SERVER CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING AND AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING IP HARD DISK AND SATA HARD DISK

• US 20170322821A1
• Filed: 11/28/2016
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Portwell Inc. (Posiflex Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Portwell Inc. (Posiflex Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: CHANG, CHENG-HAN
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,601 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk is operated under SDN. The server includes a machine body device. The machine body device is provided with a baseboard. The baseboard is electrically connected with electronic devices thereon. The electronic devices include an embedded controller IC on a back board; a multiplexer and a plurality of SoC modules on a load board; and a plurality of hard disks including at least one IP hard disk and one SATA hard disk. The embedded controller IC identifies each hard disk as the SATA hard disk or the IP hard disk according to a first potential signal of the telecommunication signal of the second pin of the signal terminals of each hard disk. The present invention meets the market for both IP hard disks and SATA hard disks and brings better economic benefits.

Claims

1. A server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk, operated under SDN (software-defined networking), the server comprising a machine body device, the machine body device being provided with a baseboard, the baseboard being electrically connected with electronic devices thereon, the electronic devices comprising:

at least one power supply, the power supply being electrically connected with each of the electronic devices inside the machine body device and supplying power to the electronic devices;

at least one first converter, the first converter being provided with a plurality of network ports, the first converter being connected with a network through the network ports; and

at least one load board, the load board being provided with a multiplexer, an embedded controller IC, and a plurality of SoC (System-on-Chip) modules thereon, the SoC modules being each inserted on a slot of the load board;

the machine body device comprising a plurality of hard disks including at least one IP hard disk and one SATA hard disk, the IP hard disk and the SATA hard disk being fixedly disposed on at least one hard disk carrying board, the hard disk carrying board receiving telecommunication signals of pins of signal terminals of the IP hard disk and the SATA hard disk and transmitting the telecommunication signals to the multiplexer, the embedded controller IC, and the SoC modules on the load board;

the telecommunication signals received by the multiplexer including the telecommunication signals from the SATA hard disk and or from the IP hard disk;

the SoC modules on the load board converting the received telecommunication signals of the pins of the SATA hard disk into telecommunication signals of IP hard disk specification and transmitting the telecommunication signals to the multiplexer of the load board;

the embedded controller IC on the load board identifying each of the hard disks according to a first potential signal of the telecommunication signals of a second pin of the signal terminals of each hard disk of the telecommunication signals, wherein if the first potential signal of the hard disk is a constant high potential signal, the hard disk is identified as the SATA hard disk;

if the first potential signal of the hard disk is a periodic switch of a high potential signal and a low potential signal, the hard disk is identified as the IP hard disk; and

the embedded controller IC on the load board sends a control signal to the multiplexer according to the aforesaid identification result for controlling the multiplexer to open an option, enabling the multiplexer to elect one of the telecommunication signals from the SATA hard disk or from the IP hard disk to be output to the first converter.

2. The server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hard disk carrying board receives the telecommunication signals of the pins of the signal terminals of the IP hard disks and the SATA hard disks fixed thereon through a plurality of connectors each having a L-shaped configuration, each connector has a hard disk terminal and a board terminal disposed at respective sides of the L-shaped configuration, the hard disk terminal is inserted in a first socket of the signal terminals of one of the IP hard disk and the SATA hard disk, the board terminal is inserted in the hard disk carrying board and electrically connected with a signal circuit of the hard disk carrying board so as to transmit the telecommunication signals of the hard disk carrying board and one of the IP hard disk and the SATA hard disk fixed on the hard disk carrying board to each other.

3. The server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the machine body device is provided with a plurality of fans.

4. The server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the SoC modules support two standard SATA interface devices including traditional hard disks or solid state disks.

5. The server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of SoC modules are a plurality of ARM Based SoC modules.

6. The server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hard disk carrying board is provided with three hard disks including SATA hard disks or IP hard disks.

7. The server capable of supporting and automatically identifying an IP hard disk and a SATA hard disk as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of the at least one hard disk carrying board is four.