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ProRACK 8020
Section 3 - Using the System
Overview
This sections describes several basic procedures:
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Installing disk drives
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Hot swapping disk drives
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Installing 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch drives (optional)
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Swapping power supplies
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Maintaining the ProRACK
Installing SCSI Disk Drives
Installing the drive involves mounting the drive in the drive
tray, and making the proper connections to the drive between
the outer passthru facing and the host system.
Passthru Inner Facing
The passthru inner facing is a simple circuit board mounted
in the drive tray, designed to pass data, LED power and
power supply to the SCSI drive from the drive’s host system.
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SCSI DRIVE DATA CONNECTOR
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Power Connector
Figure 3-1: The SCSI Passthru, Inner Facing
