Installing drives, Installing scsi hard drives, Before you begin – Dell PowerEdge 6850 User Manual
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Installing Drives
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 6850 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Connecting an External SCSI Tape Drive
Activating the Optional Integrated RAID Controller
Installing a RAID Controller Card
SCSI Hard-Drive Cabling Guidelines
Your system features five standard internal hard-drive bays that accommodate up to five 3.5-inch SCSI hard drives. Systems with an optional RAID controller
card or optional ROMB support hot-plug SCSI drive operation.
The system's peripheral bay can accommodate a removable drive carrier that supports an optional diskette drive and optional optical drive.
Installing SCSI Hard Drives
shows the SCSI ID numbers of the five standard drive bays.
Figure 7-1. Hard-Drive SCSI ID Numbers
Before You Begin
SCSI hard drives are supplied in special drive carriers that fit in the hard-drive bays.
You may need to use different programs than those provided with the operating system to partition and format SCSI hard drives.
When you format a high-capacity SCSI hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be completed. Long format times for these drives are normal. A 9-GB
hard drive, for example, can take up to 2.5 hours to format.
Installing a SCSI Hard Drive
1.
If the system does not have an optional RAID controller card or optional integrated ROMB, shut down the system.
2.
Remove the front bezel, if attached. See "
Opening the System
" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
3.
Open the hard-drive handle. See
Figure 7-2. Installing a SCSI Hard Drive
NOTICE:
Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the optional RAID controller card or
optional ROMB to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support hot-plug drive removal and insertion.
NOTE:
It is recommended that you use only drives that have been tested and approved for use with the SCSI backplane board.
NOTICE:
Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive failure.
NOTICE:
Hot-plug drive installation is not supported for systems without an optional RAID controller card or optional ROMB.