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Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
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SATA Drive Installation
The SATA drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and
removal from the chassis. These carriers also help promote proper airflow for
the Serial ATA drive bays. For this reason, even empty carriers without drives
installed must remain in the chassis.
1. To remove a carrier, push the release button located beside the drive LEDs.
Swing the colored handle fully out and use it to pull the unit straight out (see
Figure 6-5)
2. Install a drive into the carrier with the printed circuit board side facing down
so that the mounting holes align with those in the carrier.
3. Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws, as shown in Figure 6-6.
Figure 6-5. Removing a SATA Drive from the Server
Warning: Use caution when working around the SATA backplane. Do not touch the
backplane with any metal objects and make sure no ribbon cables touch the backplane.
Also, regardless of how many drives are installed, all four drive carriers must remain
in the chassis to maintain proper airflow.
Warning: Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro
chassis and servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro
website at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/storage/SAS-1-Com-
pList-110909.pdf
Figure 6-6. Mounting a SATA Drive in a Carrier
SATA Power Cables
SATA drive power cables are be routed so that they do not block the airflow through
the chassis. See the serverboard layout diagram for the location of the cable con-
nections.
SATA Backplane
The SATA drives plug into a backplane that provides power, drive ID and bus termi-
nation. A RAID controller can be used with the backplane to provide data security.
The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-swap
capability of the SATA drives. The backplane is already preconfigured, so there are
no jumpers or switches present on it.