公开(公告)号：US20230137940A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US17515004

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Odie Banks Killen, JR. ,  Charles C. Hill ,  Ritesh Kumar

IPC: H04L12/937 ,  H04L12/947 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H04L12/935

Abstract: An input/output module (IOM) for use within a network storage system mounted within a rack enclosure. The IOM includes a switching component configured to provide top-of-rack (TOR) switching for data to be routed from input connectors to data storage devices within the rack enclosure. The IOM also includes a protocol interface configured to convert a protocol of the data from an input data protocol (e.g., Ethernet, Fibre Channel or InfiniBand™) to a protocol for use with the storage devices (e.g., nonvolatile memory express (NVMe) and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)). Among other features, the IOM allows switching to be dis-aggregated from a TOR switch and distributed throughout the data network of the rack.

公开(公告)号：US10251315B1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15959127

申请日：2018-04-20

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Matthew Phillip Mitchell ,  Eugene McCabe ,  Ritesh Kumar ,  Donald Chong Lee ,  Franz Michael Schuette

IPC: G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20

Abstract: One feature pertains to cooling of a high density array of non-volatile memory mass storage devices within a computer enclosure. A coolant is moved through the enclosure through two separate air paths, each serving approximately half of the mass storage devices. The two air paths are interleaved in a central duct ported to a frontal and a rear plenum. The central duct contains two groups of fans with a flow axis perpendicular to the plane of the server enclosure but with opposite flow direction with the two groups vertically offset relative to each other. The two paths are separated from each other through dividers. Both paths intake coolant from the cold isle and exhaust the coolant to the hot isle. The non-volatile memory mass storage devices include electromechanical and solid state devices.

公开(公告)号：US09904330B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-27

申请号：US14732559

申请日：2015-06-05

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Franz Michael Schuette ,  Lawrence Allan Freymuth ,  Ritesh Kumar

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  G06F1/18

CPC classification number: G06F1/189 ,  G06F1/185 ,  G06F1/187

Abstract: One feature pertains to an advanced computer device configured for storing data on a plurality of non-volatile memory mass storage devices. The mass storage devices may interface with the computer device through a plurality of base boards mounted in an enclosure that are configured to couple with at least one non-volatile memory storage drive. Each base board may further be configured to couple with a high speed interconnect cable to exchange data to be loaded or stored with the computer device. According to one aspect, the high speed cable transfers Serially Attached SCSI (SAS) or PCIe data packets or frames.

公开(公告)号：US20250016118A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18895065

申请日：2024-09-24

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Odie Banks Killen, JR. ,  Charles C. Hill ,  Ritesh Kumar

IPC: H04L49/253 ,  H04L49/00 ,  H04L49/25 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: An input/output module (IOM) for use within a network storage system mounted within a rack enclosure. The IOM includes a switching component configured to provide top-of-rack (TOR) switching for data to be routed from input connectors to data storage devices within the rack enclosure. The IOM also includes a protocol interface configured to convert a protocol of the data from an input data protocol (e.g., Ethernet, Fibre Channel or InfiniBand™) to a protocol for use with the storage devices (e.g., nonvolatile memory express (NVMe) and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)). Among other features, the IOM allows switching to be dis-aggregated from a TOR switch and distributed throughout the data network of the rack.

公开(公告)号：US12132670B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17515004

申请日：2021-10-29

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Odie Banks Killen, Jr. ,  Charles C. Hill ,  Ritesh Kumar

IPC: H04L49/253 ,  H04L49/00 ,  H04L49/25 ,  H05K5/02

CPC classification number: H04L49/254 ,  H04L49/256 ,  H04L49/30 ,  H05K5/0204

Abstract: An input/output module (IOM) for use within a network storage system mounted within a rack enclosure. The IOM includes a switching component configured to provide top-of-rack (TOR) switching for data to be routed from input connectors to data storage devices within the rack enclosure. The IOM also includes a protocol interface configured to convert a protocol of the data from an input data protocol (e.g., Ethernet, Fibre Channel or InfiniBand™) to a protocol for use with the storage devices (e.g., nonvolatile memory express (NVMe) and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)). Among other features, the IOM allows switching to be dis-aggregated from a TOR switch and distributed throughout the data network of the rack.

公开(公告)号：US11086813B1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US15997686

申请日：2018-06-04

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Franz Michael Schuette ,  Daniel M. Gale ,  Charles C. Hill ,  Matthew T. Bowman ,  Ritesh Kumar

IPC: G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/16

Abstract: A network-attached storage device is provided comprising a network card with an embedded operating system that provides autonomous operation of the network card, the network card including a network port to communicate with an external device and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface to couple to a first PCIe device in the absence of a system host processor.

公开(公告)号：US20160103472A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-14

申请号：US14732559

申请日：2015-06-05

Applicant: Sanmina Corporation

Inventor： Franz Michael Schuette ,  Lawrence Allan Freymuth ,  Ritesh Kumar

IPC: G06F1/18

CPC classification number: G06F1/189 ,  G06F1/185 ,  G06F1/187

Abstract: One feature pertains to an advanced computer device configured for storing data on a plurality of non-volatile memory mass storage devices. The mass storage devices may interface with the computer device through a plurality of base boards mounted in an enclosure that are configured to couple with at least one non-volatile memory storage drive. Each base board may further be configured to couple with a high speed interconnect cable to exchange data to be loaded or stored with the computer device. According to one aspect, the high speed cable transfers Serially Attached SCSI (SAS) or PCIe data packets or frames.

Abstract translation: 一个特征涉及被配置为在多个非易失性存储器大容量存储设备上存储数据的高级计算机设备。 大容量存储设备可以通过安装在外壳中的多个基板与计算机设备接口，该多个基板被配置为与至少一个非易失性存储器驱动器耦合。 每个基板还可以被配置为与高速互连电缆耦合以交换要与计算机设备一起加载或存储的数据。 根据一个方面，高速电缆传输串行连接SCSI（SAS）或PCIe数据包或帧。