Checking The Drive Bay Setup - Supero SuperWorkstation 7043A-8R User Manual

Supermicro superworkstation 7043a-8r: user guide
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6. Check all cable connections and airflow:
Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not
blocking the chassis airflow. See Chapter 5 for details on cable connec-
tions.
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Checking the Drive Bay Setup

Next, you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SCSI
drives and SCA backplane have been properly installed and all connections
have been made. SCSI components are for the 7043A-8R only.
1. Accessing the drive bays:
All drives can be accessed from the front of the server.
the CD-ROM, IDE hard drives and floppy drives, you will need to remove
the top/left chassis cover.
removed from the front of the chassis without removing any chassis
covers.
2. Installing components into the 5.25" drive bay:
To install components into the 5.25" drive bays, you must first remove the
top/left chassis cover as described in the previous section.
Chapter 6 for details.
3. Installing CD-ROM and floppy disk drives:
Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD-ROM and/or floppy disk
drive to the system.
4. Check the SCSI disk drives:
Depending upon your system's configuration, your system may have one
or more drives already installed. If you need to install SCSI drives, please
refer to Chapter 6.
5. Check the airflow:
Airflow is provided by two 9-cm cooling fans and a heavy duty 12-cm
The SCSI disk drives can be installed and
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For servicing
Refer to

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