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Installing internal drives, Internal drive bays

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Installing internal drives Depending on your server model, you might have one or more of the following drives installed: • Diskette • Hard disk • CD-ROM Internal drive bays Your server comes with an IDE CD-ROM drive installed in bay 1, a 3.5-in., 1.44 MB diskette drive installed in bay 3. Some server models have a hard disk drive installed in bay 5. Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware. Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 6 Bay 7 Drive considerations: • Diskette drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM drives are removable-media drives. You can install removable-media drives in bays 1, 2, 3, and 4. • You can install a 3.5-in., slim-high or a 5.25-in., half-high, removable-media drive, such as a tape backup drive, in bay 2. • You can install only a 3.5-in., slim-high, removable-media drive in bay 4. • The xSeries 200 server supports only one diskette drive, which uses 1 MB and 2 MB diskettes. • Before you install a 3.5-in. drive in a 5.25-in. bay, you must attach the 5.25 in. conversion kit, supplied with your option, to the 3.5-in. drive. Refer to the documentation that comes with the option for the conversion kit installation instructions. Note: Only 3.5-in. options that ship with proper mounting hardware can be supported in the 5.25-in. bays. Chapter 5. Installing options 39

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Chapter 5.
Installing options
39
Installing internal drives
Depending on your server model, you might have one or more of the following drives
installed:
•
Diskette
•
Hard disk
•
CD-ROM
Internal drive bays
Your server comes with an IDE CD-ROM drive installed in bay 1, a 3.5-in., 1.44 MB
diskette drive installed in bay 3. Some server models have a hard disk drive installed
in bay 5.
Note:
The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Drive considerations:
•
Diskette drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM drives are removable-media drives.
You can install removable-media drives in bays 1, 2, 3, and 4.
•
You can install a 3.5-in., slim-high or a 5.25-in., half-high, removable-media drive,
such as a tape backup drive, in bay 2.
•
You can install only a 3.5-in., slim-high, removable-media drive in bay 4.
•
The xSeries 200 server supports only one diskette drive, which uses 1 MB and 2
MB diskettes.
•
Before you install a 3.5-in. drive in a 5.25-in. bay, you must attach the 5.25 in.
conversion kit, supplied with your option, to the 3.5-in. drive. Refer to the
documentation that comes with the option for the conversion kit installation
instructions.
Note:
Only 3.5-in. options that ship with proper mounting hardware can be
supported in the 5.25-in. bays.
Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 4
Bay 5
Bay 6
Bay 7