2.5Installing hard disk drives

The six hard disk drive (HDD) bays on the front panel include externally removable trays for mounting either SCSI or IDE 3.5-inch hard disk drives. You can access the drive trays by simply opening the the front bezel.

1. SCSI and IDE drive trays differ in size and structure. Make sure of the type of HDD trays that came with your chassis before buying hard disks.

2.If your motherboard does not have an onboard SCSI interface, you need to install a SCSI expansion card into one of the PCI slots. Use a SCSI cable to connect the card to the SCSI backplane board to which the hard disks are connected.

2.5.1SCSI hard disk

To install a SCSI hard disk drive:

1.Release an HDD tray by pushing the tray lock upward

2.Pull down the tray lever until the tray pops out slightly, indicating that it is released.

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Tray lock

Tray lever

3.Holding on the tray lever, pull out the HDD tray from the bay.

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Chapter 2: Hardware setup