Dell PowerEdge SC1430 User Manual

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Getting Started With Your System

9

Drives

Hard Drives

up to four 3.5-inch internal SAS or SATA drives using one
of the following configurations:

– one or two SATA drives using internal hard drive bays

and integrated controller

– one or two SAS drives using internal hard drive bays and

controller expansion card

– three SAS or SATA drives using internal hard drive bays,

flex bay, and controller expansion card

– four SAS or SATA drives using internal hard drive bays,

flex bay, hard drive carrier, and controller expansion card

NOTE:

Your hard drive configuration must consist of all SATA

hard drives or all SAS hard drives.

NOTE:

If you decide to install a third hard drive in the flex bay,

you may not install an internal diskette drive.

NOTE:

If you decide to install a fourth hard drive, see the Dell

Support website at

support.dell.com for information on hard

drive cooling requirements.

Diskette drive

one optional 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB
external optional USB 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB

Optical drives

up to two optional IDE CD, DVD, or combination
CD-RW/DVD drives (SATA drives when available)

NOTE:

DVD devices are data only.

NOTE:

A second optical drive may not be installed

if a fourth hard drive is installed.

external optional USB CD

Tape drive

one optional internal half-height, 5.25-inch SCSI or IDE
(for use in second 5.25-inch bay only) (SATA drive when
available)

NOTE:

A tape backup drive may not be installed

if a fourth hard drive is installed.

Flash drive

external optional USB

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