3U 16-bay PCI-Express Rackmount JBOD Chassis


  • Supports SAS/SATA (3Gbps)
  • Environmental Monitoring with Power/FAN/TEMP LEDs and mutable buzzer alarm
  • LED indicators for power and activity on each HDD tray
  • Individual key lock of each HDD tray for physical security
  • Backplane Design for up to 16 Removable SAS/SATA Drive Trays
  • Dual Hot Swappable Power Supplies
  • External PCI-e (PCI-Express) x8 Host Interface
  • External 3U-16 Bay Rack-mount Chassis

With the innovative architecture, mAGE316U40-PCI-E is designed to plug any standard SAS or SATA PCI-e Raid controller directly into its internal PCI-e slot and use its high speed external PCI-Express x8 (2GBps) as the host interface. mAGE316U40-PCI-E is an external 3U-16 Bay Hot-Swap SAS/SATA Rack-mount Enclosure. It provides users a most big storage capacity expansion solution for up to 16 SAS or SATA HDD and high performance external data storage solution for HD of 1080p video editing or any high resolution video platform. This 3U 16 Bay external SAS/SATA JBOD is designed with external PCI-e x 8 interface brings users an easy installation and enjoy fast data transmission experience.

Model NumbermAGE316U40-PCI-E
RoHS Compliance VersionYes
Host InterfacePCI-e x 8
HDD InterfaceSAS/SATA
Hot-SwapBoth on Host and Device
LED DisplayGreen - Power on indicator
Blue - Busy (HDD Accessing) indicator
LED Display for Environmental MonitoringPOWER on LED - white
FAN normal – green; fail – red (too slow rpm or stop)
TEMP normal – green; over 55°C – red
(We strongly recommend customers to replace a new fan ASAP after the fan failed)
MaterialHeavy-duty cold-rolled steel
Power Supply400W single psu (Server-grade)
(with 400W redundant psu model: mAge316U40-PCI-E-R)
Cooling90mm Blower Fan x 2
O.S. SupportOS Independent
Packaging InformationEnclosure x 1
HDD Tray x 16
PCI-e x 8 Adapter Card x 1
Power Cord x 1
Manual CD-ROM x 1
Hard Disk Drive mounting screw x 64
Key for HDD tray x 2
Dimension (W x H x D)19 x 5.16 x 23.5 inches
482 x 131 x 597 mm
Download Type File Size (KB) Last Updated
Datasheet24202272008
User Manual75905252008
Quick Installation Guide50901292008
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