Optical Drives And Tape Drives (Optional) - Dell E30S Series Owner's Manual

Figure 23. Inside the system
1. optical drive or tape drive
3. processor 1
5. expansion card slots
7. internal cooling fan
9. processor 2
11. memory-module slots (4)

Optical drives and tape drives (optional)

Your system supports one of the following configurations:
● Systems with cabled hard drives support one optical drive and one tape drive.
● Systems with hot-swappable hard drives support up to one optical drive and two tape drives.
If your system is installed with a double-width GPU card, the system supports only one 5.25 inch removal media
NOTE:
storage.
You can also install a Dell PowerVault RD1000 removable media device on your system.
NOTE:
For systems with hot-swappable hard drives, the optical and tape drives can be configured as follows:
SATA optical drive or PowerVault RD1000
Slot 1
PowerVault RD1000 or blank
Slot 2
SAS tape drive or blank
Slot 3
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2. memory-module slots (4)
4. power supply unit (2)
6. external cooling fan (optional)
8. memory-module slots (2)
10. memory-module slots (2)
12. hard drives