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The expansion chassis is heavy, lifting precautions should be taken.

Inspect items for damage. Should any items show any signs of damage, report it immediately to your 
vendor.

Normal electrostatic handling precautions should be observed when installing PCIe cards and cables, 
these items incorporate sensitive electronic components.  Care should be taken to avoid dust ingress 
to the cable connectors or excessive voltage or current surges.

All packaging should be retained for future shipping requirements.

Packing List

Depending on the solution ordered, your packing box should contain a combination of:

VSN900X

9 slot expansion system providing 8 PCIe Gen3 x4 slots & 1 PCIe 
Gen2 x8 slot & 1 x8 PCIe Gen3

VSN900X-Optical

9 slot expansion system providing 8 PCIe gen3 x4 slots & 1 PCIe 
gen2 x8 slot & 1 x8 PCIe Gen3

VSN1100X

11 slot expansion system providing 11 PCIe Gen3 x8 slots

VSN1100X-Optical

11 slot expansion system providing 11 PCIe Gen3 x8 slots

ExCable

1 metre copper cable

ExCable-Optical/50

50 metre optical cable

ExCable-Optical/100

100 metre optical cable

HLink-G3

Gen.3 host link card*

HLink-Optical

Optical Gen.3 host link card*

SLink-G3

Gen.3 slave link card.  (The SLink-G3 is pre-installed in all 
VSN900X/1100X chassis)

SLink-Optical

Optical Gen.3 slave link card.  (The SLink-Optical is pre-installed  
in all VSN900X-Optical/1100X-Optical chassis)

Half Size Bracket

Supplied with HLink-Optical card

User Manual

* If the VSN expansion chassis is supplied as part of a completely configured system with a VSN host 

 

machine then the  HLink-G3/HLink-Optical card will be pre-installed.

Unpacking

Summary of Contents for VSN900X

Page 1: ...VSN900X VSN1100X Version 1 1 User Manual Expansion Chassis...

Page 2: ...onnecting aVSN900X Expansion Chassis 8 Connecting aVSN900X Optical Expansion Chassis 9 Connecting aVSN1100X Expansion Chassis 11 Connecting aVSN1100X Optical ExpansionChassis 12 Inserting and Removing...

Page 3: ...h Produkt undVerletzungen der Nutzer Bitte lesen Sie sie sorgf ltig durch bevor Sie Ihr Produkt in Betrieb nehmen Diese Anweisungen sollten allen Personen zug nglich gemacht werden die mit der Nutzung...

Page 4: ...G3 SLink G3 installed 9 VSN1100X Express11 G3 SLink G3 installed 11 VSN900X Optical Express9 G3 SLink Optical installed 9 VSN1100X Optical Express11 G3 SLink Optical installed 11 Connecting multiple...

Page 5: ...Gen3 VSN900X Optical 9 slot expansion system providing 8 PCIe gen3 x4 slots 1 PCIe gen2 x8 slot 1 x8 PCIe Gen3 VSN1100X 11 slot expansion system providing 11 PCIe Gen3 x8 slots VSN1100X Optical 11 slo...

Page 6: ...6 Components HLink G3 SLink G3 ExCable G3 HLink Optical SLink Optical ExCable Optical...

Page 7: ...nector Top Connector Bottom Connector 1 x x x x x x 1 1 x x x x 2 2 N A x x x x 3 N A x x x x 4 N A x x x x 5 N A x x x x 6 N A x x x x 7 N A x x x x 8 N A x x x x 9 N A x x x x 1 SLink Optical card i...

Page 8: ...ll screws Remove the HLink G3 card from its packaging and secure it firmly into the empty PCIe slot Screw the bracket to the back panel of the PC and replace the cover Connect the HLink G3 and SLink G...

Page 9: ...sis Remove the PC cover Locate a vacant PCIe slot x8 on the motherboard and remove the backing plate retain all screws Remove the HLink Optical card from its packaging and secure it firmly into the em...

Page 10: ...al 2 x ExCable Optical 2 x ExCable Optical 2 x ExCable Optical 10 This is the recommended configuration for achieving the highest bandwidth when using multiple VSN900X Optical expansion chassis Star C...

Page 11: ...HLink G3 card from its packaging and secure it firmly into an empty PCIe slot Screw the bracket to the back panel of the PC and replace the cover Connect the HLink G3 and SLink G3 using the ExCable G...

Page 12: ...nnect all the cables connected to the computer and expansion chassis Remove the PC cover Locate a vacant PCIe slot x8 on the motherboard and remove the backing plate retain all screws Remove the HLink...

Page 13: ...13 HLink Optical SLink Optical Dual ExCable Optical per link...

Page 14: ...ks the cable in place Failure to lock the connector in place can result in the ExCable Optical becoming separated from the card and the link between chassis being lost Inserting and Removing the ExCab...

Page 15: ...ctor on the SLink Optical card Similarly the second ExCable Optical must connect between the lower card connectors Jumper Link J7 Connecting a x8 link Creating the Link x4 Optical For a reduced bandwi...

Page 16: ...ame locking It is assumed that displays controlled from the expansion chassis would be sufficiently far away from the host machine that this will not be a problem It should be noted that all displays...

Page 17: ...ully inserted into the card until a definite click can be felt This locks the cable in place Failure to lock the connector in place can result in the ExCable G3 becoming separated from the card and th...

Page 18: ...DegF StorageTemperature 20 to 70 DegC 4 158 DegF Relative Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Noise 48 6dB A upto 67 9dB A Dependent on system configuration ambient temperature DIMENSIONS Length 500mm inc...

Page 19: ...ath Web Site usually with a response within 24 hours excluding weekends Via Email Send an email to support datapath co uk with as much information about your system as possible To enable a swift respo...

Page 20: ...xpress11 G3 11 F Features 4 Frame locking 16 H HLink G3 6 HLink Optical 6 Host PC 8 I Inserting the cable 17 20 Index Installing the HLink G3 card 11 Installing the HLink Optical 12 J Jumper Link J7 1...

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