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Hard Drive Installation Guidelines A menu displays with the following options: ■ Configure/View Host Adapter Settings ❏ SCSI Bus Interface Definitions ◆ Host Adapter SCSI ID ◆ SCSI Parity Checking ◆ Host Adapter SCSI Termination ❏ Additional Options ◆ Boot Device Options ◆ SCSI Device Configuration ◆ Advanced Configuration Options ■ SCSI Disk Utilities Lists all SCSI devices and SCSI ID numbers For additional information about configuring POST message display status, refer to the Computer Setup Guide on the Reference Library CD. Choosing the Quiet Drive Options The Quiet Drive is an optional feature and may or may not be included on your computer. If this computer is equipped with a Quiet Drive or, if you choose to install a Quiet Drive, you may configure the drive to operate in Quiet mode or Performance mode (default). When idle, the Quiet Drive produces an acoustic noise level approximately 4 decibels (dB) lower than that of a standard drive. When configured to operate in Quiet mode, the Quiet Drive reads and writes data at an acoustic noise level approximately 7 dB lower than that of a standard drive. When configured to operate in Quiet mode, the drive will not operate at maximum performance levels. For maximum drive performance, set the drive to operate in Performance mode. Hardware Reference Guide B-7

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Hard Drive Installation Guidelines
A menu displays with the following options:
■
Configure/View Host Adapter Settings
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions
◆
Host Adapter SCSI ID
◆
SCSI Parity Checking
◆
Host Adapter SCSI Termination
Additional Options
◆
Boot Device Options
◆
SCSI Device Configuration
◆
Advanced Configuration Options
■
SCSI Disk Utilities
Lists all SCSI devices and SCSI ID numbers
For additional information about configuring POST message
display status, refer to the
Computer Setup Guide
on the Reference
Library CD.
Choosing the Quiet Drive Options
The Quiet Drive is an optional feature and may or may not be
included on your computer.
If this computer is equipped with a Quiet Drive or, if you choose to
install a Quiet Drive, you may configure the drive to operate in Quiet
mode or Performance mode (default). When idle, the Quiet Drive
produces an acoustic noise level approximately 4 decibels (dB) lower
than that of a standard drive. When configured to operate in Quiet
mode, the Quiet Drive reads and writes data at an acoustic noise
level approximately 7 dB lower than that of a standard drive.
When configured to operate in Quiet mode, the drive will not operate
at maximum performance levels. For maximum drive performance,
set the drive to operate in Performance mode.
Hardware Reference Guide
B-7