VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual

Installing Disk Drives

Populate the VTrak with 3.5-inch SAS or SATA disk drives.

Install all of the drive carriers into the J610s or J310s enclosure to ensure proper airflow, even if you do not populate all the carriers with disk drives.

Caution

Use only the counter-sink screws supplied with the J610s or J310s unit. Use of other types of screws can damage the adjacent drives.

Figure 8. J610s and J310s unit drive carrier mounting holes

AAMUX

Disk Drive Mounting Holes

Mounting Holes

with AAMUX

Counter-sink screws only.

WARNING:

Disk Drive Mounting Holes without AAMUX

1.Remove the front bezel (drive door).

2.Remove a disk drive carrier.

3.Optional. The AAMUX adapter is recommended for J610s and J310s enclosures with two I/O modules, so that both modules can access a SATA disk drive.

Place the optional AAMUX into the disk drive carrier and attach it with the four screws.

Install only the screws supplied with the AAMUX.

The AAMUX fits into the carrier with the SAS connector at the back. See Figure 6 on page 18

Snug each screw. Be careful not to over tighten.

4.Carefully lay the drive into the drive carrier at the front, so that the screw

holes on the bottom line up.

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Promise Technology J610S, J310S manual Installing Disk Drives, Aamux

J610S, J310S specifications

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