Centellis CT Series 16000 User’s Manual
Chassis Layout and Interconnection
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3.0 Configuration and Connections
The Centellis CT Series 16000 is a CompactPCI-based system chassis designed for CompactPCI
in an industrial environment. The 16000’s modularity ensures easy operation, flexibility, and easy
rack mounting. All module interconnections in the system are made via standard connectors.
The Centellis chassis contains the following modules:
• Backplane and Card Cage
The Centellis CT Series 16000 chassis contains a backplane which supports up to fourteen
6U CompactPCI slots and a double-slot CPU board.
• Power Supplies
The chassis is powered by two, rear-accessible 300-watt AC power supplies.
• Integrated Peripheral Tray
The chassis contains an integrated peripheral tray that holds one 3.5" disk drive bay (for
SCSI or EIDE hard disk drives) and one front-accessible 5.25" CD-ROM disk drive bay.
• Fan Tray Module
There are three brushless DC fans for the chassis unit, and an additional cooling fan in
each power supply.
3.1
Chassis Backplane Layout
The layered backplane for CompactPCI has continuous ground and power planes. The Centellis
16000 chassis backplane has inboard termination. Refer to CPCI Specification PICMG 2.0 D2.13
(April 14, 1997) for detailed information.
3.2
Connectors and Pin-outs
The Centellis CT Series 16000 chassis has a CPU card with both front panel connectors and rear
I/O connectors. Table 2 lists the type of connectors located at both the front and rear of the chassis.
* A Serial I/O Com 2 connector is located at the rear of the chassis only.
Table 2:
Centellis CT Series 16000 System Connectors
Function
Quantity
Type
Serial I/O Com 1
1
9-pin
Ethernet (ENET 1)
1
RJ-45
Printer Port IEEE 1284
1
25-pin D-shell
Video (SVGA)
1
15-pin
PS/2 Mouse
1
PS/2
PS/2 Keyboard
1
PS/2
