NEC Express5800/340Hb-R N8800-047F, User Manual

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General Description 2-35
Floppy Disk Drive
A USB floppy disk drive is attached to the main unit. It allows you to read and write (save) data
using floppy disks.
The USB floppy disk drive accepts the following types of floppy disks:
„
2HD floppy disk (1.44MB)
„
2DD floppy disk (720KB)
IMPORTANT:
USB floppy disk drive
When installing the server in rack assembly, connect the USB floppy disk drive to
the lower side of the server by using the rail coming with the server. Ask a
maintenance engineer of your service representative having the expert knowledge
on the server to do the installation, removal and replacement procedures.
Drive Letter of Floppy Disk Drive
The drive letter will change when the primary PCI module is switched to the standby PCI module
while the Windows operating system is in operation. The drive letter of the floppy disk will be
determined as follows:
"A" will be assigned to the floppy disk drive for the PCI module that is operating as the primary PCI
module during Windows operating system boot-up. "B" will be assigned to the floppy disk drive for
the standby PCI module.
Ex) If a floppy disk drive was connected for the first time while the primary PCI module is group 1.
Primary PCI module
PCI module (for group 1): A drive
PCI module (for group 2): B drive
IMPORTANT:
In the event that the active PCI module switches to the standby
PCI module due to a failure while the system is in operation, the floppy disk drive
letter will change at the point PCI module switches to the standby module.