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P/N CHAS-PRORACK-8020-DOC Revision 1, October 1997

User’s Guide

ProRACK 8020 Series

Rack Mount System

1641 McGaw Avenue

Irvine, California 92614

Summary of Contents for ProRACK 8020 Series

Page 1: ...P N CHAS PRORACK 8020 DOC Revision 1 October 1997 User s Guide ProRACK 8020 Series Rack Mount System 1641 McGaw Avenue Irvine California 92614...

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Page 3: ...SCSI 3 Dual redundant hot swappable 400 watt power supplies Optional dual 500 watt 750 watt or 1000 watt load sharing power supplies not hot swappable 10 fan cooling system 4 fans for passive backplan...

Page 4: ...here is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning...

Page 5: ...ded I O cables NOTICE The use of a non shielded I O cable with this device is in violation of U S Federal law and will not allow the device to meet the maximum emission limits CAUTION Any changes or m...

Page 6: ...r use of this material No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical photocopying recordingor otherwise without the p...

Page 7: ...1 3 5 25 Inch Drive Bay 1 3 Control Panel 1 4 The Rear Panel 1 5 Power Supplies 1 6 Standard Power Supplies 1 6 Optional Power Supplies 1 6 Section 2 Setting Up the System Overview 2 1 Unpacking the S...

Page 8: ...Passthru Inner Facing 3 1 Passthru Outer Facing 3 2 Mounting the Drive in the Tray 3 2 Connecting the Drive to the Host System 3 3 Installing 3 5 Inch and 5 25 Inch Drives 3 3 Using The Power Supplies...

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Page 11: ...for removable flopy drives The assembly is powered by 400 watt dual redundant hot swappable power supplies The supplies are mounted in a slide tray which is accessable at the rear of the chassis This...

Page 12: ...EDs Two 3 5 inch drive bays One 5 25 inch drive bay Control panel for up to four segments of a segmented passive backplane ON OFF switches for each of the dual power supplies Locking front door not pi...

Page 13: ...The ProRACK provides two 3 5 inch external drive bays typically configured with floppy drives The illustrations in this manual show a system with two removable 3 5 inch floppy drives installed These d...

Page 14: ...noting which set of segment controls are assigned to which segment The Segment Power ON OFF switch controls the power to the assigned segment The Power LED associate with the ON OFF switch lets you kn...

Page 15: ...rial 4 unit fan pack Dual power supply ON OFF switches Expansion slot covers Serial and parallel port options are available on through the Single Board Computer feature slot or through an associated f...

Page 16: ...tches for the supplies on both the front and rear panels The rear panel also provides twenty feature connector slots for up to twenty boards Power Supplies Standard Power Supplies The 400 watt dual re...

Page 17: ...wer supplies at the rear of the chassis Unpacking the System Before proceeding review this list The system unit The slide rail assembly Power cord s Assembling the ProRACK Checking the Cables Remove t...

Page 18: ...ou use a surge protective device or unit with this and all computer equipment The SCSI Cabling It is recommended that you label the drive bays indicating SCSI strings LUNs and segment assignments Your...

Page 19: ...at head screw washer next to the bracket assembly followed by a lock washer and a nut Adjust the bracket until it is even with or slightly ahead of the front of the large portion of the slide Tighten...

Page 20: ...r and monitor 2 Turn the system s ON OFF toggle to the ON position 3 The system will boot and load its operating system The system s BIOS is configured at the factory with default settings You can rec...

Page 21: ...ing the drive in the drive tray and making the proper connections to the drive between the outer passthru facing and the host system Passthru Inner Facing The passthru inner facing is a simple circuit...

Page 22: ...nd to the passthru board s LED connector JP3 2 Attach the passthru board s power cable to the power connector on the SCSI drive 3 Use the short SCSI data cable to attach to the drive s data connector...

Page 23: ...ure for installing 3 5 inch drives and 5 25 inch drives are identical and simple to perform All three drive bays come with platform trays which attach to the base of the drive The platform slides into...

Page 24: ...change out a power supply 1 Working from the rear of the chassis power down and unplug the power supply to be changed out 2 Slide the power supply tray from the chassis to expose the power supply 3 Di...

Page 25: ...now ready power up the supply Setting 110 or 220 VAC The power supply may be configured to operate with either 110 VAC or 220 VAC Simply locate the red selector switch on the back of the system case...

Page 26: ...low any magnetic sources to come near the machine such as magnets or electric motors These will damage data on your disks Do not let the computer share an electrical circuit with a noisy electric moto...