Dell PowerEdge DR715 Hardware Owner's Manual page 105

• If you are installing a PATA optical drive, connect the data cable from
the IDE connector on the system board to the optical drive. See
Figure 3-18 for PATA drive connections; see Figure 3-24 for PATA
cabling guidelines.
Figure 3-24. Cabling a PATA Optical Drive
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7 IDE connector on system board
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4 PATA drive connectors
6 PATA data cable
8 ribbon cable notch
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