User Manual - Etilize

Installing drives
Depending on the server model, a DVD-ROM or multiburner drive might be installed
in the server. The server supports 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS, 3.5-inch
hot-swap SATA, or 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA hard disk drives (depending on the
model).
The following illustrations show the locations of the drive bays. Some models have
seven drive bays, and some models have eleven drive bays.
Table 10. Drive bays on the server models
Seven drive bay model Eleven drive bay model
Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 4
Bay 5
Bay 6
Bay 7
Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 4
Bay 5
Bay 6
Bay 7
Bay 8
Bay 9
Bay 10
Bay 11
The following notes describe the types of drives that the server supports and other
information that you must consider when installing a drive:
v Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that is specified in
the documentation that comes with the drive.
v Select the bay in which you want to install the drive.
v Check the instructions that come with the drive to see whether you have to set
any switches or jumpers on the drive. If you are installing a SAS or SATA device,
be sure to set the SAS or SATA ID for that device.
v Optional internal or external USB diskette drives, tape drives, DVD-ROM, and
multiburner drives are examples of removable-media drives. You can install
removable-media drives in bays 1, 2, and 3 only.
v The SATA removable-media drives that you install in bay 1 connects to the SATA
4 connector on the system board and the drive in bay 2 connects to the SATA 5
connector on the system board.
v To install a 3.5-inch drive in a 5.25-inch bay, you must use the 5.25-inch
conversion kit.
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