Dell PowerEdge 2450 - Manual (Page 93)

support.dell.com Installing a Drive in the Peripheral Bay 9-1
The open peripheral bay at the front of a Dell PowerEdge 2450 system can accommo-
date a user-accessible, half-height 5.25-inch device, such as a tape drive. This
peripheral bay is contained in a removable peripheral cage. The top of the peripheral
cage accommodates a standard 3.5-inch diskette drive and integrated drive electron-
ics (IDE) CD-ROM drive. These two drives connect to the system board via an
interposer board mounted on top of the peripheral bay. See Figure 9-1 for a general
view of the various drives and cables associated with the peripheral bay.
NOTE: You can also install a fifth hard-disk drive in the peripheral bay using an upgrade
kit available from Dell.
system board
interposer board interface cable
interposer board
diskette drive
IDE CD-ROM drive
SCSI interface connector
(SCSI2 [Channel B])