Installing an optical or tape drive, See "installing an optical or, Tape drive – Dell PowerEdge T610 User Manual

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Figure 3-15.

Removing and Installing an Optical or Tape Drive

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive

1 Unpack the drive and prepare it for installation. For instructions, see the

documentation that accompanied the drive.

If you are installing a SAS tape drive, you must have an internal SAS
expansion card installed (see "Installing an Expansion Card"). Tape drives
cannot be connected to the integrated storage controller card.

If you are installing a SCSI tape drive, you must have a SCSI controller
card installed (see "Installing an Expansion Card"). You must configure
the tape drive according to the documentation that came with the tape
drive, based on the following guidelines:

1

drive

2

drive alignment screws (3)

3

drive bay screw slots

4

drive release latch

5

drive cables

5

1

2

4

3

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