Patent Application
20220350935
This disclosure relates generally to information handling systems and, more particularly, to a universal bay system configurable with partitions for supporting multiple sets of devices in bays in a chassis.
As the value and use of information continues to increase, individuals and businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option available to users is information handling systems. An information handling system generally processes, compiles, stores, and/or communicates information or data for business, personal, or other purposes thereby allowing users to take advantage of the value of the information. Because technology and information handling needs and requirements vary between different users or applications, information handling systems may also vary regarding what information is handled, how the information is handled, how much information is processed, stored, or communicated, and how quickly and efficiently the information may be processed, stored, or communicated. The variations in information handling systems allow for information handling systems to be general or configured for a specific user or specific use such as financial transaction processing, airline reservations, enterprise data storage, or global communications. In addition, information handling systems may include a variety of hardware and software components that may be configured to process, store, and communicate information and may include one or more computer systems, data storage systems, and networking systems.
Information handling systems for use as servers and data centers are typically assembled in chassis or other enclosures specifically manufactured for that information handling system.
Embodiments may be directed to a universal bay system and method for assembling a universal bay system for accommodating multiple sets of devices of an information handling system in a chassis. A universal bay system may comprise a pair of guide rails, a plurality of support planes connected to the pair of guide rails, and a plurality of partitions. A first support plane and an adjacent second support plane may be separated by a distance to form a row. Each partition comprises a first wall comprising a first wall connector and a support plane connector and a second wall comprising a second wall connector and a second support plane connector. The second wall connector engages the first wall connector to form the partition. Each partition is coupled to the first support plane and the second support plane to divide the row into a plurality of bays.
In some embodiments, a wall for a particular bay may be assembled with a device retainer configured to retain of a set of devices in the bay. The device retainer may comprise a plurality of device rails to allow a technician to slide a set of memory devices, processing devices, storage devices or networking devices into the bay.
In some embodiments, a bay is configured to retain a power supply unit (PSU) or is configured as a channel for airflow through the chassis.
For a more complete understanding of the invention and its features and advantages, reference is now made to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In the following description, details are set forth by way of example to facilitate discussion of the disclosed subject matter. It should be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the field, however, that the disclosed embodiments are exemplary and not exhaustive of all possible embodiments.
As used herein, a hyphenated form of a reference numeral refers to a specific instance of an element and the un-hyphenated form of the reference numeral refers to the collective or generic element. Thus, for example, device “114-1” refers to an instance of a device, which may be referred to collectively as devices “114” and any one of which may be referred to generically as device “114.”
For the purposes of this disclosure, an information handling system may include an instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable to compute, classify, process, transmit, receive, retrieve, originate, switch, store, display, manifest, detect, record, reproduce, handle, or utilize various forms of information, intelligence, or data for business, scientific, control, entertainment, or other purposes. For example, an information handling system may be a personal computer, a consumer electronic device, a network storage device, or another suitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance, functionality, and price. The information handling system may include memory, one or more processing resources such as a central processing unit (CPU) or hardware or software control logic. Additional components of the information handling system may include one or more storage devices, one or more communications ports for communicating with external devices as well as various input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse, and one or more video displays. The information handling system may also include one or more buses operable to transmit communication between the various hardware components.
Embodiments disclosed herein include a universal bay system configurable to accommodate sets of different devices of an information handling system in a chassis.
Embodiments disclosed herein are described with respect to information handling systems such as servers that are often installed in racks. Particular embodiments are best understood by reference to
Turning to the drawings,
Chassis 100 may be manufactured with two guide rails 102 to allow chassis 100 to be inserted or withdrawn from a server rack or other structure (not shown). Rear portion 104 may accommodate cabling, fans and other components for managing the performance of processing, storage, memory and network devices in chassis 100. Front portion 106 may comprise a universal bay system that is configurable to retain sets of devices in various arrangements for improved cooling or performance of information handling system.
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Embodiments of a universal bay system may further include a plurality of partitions 110 coupled to two adjacent support planes (e.g., support planes 108-1 and 108-2) to divide row 109 into bays 111. For example, partitions 110-1, 110-2, 110-3 and 110-4 divide row 109-1 into bays 111a, 111b, 111c, 111d and 111e and partitions 110-5, 110-6, 110-7 and 110-8 divide row 109-2 into bays 111f, 111g, 111h, 111j and 111k.
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Embodiments of a universal bay system described herein may include an array of mounting points to support various bay widths without the need to redesign chassis 100 for new devices or operating requirements. The distance between two adjacent partitions 110 and the device retainers 134 coupled to walls 120 may be configured to accommodate power supply units (PSU)s, I/O storage devices 114, and memory devices 114 of different form factors, with different airflow requirements and power supply requirements and ambient noise restrictions.
The above disclosed subject matter is to be considered illustrative, and not restrictive, and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications, enhancements, and other embodiments which fall within the true spirit and scope of the disclosure. Thus, to the maximum extent allowed by law, the scope of the disclosure is to be determined by the broadest permissible interpretation of the following claims and their equivalents, and shall not be restricted or limited by the foregoing detailed description.
