34 FSN Series • User’s Guide • Rev 01
2. FSN-1400 Orientation
Hardware Description
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The following topics are discussed in this section:
• Chassis Overview
• Card Slot Allocation and System Flexibility
• Chassis Front Door
• Chassis Front
• Chassis Rear
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The FSN Series chassis (FSN-1400) permits a high degree of flexibility in terms of the
number of inputs and outputs that you can configure. Please note:
• All cards are modular and hot-swappable.
• The 6RU chassis supports:
~ 14 front cards, including required and optional cards.
~ 14 rear slots, the configuration of which depends on the type (and
number) of populated front cards.
• An internal “midplane” architecture allows cards to be plugged in from both the
front and rear of the chassis.
• There are no active components on the midplane or on the plug-in rear panels.
• The front door provides a seal for air flow and chassis cooling. There are no
controls on the door, but two status LEDs are provided. Refer to the “Chassis
Front Door” section on page 37 for details.
• The following additional features are provided:
~ Optional dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies.
~ One tally connector (24 contact closures).
~ One GPIO connector, with four input (GPI) and eight output (GPO) ports.
~ Two serial ports.