Server backplane
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsBO TIAN, YU HAN
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Abstract
A server backplane includes a circuit board, a first connector, a second connector, a power connector, a plurality of hard disk drive interfaces to be coupled to HDDs, a HDD controller interface, and a controller coupled to the plurality of HDD interfaces and the HDD controller interface. The controller can detect the respective statuses of all the HDD according to report signals from the HDD controller interface and status signals from the HDD interfaces.
Claims11
A server backplane configured to be coupled to one or more additional server backplane, the server backplane comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a first connector coupled to the circuit board and located at a first side of the circuit board;
- a second connector coupled to the circuit board and located at a second side of the circuit board that is different from the first side of the circuit board;
- a power connector arranged at a surface of the circuit board and coupled to the first connector and the second connector;
- a plurality of hard disk drive interfaces operably coupled to respective HDDs;
- a HDD controller interface coupled to the plurality of HDD interfaces and configured to be detachable from a motherboard and to communicate with the motherboard;
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- a controller coupled to the plurality of HDD interfaces and the HDD controller interface, wherein the controller detects status of the HDD according to report signals from the HDD controller interface and status signals from the HDD interfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.