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3.4 Connecting drives

The following procedures provide the necessary steps for safely connecting drives to

TX1.

TX1 operates as a standalone device or with the TX1-S1 drive bay. To connect the drive

bay, ensure TX1 is powered off, align TX1 into place on top of the drive bay, and slide it

back to lock it into place.

3.4.1 Source drives

Connect one or more drives to the TX1 source (left) side interfaces: SATA/SAS (x2), USB

3.0, PCIe, or FireWire.

Note: The PCIe interface on TX1 does not support hot-swapping. PCIe adapters with

drives installed must be attached to TX1’s PCIe port before powering up the unit. Also,

removing a PCIe adapter from TX1 or removing a drive from a PCIe adapter before

powering down TX1 will cause system instability and could possibly damage the drive,

adapter, or TX1. TX1 must be powered down before removing the drive from any

Tableau PCIe adapter or removing a PCIe drive/adapter from the TX1 PCIe port.

A Tableau PCIe adapter (sold separately) is required to acquire PCIe drives. The

Tableau IDE-PCIe adapter (TDA7-5, sold separately) is required to acquire IDE drives.

For detailed information on all the available PCIe based adapters for TX1, see the

Adapters section of the Tableau Hardware products webpage

(https://security.opentext.com/tableau/hardware?types=Adapters).

TX1 can acquire certain Apple computers that support Target Disk Mode via the USB 3.0

or FireWire source side connections. This can be done via three different types of Apple

computer interfaces: USB-C, FireWire, and Thunderbolt 2. Commercially available

adapters are required to convert these interfaces to USB 3.0 (for USB-C devices) or

FireWire (for Thunderbolt 2 devices) for connecting to TX1. See the Adapters section of

the Tableau Hardware products webpage

(https://security.opentext.com/tableau/hardware?types=Adapters) or contact Customer

Support for more information on the required adapters.

TX1 provides an Ethernet connection which enables network-based acquisition of iSCSI

physical media (clones and physical or logical images) and mounted CIFS shares. See

“Duplication over a network” on page 82 for more information.

Source drives are listed in the user interface in the order of TX1's physical port layout:

iSCSI/CIFS, USB, FireWire, SATA/SAS 1, SATA/SAS 2, PCIe.

3.4.2 Destination drives

Connect one or more drives to the TX1 destination (right) side: SATA/SAS (x2) or USB

3.0. If using the Drive Bay, insert one or more 2.5” or 3.5” SATA/SAS drives.