Installing A Sata Hard Drive - HP xw9300 Service And Technical Reference Manual

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Installing a SATA Hard Drive

For more information on SATA hard drives and the SATA RAID configuration, see
page
177.
To install one to four SATA drives:
1.
Disconnect power from the system
2.
Select a drive bay in which to install the drive. Squeeze the green tabs and slide the rails out of the
empty bay.
3.
Attach the rails to the hard drive by aligning the notches with the holes and squeezing it into place
(see image on
4.
Push the drive into the selected bay until it snaps into place (see
being pushed into drive bay).
5.
Connect the data cable to the serial ATA ports:
• Connect SATA0 to the top port on item
• Connect SATA1 to the bottom port on item
• Connect SATA2 to the left port on item
• Connect SATA3 to the right port on item
6.
Connect the power cable to the drives.
To install more than four SATA hard drives:
NOTE:
If installing more than four SATA hard drives, you must install a SATA controller card and use hard
drive bay five.
1.
Lay the workstation on its side with the system board facing up.
2.
Insert the drive into bay 5 and align the holes in the bottom of the hard drive with the screw holes at
the base of the chassis.
3.
Insert the screws through the base and tighten the hard drive to the chassis.
4.
Attach the power and data cable to the drive.
5.
Insert a SATA controller card into an available PCI expansion slot
6.
Connect the other end of the SATA cable to the SATA controller card.
7.
Connect one end of the hard drive LED cable to the SATA card and the other end to the system board
(see correct location on
(page
79) and remove the access panel
page
112).
page
80).
page 112
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2
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2
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(page
Removal and Replacement of Components 115
"SATA Devices" on
(page
86).
for image of SCSI drive
101).

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