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Peripheral Devices
The server system provides locations and hardware for installing hard drives, a USB floppy drive,
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A.Slimline Optical Drive Bay
B.Tape Drive Filler Panel
C.6th HDD or Tape Drive Bay (Optional)
D.Hard Disk Drive Bays
E.HDD to Floppy Drive Conversion (Optional)
Figure 15. Optional Peripherals
Hard Disk Drives
The server system ships with five drive carriers for installing five SAS or Serial ATA (SATA)
Note: SAS drives are supported on the Intel® Server System SR2500ALLX/SR2500ALLXR only.
One left drive bay can be converted to be used as a floppy bay. To use the bay for a floppy drive, the AXXFLOPHDDTRAY accessory kit must be used.
For instructions on installing hard drives, see “Installing and Removing a
Note: Drives can consume up to 17 watts of power each. Drives must be specified to run at a maximum ambient temperature of 45C.
Note: The Intel® Server System SR2500ALLX and/or the Intel® Server System SR2500ALBRP does not support all SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives. See “Server System References” for an Internet link to a list of supported hardware.
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