1.2 Disk Chassis
1.2 Disk Chassis
The rack-mounted, sheet metal disk chassis is similar to a card cage, containing
modular disk canisters instead of PCBs. The disk chassis has 10 disk canister
slots, arranged five-wide and two-high. The modular disk canisters slide into
the disk chassis on standard nylon card guides and connect to the DA backplane
behind the disk chassis.
The disk chassis is 38.1 cm (15 inches) high, 43.18 cm (17 inches) wide, and 30.48
cm (12 inches) deep.
1.2.1 Disk Canisters
Each modular sheet metal canister contains a 5-1/4 inch ESDI disk drive with
1450 Mbyte formatted capacity. Figure 1–10 shows a disk canister. Front panel
labels identify the disk canister bank number and disk number. The disk canister
front panel also has a power switch, controlling the +12 and +5 voltage to the
canister. The disk canister rear panel has two panel-mounted connectors:
• 64-pin signal connector
• 4-pin power connector
Figure 1–10 Disk Drive Canister
DRV
RDY
BANK
DRIVE
PWR
OFF
Power
Connector
Signal
Connector
Cutout
for MUX
PCB
Power
Switch
MKV-04000314-77-MPS
The indicator on the front of the disk canister is green when the disk is spinning
and off when the disk is not spinning. (The DA controller controls the disk
status.)
1–12 Parallel Disk Array Overview