SATA
For more information on SATA hard drives and the SATA RAID configuration, see Appendix B, "SATA
Devices," on
page
145.
To install one or two SATA drives:
1
Select a drive bay in which to install the drive. Squeeze the green tabs and slide the rails out of the
empty bay.
2
Attach the rails to the hard drive by aligning the notches with the holes and squeezing it into place
(see image on
page
93).
3
Push the drive into the selected bay until it snaps into place.
4
Attach the power cable and data cable to the drive.
5
Connect the data cable to the serial ATA port.
To install more than two SATA hard drives:
NOTE
If installing more than two SATA hard drives, you must install a SATA controller card.
1
Select a drive bay in which to install the drive.
2
Squeeze the green tabs and slide the rails out of the empty bay (see image on
3
Attach the rails to the hard drive by aligning the notches with the holes and squeezing it into place
(see image on
page
93).
4
Push the drive into the selected bay until it snaps into place.
5
Attach the power and data cable to the drive.
6
Insert the SATA controller card into an available PCI expansion slot
7
Connect the other end of the SATA cable to the SATA controller card.
(page
84).
REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS 95
page
92).