Drive Bay Installation; Sas/Sata Hard Drives - Supero SUPERSERVER 7047R-3RF4+ User Manual

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Drive Bay Installation

SAS/SATA Hard Drives

A total of eight SAS or SATA drives may be housed in the SC745 chassis. The drive
IDs are preconfi gured as 0 through 7 in order from bottom to top (or from left to right
if rackmounted). A bezel covers the drive area but does not need to be removed
to access the drives; simply swing open the bezel. If you wish to remove the bezel
piece, push on the three tabs on the inside of the left lip of the front chassis cover.
Then slightly swing out the same (left) side of the cover - about ½ inch only. Remove
by pushing on the open side of the cover to remove it from the chassis (do not try
to swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side).
The drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal
from the chassis. These drives are hot-swappable, meaning they can be removed
and installed without powering down the system. The carriers also work to promote
proper airfl ow for the system. For this reason, even carriers without drives must
remain in the server.
Regardless of how many drives are installed, all drive carriers must remain
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in the drive bays to promote proper airfl ow.
Warning! Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in
Supermicro chassis and servers. For information on recommended HDDs,
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visit the Supermicro Web site at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/
storage.cfm
Installing/Removing Hard Drives
1. To remove a carrier, fi rst open the front bezel.
2. Push the release button located beside the drive LEDs (See Figure 6-5).
3. Swing the handle fully out and then use it to pull the unit straight out.
Note: Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot-swap
capability of the drives.
Mounting a Hard Drive in a Drive Carrier
1. Insert the drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down
so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier.
2. Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws (see Figure 6-6).
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