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Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide ® G r e a t M i n d s T h i n k ® C O M P U T E R S N E T W O R K S S O L U T I O N S...
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Viglen’s Environment laboratory To gain a 'CE' mark, the Viglen computer range has had to undergo many difficult tests to ensure it is Electromagnetically Compatible. These are carried out in the in-house 'Environment lab' at Viglen Headquarters. We have made every effort to guarantee that each computer leaving our factory complies fully with the correct standards.
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Windows 95, MS-DOS and OS/2 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. i386, i486, Xeon, Pentium, Pentium Pro and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. JAC-UP, Contender, Dossier, VIG, Viglen, VigStor and Envy are trademarks of Viglen Limited. Genie and Contender are registered trademarks of Viglen Limited. Copyright and Patents This manual and all accompanying software and documentation are copyrighted and all rights reserved.
Installing Hard Drives to the Non Hotswap Cage Removing the Hotswap or Non Hotswap Cage Installing the 120mm Fan Installing a 120mm Fan to the VIG840 Chassis Installing the Floppy Drive Installing a 5¼” Device Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Detaching the Add-on Card Retainer Releasing the Add-on Card Retainer 4. Rail Kit Assembly Guide Rail Kit Features Rail Kit Installation 5. Chassis Power Supply Technical Data 6. Appendices Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Notes Appendix C: Suggestions Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
The Viglen IX2000 chassis is a server case that is designed for Enterprise server use. The IX2000 chassis is designed to be either pedestal or rackmount. If the IX2000 server chassis is configured to be rackmount then you have to purchase an adapter conversion kit.
Covers the two USB ports. Key lock Locks access to the hot swap hard disk drives, stops the removal of the front panel Foot stand Holds up the Server chassis in pedestal form Figure 2: Enclosure Front Overview Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
Chassis Front, Rear and Side Views Chassis Front View (without front panel installed) Figure 3: Chassis Front View without the Front Panel Chassis Rear View Figure 4: Chassis Rear View Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Chassis Side View (without side panel installed) Figure 5: Chassis Side View (Without Side Panel Installed) Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
SAS/SATA-2 Backplane Overview Back View: Figure 6: SAS/SATA-2 Connector(s) Layout Table 4: SAS/SATA-2 Connector(s) Layout Description CN2, 4-pin DC Power Connector CN1, 4-pin DC Power Connector SW1, Front Panel Control Jumper JF2, 3P3C Fan Connector Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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CN4, HDD Fail LED connector Front View: Figure 7: SAS Hard Drive Connector Layout Table 5: SAS/SATA-2 Hard Drive Connector Layout Description CN41, SAS HDD4 connector CN31, SAS HDD3 connector CN21, SAS HDD2 connector CN11, SAS HDD1 connector Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Alarm Mute Switch - CN4, Failed HDD LED Table 8: CN4 Failed HDD LED Pin No. Function Fail LED for HDD CN11 Fail LED for HDD CN21 Fail LED for HDD CN31 Fail LED for HDD CN41 Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
FAN1, 3P3C Fan Connector FAN2, 3P3C Fan Connector J5, 7P Serial ATA Connector J7, 7P Serial ATA Connector J6, 7P Serial ATA Connector J8, 7P Serial ATA Connector S1, Hardware Monitor Switch JP1, Front Panel Control Jumper Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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J2, serial ATA HDD2 connector J3, serial ATA HDD3 connector J4, serial ATA HDD4 connector Jumper Settings on the SATA Backplane: S1, Hardware Monitor Switch Table 11: S1 Hardware Monitor Switch Configuration Function FAN1 Monitor *Disabled Enabled Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
Table 12: JP1 Front Panel Control Jumper Pin No. Function Pin No. Function System Failure LED+ System Failure LED- Alarm Mute Switch+ Alarm Mute Switch - * Default Settings Ultra320 SCSI Backplane Overview Back View: Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Delay Start: Motor spins up at DC power on after a delay in seconds 12 times the value of the numeric SEL_ID for the SCSI devices. Remote Start: Motor spins up only when Start Unit commands is received. Alarm Temperature (TEMP_SET) Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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FAN2 P3 – P4 *Disabled Short Short Enabled Open Open * Default Settings Front Panel Control (J3) Table 19: Front Panel Control Pin No Description Pin No Description Alarm LED+ Alarm LED- Mute Switch Mute Switch Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
I/O connectors or ports on the back of the system. 4. Provide some electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap attached to chassis ground of the system -- any unpainted metal surface -- when handling components. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper. Do not slide board over any surface. Cooling and airflow: For proper cooling and airflow, always install the chassis side cover before turning on the system. Operating it without the cover in place can damage system parts. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
2. Press two release button on top of front bezel and the pull it toward you (Figure 11). 3. Take off the front bezel from chassis body. Figure 10: Security Lock Figure 11: Pressing the Front Panel Release Buttons Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
2. Loosen the three thumb screws (1) of the side cover. Figure 12: Loosening the Thumb Screws 3. Slide the side cover towards you until it is stopped (2), then upwards before taking it off from the chassis body. Figure 13: Side cover removal Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
Table 15: Hard Drive Carrier Features Description Contact Spring to chassis HDD Power ON LED HDD activity LED Release button Contact spring to upper Lever Air dam – must be installed if a hard drive is not present. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
3. Insert the hard disk carrier into the Hotswap cage with lever still extended (See Figure 16). Figure 16: Inserting a Hard Drive Carrier 4. Push the lever back until it clicks into place (See Figure 17). Figure 17: Pushing the lever back Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
1. Loosen the four thumbscrews, which secure the hard disk drive cage to the chassis body. 2. Pull out the hard disk drive cage slightly (See Figure 20). Figure 20: Pulling out the Cage slightly Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
To secure a fan in the holder follow the below instructions: 1. Position a 120mm fan into the hooks of the fan holder (See Figure 22). Figure 22: Positioning the hooks Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
1. Install the 120mm fan to the fan holder (See Figure 24). Figure 24: 120mm Fan Holder 2. Put the four hooks (1) into specified 120mm fan mounting holes (2) at rear panel or middle panels (See Figure 25). Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
1. Loosen the two screws (1) located on the side panel of the floppy disk drive carrier. Figure 26: Loosening the Two Screws 2. Insert the hooks shown by arrows in Figure 27 into the mounting holes of the floppy drive. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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4. Insert the drive carrier with the floppy drive installed into the 3½” bay until you hear a click sound. Figure 29: Installing the Drive Carrier to the Chassis 5. The floppy drive has now been successfully installed. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
CD-ROM drive and then secure them in place with screws side by side. Figure 31: Securing the Slide Rails to the 5¼” Device 3. Finally, insert the CD-ROM into the 5¼” bay until you hear a click sound. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
2. Push the release button on the top of the add-on card holder and then pull it out. Figure 33: Release Button on top of the Add-on Card Holder 3. Move it upwards slightly and then detach it completely from the chassis body. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
2. Finally the clamp will be held in the position shown in Figure 35. The user can now install full length PCI cards, which will be guided and secured by the holder. Once all cards have been installed close the retainer. Figure 35: Retainer in Open Position Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
Rail Kit Features This latch allows for the slide rails to move in both directions. Figure 36: Side Rail Latch Figure 37: Latch Movement Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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This Latch releases the outer rail so that the server can be pushed back into rack cabinet (One direction). Figure 38: Outer Rail Release Latch Figure 39: Latch being pulled Towards User Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Figure 40: Rear Adjustable Extension Plate Outer Rail Inner View (Rear Location): The rear adjustable extension plate can be adjusted by loosening the screws located on the inner side of the outer rail. Figure 41: Adjusting the Rear Adjustable Plate Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Figure 43: Ball Bearings located on the Inner Side of the Rail Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
Step 1: Attach inner rail to chassis. Attach three screws onto the mounting holes located below: Figure 44: Attaching Inner Rail to Chassis Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Step 2: Preparing the outer rail (Front). Use the screws shown below to extend the outer rail so that it fits your rack cabinet. Figure 45: Preparing the Outer Rail (front) Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Step 3: Preparing the outer rail (Rear). Loosen the screws below to free the rear plate so that the outer rail can be extended to fit the rack cabinet. Figure 46: Preparing the Outer Rail (Rear) Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Preparing the rack cabinet. Firstly insert moveable screw nuts into the square holes on the front and rear sides of the rack cabinet. Next screw the rails to the front of the rack cabinet from the inside as shown below. Figure 47: Preparing the Rack Cabinet (Front) Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Step 5: Secondly, attach the rear of the outer rail to the back of the rack cabinet from the outside as shown below. Figure 48: Preparing the Rack Cabinet (Back) Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Step 6: Finally, tighten the two screws on the outer rail of the extension plate so that the rail is secure in the rack cabinet. Figure 49: Tighten Screws to Secure Rail Kit to Rack Cabinet Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Once the rails are lined up push the chassis into the rack cabinet until lock position is achieved. Figure 50: Installing the Chassis to the Rack Cabinet Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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The arrow below illustrates what direction to move the latch to release the lock. Figure 51: Releasing the Inner Rail The Server is now mounted successfully into the rack cabinet. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
Involving a choice of two conditions, such as "yes" or "no", "1" or "0", base-2 mathematics. BIOS Basic Input Output System. This is the program held in the computer's ROM which handles all the input and output functions. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Characters per second. Canadian Standards Association. Cursor A bar on the screen that indicates where the input from the keyboard will be displayed. Direct current. Normally associated with battery current. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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A storage device consisting of a flexible magnetic disk inside a protective cover. A symbol used to represent the prefix Giga. i.e. GB (Giga Byte). Gigabyte, represents 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024MB). Hard Disk A disk of rigid magnetic material used for mass storage. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Light Emitting Diode. These are normally used as the lights on a computers front panel. LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 Names given to the printer ports by DOS. Prefix mega. Equivalent to 1024K. Milliampere. 0.001 Ampere. Abbreviation for Mega Byte i.e. 1024K Bytes. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Tracks Per Inch. Transistor Transistor Logic. Technischer Uberwachungs-Verein. Organisation which tests and certifies electronic equipment. Underwriter Laboratories. American Organisation specifying standards for safety of electronic equipment. Universal Serial Bus Volt. Unit of measurement of potential difference. Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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Basic unit of measurement of electrical power. Word A number of bits or bytes making up an entity used in the transfer and calculation of data in the computer architecture. Word=16 bits (2 bytes), long word= 32bits (4 bytes). Viglen IX2000 Chassis User Guide...
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