The Enclosure Core Product; Enclosure Chassis - Impediment RS-1600-X24 User Manual

RS-1600-X24 User Guide

1.2 The Enclosure Core Product

The RS-1600-X24 design concept is based on a Subsystem together with a set of plug-in modules. The
RS-1600-X24 Subsystem as supplied comprises:
• Chassis and Backplane with integral Operators Panel.
• Power Supply/Cooling plug-in modules, auto-ranging, 475W, AC (see
• FC-AL Drive Carrier Modules and associated dummy carrier modules (See
• FC-AL LRC 2Gb/s Input/Output Modules with integrated Xyratex X24 RAID controllers, known as

1.2.1 Enclosure Chassis

The chassis consists of a sheet metal enclosure assembly containing a Backplane PCB and module
runner system. This chassis assembly also includes an integral Operators (Ops) Panel mounted at the
rear.
The chassis assembly contains 16 drive bays at the front, each of which accommodates a plug-in drive
carrier module. The 16 drive bays are arranged in 4 rows of 4 drives. At the rear, the chassis assembly
contains 5 module bays to house two Power Supply/Cooling modules, two LRC I/O modules and the
integral Ops panel.
The Backplane PCB provides logic level signal and low voltage power distribution paths.
Figure 1–3
The 4 x 4 chassis is fitted with 19 inch Rack mounting features which enables it to be fitted to standard
19 inch racks and uses 3EIA units of rack space.
• A Bay is defined as the space required to house a single 1.0" high 3.5 inch disk drive in its carrier
.
Figure 1–2
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Storage Managers.(See Figure
show front and rear views of an RS-1600 chassis respectively.
module. e.g. a 1 x 4 bay module would take the space of 1 drive width by 4 drive bays high (in rack
mount configuration).
X24 Enclosure Chassis (Front)
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