This 20 slot, industrial grade, media converter chassis, the IRC200, is a 2U rack, fan-less design, that supports two hot swappable modular power supplies. The twenty slots support one management card and up to nineteen media converter cards. The chassis is able to operate temperature ranges (-10~65°C). The media converter cards available support conversion for Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, serial communications or I/O Contact Closure over fiber media. This chassis may be deployed in Industrial Ethernet, automation, security, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and utility market applications where environmental conditions exceed commercial product specifications.