Installing An Optical Or Tape Drive - Dell PowerEdge T710 Hardware Owner's Manual

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive

WARNING:
cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before you begin this
procedure, review the safety instructions that came with the system.
1 Unpack and prepare the drive for installation. For instructions, see the
documentation that accompanied the drive.
If you are installing a SAS tape drive, you must have an internal SAS
expansion card installed. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 115.
Tape drives cannot be connected to the integrated storage controller card.
If you are installing a SCSI tape drive, you must have a SCSI controller
card installed. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 115. You must
configure the tape drive according to the documentation that came with
the tape drive, based on the following guidelines:
Each device attached to a SCSI host adapter must have a unique
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SCSI ID number (narrow SCSI devices use IDs 0 to 7; wide SCSI
devices use IDs from 0 to 15). Set the drive's SCSI ID to avoid
conflicts with other devices on the SCSI bus. For the default SCSI ID
setting, see the documentation provided with the drive.
NOTE:
sequentially or that devices be attached to the cable in order by ID number.
SCSI logic requires that the two devices at opposite ends of a SCSI
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chain be terminated and that all devices in between be unterminated.
Enable the tape drive's termination if it is the last device in a chain of
devices (or sole device) connected to the SCSI controller.
2 Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect
the system from its electrical outlet.
3 Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 85.
4 Remove the front bezel. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 84.
5 To remove an old drive or drive blank, slide the drive release latch in the
direction of the arrow to release the shoulder screws, and slide the drive or
drive blank out to remove it from the drive bay. See Figure 3-10.
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Installing System Components
Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system
There is no requirement that SCSI ID numbers be assigned