Checking The Drive Bay Setup - Supermicro SUPERSERVER 6011H User Manual

6. Check all cable connections and airflow:
Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not
blocking the airflow.
Also, check the air seals for damage.
the blower fan and beneath the frame cross section that separates the
drive bay area from the motherboard area of the chassis.
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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.
1. Accessing the drive bays:
All drives can be accessed from the front of the server.
the CD-ROM and floppy drives, you will need to remove the top chassis
cover. The SCSI disk drives can be installed and removed from the front
of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover.
2. Installing a CD-ROM and floppy disk drives:
Refer to Section 6-4 if you need to reinstall a CD-ROM and/or floppy disk
drive to the system.
3. Check the SCSI disk drives:
Depending upon your system's configuration, your system may have one
drive already installed. If you need to install SCSI drive, please refer to
Section 6-4.
4. Check the airflow:
Airflow is provided by a 10-cm blower input fan. The system component
layout was carefully designed to promote sufficient airflow through the
small 1U rackmount space.
have been routed in such a way that they do not block the airflow
generated by the fans.
See Section 5-3 for details on cable connections.
Also note that all power and data cables
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The air seals are located under
For servicing