Dell E36S Series - Setting the Cooling Fan Speed for 4 TB Hard Drives

Figure 15. Cabling diagram for four 3.5-inch SATA hard drive from the system board
1. system board 2. SATA optical drive connector on system
board
3. mini SAS connector on system board 4. SATA optical drive connector on optical drive
5. optical drive 6. hard drive
7. SATA connector on hard drive
Setting the cooling fan speed for 4 TB hard drives
Prerequisites
NOTE: Dell recommends that 4 TB hard drives be used only in systems configured with a PERC
controller.
CAUTION: Using 4 TB hard drives in the system without a PERC controller might cause hard drive
1 to overheat under excessive work load, leading to a potential failure of the hard drive.
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