Arrangement for a blade server slide-in module
An arrangement for a blade server slide-in module includes a motherboard with a plug connector, a riser card inserted in the plug connector of the motherboard, a carrier plate, in which there is a first opening, is fixed substantially parallel to the motherboard in the blade server slide-in module, the first opening being aligned with exposed plug contacts of the inserted riser card, and a retaining element having a main body in which there is a continuous, second opening, wherein the retaining element is pushed onto the riser card in a positive locking manner by the second opening and locks with the carrier plate so that the riser card is securely mechanically fixed to the carrier plate and the plug contacts of the riser card are accessible via the second opening.
1. An arrangement for a blade server slide-in module comprising:
a motherboard with a plug connector;
a riser card inserted in the plug connector of the motherboard;
a carrier plate, in which there is a first opening, is fixed substantially parallel to the motherboard in the blade server slide-in module, the first opening being aligned with exposed plug contacts of the inserted riser card; and
a retaining element having a main body in which there is a continuous, second opening, wherein the retaining element is pushed onto the riser card in a positive locking manner by the second opening and locks with the carrier plate so that the riser card is securely mechanically fixed to the carrier plate and the plug contacts of the riser card are accessible via the second opening.
2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising an expansion card which is plugged by a plug connector of the expansion card into the second opening in the retaining element to connect with the plug contacts of the riser card such that the expansion card rests on a face of the retaining element containing the second opening in the retaining element.
3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the plug connector of the expansion card can be received in a positive locking manner in the second opening in the retaining element.
4. The arrangement according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one support element arranged in the blade server slide-in module and supports an expansion card inserted into the second opening in the retaining element.
5. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one support element comprises a projection parallel to an insertion direction of the expansion card and the expansion card comprises one or more recesses, wherein upon insertion of the expansion card the projection of the at least one support element is received in a positive locking manner in a corresponding recess.
6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contacts of the riser card are arranged substantially inside the second opening in the retaining element.
7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the main body of the retaining element has at least two second resilient catch elements to lock the retaining element to the carrier plate.
8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at outer edges that define the second opening the retaining element has one or more bevels.
9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier plate is a side part of a hard drive cage.
10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining element is produced in one piece and/or from a plastics material.
11. An arrangement for a blade server slide-in module comprising:
a motherboard with a plug connector;
a riser card inserted in the plug connector of the motherboard;
a carrier plate, in which there is a first opening, is fixed substantially parallel to the motherboard in the blade server slide-in module, the first opening being aligned with exposed plug contacts of the inserted riser card; and
a retaining element having a main body in which there is a continuous, second opening, wherein the retaining element is pushed onto the riser card in a positive locking manner by the second opening and locks with the carrier plate so that the riser card is securely mechanically fixed to the carrier plate and the plug contacts of the riser card are accessible via the second opening,
wherein the main body of the retaining element has at least two first resilient catch elements and the riser card has at least two recesses so that the at least two first catch elements lock into the at least two recesses when the retaining element is pushed onto the riser card and the retaining element is securely mechanically coupled to the riser card.
12. The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the main body of the retaining element has at least two second resilient catch elements that lock the retaining element to the carrier plate, and wherein two U-shaped segments lying opposite each other are molded from the main body of the retaining element, wherein a U-shaped segment has arranged thereon in each case a first resilient catch element and in each case a second resilient catch element.
13. An arrangement for a blade server slide-in module comprising:
a motherboard with a plug connector;
a riser card inserted in the plug connector of the motherboard;
a carrier plate, in which there is a first opening, is fixed substantially parallel to the motherboard in the blade server slide-in module, the first opening being aligned with exposed plug contacts of the inserted riser card; and
a retaining element having a main body in which there is a continuous, second opening, wherein the retaining element is pushed onto the riser card in a positive locking manner by the second opening and locks with the carrier plate so that the riser card is securely mechanically fixed to the carrier plate and the plug contacts of the riser card are accessible via the second opening,
wherein, in a region of the second opening the retaining element has two grooves arranged opposite and engage laterally around the riser card.