers.

[0021] In some embodiments, a first part of the plurality of liquid-cooled servers are blind insertion type liquid-cooled servers, and a second part of the plurality of liquid-cooled servers are quick-connection type liquid-cooled servers. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0023] FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of the liquid supply pipe and the liquid discharge pipe in FIG. 1;

[0024] FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of circle A in FIG. 2;

[0025] FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of circle B in FIG. 2;

[0026] FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a connection assembly in FIG. 1;

[0027] FIG. 6 is another structural diagram of the connection assembly in FIG. 1;

[0028] FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a fastener in the connection assembly according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG. 8 is yet another structural diagram of the connection assembly in FIG. 1;

[0030] FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a support member in FIG. 8;

[0031] Fig. 10 is another structural diagram of the support in Fig. 8;

[0032] Fig. 11 is a structural diagram in which the first joint and the second joint are respectively connected with the joint connector according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0033] Fig. 12 is a structural diagram of a type I server according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0034] Fig. 13 is a structural diagram of a type II server according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; and

[0035] Fig. 14 is a structural diagram of a blind insertion type liquid cooling server according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0036] Reference signs: 100-liquid cooling server cabinet; 1-cabinet body; 200-liquid cooling server; 21-liquid supply pipe; 210-liquid inlet; 2100-total liquid inlet; 22-liquid discharge pipe; 220-liquid outlet; 2200-total liquid outlet; 2300-exhaust valve; 3-connection assembly; 31-first pipe; 32-second pipe; 33-first joint; 34-second joint; 35-support; 101-first mounting hole; 350-second mounting hole; 351-first mounting ear; 352-second mounting ear; 353-mounting component; 3530-mounting component body; 35300-avoidance space; 3531-sliding component; 35311-third mounting hole; 35312-fourth mounting hole; 354-joint connector; 3540-joint mounting hole; 36-fastener; 37-guide structure; 3700-guide hole; 300-type I server; 301-first connection pipe; 302-second connection pipe; 303-female quick connector; 400-type II server; 401-first male quick connector; 402-second male quick connector; 500-blind insertion type liquid cooling server; 501-first male blind insertion connector; 502-second male blind insertion connector. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0038] In the description of the disclosure, it needs to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or relative position relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the disclosure. Unless otherwise specified, the above orientation description can be flexibly arranged in the actual application process under the condition of meeting the relative position relationship shown in the drawings.

[0039] The terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are used only for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying a specific number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the disclosure, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more.

[0040] In the description of the disclosure, it needs to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connecting" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integral connection; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be direct connection, or indirect connection through intermediate medium, or internal connection of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the disclosure can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0041] In the embodiments of the disclosure, the terms "including", "containing" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive containing, so that the process, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed, or includes elements inherent to such process, article or device. Without more limitation, the element defined by the sentence "including a…" does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, article or device including the element.

[0042] As used herein, "about", "approximately" or "nearly" includes the stated value and the average value within an acceptable deviation range of the specific value, which is determined by the ordinary skilled person in the art considering the measurement being discussed and the error related to the measurement of the specific quantity (i.e. the limitation of the measurement system).

[0043] As used herein, “parallel,” “perpendicular,” “equal” include the recited condition and conditions that approximate the recited condition within an acceptable deviation range as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art taking into account the measurement being discussed and the error associated with the measurement of the particular quantity (i.e., limitations of the measurement system). For example, “parallel” includes absolute parallel and near parallel, the acceptable deviation range for near parallel may, for example, be within 5°; “perpendicular” includes absolute perpendicular and near perpendicular, the acceptable deviation range for near perpendicular may, for example, also be within 5°. “Equal” includes absolute equality and near equality, the acceptable deviation range for near equality may, for example, be a difference between the two that is less than or equal to 5% of either.

[0044] In the present disclosure, the words “exemplary” or “for example” are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration, at 100%o. Any implementation or design solution described as “exemplary” or “for example” in the present disclosure should not be construed as being preferred or advantageous over other implementations or design solutions. Rather, the use of the words “exemplary” or “for example” is intended to present concepts in a concrete manner.

[0045] With the acceleration of the digital transformation of traditional industries and the demand for new industry applications such as intelligence computing, the demand for intelligence computing is growing rapidly. The rapid growth of intelligence computing demand will lead to large-scale deployment of high-power and high-heat cabinets, which will bring liquid cooling technology into the fast lane of large-scale application. However, the current liquid cooling technology related products have various forms and low standardization degree, and the cabinet and server are deeply coupled without unified standards, which makes it difficult to standardize and scale the application of liquid cooling technology. The high coupling degree of liquid cooling cabinet and server, unclear construction, delivery, operation and management interface, increases the construction period, construction cost and operation and management difficulty.

[0046] The connection form of the liquid cooling system inside the liquid cooling cabinet mainly includes blind insertion form and hose quick connector connection form. Since there is no unified standard for the current liquid cooling cabinet and liquid cooling server, the liquid cooling cabinets and liquid cooling servers of various manufacturers are not compatible, and the cabinet and liquid cooling server are difficult to decouple.

[0047] The positions of the corresponding functional interfaces of the liquid cooling cabinet and the liquid cooling server do not correspond, which leads to the fact that the corresponding functional interfaces cannot be aligned and connected, that is, a single liquid cooling cabinet can only adapt to a specific model of liquid cooling server. If other models of liquid cooling servers are needed, the liquid cooling server needs to be customized without changing the structure of the liquid cooling cabinet, or the liquid cooling cabinet needs to be replaced with a new one that meets the requirements if the structure of the liquid cooling server remains unchanged. This will lead to great uncertainty in the early deployment of infrastructure and is prone to resource waste.

[0048] To solve the problem that different types of servers cannot be deployed in one liquid cooling cabinet at the same time, as shown in FIG. 1, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100.

[0049] As shown in FIG. 1, the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 mainly includes a cabinet body 1, and an accommodating cavity is formed in the cabinet body 1, which can accommodate liquid cooling servers and related components of a cabinet liquid cooling system.

[0050] As shown in FIG. 2, the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 (see FIG. 1) further includes a liquid supply pipe 21, as shown in FIG. 3, which is provided with at least one liquid inlet 210. The refrigerant can flow out through the at least one liquid inlet 210, and the refrigerant flowing out from the at least one liquid inlet 210 can enter the liquid cooling system in the server that needs to be cooled. The decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 further includes a liquid discharge pipe 22 (FIG. 2), which is provided with at least one liquid outlet 220 (FIG. 3). The refrigerant flowing out from the liquid cooling system of the server can flow into the liquid discharge pipe 22 through the at least one liquid outlet 220.

[0051] Referring to FIG. 3, a first end of the liquid supply pipe 21 is provided with a total liquid inlet 2100, and the refrigerant can enter the liquid supply pipe 21 through the total liquid inlet 2100 and then flow out from the at least one liquid inlet 210. A first end of the liquid discharge pipe 22 is provided with a total liquid outlet 2200, and the refrigerant in the liquid discharge pipe 22 can flow out through the total liquid outlet 2200.

[0052] In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the second end of the liquid supply pipe 21 and the liquid discharge pipe 22 is further provided with an exhaust valve 2300, which can adjust the air pressure balance in the liquid supply pipe 21 and the liquid discharge pipe 22, ensure the smooth circulation of the refrigerant in the liquid supply pipe 21 and the liquid discharge pipe 22, and improve the reliability of the pipeline.

[0053] Based on this, in order to enable the liquid supply pipe 21 and the liquid discharge pipe 22 to be connected with the liquid cooling server 200, as shown in FIG. 5, the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure further includes at least one connection assembly 3. Any one of the at least one connection assembly 3 includes a first pipe 31, which can be a first hose. A first end of the first pipe 31 is connected with one of the at least one liquid inlet 210. The connection assembly 3 further includes a second pipe 32, which can be a second hose. A first end of the second pipe 32 is connected with one of the at least one liquid outlet 220. The any one of the connection assembly 3 further includes a first connector 33, which is connected with a second end of the first pipe 31. The any one of the connection assembly 3 further includes a second connector 34, which is connected with a second end of the second pipe 32.

[0054] In this way, the liquid supply pipe 21 can be connected with the liquid-cooled server through the first pipe 31 and the first connector 33, and the liquid discharge pipe 22 can be connected with the liquid-cooled server through the second pipe 32 and the second connector 34.

[0055] As shown in FIG. 6, any one of the above-mentioned connection assemblies 3 further comprises a support 35 which is detachably connected with the cabinet 1. The first connector 33 and the second connector 34 are detachably connected with the support 35, respectively.

[0056] In this way, the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can be adapted to both the blind insertion type liquid-cooled server and the hose quick connector type liquid-cooled server.

[0057] For example, when the hose quick connector type liquid-cooled server needs to be assembled, the support 35 which is detachably connected with the cabinet 1 can be detached, and the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 which are detachably connected with the support 35 can be detached. The first pipe 31 is combined with the first connector 33 to be connected with the liquid inlet provided on the hose quick connector type liquid-cooled server, and the second pipe 32 is combined with the second connector 34 to be connected with the liquid outlet provided on the hose quick connector type liquid-cooled server, thereby realizing the circulation of the refrigerant in the refrigeration system inside the liquid-cooled server.

[0058] Based on this, the refrigeration system inside the liquid-cooled server is further described. Generally, the cooling liquid for transferring heat flows out of the liquid inlet 210 of the liquid supply pipe 21 and flows into the first pipe 31 connected with the liquid inlet 210, and then flows out of the first connector 33 connected with the first pipe 31 and flows into the liquid inlet provided on the liquid-cooled server. The cooling liquid flows into the pipeline of the refrigeration system of the liquid-cooled server from the liquid inlet provided on the liquid-cooled server, and then flows along the pipeline to the heat point of the liquid-cooled server, thereby absorbing the heat emitted by the heat point.

[0059] The refrigerant after absorbing heat continues to flow along the pipeline of the refrigeration system of the liquid-cooled server, flows out of the liquid outlet provided on the liquid-cooled server, and flows into the second connector 34 connected with the liquid outlet provided on the liquid-cooled server, and then flows into the liquid discharge pipe 22 through the second pipe 32 connected with the second connector 34, so as to realize the circulation of the refrigerant and the cooling of the heat point of the server.

[0060] When the blind insertion type liquid-cooled server needs to be assembled, the connection state of the support 35 with the cabinet 1 can be maintained, and the connection between the first connector 33 and the support 35 and the connection between the second connector 34 and the support 35 can be maintained. In this way, the support 35 can support and fix the first connector 33 and the second connector 34, so that the blind insertion type liquid-cooled server can be docked with the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 when being assembled.

[0061] It should be noted that the liquid-cooled server in the form of blind insertion needs to be pushed into the accommodating cavity of the cabinet 1 in a certain direction during installation, and then is connected with the fixed first connector 33 and the second connector 34. In addition, the refrigerant circulation process of the liquid-cooled server in the form of blind insertion can refer to the above-mentioned liquid-cooled server in the form of hose quick connector connection, and will not be described here.

[0062] In conclusion, the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can meet the assembly requirements of liquid-cooled servers of different connection forms through the detachable connection between the support 35 of the connection assembly 3 and the cabinet 1, and the detachable connection between the first connector 33, the second connector 34 and the support 35. Thus, the problem of poor universality of the cabinet in the related art, that is, one cabinet can only assemble one liquid-cooled server of a connection type, is solved, and further, the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can be adapted to liquid-cooled servers of different connection forms, thereby solving the problem of decoupling difficulty between the liquid-cooled server cabinet and the liquid-cooled server.

[0063] Next, the connection assembly 3 will be further described in combination with the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 7, any connection assembly 3 further includes a fastener 36.

[0064] On this basis, the cabinet 1 is provided with a first mounting hole 101, and the support 35 is provided with a second mounting hole 350. Based on this, the above-mentioned fastener 36 is arranged in the first mounting hole 101 and is detachably connected with the cabinet 1. The fastener 36 is also arranged in the second mounting hole 350 and is detachably connected with the support 35.

[0065] In this way, when the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure needs to assemble a liquid-cooled server in the form of blind insertion, the fastener 36 can be arranged in the first mounting hole 101 and the second mounting hole 350 to fix the fastener 36. When a liquid-cooled server in the form of a hose quick connector needs to be assembled, since the fastener 36 is detachably connected with the cabinet 1 and the fastener 36 is detachably connected with the support 35, the fastener 36 only needs to be removed, and then the support 35 can be detached from the cabinet 1.

[0066] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned fastener 36 can be a threaded bolt, based on which the first mounting hole 101 and the second mounting hole 350 can be threaded holes. In other embodiments, the above-mentioned fastener 36 can be a bolt body without threads, as long as the fastener 36 can be arranged in the first mounting hole 101 and the second mounting hole 350 at the same time, and the relative displacement of the first mounting hole 101 and the second mounting hole 350 in the height direction of the cabinet 1 is prevented.

[0067] In some embodiments, along the width direction of the cabinet 1 (X direction shown in FIG. 1), the first mounting hole 101 is arranged on the opposite ends of the cabinet 1. Along the width direction of the cabinet 1, the second mounting hole 350 is arranged on the opposite ends of the support 35. Based on this, one first mounting hole 101 corresponds to one second mounting hole 350, and the fastener 36 is arranged in the corresponding first mounting hole 101 and second mounting hole 350.

[0068] On this basis, as shown in FIG. 7, the cabinet 1 is provided with a plurality of first mounting holes 101 on the opposite ends, and the plurality of first mounting holes 101 are arranged along the height direction of the cabinet 1 (Y direction shown in FIG. 1). It should be noted that the first mounting holes 101 on the opposite ends of the cabinet 1 are arranged in the same manner. Based on this, the second mounting holes 350 arranged on the opposite ends of the support 35 can be selectively connected with one of the plurality of first mounting holes 101 by means of the fastener 36 to adjust the height of the support 35 relative to the cabinet 1. In this way, the flexibility of the mounting position of the support 35 can be improved, so that the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 can be adapted to more models of liquid-cooled servers in blind plug form.

[0069] Alternatively, in another embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 7, the support 35 is provided with a plurality of second mounting holes 350 on the opposite ends, and the plurality of second mounting holes 350 are arranged along the height direction of the cabinet 1. It should be noted that the second mounting holes 350 on the opposite ends of the support 35 are arranged in the same manner. Based on this, the first mounting hole 101 can be selectively connected with one of the plurality of second mounting holes 350 by means of the fastener 36 to adjust the height of the support 35 relative to the cabinet 1.

[0070] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality of first mounting holes 101 can be arranged on the cabinet 1, and a plurality of second mounting holes 350 can be arranged on the support 35. Based on this, one of the plurality of first mounting holes 101 and one of the plurality of second mounting holes 350 can be selectively corresponded and fixed by means of the fastener 36.

[0071] As shown in FIG. 8, the support 35 includes a first mounting ear 351, and the first mounting ear 351 is provided with a second mounting hole 350. The support 35 further includes a second mounting ear 352, and the second mounting ear 352 is provided with a second mounting hole 350. Based on this, the second mounting ear 352 and the first mounting ear 351 are arranged in a spaced manner along the width direction of the cabinet 1, and the first mounting ear 352 and the first mounting ear 351 are connected with the cabinet 1 respectively.

[0072] On this basis, the support 35 further comprises a mounting component 353, which is connected between the first mounting lug 351 and the second mounting lug 352, and is connected between the first mounting lug 351 and the second mounting lug 352. In addition, the first connector 33 is detachably connected with the mounting component 353, and the second connector 34 is detachably connected with the mounting component 353.

[0073] In this way, the first mounting lug 351 and the second mounting lug 352 can be connected with the cabinet 1 in the assembly process. Then, the mounting component 353 is mounted between the first mounting lug 351 and the second mounting lug 352. Compared with the integrated design structure of the support 35, this can improve the installation flexibility of the support 35, and can reduce the assembly error, so as to ensure that the support 35 can be mounted on the cabinet 1.

[0074] As shown in FIG. 8, the support 35 further comprises a connector connecting piece 354, which is detachably connected with the mounting component 353. The connector connecting piece 354 is provided with a connector mounting hole 3540, and the first connector 33 or the second connector 34 can be arranged in the connector mounting hole 3540 and connected with the connector connecting piece 354.

[0075] In this way, as shown in FIG. 11, the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 can be arranged in the connector mounting hole 3540 of the connector connecting piece 354, and then the connector connecting piece 354 provided with the first connector 33 (or the second connector 34) is connected with the mounting component 353. The connector connecting piece 354 can provide support for the first connector 33 (or the second connector 34), and can avoid the situation that the mounting component 353 cannot provide effective support for the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 due to the mounting component 353 being too thin, so that the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 are not stably installed. Here, "too thin" means that the thickness of the mounting component 353 is less than a preset threshold.

[0076] As shown in FIG. 9, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mounting component 353 comprises a mounting component body 3530 and a sliding component 3531. The mounting component body 3530 is located between the first mounting lug 351 and the second mounting lug 352 and is connected with the first mounting lug 351 and the second mounting lug 352. The mounting component body 3530 is provided with a avoiding space 35300.

[0077] It should be noted that the avoiding space 35300 can be opened along the length direction of the mounting component body 3530.

[0078] Based on this, the sliding component 3531 is arranged in the avoiding space 35300, and the sliding component 3531 reciprocates in the avoiding space 35300 along the width direction of the cabinet 1. It should be noted that the length direction of the mounting component body 3530 is also the width direction of the cabinet 1.

[0079] In this case, the first connector 33 is detachably connected with the sliding component 3531, and the second connector 34 is detachably connected with the sliding component 3531. In this way, the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 can move along with the sliding component 3531 along the width direction of the cabinet 1, so as to adjust the positions of the first connector 33 and the second connector 34, and improve the flexibility of the position selection of the first connector 33 and the second connector 34, so that the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 can adapt to liquid-cooled servers of different sizes or different models in the form of blind insertion.

[0080] On this basis, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of third mounting holes 35311 are arranged on the sliding component 3531 along the width direction of the cabinet 1, and the first connector 33 can be selectively arranged in one of the plurality of third mounting holes 35311. A plurality of fourth mounting holes 35312 are arranged on the sliding component 3531 along the width direction of the cabinet 1, and the second connector 34 can be selectively arranged in one of the plurality of fourth mounting holes 35312.

[0081] The first connector 33 can also be arranged in different third mounting holes 35311 while moving along with the sliding component 3531. The second connector 34 can also be arranged in different fourth mounting holes 35312 while moving along with the sliding component 3531. In this way, by arranging the first connector 33 in different third mounting holes 35311 and arranging the second connector 34 in different fourth mounting holes 35312, the distance between the first connector 33 and the second connector 34 can be adjusted, so that the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can adapt to more models of liquid-cooled servers in the form of blind insertion.

[0082] As shown in FIG. 10, any one of the connecting assemblies 3 further comprises a guide structure 37. The guide structure 37 is arranged on the side of the support 35 close to the liquid-cooled server. In this way, when the liquid-cooled server is assembled, the guide structure 37 can play a guiding role, so that the liquid-cooled server is more easily installed in place.

[0083] For example, the guiding structure 37 can be a guide pin provided with a guide hole 3700. A guide rod can be arranged on the liquid cooling server, and the guide rod can extend into the guide hole 3700 to guide and limit the liquid cooling server. It should be noted that when the liquid cooling server is not installed in place, the guide rod of the liquid cooling server cannot extend into the guide hole 3700 of the guide pin, and the guide rod will interfere with the support 35, so that the server cannot be installed.

[0084] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the liquid supply pipe 21 is provided with a plurality of liquid inlet openings 210 arranged along the length direction of the liquid supply pipe 21. The liquid discharge pipe 22 is provided with a plurality of liquid outlet openings 220 arranged along the length direction of the liquid discharge pipe 22.

[0085] It should be noted that the length direction of the liquid supply pipe 21 is substantially the same as the height direction of the cabinet 1, and the length direction of the liquid discharge pipe 22 is substantially the same as the height direction of the cabinet 1.

[0086] Based on this, the at least one connecting assembly 3 can include a plurality of connecting assemblies 3 (see FIG. 1), and the plurality of connecting assemblies 3 are arranged along the height direction of the cabinet 1.

[0087] The liquid inlet opening 210 and the liquid outlet opening 220 can be arranged in pairs, and a pair of liquid inlet opening 210 and liquid outlet opening 220 correspond to one of the plurality of connecting assemblies 3, and then correspond to one liquid cooling server. In this way, the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can assemble a plurality of liquid cooling servers.

[0088] Some embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a liquid cooling server system, which includes any one of the above-mentioned decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 and a plurality of liquid cooling servers.

[0089] Based on this, in some embodiments, the plurality of liquid cooling servers can all be quick-connect type liquid cooling servers. In this case, the support 35 detachably connected to the cabinet 1 is detached, so that the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 can adapt to the quick-connect type liquid cooling server.

[0090] It should be noted that in some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 12, the quick-connect type liquid cooling server can be attached with a hose. For ease of description, the quick-connect type liquid cooling server attached with a hose is referred to as a type I server 300, which includes a first connecting pipe 301 and a second connecting pipe 302. The first end of the first connecting pipe 301 is connected to the type I server 300, and the second end of the first connecting pipe 301 is provided with a quick-connect female head 303. The first end of the second connecting pipe 302 is connected to the type I server 300, and the second end of the second connecting pipe 302 is also connected with a quick-connect female head 303.

[0091] In some embodiments, the first connecting pipe 301 can be a liquid inlet pipe of the Type I server 300, and the second connecting pipe 302 can be a liquid outlet pipe of the Type I server 300. Based on this, the first joint 33 of the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can be connected with the quick female head 303 arranged at the second end of the first connecting pipe 301, and the second joint 34 can be connected with the quick female head 303 arranged at the second end of the second connecting pipe 302. In this way, the refrigerant can be circulated in the refrigeration system in the Type I server 300, thereby achieving the cooling of the Type I server 300.

[0092] It should be noted that when the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can be adapted to the Type I server 300, the first joint 33 and the second joint 34 are both quick male heads.

[0093] In other embodiments, as shown in FIG. 13, the quick-connect liquid-cooled server can also not include a hose. For ease of description, the quick-connect liquid-cooled server without a hose is referred to as a Type II server 400, which includes a first quick-connect male head 401 and a second quick-connect male head 402. The first quick-connect male head 401 is connected with the Type II server 400, and the second quick-connect male head 402 is also connected with the Type II server 400.

[0094] The first quick-connect male head 401 and the second quick-connect male head 402 correspond to the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet of the Type II server 400, respectively. For example, the first quick-connect male head 401 can be connected with the liquid inlet of the Type II server 400, and the second quick-connect male head 402 can be connected with the liquid outlet of the Type II server 400. Based on this, the first joint 33 of the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can be connected with the first quick-connect male head 401, and the second joint 34 can be connected with the second quick-connect male head 402. In this way, the refrigerant can be circulated in the refrigeration system in the Type II server 400, thereby achieving the cooling of the Type II server 400.

[0095] It should be noted that when the decoupled liquid-cooled server cabinet 100 provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure can be adapted to the Type II server 400, the first joint 33 and the second joint 34 are both quick female heads.

[0096] In other embodiments, the plurality of liquid-cooled servers can all be blind-insertion type liquid-cooled servers. In this case, the support member 35 connected with the cabinet body 1 can provide support for the first joint 33 and the second joint 34 to prevent the positions of the first joint 33 and the second joint 34 from changing during the assembly of the blind-insertion type liquid-cooled server, thereby enabling the blind-insertion type liquid-cooled server to be successfully connected with the first joint 33 and the second joint 34.

[0097] As shown in FIG. 14, the blind-plug type liquid cooling server 500 includes a first blind-plug male head 501 corresponding to the liquid inlet of the blind-plug type liquid cooling server 500 and a second blind-plug male head 502 corresponding to the liquid outlet of the blind-plug type liquid cooling server 500. Based on this, the first joint 33 of the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 is connected to the first blind-plug male head 501 and the second joint 34 is connected to the second blind-plug male head 502 according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0098] In this way, the refrigerant can circulate in the refrigeration system in the blind-plug type liquid cooling server 500, thereby achieving cooling of the blind-plug type liquid cooling server 500.

[0099] It should be noted that when the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 is adapted to the blind-plug type liquid cooling server 500, the first joint 33 and the second joint 34 are both blind-plug female heads.

[0100] Alternatively, in other embodiments, a first part of the plurality of liquid cooling servers is a quick-connect type liquid cooling server and a second part of the plurality of liquid cooling servers is a blind-plug type liquid cooling server. In this case, only the support 35 corresponding to the number of blind-plug type liquid cooling servers needs to be retained. In this way, the decoupled liquid cooling server cabinet 100 according to some embodiments of the present disclosure can simultaneously accommodate quick-connect type liquid cooling servers and blind-plug type liquid cooling servers.

[0101] In this way, the decoupled liquid cooling server 100 according to some embodiments of the present disclosure can simultaneously accommodate a plurality of different types of liquid cooling servers, such as the quick-connect type liquid cooling server with a hose mentioned above, the quick-connect type liquid cooling server without a hose, or the blind-plug type liquid cooling server. In this way, the problem of decoupling between the liquid cooling server cabinet and the liquid cooling server is solved.

[0102] In the description of the present specification, specific features, structures, materials or characteristics can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

[0103] The above describes only specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the present disclosure, which should be covered within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A liquid cooling server cabinet of decoupling type, comprising: a cabinet body; a liquid supply pipe provided with at least one liquid inlet; a liquid discharge pipe provided with at least one liquid outlet; and at least one connecting assembly, each of the at least one connecting assembly comprising: a first pipe, a first end of the first pipe being connected with one of the at least one liquid inlet; a second pipe, a first end of the second pipe being connected with one of the at least one liquid outlet; a first joint, the first joint being connected with a second end of the first pipe; a second joint, the second joint being connected with a second end of the second pipe; and a support, the support being detachably connected with the cabinet body, and the first joint and the second joint being respectively detachably connected with the support. The each of the at least one connecting assembly further comprises a fastener; 2. The liquid-cooled server cabinet of claim 1, wherein, wherein, the cabinet body is provided with at least one first mounting hole at each of two ends in a width direction of the cabinet body; the support is provided with at least one second mounting hole at each of two ends in the width direction of the support; and the fastener is arranged in the at least one first mounting hole and the at least one second mounting hole to detachably connect the cabinet body with the support. 3.The liquid cooling server cabinet according to claim 2, wherein: the at least one first mounting hole comprises one first mounting hole, and the at least one second mounting hole comprises one second mounting hole; the cabinet body is provided with the one first mounting hole at each of two opposite ends of the cabinet body; the support is provided with the one second mounting hole at each of two opposite ends of the support; and the one first mounting hole corresponds to the one second mounting hole, and the fastener is arranged in the one first mounting hole and the one second mounting hole. 4.The liquid cooling server cabinet according to claim 2, wherein: the at least one first mounting hole comprises a plurality of first mounting holes, and the at least one second mounting hole comprises a plurality of second mounting holes; the cabinet body is provided with the plurality of first mounting holes at each of two opposite ends of the cabinet body, and the plurality of first mounting holes are arranged in a height direction of the cabinet body; any one of the plurality of second mounting holes is selectively connected with one of the plurality of first mounting holes by means of the fastener to adjust a height of the support relative to the cabinet body; or the support is provided with the plurality of second mounting holes at each of two opposite ends of the support, and the plurality of second mounting holes are arranged in the height direction of the cabinet body; any one of the plurality of first mounting holes is selectively connected with one of the plurality of second mounting holes by means of the fastener to adjust the height of the support relative to the cabinet body. 5.The liquid cooling server cabinet according to any one of claims 2-4, wherein: the support comprises: a first mounting ear, the first mounting ear being provided with the second mounting hole; a second mounting ear, the second mounting ear being provided with the second mounting hole, the second mounting ear being spaced apart from the first mounting ear in a width direction of the cabinet body, and being respectively connected with the cabinet body; and the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear are respectively provided with the second mounting hole. ​ The mounting component is located between the first mounting lug and the second mounting lug and is connected with the first mounting lug and the second mounting lug respectively; The first joint is detachably connected with the mounting component, and the second joint is detachably connected with the mounting component.

6. The liquid-cooled server cabinet of claim 5, wherein, The support further comprises: The joint connector is detachably connected with the mounting component; the joint connector is provided with a joint mounting hole, and the first joint or the second joint is arranged in the joint mounting hole and connected with the joint connector.

7. The liquid-cooled server cabinet of claim 5 or 6, wherein, The mounting component comprises: The mounting component main body is located between the first mounting lug and the second mounting lug and is connected with the first mounting lug and the second mounting lug respectively, and is provided with a relief space; and The sliding component is arranged in the relief space and reciprocally moves in the relief space along the width direction of the cabinet body; The first joint is detachably connected with the sliding component, and the second joint is detachably connected with the sliding component.

8. The liquid-cooled server cabinet according to claim 7, wherein, A plurality of third mounting holes are arranged on the sliding component at intervals along the width direction of the cabinet body, and the first joint is selectively arranged in one of the plurality of third mounting holes; A plurality of fourth mounting holes are arranged on the sliding component at intervals along the width direction of the cabinet body, and the second joint is selectively arranged in one of the plurality of fourth mounting holes.

9. The liquid-cooled server cabinet of any of claims 1-8, wherein, The any one connecting assembly further comprises: The guide structure is arranged on the side of the support close to the liquid-cooled server.

10. The liquid-cooled server cabinet according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein, The at least one liquid inlet comprises a plurality of liquid inlets arranged along the length direction of the liquid supply pipe; The at least one liquid outlet comprises a plurality of liquid outlets arranged along the length direction of the liquid discharge pipe; The at least one connecting assembly comprises a plurality of connecting assemblies arranged along the height direction of the cabinet body.

11. A liquid-cooled server system, comprising The liquid-cooled server cabinet according to any one of claims 1-10; and A plurality of liquid-cooled servers; wherein, The plurality of liquid-cooled servers satisfy one of the following conditions: The plurality of liquid-cooled servers are quick-connect type liquid-cooled servers; Or, The plurality of liquid-cooled servers are blind insertion type liquid-cooled servers; Or, A first part of the plurality of liquid-cooled servers are blind insertion type liquid-cooled servers, and a second part of the plurality of liquid-cooled servers are quick-connect type liquid-cooled servers.

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