User’s Guide Mobile Rack Kit for Echo Express III-R ™ Rackmount Thunderbolt™-to-PCIe Card Expansion Chassis
Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 2 Mobile Rack Kit Description......................................................................................................................................................... 2 3 Mobile Rack Kit and Device Installation Steps........................................................................
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Chapter 1 – Introduction 15.770 400.55 SIDE VIEW FRONT VIEW 6.320 160.53 3.335 84.71 REAR VIEW Congratulations on your purchase! With the Echo Express III-R Mobile Rack Kit you can install one full-height or two half-height 5.25" form factor mobile rack devices inside your III-R’s enclosure. Some ideas including installing an internal LTO-6 tape drive plus an enclosure for four swappable 2.5" SSDs. An alternate configuration might include a Sonnet Qio MR pro universal media reader.
Chapter 2 – Mobile Rack Kit Description 1–M obile Rack Cover Plates These cover openings in the mobile rack kit where no mobile rack device is installed. 3–C able Passthrough Opening This enables you to route interface cables inside to connect to installed devices. 2–P ower Supply This provides power to installed mobile rack devices and the fan. Shown without attached wire harness.
Chapter 3 – Mobile Rack Kit and Device Installation Steps 1. Remove your Echo Express III-R Thunderbolt-to-PCIe card expansion chassis from its packaging, or (after powering down and disconnecting attached cables) from the rack into which it is installed. Set it on a flat, level surface. 2. Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove and set aside the four screws securing the Echo chassis’ inner assembly to its rackmount enclosure (Figure 1). Figure 1 3.
Chapter 3 – Mobile Rack Kit and Device Installation Steps 5. Remove the mobile rack kit from its packaging and set it on a flat, level surface. 6. Remove and set aside the 16 screws securing the mobile rack cover plates to the frame (Figure 3). Note that if you are installing a single half-height device, you only need to remove the eight screws securing one plate. 7. Set aside the unfastened mobile rack cover plate(s) (Figure 3). Figure 3 8.
Chapter 3 – Mobile Rack Kit and Device Installation Steps 11. Insert the mobile rack devices into the mobile rack kit’s frame, and then using the screws you removed previously, secure the devices to the frame (Figure 4). 12. Arrange the cables and connectors inside the frame so as to ensure the fan is not blocked. 13. If you have not already done so, install your PCIe cards in the Echo chassis’ inner assembly (refer to steps 8 – 18 of the Echo Express III-R user’s guide). Figure 4 14.
Chapter 3 – Mobile Rack Kit and Device Installation Steps 15. Install the Echo Express III-R into its rack now. 16. Connect a Thunderbolt cable between either Thunderbolt port on the Echo chassis and a Thunderbolt port on your computer (or other Thunderbolt device in the chain connected to the computer). If you are daisy chaining additional Thunderbolt devices, connect another Thunderbolt cable between the downstream device and the open Thunderbolt port on the Echo chassis (Figure 6). 17.
Chapter 4 – Specifications, Precautions, FCC Compliance, and Support Information Specifications External Connectors Power (C14-type) Internal Connectors • Two SATA power •T hree 4-pin peripheral power • One 4-pin floppy drive power • Two 4-pin CPU Mobile Rack Devices Supported • Two half-height mobile rack devices up to 8" (20.3 cm) long or •O ne full-height mobile rack devices up to 8" (20.
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