Installing a SCSI Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.

Notes:

ŸSCSI IDs are automatically assigned by the backplane for each bank.

Therefore, no address jumpers are required on the drives.

Ÿ

1.6

inch

half-high (9.1 GB)

drives require two bays for each drive.

Ÿ

SCSI

disk

drives

and

SSA disk

drives

are

not

interchangeable.

Ÿ

Before

installing

disk

drives

in bank

D,

you

must also order:

– A disk drive backplane for bank D.

Ÿ Before installing disk drives in bank E, you must also order and install:

– A disk drive backplane for bank E

– A SCSI PCI adapter that drives Bank E.

– A SCSI cable that connects the SCSI PCI adapter to Bank E.

To order, contact your authorized reseller or marketing representative.

ŸAfter the backplane is completely installed, you do not have to turn off

system to

install additional hot-swappable

disk drives. However, you

must

turn off the system when

performing

the steps that involve installing

or

removing

backplanes, cables,

adapters,

memory, and CPU cards.

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