Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives 6-5
Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk Drive With
the System Running
Install a SCSI hard-disk drive as follows:
1. Wait until the drive status indicators adjacent to
the drive bay signal that the drive can be removed
(see Table 6-1).
If the drive has been online, the three drive indica-
tors will flash sequentially as the drive is powered
down. When all three indicators stop flashing, the
drive is ready for removal.
2. Insert the “new” drive carrier into the bay.
Perform steps 2–6 in “Installing a SCSI Hard-Disk
Drive,” earlier in this chapter.
3. The drive online indicator will turn on (see
Table 6-1).
P
artitioning and Formatting SCSI
Hard-Disk Drives
You may need to use different programs than those pro-
vided with the operating system to partition and format
SCSI hard-disk drives. See Chapter 3, “Installing and
Configuring SCSI Drivers,” for information and
instructions.
CAUTION: When you perform at low-level format
operation on a hard-disk drive, it is important to
ensure that the drive’s surrounding temperature is
at or near the temperature at which the drive will
be operated. Failure to do so can result in
relocation of the tracks on the disk platters.
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