Internal Drive Bays (Disk-Array Models)

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Internal Drive Bays (Disk-Array Models)

Internal Drive Bays (Disk-Array Models)

Internal drives are installed in bays . The bays are numbered 1 through 10.

Cover plates (sometimes called bezels ) cover the front of some installed drives. If you install a drive that uses removable media (diskette, optical disc, or tape), you might need to remove or change the cover plate.

Bays 1-6 are for 3.5-inch hot-swappable hard disk drives.
Bay 7 has a preinstalled SCSI CD-ROM drive.
Bays 8 and 9 are for 3.5-inch diskette interface devices, such as a diskette drive or a tape backup unit that uses the diskette cable.
The system board in the server supports a maximum of two diskette interface devices. You can install a second 3.5-inch diskette interface device in bay 9.
Bay 10 is for a 3.5-inch hard disk drive only. Be sure the screw holes in the device line up with the screw holes in bay.
Disk-array models are supplied with a 2-drop SCSI cable.

The following table shows the widths, types, and maximum heights for the drives that you can install in each bay.

Table 3 Maximum Allowable Drive Sizes (Disk-Array Models)

Bay Drive Width Drive Type Maximum Drive Height 1-6 3.5-inch Hard disk 41.3 mm (1.6 inches) 7 5.25-inch CD-ROM 41.3 mm (1.6 inches) 8, 9 3.5-inch Diskette 1 25.4 mm (1 inch) 10 3.5-inch Hard disk 25.4 mm (1 inch), with a drive in bay 9 41.3 mm (1.6 inches), with no drive in bay 9

Bay	Drive Width	Drive Type	Maximum Drive Height
1-6	3.5-inch	Hard disk	41.3 mm (1.6 inches)
7	5.25-inch	CD-ROM	41.3 mm (1.6 inches)
8, 9	3.5-inch	Diskette 1	25.4 mm (1 inch)
10	3.5-inch	Hard disk	25.4 mm (1 inch), with a drive in bay 9 41.3 mm (1.6 inches), with no drive in bay 9

NOTE:

Or a drive that connects to the diskette cable. Be sure the holes in the drive align with the drive housing.

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