Description of chassis front side
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Model 6476 User Guide
2 • Chassis specifications
Figure 2. Model 6476 ForeFront FullPipe Chassis
The front of the chassis also provides four slots suitable for 3Ux8HP ForeFront power supplies, model 6160
(DC) or 6165 (AC). These devices are described more completely in the 6160/6165 Users Manual.
All slots provide 4HP module spacing and are on 0.80 in. centers (except for the power supply slots, which are
offset 0.1” as per PICMG 2.11 standard). Card guides are molded plastic with metallic ESD contacts (see
“Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection”
on page 21) per CompactPCI PICMG 2.0 R3.0 & IEEE 1101.10.
SYSTEM
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Rear 3U area
(alarm module,
rear power entry)
Transition module area
(rear 6U area)
Rear transition
module
Fan tray assembly
Power bay
(front 3U area)
Front entry module
Power supply
module
Alarm module
6U CPCI bus segment
(front 6U area)
