StorCase Technology 9-Bay 4U SCSI Ultra320 - Manual (Page 11)

2 Introduction
StorCase Technology, Inc. InfoStation 9-Bay User's Guide - Rev. C02
Figure 1: InfoStation 9-Bay
General Description
The StorCase ® Technology InfoStation ® intelligent rack-mount expansion chassis is
designed to support the latest high-density, high-speed SCSI disk drive technologies for use
in network server, fault-tolerant and/or mission-critical applications. The InfoStation is
designed to support 3.5" form factor, half-height (up to 1.6" high) SCSI Ultra320 devices.
The InfoStation's dual backplane design can accommodate up to nine (9) single-connect SCA
SCSI devices (Figure 1). Each chassis is constructed of rugged steel, lightweight aluminum
and plastic, and is equipped with either one (1) or two (2) 450 watt redundant, hot-swappable
power supply modules, either one (1) or two (2) redundant, hot swappable blower modules
(depending on the model) and a User Interface module designed to provide continual chassis
data feedback and control of drive configurations.
The InfoStation SCSI backplane comes standard with either one (1), two (2), or four (4) Ultra320
I/O modules or Ultra160 repeater modules (for daisy-chaining applications). InfoStation can
easily be upgraded with optional interface kits to support up to four channels (refer to Appendix
B for further information).
Another unique feature of the InfoStation is the InfoMon ® monitoring utility program. InfoMon
is a console utility that provides the InfoStation with web-based monitoring capability via a serial
connection. The latest versions of the InfoMon utility program and User's Guide can be
downloaded (free of charge) from the StorCase web site (http://www.storcase.com).
Contact StorCase for further information.
A SAF-TE Processor Board is also available as an InfoStation upgrade option. Refer to
Appendix B for further information on optional InfoStation accessories.
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