3U “T” shaped chassis design with rail features

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9854690-B1
Application number	US-201514664560-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 20, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A rack unit for providing a server to be mounted within a storage rack is provided. The rack unit includes a set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within the storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails; wherein, the chassis includes at least one wide section for housing computer components. A server and a storage rack are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rack unit for providing a server to be mounted within a storage rack, the rack unit comprising: a chassis comprising a set of low-profile drawer slides mounted thereto, the drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within the storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails of the storage rack; wherein, opposing sides of the chassis comprise at least two dimensions of separation (W U , W U+2R ) therebetween, one of the dimensions of separation (W U+2R ) providing a wide section of the chassis, the other of the dimensions of separation (W U ) providing a narrow section of the chassis, and the wide section and the narrow section form a T-shaped; and wherein the wide section is configured to receive four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration, and a combined width of the rails and the narrow section is equal to the wide section; and wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for one of a 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U and 7U rack unit.

2. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the set of low-profile drawer slides is mounted upon the chassis and the rails are mounted within the storage rack.

3. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the set of low-profile drawer slides is mounted upon the chassis and the rails are mounted within the storage rack.

4. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for a multiple of U.

5. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the storage rack is one of 19 inches wide and 23 inches wide.

6. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the storage rack is compliant with at least one of Electronic Industries Alliance standard EIA-310-D, “Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment”; Consumer Electronics Association CEA-310-E “Design Requirements for Cabinets, Panels, Racks and Subracks”; and International Electrotechnical Commission, standard IEC 60297 “Mechanical structures for electronic equipment—Dimensions of mechanical structures of the 482.6 mm (19 inch) series”.

7. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the set of low-profile drawer slides comprises at least one of a regular-extension drawer slide, a full-extension drawer slide, an over-travel drawer slide, and a telescoping drawer slide.

8. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises one of a T-shaped cross-section, an I-shaped cross-section and an inverted T-shaped cross-section.

9. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the drawer slide comprises at least one of a ball bearing, a roller bearing, a soft closing mechanism and an easy close device.

10. The rack unit as in claim 1 , wherein the at least one wide section provides for containing a plurality of hard drives, each hard drive being hot-pluggable.

11. A server comprising: a rack unit comprising a chassis with a set of low-profile drawer slides mounted thereto, the drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within a storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails of the storage rack;
a plurality of computer components configured within the chassis of the rack unit; wherein, opposing sides of the chassis comprise at least two dimensions of separation (W U , W U+2R ) therebetween, one of the dimensions of separation (W U+2R ) providing a wide section of the chassis, the other of the dimensions of separation (W U ) providing a narrow section of the chassis, and the wide section and the narrow section form a T-shaped; wherein the wide section is configured to receive four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration, and a combined width of the rails and the narrow section is equal to the wide section; and wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for one of a 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U and 7U rack unit.

12. The server as in claim 11 , wherein the computer components comprise at least one of a processor, memory, storage, a power supply, cooling, interface equipment, a switch, a bridge and a node.

13. The server as in claim 11 , wherein the at least one wide section is configured for retaining four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration.

14. A storage rack for computer equipment, the storage rack comprising:
at least one server disposed therein, the server comprising a plurality of computer components configured within a rack unit, the rack unit comprising a chassis with a set of low-profile drawer slides mounted thereto, the drawer slides configured for mounting the rack unit within a storage rack, the set of low-profile drawer slides configured for mounting upon rails of the storage rack; wherein, opposing sides of the chassis comprise at least two dimensions of separation (W U , W U+2R ) therebetween, one of the dimensions of separation (W U+2R ) providing a wide section of the chassis, the other of the dimensions of separation (W U ) providing a narrow section of the chassis, and the wide section and the narrow section form a T-shaped; wherein the wide section is configured to receive four 3.5 inch hard drives in a side-by-side configuration, and a combined width of the rails and the narrow section is equal to the wide section; and wherein the rack unit comprises dimensions for one of a 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U and 7U rack unit.

15. The storage rack as in claim 14 , further comprising at least one of a power supply and a cooling unit.

16. The storage rack as in claim 14 , wherein the storage rack is compliant with at least one of Electronic Industries Alliance standard EIA-310-D, “Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment”; Consumer Electronics Association CEA-310-E “Design Requirements for Cabinets, Panels, Racks and Subracks”; and International Electrotechnical Commission, standard IEC 60297 “Mechanical structures for electronic equipment—Dimensions of mechanical structures of the 482.6 mm (19 inch) series”.

17. The storage rack as in claim 14 , wherein the storage rack is one of 19 inches wide and 23 inches wide.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Frye Gordon A
• Frangioso Jr Ralph C
• Wierzbicki Robert P
• Blondin John
• Johnson Keith C

Classifications

• H05K7/20709

  for server racks or cabinets; for data centers, e.g. 19-inch computer racks · CPC title

• H05K5/0021 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K7/183

  support rails therefor · CPC title

• H05K7/20

  Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating · CPC title

• H05K7/1487

  Blade assemblies, e.g. blade cases or inner arrangements within a blade · CPC title