SUPER MICRO Computer 6014P-TR user manual Installing/removing hot-swap Sata drives

SUPERSERVER 6014P-T/6014P-TR User's Manual

2. Installing/removing hot-swap SATA drives

The SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis. These hard drives are hot-pluggable, meaning they can be removed and installed without powering down the system. To remove a carrier, push the release button located beside the drive LEDs. Then swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out (see Figure 6-4).

Note: Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot-plug ca- pability of the SATA drives.

Figure 6-4. Removing a Serial ATA Drive Carrier

Release Button

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Important: All of the Serial ATA drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper cooling airflow.

Serial ATA Backplane

The Serial ATA drives plug into a backplane that provides power, drive ID and bus termination. A RAID controller can be used with the backplane to provide data security. The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot- swap capability of the Serial ATA drives. The backplane is already preconfi gured, so there are no jumpers or switches present on it.

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