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Installing an optional tape drive
To install an optional full-height tape drive, complete the following steps:
1. Remove the EMC shields from the drive bay, if any are installed.
2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the tape drive to any
3. Install the blue rails on the tape drive.
4. Align the rails on the tape drive with the guides in the drive bay; then, slide the
5. Connect one of the connectors on the optical drive power cable to the tape
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unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove the tape drive from the
package.
tape drive into the drive bay until the rails click into place.
drive. If however, you are installing an RDX internal USB tape drive, you will
need to install the SATA to traditional power converter cable. Locate the SATA to
traditional power converter cable that came with the server in the plastic bag
with the drive rails; then connect one end of the converter cable to the third
connector (the default connector) on the optical drive power cable and connect
the other end of the cable to the tape drive as shown in the following
illustrations.
Power
Connects to
converter
tape drive
cable
Connects to
optical power cable
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