Adaptec AAA-UDMA Hardware Guide - Page 21

Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables, Additional Hints for UDMA Drives, All UDMA Drives

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Installing the Hardware Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables Each UDMA drive must be mounted in an available drive bay inside your computer (as shown in Figure 2-5) and connected to a power cable from your computer's power supply. Refer to your computer and device documentation for instructions on installing devices inside your computer. UDMA Drive Figure 2-5. UDMA Drive Mounted in Drive Bay Additional Hints for UDMA Drives All UDMA Drives s If you are booting your system from a single UDMA drive or bootable array, the boot order (or virtual device order) of the drive or array must be set to 0. (See Making the Array Bootable on page 3-8.) Cable Lengths s To connect a UDMA drive to the AAA-UDMA, a UDMA/66 cable is required. Each UDMA/66 cable should not exceed 18-inches in length. Adaptec strongly recommends that you use only the two-connector UDMA/66 cables provided by Adaptec. 2-7

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Installing the Hardware
Mounting UDMA Drives and Connecting Power Cables
Each UDMA drive must be mounted in an available drive bay inside
your computer (as shown in Figure 2-5) and connected to a power
cable from your computer’s power supply. Refer to your computer
and device documentation for instructions on installing devices
inside your computer.
Figure 2-5. UDMA Drive Mounted in Drive Bay
Additional Hints for UDMA Drives
All UDMA Drives
■
If you are booting your system from a single UDMA drive or
bootable array, the boot order (or
virtual device order
) of the
drive or array must be set to 0. (See
Making the Array Bootable
on page 3-8.)
Cable Lengths
■
To connect a UDMA drive to the AAA-UDMA, a UDMA/66
cable is required. Each UDMA/66 cable should not exceed
18-inches in length. Adaptec strongly recommends that you
use only the two-connector UDMA/66 cables provided by
Adaptec.
UDMA Drive