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Chapter 4
SATA
For more information on SATA hard drives and the SATA RAID configuration, see Appendix B, “SATA
Devices,” on page 145.
To install one or two SATA drives:
1 Select a drive bay in which to install the drive. Squeeze the green tabs and slide the rails out of the
empty bay.
2 Attach the rails to the hard drive by aligning the notches with the holes and squeezing it into place
(see image on page 93).
3 Push the drive into the selected bay until it snaps into place.
4 Attach the power cable and data cable to the drive.
5 Connect the data cable to the serial ATA port.
To install more than two SATA hard drives:
NOTE If installing more than two SATA hard drives, you must install a SATA controller card.
1 Select a drive bay in which to install the drive.
2 Squeeze the green tabs and slide the rails out of the empty bay (see image on page 92).
3 Attach the rails to the hard drive by aligning the notches with the holes and squeezing it into place
(see image on page 93).
4 Push the drive into the selected bay until it snaps into place.
5 Attach the power and data cable to the drive.
6 Insert the SATA controller card into an available PCI expansion slot (page 84).
7 Connect the other end of the SATA cable to the SATA controller card.
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