2 MIC-3038 Startup Manual
Installing Peripherals
The MIC-3038 accepts MIC-3960 as media interface,
which can adopt 2.5" devices, Compact Flash, slim-type
CD-ROM drive or slim-type FDD drive. Please see table-1
below for MIC-3960 for the device combinations. Mean-
while, MIC-3960 can only be used on MIC-3038B/4-2R
which has a dedicate slot for media blade.
Installing a 3.5" Hard Disk Drive
Follow the procedures below to install 2.5" hard disk
drives in the MIC-3960:
1. Have the HDD isolation pad attached to stick on the
HDD circuit side.
2. Slide HDD into the IDE connector.
3. Fix HDD by screws on the rear of MIC-3038
Installing a Slim-type Floppy Disk and Slim-
type CD-ROM Drives
The MIC-3960 supports up to four IDE devices on the two
IDE channels including IDE CD-ROM drives. But user only
can have up to three IDE devices (including Compact
Flash) due to its space limitation. To install an IDE slim
type CDROM drive with the MIC-3960 you'll need:
• IDE CD-ROM drive / FDD drive (slim type)
• Mounting bracket for slim type CDROM / FDD drive
• Several screws for bracket
The MIC-3960 does not supply a power cable to run a CD
ROM drive or other desktop style IDE device cause the
power is provided via the connectors. Steps for installing
an IDE CD-ROM drive / FDD drive with the MIC-3960 are
as follows:
1. Turn the power off to the card cage and remove the
MIC-3960.
2. Mounting the IDE CD-ROM / FDD drive with bracket
and screws on MIC-3960
3. Re-insert the MIC-3960 into the card cage.
4. Power up the system and check if CD-ROM / FDD drive
can be found.
• MIC-3038A/4-2R: 2U-high CompactPCI? enclosure with
4-slot backplane (one master slot / three peripheral
slots), hot-swap cooling fans, redundant power supply.
• MIC-3038B/4-2R: 2U-high CompactPCI? enclosure with
4-slot backplane (one master slot / three peripheral
slots included one media blade slot), cooling fans,
power supply.
• MIC-3960-A: Single-slot 6U CompactPCI? Media car-
rier board.
• MIC-3924A-A: Intelligent Chassis Management Module
Table: MIC-3038 recommended device bay
configuration.
2.5" HDD
Slim
CD-ROM
Slim FDD
Compact
Flash
Type A
1
1
-
1
Type B
1
-
1
1
Type C
2
-
-
1
Ordering Information