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Installation Checks
• Mounting
– Vertical
– Flush Mounted Only
In order to provide proper cooling, the drive must always be mounted vertically.
It is also important to establish a "chimney" around the drive's heat sink to ensure that all
cooling air passes along the entire length of the heat sink. If a drive with no option panel is
not mounted directly to a vertical flat surface, it is important to see if this leaves any heat sink
fins exposed in the back. If it does, a flat plate must be mounted to the back of the drive to
ensure proper cooling.
Drives that include a bypass or other option enclosure are generally factory-mounted to a
back plate. Therefore, this is not a concern with such drives.
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