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Drive Bay Installation
7034A-T: A swinging bezel covers the front of the chassis but does not
need to be removed to access the drives.
simply unlock the bezel and swing it open.
7034A-i: The bezel that covers the front of the chassis must be removed to
access the drives.
inside left side lip of the front chassis cover.
same (left) side of the cover - about ½ inch only. Remove by pushing on
the open side of the cover to remove it from the chassis (do not try to
swing or pull it straight out after opening the left side.
Serial ATA Drives (7034A-T only)
After unlocking the Serial ATA (SATA) drive bay door, swing it open to access
the SATA drives. The drive IDs are preconfigured as 0 through 3 in order from
bottom to top.
Use extreme caution when working around the SATA
backplane.
objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the
!
backplane or obstruct the airflow holes in the SATA
backplane.
are installed, all four SATA drive carriers must remain in
the drive bays to promote proper airflow.
1.
Installing/removing hot-plug SATA drives:
The four SATA drive carriers are all easily accessible at the front of the
chassis. The SATA drives are hot-swappable, meaning they can be removed
and installed without powering down the system. To remove a drive carrier,
first open the front bezel then push the release button located beside the
drive LEDs. Swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit
straight out (see Figure 6-6).
Note: Your operating system must have RAID support to enable the hot-
plug capability of the SATA drives.
To remove the bezel, push on the three tabs on the
Important!
Do not touch the backplane with any metal
Regardless of how many SATA hard drives
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To access the SATA drives,
Then slightly swing out the
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