IBM 62174DU - IntelliStation A - Pro 6217, Installation Manual

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Installing internal drives
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Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 5
Bay 6
Bay 4
The following notes describe the types of drives that your computer supports and
other information that you must consider when installing internal drives.
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Your IntelliStation A Pro computer comes with an IDE optical drive (CD-ROM,
CD-RW, or DVD/CD-RW combo drive) in bay 1 and a hard disk drive in bay 4.
v You can install removable-media drives in bays 1, 2, and 3 only. Tape drives,
diskette drives, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-RW combo, and
DVD-RAM Multiburner Plus drives are examples of removable-media drives.
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You can install a 3.5-in. slim-high or 5.25-in. half-high removable-media drive,
such as a tape backup drive, in bay 2.
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You can install an IDE diskette drive or a 3.5-in slim-high hard disk drive in bay
3.
v To install a 3.5-in. drive in a 5.25-in. bay, you must use the 5.25-in. conversion
kit.
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The IntelliStation A Pro computer supports only one diskette drive: either an IDE
diskette drive in bay 3 or a USB drive connected to the USB connector on the
front of the computer.
v Two Serial ATA hard disk drive connectors are on the system board.
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When SCSI drives are installed, set the drive jumpers either to disable auto-start
or to delay startup, to prevent overtaxing the system power supply by all drives
trying to spin up at once.
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If you have SCSI hard disk drives and SATA hard disk drives in the same
computer, note the following HostRAID considerations for hard disk drives:
– You can enable HostRAID on only one subsystem (SCSI or SATA)
– If HostRAID is enabled on a subsystem, you can install boot hard disk drives
on that subsystem only.
If you fail to observe these restrictions, the computer will usually disable the
BIOS for the last subsystem loaded, which typically is SCSI.
For more information about HostRAID, see “Using the Adaptec HostRAID
configuration programs” on page 46.
v The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the computer are
protected by having all bays and PCI-X slots covered or occupied. When you
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