Patent Application
20140153186
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a rack-mount server assembly.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, a rack-mount server assembly includes a rack, a plurality of server modules received in the rack, and a switch generally mounted on a top of the rack. Many cables are needed in the rack for transferring signals or providing power. However, the cables are not arranged orderly.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with references to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
The rack 20 includes a rectangular base 22, a top wall 24 opposite to the base 22, and four support poles 26 respectively connected between four corners of the base 22 and the top wall 24. One of the support poles 26 located at a rear end of the rack 20 defines a receiving space 262 in an inner surface of the support pole 26. A front side of the support pole 26 defines a plurality of latching holes 264 communicating with the receiving space 262, and a rear side of the support pole 26 defines a plurality of through holes 266 communicating with the receiving space 262.
The server modules 30 can be inserted into the rack 20. Each server module 30 includes a rear wall 32 defining a plurality of ports 34 for receiving ends of cables 33.
The cable management apparatus 40 includes a bracket 42, a plurality of cable binding members 44, and a plurality of cable positioning members 46.
The bracket 42 includes a rectangular installing plate 422, a front side plate 424 and a rear side plate 426 perpendicularly extending from two opposite sides of the installing plate 422 toward the same direction, and a latching plate 427 extending from the front side plate 424 toward the rear side plate 426. The installing plate 422, the front side plate 424, and the latching plate 427 cooperatively bound a receiving slot 428. A plurality of protrusions 429 protrudes out from the front side plate 424, opposite to the latching plate 427. The rear side plate 426 defines a plurality of screw holes 4262. The latching plate 427 defines a plurality of spaced latching holes 4272 away from the front side plate 424, and the lathing holes 4272 are arrayed in a row along a lengthwise direction of the rear side plate 426. The latching plate 427 defines two positioning holes 4274 located at top side and bottom side of each latching hole 4272.
A plurality of retaining portions 423 protrudes from the installing plate 422 adjacent to the rear side plate 426 toward the latching plate 427. The retaining portions 423 are arrayed in a row along the lengthwise direction of the rear side plate 426. In an embodiment, each retaining portion 423 is bridge-shaped. A gap 4232 is defined between each retaining portion 423 and an inner surface of the installing plate 422. Each retaining portion 423 is capable of hanging one cable binding member 44. Each cable binding member 44 is strip-shaped, and can bound a holding hole 442.
In use, the server modules 30 are installed in the rack 20. The rear wall 32 is adjacent to the bracket 42. First ends of the cables 33 are engaged in the ports 34 of the server modules 30, some of the cables 33 are then received in the receiving slot 428 of the bracket 42, and the other cables 33 are respectively clamped in the clamping slots 4676 through the corresponding opening 4674 and then are bound by the corresponding cable binding members 44. Therefore, the cables 33 can be arranged in a well-ordered manner.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing description of embodiments, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201210515031.1 | Dec 2012 | CN | national |
