1 General Information

This manual provides general installation and maintenance information, including drive installation and power supply replacement for the Megaplex II 4U chassis.

General Description of Chassis

The Megaplex II rack-mount chassis supports up to three 3.50" SCA (Single Connector Attachment) Low Voltage Differential (LVD) 16-bit SCSI drives. SCA drives provide simple installation via pluggable canisters. The SCA “no cable” design allows you to simply mount the drive into the canister and plug into the chassis. The Megaplex II chassis includes:

mounts for up to three drives,

mounts for up to three power supplies,

five cooling fans,

four CPU activity LEDs

three SCSI activity LEDs, and

an Alarm Mute switch.

Peripheral Drives System peripherals include mountings for:

one 5.25" half-high CD-ROM drive,

one 3.5" floppy drive, and

one 3.5" IDE (internal system drive.)

Power Supplies The chassis is supported by three 440W hot-pluggable power supplies. The N+1 redundant arrangement allows the chassis to continue operation when one power supply fails. The power supply is a modular, pluggable design. Power supplies are mounted from the rear of the chassis. Each power supply plugs into the chassis power distribution board via a blind mate connector. The power supplies are hot-pluggable units that can be replaced while the system remains operational.

Cooling

Cooling is provided by three fans in the front of the chassis, and two fans in the middle (in an

 

assembly.)

 

 

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