Installing a pfc500/e in a cabinet, Determining the rail mounting positions, Installing a pfc500/e in a cabinet – Grass Valley PFR 500/E Dec 10 2001 User Manual
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Installing a PFC500/E in a cabinet
November 17, 2000
PFC 500/E Instruction Manual
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Installing a PFC500/E in a cabinet
The cabinet in which you will install the PFC 500/E(s) must have a full earth ground to
provide reliable grounding. Also, the cabinet should have its own switchable power
distribution. If any PFC500/E you will install has two power supplies, we suggest that
you use a cabinet that has dual power distribution units, one on each side.
>>> WARNING: The rack mount PFC 500/E is heavy and should be installed into a
rack by two people. To avoid personal injury and/or damage to the equipment, do
not attempt to lift and install the PFC 500/E into a rack without help from another
person.
We recommend that you use cabinet anti-tip devices, especially if you are installing or
removing a PFC 500/E in the upper half of the cabinet when the lower half is empty.
You install each PFC500/E on two L-shaped mounting rails connected to the cabinet’s
vertical channels. The PFC 500/E mounting rails attach to the cabinet only, and do not
have components which attach to the RAID chassis.
Rack-mounting the PFC 500/E chassis consists of:
1. Determining the rail mounting positions in the cabinet.
2. Attaching the mounting rails to the cabinet.
3. Sliding the PFC 500/E chassis onto the mounting rails.
4. Setting addresses and connecting cables.
The following sections describe these operations.
Determining the rail mounting positions
The following table lists the heights of the PFC 500 and the PFC 500E. Use these
measurements to determine the position of your RAID devices in your cabinet.
NOTE: Because the RAID storage units are each 3.5 U high, a 0.5 U open space is
created if you install one of these units immediately below your Profile XP Media
Platform. You can fill this gap with a 1/2 U filler, which attaches to the chassis, not
to the cabinet channels.
Device
Height
Number of cabinet
channel holes,
starting U-aligned
PFC500 RAID Storage
Chassis
3.5. U, 6-1/8 in,
15.6 cm
10
PFC500E RAID Expansion
Chassis
3.5. U, 6-1/8 in,
15.6 cm
10