Storage Device OCP Mezzanine Card Adaptor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Storage device racks often lack the interface for Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine cards, preventing direct application and increasing design and production costs due to the need for comprehensive functionality implementation.
Innovation Solution
An adaptor for storage devices that supports OCP mezzanine cards, comprising a baseboard with a connector and adapting part, allowing for PCIe protocol compatibility, and featuring a framework for heat dissipation and latching mechanism for secure attachment, enabling flexible configuration and reduced development time and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If storage device racks implement comprehensive functionality to support OCP mezzanine cards directly, then compatibility and functionality are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two independent parts: the existing storage device rack and the OCP mezzanine card adapter. The adapter is a separate module that provides OCP interface functionality without requiring modifications to the main rack structure. This segmentation allows the rack to maintain its original simplicity while the adapter handles the complexity of OCP card support.
Solution Approach 2:
The OCP mezzanine card adapter serves as an intermediary device between the storage device rack and the OCP mezzanine card. It translates and adapts the interface protocols and physical connections, enabling compatibility without requiring the rack itself to implement comprehensive OCP functionality. The adapter acts as a bridge that resolves the interface incompatibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If storage device racks implement comprehensive functionality to support OCP mezzanine cards directly, then compatibility and functionality are improved, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the OCP support functionality into a separate adapter module, the manufacturing cost is distributed. The main rack production remains unchanged and cost-effective, while the adapter can be manufactured separately using standardized components and processes, reducing overall manufacturing complexity and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The OCP mezzanine card adapter is designed as a universal interface solution that can be applied to multiple different storage device rack models. This multi-functionality allows a single adapter design to support various racks, spreading the development and manufacturing costs across multiple product lines rather than requiring each rack model to be customized.
3Device complexity
If storage device racks lack OCP mezzanine card interface, then device complexity and manufacturing costs are reduced, but adaptability and functionality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter serves as an intermediary that adds OCP interface capability to racks that originally lacked it. This allows the rack to maintain its simple original design while the adapter provides the necessary adaptation layer to support OCP mezzanine cards, effectively removing the adaptability limitation without increasing the rack's inherent complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system becomes dynamically adaptable through the optional adapter attachment. The rack can operate in its original simple mode without the adapter, or gain OCP functionality when the adapter is attached. This dynamic configuration allows the system to adapt to different functional requirements without permanently increasing baseline complexity.
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AI summary
An adaptor for incorporating a function of an Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card into a storage device includes a framework, a baseboard mounted to the framework and arranged to have the Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card mounted thereon, an adapting part on the baseboard, the adapting part including an insertion slot for receiving a first interface of the OCP mezzanine card, and a connector on the baseboard, the connector configured to connect with the storage device, the baseboard including interconnections between the connector and the adapting part to provide for data exchange between the OCP mezzanine card and the storage device.