
Installing or Removing Internal Drives
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C | Diskette | drive | 25.4 | mm | (1.0 | in.) |
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1.Removable media includes
2.A 41.3 mm drive installed in bays 1 through 5 will occupy two bays.
Table 1. Maximum Allowable Drive Sizes
Types of Cables
Drives connect | to your server | with cables. Each cable connector is d |
a corresponding | connector on a | drive. |
Three types of internal cables connect to the drives in your server
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– One
The connector on one end of this cable attaches to the syste primary diskette drive installed in your server (usually known as attached to the connector on the other end of this cable.
Note: The primary diskette drive must always be attached to t connector on the end of this cable.
– A second
This cable has two drive connectors. A | third connector attaches | ||||
system | board. The | drive | that comes with your server is | ||
to the | connector | on the | end | of this | cable. |
ŸAnother cable connects internal SCSI devices. This SCSI cable has tw
connectors that connect to SCSI devices:
– One to the backplane of the DASD
– One to a SCSI device you install in the open
A third connector attaches to the SCSI connector on the system bo
External | SCSI | devices | usually | come | with a | SCSI cable. You attach | one | |
SCSI | cable | to the SCSI connector | on the back of the server, and the | |||||
the | SCSI | device. You | usually | can | attach | additional SCSI devices | to th |
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