Installing And Removing Drives In Drive Cages; Installation Options For Drives With Drive Cage Type A - Siemens SIMATIC IPC RC-545A Operating Instructions Manual

7.6

Installing and removing drives in drive cages

7.6.1

Installation options for drives with drive cage type A

Number of drives per system and their mounting locations
You can install up to six drives at the following bays in the drive cage type A and on the side
panel of the device.
Note
The 4 SATA connectors on the motherboard of the device support the use of 4 drives.
Note
Note the numbering of the mounting locations in the type A drive cage (Page 17).
Number of drives
per system
1 Drive cage type A:
•
2 Drive cage type A:
•
•
3 Drive cage type A:
•
•
•
4 Drive cage type A:
•
•
•
Drive cage type A:
•
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Mounting location
Mounting location 0
Mounting location 0
Mounting location 1
Mounting location 0
Mounting location 1
Mounting location 2
Mounting location 0
Mounting location 1
Mounting location 2
Mounting location 3
Expanding and assigning parameters to the device
7.6 Installing and removing drives in drive cages
Notes on installation options
Drive cage; slots 0, 1, and 2:
• Drive cage type A (Page 17)
• 2.5" drive or 3.5" drive in removable tray (Page 95)
Drive cage; slot 3:
• Drive cage type A (Page 17)
• 2.5" drive or 3.5" drive in the 5.25" mounting frame with removable
tray (Page 102)
• 5.25" drive or 5.25" component (Page 108)
Inside the device:
• 3.5" drive inside on the side panel of the device (Page 113)
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