IBM Netfinity 3500, User Handbook Manual

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Expansion Bays
Installing or Removing Internal Drives
Drives are devices that your server uses to store and retrieve data.
You can add drives to your server to increase storage capacity and
to enable your server to read multiple types of media. Several types
of drives are available, such as:
Ÿ
Diskette
Ÿ
Hard disk
Ÿ
Rewritable optical disc
Ÿ
Tape
Expansion Bays
Internal drives are installed in bays. The bays are referred to as
bay 1, bay 2, and so on.
Your server comes with one 3.5-inch, 1.44 MB diskette drive, one
5.25-inch CD-ROM drive, and, in some models, a 3.5-inch hard disk
drive. The following illustration shows the server front view, with
the side panel removed.
CD-ROM Drive
Open Bay
Open Bay
3.5-Inch
Diskette Drive
3.5-Inch Hard
Disk Drive
Open Bay
Power Switch
CD-ROM Drive: Your server comes with an integrated drive
electronics (IDE) CD-ROM drive.
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