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Installing Drives

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2500 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

Removing the Peripheral Bay

Connecting an External SCSI Tape Drive

Installing the Peripheral Bay

Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives

Interface Cables

Installing a Dell Host Adapter Card

SCSI Configuration Information

Installing a SCSI Backplane Daughter Card

Installing a Device That Uses the System's Integrated SCSI Controller

Configuring the Boot Device

Installing a Tape Drive That Uses a Controller Card

 

Your system features an internal drive bay that contains up to six SCSI hard-disk drives. Your system also features a removable peripheral bay that incorporates two drive bays for installing additional SCSI hard-disk drives. Attached to the removable peripheral bay is a user-accessible, half-height, CD ROM drive and a 3.5-inch diskette drive, which is controlled by the IDE/diskette drive controller on the system board. Instructions are also included for upgrading the system by installing an optional SCSI backplane daughter card for split backplane operation, or a PERC host adapter card.

Removing the Peripheral Bay

1.Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet.

2.Open the front bezel (see "Removing the Front Bezel" in "Troubleshooting Your System").

3.Remove the system cover.

4.Remove the front fan assembly (see "Removing the Front Fan Assembly" in "Installing System Board Options").

5.Disconnect the interface cable from the interposer board attached to the CD-ROM/diskette drive.

6.Loosen the thumbscrew securing the peripheral bay to the chassis (see Figure 7-1).

NOTE: To slide the peripheral bay backward, you may need to disconnect the power cable on the SCSI backplane board.

Figure 7-1. Removing the Peripheral Bay

7. While grasping the peripheral bay handle, slide the peripheral bay backwards and lift the bay straight up to clear the chassis.

Installing the Peripheral Bay

1.Connect the interface cable from the system board to the CD-ROM/diskette drive interposer board.

2.While grasping the peripheral bay handle, lower the peripheral bay into the chassis.

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