Figure 3-8. Installing a Hard Drive in a Drive Bracket
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NOTICE: SAS drives and SATA drives cannot be mixed in the system. The drives must be either all SATA or all SAS hard drives.
8Slide the hard drive into the
9Connect a data cable and a power cable to the hard drive.
NOTE: The only SATA connectors on the board that support hard drives are those labeled SATA0 and SATA1. If only one SATA hard drive is to be installed, it should be connected to the SATA0 connector.
•If you are installing a SATA hard drive and have only one or two drives in your system, connect the integrated SATA controller data cable and the power cable as shown in Figure
•If you are installing a SATA hard drive and have three or four drives in your system, connect the data cable from the SAS controller card and the power cable as shown in Figure
•If you are installing a SAS hard drive, connect the data cable from the SAS controller card and the power cable as shown in Figure
Installing System Components
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