Dell T710 owner manual Installing an Optical or Tape Drive

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive

WARNING: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before you begin this procedure, review the safety instructions that came with the system.

1Unpack and prepare the drive for installation. For instructions, see the documentation that accompanied the drive.

If you are installing a SAS tape drive, you must have an internal SAS expansion card installed. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 115. Tape drives cannot be connected to the integrated storage controller card.

If you are installing a SCSI tape drive, you must have a SCSI controller card installed. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 115. You must configure the tape drive according to the documentation that came with the tape drive, based on the following guidelines:

a Each device attached to a SCSI host adapter must have a unique SCSI ID number (narrow SCSI devices use IDs 0 to 7; wide SCSI devices use IDs from 0 to 15). Set the drive's SCSI ID to avoid conflicts with other devices on the SCSI bus. For the default SCSI ID setting, see the documentation provided with the drive.

NOTE: There is no requirement that SCSI ID numbers be assigned sequentially or that devices be attached to the cable in order by ID number.

bSCSI logic requires that the two devices at opposite ends of a SCSI chain be terminated and that all devices in between be unterminated. Enable the tape drive's termination if it is the last device in a chain of devices (or sole device) connected to the SCSI controller.

2Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet.

3Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 85.

4Remove the front bezel. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 84.

5To remove an old drive or drive blank, slide the drive release latch in the direction of the arrow to release the shoulder screws, and slide the drive or drive blank out to remove it from the drive bay. See Figure 3-10.

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