Dell PowerVault DP100 - Manual (Page 40)

10. Ensure that all cables are firmly connected and arranged so that they will not catch on the computer cover or block airflow inside the system.
11. Close the system. See Closing the System .
12. Stand the system upright.
13. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
14. Test the drive.
If you installed an IDE device, run the IDE devices tests in the system diagnostics to determine whether the device operates properly. See Running the
System Diagnostics .
If you installed a SCSI device, run the SCSI controllers test in the system diagnostics. See Running the System Diagnostics .
If you installed a tape drive, see the tape drive software documentation to perform a backup and verification test.
Hard Drives
Your system can contain up to four 1-inch-height SATA or SAS hard drives in either a removable fixed hard-drive bay (see Figure 3 -8 ) or a lever-release bay
(see Figure 3 -11 ). These drives connect either to the system board, an optional controller card, or an optional SAS backplane.
SAS or SATA drives can be hot-pluggable only if they are attached to an optional SAS backplane. See Hot-Plug SATA Hard Drives Using the SAS Backplane , and
Removing and Installing the Optional SAS Backplane Board .
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines
Use the following guidelines when installing hard drives:
l You should only use drives that have been tested and approved by the system manufacturer.
l Do not install a mixture of SATA and SAS hard drives. All hard drives must either be SAS drives or SATA drives.
l You may need to use different programs than those provided with the operating system to partition and format a hard drive. See the hard drive
documentation for information on setting up the drive.
l When you format a high-capacity hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be completed. Long format times for these drives are normal. For
example, a large drive can take over an hour to format.
l Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive failure.
Configuring the Boot Drive
The drive or device from which the system boots is determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup program (see Using the System Setup
Program ). To boot the system from a hard drive or drive array, the drive(s) must be connected to the appropriate controller:
1 IDE device 2 optional SCSI device 3 hard drives (up to 4)
4 SCSI controller card 5 SCSI cable 6 IDE interface cable
NOTE: The system's drive configuration must consist of only SATA hard drives or only SAS hard drives. Combining SATA and SAS drives is not supported.