Installing a drive, Installing, Drive – Lenovo 6434 User Manual

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Installing

a

drive

Depending

on

the

server

model,

a

DVD-ROM

or

multiburner

drive

might

be

installed

in

the

server.

The

server

supports

2.5-inch

or

3.5-inch

hot-swap

SAS,

3.5-inch

hot-swap

SATA,

or

3.5-inch

simple-swap

SATA

hard

disk

drives

(depending

on

the

model).

The

following

illustrations

show

the

locations

of

the

drive

bays.

Some

models

have

seven

drive

bays 1

to

7 ,

and

some

models

have

eleven

drive

bays

1

to

11 .

Table

7.

Drive

bays

on

the

server

models

Seven

drive-bay

model

Eleven

drive-bay

model

The

following

notes

describe

the

types

of

drives

that

the

server

supports

and

other

information

that

you

must

consider

when

you

install

a

drive:

v

Make

sure

that

you

have

all

the

cables

and

other

equipment

that

are

specified

in

the

documentation

that

comes

with

the

drive.

v

Select

the

bay

in

which

you

want

to

install

the

drive.

v

Check

the

instructions

that

come

with

the

drive

to

determine

whether

you

have

to

set

any

switches

or

jumpers

on

the

drive.

If

you

are

installing

a

SAS

or

SATA

device,

be

sure

to

set

the

SAS

or

SATA

ID

for

that

device.

v

Optional

internal

or

external

USB

diskette

drives,

tape

drives,

DVD-ROM,

and

multiburner

drives

are

examples

of

removable-media

drives.

You

can

install

removable-media

drives

in

bays

1,

2,

and

3

only.

v

The

SATA

removable-media

drives

that

you

install

in

bay

1

connects

to

the

SATA

4

connector

on

the

system

board

and

the

drive

in

bay

2

connects

to

the

SATA

5

connector

on

the

system

board.

v

To

install

a

3.5-

inch

drive

in

a

5.25-inch

bay,

you

must

use

the

5.25-inch

conversion

kit.

30

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TS100

Types

6431,

6432,

6433,

and

6434:

User

Guide

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