SUPER MICRO Computer S120T user manual Drive Bay Installation, Installing/Removing SAS/SATA Drives

SERIES3800/S120T (7045A-C3/7045A-CT) User's Manual

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A total of eight SAS (or six SATA) drives may be housed in the SC743TQ-865-SQ chassis. The drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through 7 (or 5) in order from bot- tom to top (or from left to right if rackmounted). A bezel covers the drive area but does not need to be removed to access the drives; simply swing open the bezel. If you wish to remove the bezel piece, push on the three tabs on the inside of the left lip of the front chassis cover. Then slightly swing out the same (left) side of the cover - about ½ inch only. Remove by pushing on the open side of the cover to remove it from the chassis (do not try to swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side).

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Regardless of how many SAS/SATA drives are installed, all drive carriers must remain in the drive bays to promote proper airflow.

Installing/Removing SAS/SATA Drives

The SAS/SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the chassis. These drives are hot-swappable, meaning they can be removed and installed with- out powering down the system.

1.Open the front bezel then push the release button located beside the drive LEDs.

2.Swing the handle fully out and then use it to pull the unit straight out.

Note: Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot-swap capability of the SAS/SATA drives.

Mounting a SAS/SATA drive in a Drive Carrier

The SAS/SATA drive carriers help to promote proper airflow for the system. For this reason, even carriers without SAS/SATA drives must remain in the server.

1.Insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier.

2.Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws (see Figure 6-5).

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