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General description – StorCase Technology DS350 User Manual

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Introduction

Kingston Technology Company

DS350 User's Guide - Rev. A00

General Description

The Kingston Technology Data Silo

®

DS350 expansion chassis provides rugged and reliable

housing for SCSI storage devices. The DS350 is designed to support 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch

form factor, full-height, half-height, and low profile (1 inch high) removable media devices. The

DS350 can house Kingston's own Data Express® removable drive enclosures as well.

The DS350 is available in a rack mount, quad (4) bay configuration (Figure 1). Each chassis

is constructed of rugged steel and is equipped with two (2) 65 watt, auto-ranging power

supply(ies), power-on LEDs, three (3) high-speed cooling fan(s), and all necessary mounting

hardware.

The DS350 can support single or dual-host 50-pin MM (HD50) SCSI 2, 68-pin Wide SCSI 3, and

Wide 68-pin VHDCI (used for Ultra2 LVD) interfaces. Internal cables for the DS350 are not

included and must be ordered separately, providing either two (2) or four (4) drive daisy-chain

connections. Refer to Appendix C for these and other available cable options.

Figure 1: Data Silo DS350