Peripheral And Hard Drive Support; Optical And Floppy Drive Support; Usb Floppy Drive Support; Figure 17. Intel - Intel SR1500 - AXXMINIDIMM DDR-2 RAID Controller Cache Memory Manual

Peripheral and Hard Drive Support

5. Peripheral and Hard Drive Support
The server chassis provides three hard drive bays and one slimline peripheral drive bay at the
front of the chassis. The hard drive bays are designed to support both SAS and SATA hot-swap
drives depending on the backplane and controller configuration. The chassis is also capable of
being configured to support an IDE optical drive and a USB floppy drive.

Figure 17. Intel

5.1

Optical and Floppy Drive Support

The chassis provides a slimline drive bay that can be configured for an IDE optical CD-ROM,
DVD/CDR, or USB floppy drive. Drives are mounted on a tool-less tray which allows for easy
installation into and removal from the chassis. The slimline devices are not hot-swappable.
5.1.1

USB Floppy Drive Support

With an optional floppy drive installation kit, the chassis can support a slimline USB floppy drive.
The floppy drive can be inserted into either the slimline bay or the hard drive bay directly below
the slimline bay. The option kit includes the necessary cables and trays to support either
configuration. Once inserted into the drive bay, the floppy drive is cabled to a four pin USB
connector on the backplane. The following table provides the pin-out for the USB connector.
20
A
B
®
Server Chassis SR1500 Peripheral Bay Configuration Options
A Slimline Optical Drive
B Hot-swap Drive Bays

Table 14. 4-pin USB Floppy Connector Pin-out

Pin
1
2
3
4
Intel order number D31981-008
Intel® Server System SR1500AL TPS
Name
Power
USB_P3n
USB P3p
Ground
TP02168
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