Figure 1-2 shows the server's front controls, option bays, and drives.

Standard front controls include the following:

Additional front component features include:

Figure 1-3 shows the controls, connectors, and features on the rear of the server.

Figure 1-3. Back Controls and Indicators

Figure 1-4 shows a side view of the chassis and locations of key internal components.

Figure 1-4. Chassis Side View

The components shown in Figure 1-4 are listed as follows:

The 3.5-inch diskette drive in the 3.5-inch peripheral bay supports 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB media. The drive is externally accessible from the front of the system.

The chassis contains one hard disk drive bay that holds 3.5-inch-wide (1” high or 1-5/8” high) LVDS SCSI drives with internal cabling. The backplane is hot-swap-capable and can accommodate either six 3.5–inch-wide (1” high) hard drives (or three 1-5/8” high hard disks). The drives are accessed externally from the front of the system. Contact your sales or service representative for information on obtaining additional disks or drive carrier assemblies.

As part of the hot-swap implementation, an integral drive carrier and heatsink assembly is required for the hard disk drives. The drives are mounted in the carrier/heatsink assembly with four screws and the carrier snaps into the chassis. For information on how to install the carrier/heatsink assemblies, see “Mounting a SCSI Hard Disk Drive in a Carrier” in Chapter 5.

A single metal EMI shield and plastic door cover the hard drive bays. Drives can consume up to 22 watts of power and must be specified to run at a maximum ambient temperature of 55 °C.

The system was designed to use an optional Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). A software implementation with onboard SCSI or an add-in board can be used to set up RAID applications. Ask your sales or service representative for information on installation and use of RAID options.

The chassis has three 5.25-inch half-height bays that are accessible from the front of the system. These bays are intended to provide space for optional removable media devices.

You can convert the 5.25-inch bays to a single full-height bay. We recommend that you do not use these bays for hard disk drives, because they generate EMI (increasing ESD susceptibility), and because of inadequate cooling. To maintain compliance with electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulations, each 5.25-inch drive bay must be configured with either:

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Note: Integration of the 5.25-inch peripheral bay can affect EMC compliance and is a regulated activity.

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Caution: To avoid damage to a 5.25-inch peripheral device, ensure the EMI gasketing provided in the lower bay does not bridge or short any open circuits of the exposed peripheral device. If the 5.25-inch device has open circuits, install it in one of the two upper bays.

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