Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives in the Internal Bays

Configure and install SCSI hard-disk drives in your com- puter’s internal drive bays as follows:

1.Determine where your SCSI drive(s) will be installed and which connector on the SCSI cable you will attach to each of them.

See “SCSI Cable” found earlier in this chapter.

2.Unpack each SCSI drive, and prepare it for installation.

Configure each drive for a SCSI ID number, and enable the termination, if necessary. For instructions, see the documentation that came with the SCSI drive as well as “SCSI Configuration Guidelines” earlier in this chapter. For instructions on configuring the drive as a boot device, see “Configuring the Boot Device” found earlier in this chapter.

3.Remove the computer cover and front bezel according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” and “Removing the Front Bezel” in Chapter 6.

CAUTION: See “Protecting Against Electro- static Discharge” in the safety instructions at

hard-disk drive

hard-disk drive cage

alignment rails

.

hard-disk drive cage mounting screws (4)

alignment tabs

drive cage mounting screws (4)

the front of this guide.

4.Lay the computer on its right side for easy access to the internal hard-disk drive cage and the expansion card slots.

5.Disconnect the interface cables and power cables from any hard-disk drives already installed in the hard-disk drive cage.

6.Remove the four mounting screws that secure the hard-disk drive cage to the chassis (Figure 9-4).

7.Remove the hard-disk drive cage from the chassis.

Slide the hard-disk drive cage toward the back of the chassis until the tabs on the hard-disk drive cage release from the guide rails on the bottom of the upper drive cage. Then lift the hard-disk drive cage up and out of the chassis.

Figure 9-4. Removing the Hard-Disk Drive Cage

8.If you are installing a SCSI controller card, con- figure the card. Then install it in one of the expansion slots.

For instructions on configuring the SCSI controller card, see the documentation for the card. For instruc- tions on installing the card, see “Installing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 7.

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