Installing Drives in the External Bays 9-9
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Tape drives that require their own separate controller cards are shipped with the con-
troller card and an interface cable. Install the drive in an external drive bay by
performing the following steps:
1. Configure the controller card if necessary.
Refer to the documentation accompanying the tape drive and the card. If the card
incorporates jumpers or switches that must be set to work with the system, ver-
ify or change the settings as necessary.
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2. Remove the computer cover and front bezel.
See “Removing the Computer Cover” and “Removing the Front Bezel” in
Chapter 7.
3. Slide the new drive into its bay until it snaps securely into place.
If necessary, you can adjust drive alignment by repositioning one or both rails.
4. Install the controller card in an expansion slot.
See “Installing an Expansion Card” in Chapter 8.
5. Connect a DC power cable to the tape drive.
If other installed drives are in the way, disengage them by pressing in on the plas-
tic drive rails at the front of the bay, and slide them slightly toward the front of the
chassis.
Refer to “DC Power Cables” found earlier in this chapter to determine which DC
power cable connector to use. Plug the DC power cable connector into the four-
pin power input connector on the back of the drive.
6. Attach the interface cable that came with the drive kit to the interface connector
on the back of the drive.
7. Connect the interface cable to the controller connector on the controller card.
Refer to the controller card’s documentation to identify the controller connector
on the card.
8. If you moved other drives in step 5, snap them back into place.
9. Check all cable connections that may have been loosened during this procedure.
Arrange cables so that they will not catch on the computer covers or block the air-
flow of the fans or cooling vents.
10. If a front-panel insert on the front bezel blocks the bay in which you installed the
drive, remove the insert.
See “Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts” found earlier in this chapter.
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