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User Guide

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CE Marking

As we begin the 21st centur y, European standards ar e being harmonised acros s borders. If products comply with the
same standards in all European countries, product exporting and importing is made simple - paving our way to a
common market. If you buy a product with a 'CE' mark on it (shown below), on the box, in the manual, or on the
guarantee - it complies with the curre ntly enforced dir ective(s).

Introduction to EMC

EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) is the term used to describe certain issues with RF (Radio Frequency) energy.
Electrical items should be designed so th ey do not interfere with each other through RF emissions. E.g. I f you turn on
your microwave, your television shoul dn't display interference if both items are CE marked to the EMC directive.

If emitted RF energy is not kept low, it can interfere with other electrical circuitry - E.g. Cars Automatic Braking
Systems have been known to activate by themselves while in a strong RF field. As this has obvious repercussions
ALL electrical products likely to cause RF related problems have to be 'CE' marked from 1st January 1996 onwards.

If a product conforms to the EMC directive, not only should its RF emissions be very low, but its immunity to RF
energy (and other types) should be high. The apparatus has to resist many 'real world' phenomena such as static
shocks and mains voltage transients.

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.
To ensure the computer system maintains compliance throughout its functional life, it is essential you follow these
guidelines.

Install the sy stem according to Viglen’s instructions

If you open up your Viglen System:

Keep internal cabling in place as supplied.
Ensure the lid is tightly secured afterwards
Do not remove drive bay shields unless installing a 'CE' marked peripheral in its place
The clips or ‘bumps' around the lips of the case increase conductivity - do not remove or damage.
Do not remove any ferrite rings from the L.E.D cables.
Only use your Viglen computer with 'CE' marked peripherals

This system has been tested in accordance with European standards for use in residential and light industrial areas­this specifies a 10 meter testing radius for emissions and immunity. If you do experience any adverse affects that
you think might be related to your computer, try moving it at least 10 meters away from the affected item. If you still
experience problems, contact Viglen’s Technical Support department who will put you straight through to an EMC
engineer - s/he will do everything possible to help. If modifications are made to your Viglen computer system, it might
breach EMC regulations. Viglen take no responsibility (with regards to EMC characteristics) of equipment that has
been tampered with or modified.

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Please note
The material in this manual is subject to change without notice.
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© Copyright 2005 Viglen Limited
All Rights Reserved
Viglen LX275 Server Chassis Version 1.0
Printed in the United Kingdom

Liability

No war rant y or repr ese ntat ion , ei ther expr ess ed o r im pli ed, i s m ade with r es pect t o t hi s
documentation, its quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose. As a result the documentation is licensed as is, and you, the licensee, are
assuming the entire risk as to its quality and performance. The vendor reserves the right
to revise this operation manual and all accompanying software and documentation and
to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organisation of
the revision or change.

In no event will the vendor be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or
documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. In particular, the
vendor shall not have liability for any hardware, software or data stored or used with the
product, including the costs of repairing, replacing or recovering such hardware,
software or data.

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1. Chassis Overview 5

2. Chassis Features 6

Chassis Front Controls and Indicators 6
Chassis Front, Rear and Side Views 7
Chassis Backplane Options 9
Serial ATA Backplane Overview 9
Ultra320 SCSI Backplane Overview 12

3. Chassis Installation and Assembly 16

Opening the Front Bezel 18
Removing the Side Cover 19
Installing Hard Disk Drives and Cages 20
Hotswap Drive Carrier 20
Installing a Hard Drive Carrier to the Hotswap Cage 21
Installing Hard Drives to the Non Hotswap Cage 22
Removing the Hotswap or Non Hotswap Cage 22
Installing the 120mm Fan 23
Installing a 120mm Fan to the VIG840 Chassis 24
Installing the Floppy Drive 25
Installing a 5¼” Device 27
Add-on Card Guide and Retainer 28

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Detaching the Add-on Card Retainer 28
Releasing the Add-on Card Retainer 29

4. Rail Kit Assembly Guide 30

Rail Kit Features 30

Rail Kit Installation 34

5. Chassis Power Supply Technical Data 42

6. Appendices 43

Appendix A: Glossary 43
Appendix B: Notes 49
Appendix C: Further help and Information 53
Appendix D: Suggestions 54

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The Viglen LX275 chassis is a server case that is designed for Enterprise server use.
The LX275 chassis is designed to be either pedestal or rackmount. If the LX275 server
chassis is configured to be rackmount then you have to purchase an adapter conversion
kit. The chassis is equipped with power supplies that meet the latest ATX specifications.

Figure 1: Pedestal and Rackmount

Table 1: LX275 Physical Specifications

Specification Pedestal Type Rack Type

Height 620mm 220 mm
Width 220 mm 425 mm
Depth 425 mm 620 mm
Weight 27Kg (approx.)

3.5” Bays One

5.25” Bays Three
Hard Disk Bays Eight
Backplane Support Ultra 320 SCSI & Serial ATA
Cooling Fans 3 x 120mm
Front Facing USB 2
Rackmount Option Yes (Optional Rack Kit Required)

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Chassis Front Controls and indicators

Table 2: Chassis Front Controls and Indicators

Item Feature Description

1 1 x 3.5” Bay Houses the Floppy Disk Drive
2 3 x 5.25” bays Houses the CDROM and additional 5.25” devices e.g. Tape

Devices.
3 Power Button Powers the server on.
4 Reset Button Hard reset of the server.
5 Failure Alarm Mute Mutes the redundant PCU alarm. (Disabled in single PSU

systems)
6 USB Cover Covers the two USB ports.
7 Key lock Locks access to the hot swap hard disk drives, stops the removal

of the front panel
8 Foot stand Holds up the Server chassis in pedestal form

Figure 2: Enclosure Front Overview

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Chassis Front, Rear and Side Views

Chassis Front View (Wi t h out Front Panel I nstalled)

Figure 3: Chassis Front View without the Front Panel

Chassis Rear View

Figure 4: Chassis Rear View

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Chassis Side View (Without Side Panel Installed)

Figure 5: Chassis Side View (Without Side Panel Installed)

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Chassis Backplane Options

The VIG840 chassis allows you to fully customise the backplane options to suit your
needs. The chassis offers non hotswap cages, hotswap S-ATA cages and hotswap
SCSI cages. You are also able to mix and match these options, see table below:

Table 3: Chassis Backplane Options

Option Cage Option Cage O ption

1 Non hot swa p c ag e Non hot swa p c ag e
2 Non hot swa p c ag e Hotswa p S- ATA cage
3 Non hotswap cage Hotswap SCSI cage
4 Hotswap S-ATA cage Hotswap S-ATA cage
5 Hotswap S-ATA cage Hotswap SCSI cage
6 Hotswap SCSI cage Hotswap SCSI cage

Serial ATA Backplane Overview

Back View:

Figure 6: S-ATA Connector(s) Layout

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Table 4: S-ATA Connector(s) Layout

No Description

1 J9, 4-pin DC Power Connector
2 J10, 4-pin DC Power Connector
3 FAN1, 3P3C Fan Connector
4 FAN2, 3P3C Fan Connector
5 J5, 7P Serial ATA Connector
6 J7, 7P Serial ATA Connector
7 J6, 7P Serial ATA Connector
8 J8, 7P Serial ATA Connector
9 S1, Hardware Monitor Switch
10 JP1, Front Panel Control Jumper

Front View:

Figure 7: S-ATA Hard Drive Connector Layout

Table 5: S-ATA Hard Drive Connector Layout

No Description

1 J1, serial ATA HDD1 connector
2 J2, serial ATA HDD2 connector
3 J3, serial ATA HDD3 connector
4 J4, serial ATA HDD4 connector

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Jumper Settings on the SATA Backplane:

S1, Hardware Monitor Switch

Table 6: S1 Hardware Monitor Switch Configuration

No Function ON OFF

1 FAN1 Monitor *Disabled Enabled
2 FAN2 Monitor *Disabled Enabled
3 Alarm Temperature 50°C *60°C

* Default Settings

JP1, Front Panel Control Jumper

Table 7: JP1 Front Panel Control Jumper

Pin No. Function Pin No. Function

1 System Failure LED+ 2 System Failure LED­3 GND 4 Alarm Mute Switch+
5 N/A 6 Alarm Mute Switch -

* Default Settings

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Ultra320 SCSI Backplane Overview

Back View:

Figure 8: Ultra320 SCSI Connector(s) Layout

Table 8: Ultra320 SCSI Connector(s) Layout

No Description No Description

1 JPWR1,4-pin DC Power 8 T EMP_SET, Alarm Temperature
2 JPWR2,4-pin DC Power 9 J3, Front Panel Control
3 FAN1, 3P3C Connector 10 Terminator connector
4 FAN2, 3P3C Connector 11 SW1, HDD1 ID Switch
5 68-pin SCSI Connector 12 SW2, HDD2 ID Switch
6 FAN_DIS, FAN Mon it or 13 SW3, HD D3 I D Swit c h
7 J2, HDD Motor Control 14 SW4, HDD4 ID Switch

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Front View:

Figure 9: Ultra320 SCSI Hard Drive Connector Layout

Table 9: Ultra320 SCSI Hard Drive Connector Layout

No Description No Description

1 80-pin SCA Connector 1 3 80-pin SCA Connector 3
2 80-pin SCA Connector 2 4 80-pin SCA Connector 4

Jumper Settings on the Ultra320 SCSI Backplane:

SCSI ID Switch (SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4)

Table 10: SCSI ID S witch Options

SCSI ID P1 P2 P3 P4 SCSI ID P1 P2 P3 P4
0

OFF OFF OFF OFF

8

OFF OFF OFF ON

1

ON OFF OFF OFF

9

ON OFF OFF ON

2

OFF ON OFF OFF

10

OFF ON OFF ON

3

ON ON OFF OFF

11

ON ON OFF ON

4

OFF OFF ON OFF

12

OFF OFF ON ON

5

ON OFF ON OFF

13

ON OFF ON ON

6

OFF ON ON OFF

14

OFF ON ON ON

7

ON ON ON OFF

15

ON ON ON ON

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Hard Disk Drive Motor Control (J2)

Table 11: Hard Disk Drive Motor Cont rol Options

Operation Mode P1 – P2 P3 – P4 P5 – P6
Normal

Open Open Short

*Delay Start

Short Open Open

Remote Start

Open Short Open

* Default Settings

Normal: Motor spins up at DC power on.
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 _SE T)

Table 12: Alarm Temperature Options

Temperature P1 – P2 P3 – P4 P5 – P6
45°C

Short Open Open

*55°C

Open Short Open

65°C

Open Open Short

* Default Settings

Fan Monitor Function (FAN_DIS)

Table 13: Fan Monitor Func tion

Monitor Mode FAN1 P1 – P2 FAN2 P3 – P4
*Disabled

Short Short

Enabled

Open Open

* Default Settings

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Front Panel Control (J3)

Table 14: Front Panel Control

Pin No Description Pin No Description
1

Alarm LED+

2

Alarm LED-

3

N/A

4

N/A

5

Mute Switch

6

Mute Switch

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Tools and Supplies Needed

• Phillips (cross-head) screwdriver (#2 bit)

• Antistatic wrist strap (recommended)

Safety Warning!

Before You Remove the Side Cover

Before removing the system side covers to work inside the system, observe these
safety guidelines.

1. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the system.

2. Turn off the system by using the push-button on/off power switch on the front of th e
system. Then unplug the AC power cord from the system or wall outlet.

3. Label and disconnect all peripheral cables and all telecommunication lines
connected to I/O connectors or ports on the back of the system.

4. P rovi de s ome el ect ros tat ic di sch arge ( ESD) prot ect ion by we ari ng an anti stat ic wris t
strap attached to chassis ground of the system -- any unpainted metal surface -­when handling components.