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Figure 6-7: Add a Hard Drive to the Drive Tray
Hard Drive
Adding Peripheral Drives (DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, Floppy Drive, etc.) to the
Drive Trays
1. Open the chassis cover.
2. Locate the drive tray release tab for the slot you want to place the peripheral
drive (see Figure 6-6).
3. Push the drive tray toward the front of the chassis.
4. Remove the hard drive tray rails from the hard drive tray. To do this, you must
remove two screws from each side.
5. Attach the rails to a DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, fl oppy drive, or other peripheral.
The rails should fi t any standard sized peripherals (Figure 6-8).
6. Slide the peripheral into the chassis until the tray clicks into place.
7. Repeat these steps for each hard drive tray.
Caution! Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in
Supermicro chassis and servers. For information on recommended HDDs,
visit the Supermicro Web site at
storage/SAS-CompList.pdf.
Caution: Use caution when working around the backplane. Do not touch the backplane
with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane or obstruct
the holes, which aid in proper airfl ow.
Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/fi les/
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Hard Drive Tray
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