CN216817397U - Backboard and conversion card - Google Patents
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The application provides a backplate and conversion card, this backplate includes: the device comprises a body and a plurality of hard disk interface modules arranged on the body, wherein the plurality of hard disk interface modules comprise a first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module; the first hard disk interface module sends a signal to be transmitted to the conversion card, and the conversion card processes and converts the signal to be transmitted into a target signal, so that the signal to be transmitted sent through the first hard disk interface module is converted into the target signal. In the scheme, the conversion card is connected with the backboard body through one hard disk interface, only one hard disk interface is required to be occupied, and PCIE slot resources are not required to be occupied.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the field of electronic equipment, in particular to a backboard and a conversion card.
Background
Currently, the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory express, NVMe Memory system) extension scheme of a server (server) is generally implemented by adopting a PCIE (peripheral component interconnect express, high speed serial computer expansion bus standard) -Switch card inside a chassis and using a PCIE slot, a cable, and a Back Plane (BP).
However, with this scheme, one PCIE slot resource needs to be occupied, which leads to a shortage of slot resources on the backplane.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of this, the present application provides a backplane and a conversion card, which solve the problem that the conversion card occupies one PCIE slot resource when nvme is extended in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application provides the following technical solutions:
a backing sheet, comprising:
a body;
at least two hard disk interface modules arranged in the target area in the body;
the at least two hard disk interface modules comprise a first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module;
the first hard disk interface module is used for being connected with a conversion card in an inserting mode, and the conversion card is used for converting a signal to be transmitted sent through the first hard disk interface module into a target signal;
the at least one second hard disk interface module is used for being connected with at least one hard disk in an inserting mode.
Optionally, in the above backplane, the first hard disk interface module is disposed in a first area, any of the second hard disk interface modules is disposed in a second area, the first area and the second area have the same size, and the target area includes the first area and the second area.
Optionally, in the backplane, the first hard disk interface module and the second hard disk interface module are sequentially arranged in the target area.
Optionally, the above-mentioned back plate further includes:
the first circuit is used for connecting the first hard disk interface module and a connector of the mainboard, and the connector is connected with the processor.
Optionally, in the backplane, the first hard disk interface module includes:
adopting a hard disk interface with a first interface specification;
and/or
Adopting a hard disk interface with a second interface specification;
and the conversion module is used for converting the signal of the second interface specification into the signal of the first interface specification and converting the signal of the first interface specification into the signal of the second interface specification.
Optionally, in the above backplane, the conversion module includes:
the first interface is inserted with the hard disk interface adopting the second interface specification and is used for transmitting a first signal with the hard disk interface adopting the second interface specification;
the second interface can be plugged with the conversion card and is used for transmitting a second signal with the conversion card, and the second signal and the first signal adopt different interface specifications;
the conversion unit is used for converting the first signal into a second signal and converting the second signal into the first signal.
A conversion card, comprising:
the adapter interface is used for being plugged with a first hard disk interface module on a back plate, the back plate comprises the first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module, and the second hard disk interface is used for being plugged with a hard disk;
and the conversion module is used for converting the signal to be transmitted received by the switching interface into a target signal.
Optionally, in the above conversion card, a shape of the conversion card matches a shape of the hard disk.
Optionally, in the above conversion card, the switching interface is matched with the first hard disk interface module.
As can be seen from the above technical solutions, compared with the prior art, the present application provides a back plate, including: the device comprises a body and a plurality of hard disk interface modules arranged on the body, wherein the plurality of hard disk interface modules comprise a first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module; the first hard disk interface module sends a signal to be transmitted to the conversion card, and the conversion card processes and converts the signal to be transmitted into a target signal, so that the signal to be transmitted sent through the first hard disk interface module is converted into the target signal. In the scheme, the conversion card is connected with the backboard body through one hard disk interface, only one hard disk interface is required to be occupied, and PCIE slot resources are not required to be occupied.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on the provided drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a backing plate provided herein;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of at least two hard disk interface modules in an embodiment of a backplane provided in the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a conversion module in an embodiment of a backplane provided in the present application;
FIG. 4 is a second schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a backing plate provided in the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an adapter card provided in the present application;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a backplane and a conversion card provided in the present application.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
As shown in fig. 1, a first structural diagram of an embodiment of a back plate provided in the present application is shown, where the back plate includes the following structures: the device comprises a body 101, a first hard disk interface module 102 and a second hard disk interface module 103;
at least two hard disk interface modules are disposed in the target area 104 of the main body 101.
The at least two hard disk interface modules comprise a first hard disk interface module 102 and at least one second hard disk interface module 103;
the first hard disk interface module is used for being connected with a conversion card in an inserting mode, and the conversion card is used for converting a signal to be transmitted sent through the first hard disk interface module into a target signal;
the at least one second hard disk interface module is used for being connected with at least one hard disk in an inserting mode.
The target area may be any area on the backplane, or an area where the HDD interface on the existing backplane is used, and the backplane does not set a dedicated interface for the converter card in any area other than the area where the HDD interface is located.
The backboard can be provided with a plurality of functional structures, and particularly a first hard disk interface module and a plurality of second hard disk interface modules are arranged in a target area on the body.
The first hard disk interface module can be inserted with the adapter card, the backboard sends signals to the adapter card through the first hard disk interface module, and the adapter card converts the signals to be transmitted into target signals in other forms.
The second Hard Disk interface module can be plugged with a Hard Disk (such as an HDD, Hard Disk Drive, or Hard Disk Drive) to realize data interaction between the backplane and the Hard Disk.
Correspondingly, the second hard disk interface module is an HDD interface.
Specifically, the adapter card is a switch card, and the switch card can convert PCIE signals into multiple paths of signals. For example, 1 × 16 signal is converted to output 4 × 4 signals, or 4 × 8 signals to implement one-to-multiple conversion.
Specifically, the first hard disk interface can provide a PCIE signal.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first hard disk interface module is set on the backplane as an example, in a specific implementation, a greater number of first hard disk interface modules may be set according to a situation, and the number of the first hard disk interface modules is not limited in the present application.
The first hard disk interface module is arranged in a first area, any second hard disk interface module is arranged in a second area, the first area and the second area are the same in size, and the target area comprises the first area and the second area.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of at least two hard disk interface modules in an embodiment of a backplane provided in the present application. At least two hard disk interface modules are arranged in the target area 201, the first hard disk interface module 202 is arranged in the first area 203, and the second hard disk interface module 204 is arranged in the second area 205.
The target area comprises a first area and at least one second area, the size of the first area is the same as that of each second area, and the size of the area occupied by the first hard disk interface module and the second hard disk interface module on the body is the same.
And the first hard disk interface module and the second hard disk interface module are sequentially arranged in the target area.
Specifically, at least two hard disk interface modules are sequentially arranged in a matrix manner in the target area, such as transverse arrangement or longitudinal arrangement.
Fig. 2(a) shows that at least two hard disk interface modules are sequentially and longitudinally arranged in the target area.
As shown in fig. 2(b), at least two hard disk interface modules are arranged in the target area in sequence and horizontally.
In this embodiment, the position of one HDD hard disk interface is set as the first hard disk interface module.
Specifically, the first hard disk interface module adopts a PCIE interface, so that the HDD interface is changed to a PCIE slot interface, and only a space of a SAS (Serial Attached Small Computer system interface)/SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) is occupied.
Specifically, the first hard disk interface module is NVMW SDD, which uses PCIE, and correspondingly, the second hard disk interface module is SAS/SATA SSD, which uses SAS/SATA.
Wherein, this first hard disk interface module can adopt two kinds of forms: the hard disk interface comprises a hard disk interface with a first interface specification, a hard disk interface with a second interface specification and corresponding conversion modules;
the conversion module is used for converting the signal of the second interface specification into the signal of the first interface specification and converting the signal of the first interface specification into the signal of the second interface specification.
Specifically, the first interface specification is PCIE, and the second interface specification may be U.2.
Correspondingly, a PCIE interface may be directly disposed on the body, or an U.2 interface and a corresponding conversion module may be disposed on the body.
Moreover, the sizes of the PCIE interface and the U.2 interface are consistent with the interface size of the HDD, so as to ensure consistency of the appearance of the backplane.
Specifically, the PCIE interface occupies a slot position of one HDD on the backplane.
Wherein, the conversion module includes: the device comprises a first interface, a conversion unit and a second interface;
the first interface is inserted with the hard disk interface adopting the second interface specification and is used for transmitting a first signal with the hard disk interface adopting the second interface specification;
the second interface can be plugged with the conversion card and is used for transmitting a second signal with the conversion card, and the second signal and the first signal adopt different interface specifications;
the conversion unit is used for converting the first signal into a second signal and converting the second signal into the first signal.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a conversion module in an embodiment of a backplane provided in the present application, where the conversion module includes: a first interface 301, a conversion unit 302, and a second interface 303;
the first interface is an interface capable of being plugged with a first hard disk interface on the body, the first hard disk interface adopts a second interface specification, and the first interface also adopts the second interface specification, for example, the first interface is an U.2 interface.
The second interface is an interface adopting the first interface specification and can be plugged with the conversion card, and if the second interface is a PCIE interface.
The conversion unit is a functional structure for converting signals transmitted between the first interface and the second interface, and can convert a first signal meeting the first interface specification into a second signal meeting the second interface specification, convert the second signal into the first signal, and convert a second signal meeting the second interface specification into a first signal meeting the first interface specification.
As shown in fig. 4, a second structural diagram of an embodiment of a back plate provided by the present application is shown, where the back plate includes the following structures: a body 401, a first hard disk interface module 402, a second hard disk interface module 403 and a first line 404;
the structural functions of the body 401, the first hard disk interface module 402, and the second hard disk interface module 403 are explained with reference to corresponding contents in fig. 1, and are not repeated here.
The first circuit 404 is used to connect the first hard disk interface module 402 and a connector of the motherboard, and the connector is connected to the processor.
The processor of the mainboard sends the signal to be transmitted to the first hard disk interface, and the signal is transmitted through the connector of the mainboard and the first line.
The signal output by the adapter card is transmitted to the backboard through the first line, so that the NVME expansion interface is provided for the backboard.
In summary, the present embodiment provides a back plate, including: the device comprises a body and a plurality of hard disk interface modules arranged on the body, wherein the plurality of hard disk interface modules comprise a first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module; the first hard disk interface module sends a signal to be transmitted to the conversion card, and the conversion card processes and converts the signal to be transmitted into a target signal, so that the signal to be transmitted sent through the first hard disk interface module is converted into the target signal. In the scheme, the conversion card is connected with the backboard body through one hard disk interface, only one hard disk interface is required to be occupied, and PCIE slot resources are not required to be occupied.
Corresponding to the embodiment of the back panel provided by the application, the application also provides an embodiment of the conversion card corresponding to the back panel.
As shown in fig. 5, a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an adapter card provided in the present application is shown, where the adapter card includes the following structure: a switching interface 501 and a switching module 502;
the adapter interface 501 is used for being connected to a first hard disk interface module on a backplane.
The back plate comprises a first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module, wherein the second hard disk interface is used for being connected with a hard disk in an inserting mode;
the conversion module 502 is configured to convert a signal to be transmitted, which is received through the adapter interface, into a target signal.
The switching interface is matched with the first hard disk interface module.
Specifically, the switching interface in the switching card adopts a first interface specification, such as PCIE, to match with the first hard disk interface module on the backplane.
Specifically, the first hard disk interface module on the backplane is a PCIE female connector, the switching interface on the adapter card is a PCIE male connector, the two can be plugged together, and the adapter card performs data interaction with the backplane.
And the shape of the conversion card is matched with that of the hard disk.
Specifically, the shape of the adapter card is the same as/similar to the shape of the hard disk inserted into the second hard disk interface module, and when the adapter card is inserted into the backboard through the first hard disk interface module, the adapter card is similar to the shape of the hard disk inserted into the backboard, and the appearance of the adapter card is consistent.
The adapter card can be provided with a shell, and the shell of the adapter card can be reused with the shell of the HDD, so that the appearances of the adapter card and the shell of the HDD are consistent.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a backplane and a conversion card provided in the present application, and includes a backplane 601 and a motherboard 602;
the back board is provided with a first hard disk interface module 603, the first hard disk interface module (NVMW SDD) adopts a PCIE interface, and the first hard disk interface module is used for plugging a conversion card so as to realize the transmission of a PCIE signal with the conversion card; the backplane is further provided with a plurality of second hard disk interface modules 604, the second hard disk interface modules 604 are respectively plugged with a hard disk SSD, the second hard disk interface modules are (SAS/SATA SSD), the backplane is further provided with a backplane connector 605, and the backplane connector 605 is connected with the first hard disk interface 603 through a signal transmission line 606.
The first hard disk interface module 603 is connected to the motherboard CPU609 through a first line 607 (e.g., a signal transmission line cable) and a PCIE connector 608.
Specifically, the motherboard CPU outputs a PCIE signal to the NVMW SDD, and the interface is plugged with a conversion card (PCIE switch card), where nvme realizes data transmission with a PCIE signal, and specifically sends the signal to the backplane through the PCIE connector 608 and the first line 607, and the BP is connected with the PCIE conversion card 604 to realize switch card PCIE signal input, and the switch card outputs a plurality of nvme signals and is connected to the backplane connector 605 of the backplane through the transmission line 606 for use by a plurality of nvme interfaces on the backplane.
The embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. For the device provided by the embodiment, the description is relatively simple because the device corresponds to the method provided by the embodiment, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.
The previous description of the provided embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features provided herein.
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1. A backing sheet, comprising:
a body;
at least two hard disk interface modules arranged in the target area in the body;
the at least two hard disk interface modules comprise a first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module;
the first hard disk interface module is used for being connected with a conversion card in an inserting mode, and the conversion card is used for converting a signal to be transmitted sent through the first hard disk interface module into a target signal;
the at least one second hard disk interface module is used for being connected with at least one hard disk in an inserting mode.
2. The backplane of claim 1, wherein the first hard disk interface module is disposed in a first area, any of the second hard disk interface modules is disposed in a second area, the first area and the second area are the same in size, and the target area comprises the first area and the second area.
3. The backplane of claim 2, wherein the first hard disk interface module and the second hard disk interface module are arranged in sequence in a target area.
4. The backsheet according to claim 1, further comprising:
the first circuit is used for connecting the first hard disk interface module and a connector of the mainboard, and the connector is connected with the processor.
5. The backplane of claim 1, wherein the first hard disk interface module comprises:
adopting a hard disk interface with a first interface specification;
and/or
Adopting a hard disk interface with a second interface specification;
and the conversion module is used for converting the signal of the second interface specification into the signal of the first interface specification and converting the signal of the first interface specification into the signal of the second interface specification.
6. The backplane of claim 5, wherein the conversion module comprises:
the first interface is inserted with the hard disk interface adopting the second interface specification and is used for transmitting a first signal with the hard disk interface adopting the second interface specification;
the second interface can be plugged with the conversion card and is used for transmitting a second signal with the conversion card, and the second signal and the first signal adopt different interface specifications;
the conversion unit is used for converting the first signal into a second signal and converting the second signal into the first signal.
7. A conversion card, comprising:
the adapter interface is used for being plugged with a first hard disk interface module on a back plate, the back plate comprises the first hard disk interface module and at least one second hard disk interface module, and the second hard disk interface is used for being plugged with a hard disk;
and the conversion module is used for converting the signal to be transmitted received by the switching interface into a target signal.
8. The conversion card of claim 7, wherein said conversion card has a shape that matches a shape of said hard disk.
9. The conversion card of claim 7, wherein said interface is mated with a first hard disk interface module.
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