Dell 840 manual SAS controller card Installing System Components

12Install the hard drives into the hard-drivebay. See Figure 3-11.

13Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.

14Install any required device drivers.

15Run the SAS controllers tests and the hard-drive tests in the system diagnostics. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 112.

Installing SATA and SCSI hard drives in the same system is not supported.

Figure 3-13. SAS Backplane Connected to a SAS Controller Card

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