
S y s t e m i n t r o d u c t i o n
1/2 FT5000 HANDBOOK
Chassis feature summary
Feature
Description
Controls
All main system controls are behind a lockable front door which can be protected within
the system overall security ( see the information later in this chapter and in the
‘Configuration’ chapter).
All removable media drives, (Floppy diskette drive, CD-ROM drive etc.) are also behind
this door).
Drives
Installed:
1.44 MB diskette drive, accessible from front subchassis.
Expansion capacity:
Two 5.25-inch-wide bays that are externally accessible, designed to hold half-
height standard removable media devices; the bays can be converted into a single
full-height bay.
Hard disk drives
A front opening hard disk drive bay can accommodate up to 6 standard 3.5 inch single-
ended SCSI hard drives. They can be hot-swapped in the event of drive failure.
The whole drive bay can be padlocked to help prevent unauthorised access. The locked
door is then behind the system door which can be protected within the system overall
security (see the information later in this chapter and in the ‘Configuration’ chapter).
Expansion slot covers
Up to eight slot covers can be used; every slot opening that does not have an add-in board
installed must have a slot cover installed.
Mainboard
Form-factor, 40.5 cm
33 cm, ATX I/O.
Power supply
Up to three 400-watt power supplies with integrated cooling fans and detachable AC
power cords.
Cooling
Up to 11 fans provide cooling and airflow: three system fans inside the chassis (and three
more needed only for redundant cooling), one fan for each power supply (up to three),
and two fans for cooling hard drives.
Environmental specification
Temperature
Nonoperating
Operating
–40° to 70 °C
10° to 35 °C; derated 0.5 °C for every 305 m
Altitude to 3000m max; maximum rate of change = 10°C per hour
Humidity
Nonoperating
Operating wet bulb
95% relative humidity (noncondensing) at 30 °C
Not to exceed 33 °C (with diskette drive or hard disk drive)
Shock
Operating
Packaged
2.0 g, 11 msec, 1/2 sine
Operational after 30-inch free fall (cosmetic damage might occur)
Acoustic noise
< 47 dBA with one power supply at 28 °C +/- 2 °C
< 50 dBA with two power supplies at 28 °C +/- 2 °C
< 55 dBA with three power supplies at 28 °C +/- 2 °C
Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
Tested to 20 kilovolts (kV) per Intel environmental test specifications; no
component damage
AC Input Power
100 - 120 VAC
200 - 240 VAC
100 - 120 VAC, 7.6 A, 50 - 60 Hz
200 - 240 VAC, 3.8 A, 50 - 60 Hz