iStarUSA Group

Reborn in Taiwan

The next chapter of the double-door chassis.

D-200, D-300, and D-400 return with all-new tooling, manufactured entirely in Taiwan. Twenty years in the field. The same locked door. A chassis ready for what comes next.

Read the return Design-In Center
20+
Years in the field
100%
Tooled in Taiwan
2U–4U
One double-door line
iStarUSA D-200 2U double-door rackmount chassis

D-200 · 2U compact

An enduring standard

Some designs are a season. This one stayed.

For more than two decades this line has been the quiet box behind security and DVR, broadcast, defense and aerospace, and industrial automation. The systems were the story. The chassis held. Classics are not kept as souvenirs. This one was tooled again.

01

Security

DVR and surveillance cabinets that stay locked, on jobs that cannot go dark.

02

Broadcast

Multimedia racks where the face of the chassis is part of the room.

03

Defense

Aerospace and programs that do not get a second assembly.

04

Automation

Industrial lines that keep running whether anyone is watching.

The film

See the double door come back.

A short look at the D Series: the chassis behind security, broadcast, defense, and automation, tooled again in Taiwan.

Precision craftsmanship

New molds, cut in Taiwan.

Many lines get cheaper tools when a design gets old. iStarUSA cut entirely new molds and kept production in Taiwan, so the next generation of boards still assembles the way the drawing describes.

01

Stricter tolerance

Steel thickness, bend angle, and the latch of the double door are held to Taiwan precision-machinery standards. Rigidity and the feel of the assembly arrive together.

02

Quality you can trace

Local manufacture is a shorter supply line and a faster answer when a program changes. It is also the commitment: the chassis that ships is the one on the drawing.

AI and edge

Classics are not retired. They are loaded harder.

Yesterday this chassis carried digital video and multimedia. Today it faces AI, edge computing, and denser racks. The double-door dust seal and the aluminum face stay. The boards inside do not.

Compute and thermals

Room for current high-performance boards, accelerator cards, and the cooling those loads actually need.

24/7, where it is installed

Industrial floors, outdoor cabinets, and server rooms. The enclosure does not get a day off.

Against the last D-Storm

The door stayed. The mold did not.

What a customer still recognizes

  • The double door and the dust seal.
  • The lockable aluminum bezel, patents TW 200281 / 190240 and CN 2L01259648.5.
  • The face of the chassis. Black is standard. Blue, red, and silver are orderable.

What is actually new

  • All-new tooling. This is not the old mold with a new label.
  • Manufactured in Taiwan, including the bend, the latch, and the assembly.
  • Held to a new drawing, so current boards assemble without reworking the chassis.

In thirty seconds

Three heights. One double door.

  • Patented bezel. Lockable aluminum door. TW 200281 / 190240.
  • 1.2 mm Japan SECC. The steel on the drawing is the steel that ships.
  • Washable filter. On every height. Dust stays outside the door.
  • Lockable aluminum bezel
  • 2 × USB 3.0
  • Washable filter
  • 1.2mm Japan SECC
  • RoHS
D-200

2U · Compact

D-200

Full-size I/O when the rack only gives you two units.

ATX, microATX, and mini-ITX without mechanical rework. Front bays take an optional hot-swap cage for up to four drives.

Height
3.50 in · 88.9 mm
Slots
3
Bays
2 × 3.5" · 2 × 5.25"
Cooling
1 × 80mm
Power
2U PSU
View D-200
D-300

3U · Start here

D-300

Seven full-length slots for the programs that need room to grow.

Four 5.25" bays, a D-300A aluminum-body option, and 1U or 2U power. The chassis most integrations begin from.

Height
5.25 in · 133.4 mm
Slots
7 full-length
Bays
4 × 5.25" · 3 × 3.5"
Cooling
1 × 60mm
Power
1U or 2U
View D-300
D-400

4U · Airflow

D-400

The largest volume in the family, with a real thermal path.

Clearance for tall coolers and accelerator cards. 120mm plus 80mm airflow, and PS/2 or mini-redundant power.

Height
7.00 in · 177.8 mm
Slots
7
Bays
Up to 5 drives
Cooling
120mm + 80mm
Power
PS/2 or redundant
View D-400
D-200D-300D-400
Form factor2U3U4U
MotherboardATX, microATX, mini-ITXATX, microATXATX, microATX
Slots37 full-length7
Drive bays2 × 3.5" + 2 × 5.25"3 × 3.5" + 4 × 5.25"Up to 5 with cages
Cooling1 × 80mm1 × 60mm120mm + 80mm
Power2U PSU1U or 2UPS/2 or mini-redundant
Front I/O2 × USB 3.02 × USB 3.02 × USB 3.0
Dimensions19 × 3.50 × 20.80 in19 × 5.25 × 20.80 in19 × 7.00 × 20.80 in

For the quote

Order the catalog part. Design the door separately.

What you can sell today

  • Colors on all three: black, blue, red, silver. Order codes add -BLUE, -RED, or -SILVER.
  • D-300A is the aluminum body. Lighter, and it sheds heat better than the steel D-300.
  • Front bays take an optional hot-swap cage. D-200 up to four drives. D-400 up to five, BPU or T Series.
  • D-200 redundant power needs the DD-200-R2U-BAR cross bar.
  • Silk-screen, a custom door, or an OEM build starts in the Design-In Center, not on the catalog SKU.
Quote a standard chassis Start a custom door

Check this before you promise it

  • Motherboard opening is 12 × 9.6 in. D-200 also takes mini-ITX. D-300 and D-400 are ATX and microATX.
  • On the D-300, a front hot-swap cage limits the power supply to 250 mm.
  • Power and HDD LEDs are on the chassis. Fan and temperature lights need the TC-ISF08 sensor board.

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D-200

D-300

D-400

Mechanical drawings are the 2D files published for each model. A 3D file is not on the product page.

A legend written together

The steel was never the only asset.

Twenty years of this chassis belongs to the engineers, system integrators, and partners who put it on every job. The steel was never the only asset. The Taiwan-made D-200, D-300, and D-400 are ready for the next one.

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iStarUSA D Storm · D-200 / D-300 / D-400RoHS · All-new tooling, manufactured in Taiwan