Supermicro 7045A-C3, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Server Installation
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Figure 2-5. Accessing the Inside of the System
(Rack Confi guration shown)
2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup
Next, you should check to make sure the peripheral drives and the SAS/SATA
drives and backplane have been properly installed and all connections have been
made.
Checking the Drives
All drives can be accessed from the front of the server. For servicing the CD- 1.
ROM, IDE hard drives and fl oppy drives, you will need to remove the top/left
chassis cover. The SAS/SATA disk drives can be installed and removed from
the front of the chassis without removing any chassis covers.
To install components into the 5.25" drive bays, you must fi rst remove the 2.
top/left chassis cover as described in the previous section. Refer to Chapter 6
for details.
Refer to Chapter 6 if you need to reinstall a CD-ROM and/or fl oppy disk drive 3.
to the system.