Drives

You can install several types of drives and similar devices in the server. All drives are easy to install and require no tools to replace, unless you are installing a 3.5-inch drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay.

Preparing to replace or add a drive

One 3.5-inch diskette drive, one 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drive, and one CD drive are included with the server. You can add drives of the following types:

■1-inch high, 3.5-inch hot-plug drives.

■Half-height 3.5-inch hard drives - The system board has two IDE connectors that support as many as two drives each. IDE drives include the IDE CD drive.

■Half-height 5.25-inch devices.

As you prepare to install drives, keep the following in mind:

■If you remove a drive, place it in an antistatic bag or container.

■Before you install a drive, see the drive’s documentation for information on configuring the drive, setting any jumpers on the drive, and attaching cables to the drive.

■If you are installing a drive that uses an add-in controller card, install it before you install the drive.

■IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, or slave. IDE

CD drives can be configured as master or slave. Configure the drives by using the drive-select jumpers located on the drives.

■If only one drive is attached to a controller cable, configure the drive as single if it is a hard drive or master if it is a CD-ROM drive. If two drives of any type are attached to the cable, configure one as master and one as slave.

■You may need to configure the drives you install using the BIOS Setup utility. Select F1 at start up to open the BIOS Setup utility.

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