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Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-11
1.6
Installing Hot-Swap Cages
You can install either one BPL3 hot-swap cage or one BPL5 hot-swap cage into the
system housing. The system housing comes with one BPL5 hot-swap cage.
BPL3 and BPL5 Hot-Swap Cage Comparison Table
BPL3
BPL5
Dimension occupied
Two 5.25” bays
Three 5.25” bays
Cooling fans
Two 6 cm fans
One 12 cm fan
Power LED, HDD Access
LED, HDD Fail LED
Yes
Yes
HDD Support
SCA HDD
SCA HDD
Transfer Rate
80MB/s Ultra2
LVD
80MB/s Ultra2
LVD
SCSI Termination
Yes
Yes
SCSI out (for termination
or expansion)
Yes
Yes
See section 1.10 for additional information about BPL3 and BPL5 backplane
boards.