Setting Up The Storage System; Installing The Hard Disks - Intel D39172-003 User Manual

Getting Started

Setting up the Storage System

Installing the Hard Disks

Note: At least one SATA hard disk with at least an 80-GB capacity must be installed before the
Important: The Intel
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Important: An empty drive carrier with baffle MUST be fitted in ALL unused drive bays.There will be
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office environment, you might want to create a shared folder for company policies
that everyone can view, and separate folders for confidential business documents that
only selected individuals can view or change. In a home environment, you might want
to set up separate folders for different types of files, like photos, videos, or music.
For information about this step, refer to
7. Access the shared folders.
For information about this step, refer to
8. Protect your computer hard disks.
This involves installing the Intel® Client Backup and Recovery software on each
computer that you want to protect and specifying which hard disks or partitions to
back up and how often backups should occur. A key code must be purchased for each
system that you intend to back up.
For information about this step, refer to
Your storage system might come pre-installed with hard drives, or you might have to
purchase and install them yourself. If you currently have fewer than four hard drives, you
might want to add more at this time. (You can add more disks later, but changing your disk
configuration might cause data loss. For more information, refer to
of RAID," beginning on page 169.)
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The Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E also supports optional USB devices, such as
USB disks. If you have such devices, you can attach them now, or you can attach them
later. Refer to the Tested Hardware and Operating Systems List at
support/motherboards/server/ss4000-E/
Whether or not you add hard disks or USB devices, you must connect the storage system
to your network, power it up, and upload the firmware.
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With the Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E, you can easily install the hard disks
when you first set up the system.
storage system can be used. The Intel
any hard disks installed.
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Entry Storage System SS4000-E does support hot swapping of hard disks.
However, data should be backed up prior to replacing any hard disks.
inadequate drive cooling if any drive bays are left open.
1. Observe all safety and ESD precautions listed in
"Creating Shared Folders" on page
"Accessing Shared Folders" on page
"Protecting Local Disks" on page
for a list of tested devices.
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Entry Storage System SS4000-E does not ship with
Appendix G, "Safety
Intel® Entry Storage System SS4000-E User Guide
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