STORAGE DEVICE CARRIER ASSEMBLY

• US 20160217097A1
• Filed: 01/26/2015
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Gomez, Adolfo, Pena, Omar Guadalupe, Searby, Tom J., Bassett, Jonathan D.
• Application Number:
  US14/605,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4068 Electrical coupling
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/128 of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

Abstract

A computing system for housing a number of storage devices includes a number of device cages, and a backplane coupled to each of the device cages to electrically couple a number of the storage devices to the computing system. The backplane includes a number of device combination signal and power interfaces located on a first side of the backplane to couple a number of the storage devices to the backplane. The backplane further includes a number of combination signal and power interfaces located on a second side of the backplane to couple the backplane to the computing system. The backplane further includes a number of signal connectors to couple the backplane to the computing system.

Claims

1. A storage device carrier assembly for providing independent device access of a plurality of storage devices comprising:

a device cage;

at least one device cage rail coupled to the outside of the device cage to couple the device cage to a chassis of a computing system;

a plurality of storage device carrier assembly rails coupled to the inside of the device cage to couple a plurality of storage device carriers to the device cage, each of the storage device carriers housing a storage device;

a backplane coupled to the device cage to electrically couple a number of the storage devices to the computing system, the backplane comprising;

a number of combination signal and power interfaces located on a first side of the backplane to couple a number of the storage devices to the backplane;

a number of combination signal and power interfaces located on a second side of the backplane to couple the backplane to the computing system; and

a number of signal connectors to couple the backplane to the computing system.

2. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the combination signal and power interfaces located on the first side of the backplane comprise:

a number of combination Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) connectors.

3. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the combination signal and power interfaces located on the first side of the backplane comprise:

a number of combination SAS, SATA, and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) connectors.

4. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the signal connectors comprise:

a number of combination SAS and SATA connectors.

5. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the combination signal and power interfaces located on the first side of the backplane are blind-mate interfaces.

6. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the combination signal and power interfaces located on the second side of the backplane are blind-mate interfaces.

7. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the signal connectors that electrically couple the backplane to the computing system are cable interfaces.

8. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the backplane further comprises a number of signal PCIe interfaces located on the second side of the backplane to provide PCIe connectivity between the storage devices and the computing system.

9. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 8, wherein the signal PCIe connectors that electrically couple the backplane to the computing system are cable interfaces.

10. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the storage device carriers comprises a storage device carrier latch to couple the storage device carriers to the storage device carrier assembly.

11. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the storage device carriers is independently accessible without removal of the device cage.

12. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the storage device carriers is independently accessible without removal of another storage device carrier.

13. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, further comprising a device cage latch to couple the storage device carrier assembly to the chassis of the computing system.

14. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the storage device carrier assembly is sold as an after-market product.

15. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein the storage device carrier assembly is configured by a manufacturer based on a number of customer-ordered options.

16. The storage device carrier assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the storage device carriers comprises a number of carrier rail pins to couple the storage devices to the storage device carriers.

17. A computing system for housing a number of storage devices comprising:

an internal storage bay chassis;

a number of device cages coupled to the chassis;

a backplane coupled to each of the device cages to electrically couple a number of the storage devices to the computing system, the backplane comprising;

a number of combination signal and power interfaces located on a first side of the backplane to couple a number of the storage devices to the backplane;

a number of combination signal and power interfaces located on a second side of the backplane to couple the backplane to the computing system; and

a number of signal connectors to couple the backplane to the computing system.

18. The computing system of claim 17, wherein a plurality of device cages are coupleable to the chassis.

19. The computing system of claim 17, wherein the device cages are installable into the internal storage bay chassis without the use of tools.

20. The computing system of claim 17, wherein the storage devices housed within the storage device carriers are installable into the device cages without the use of tools.