Dell PowerEdge 500SC - Manual (Page 48)

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Installing Drives
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 500SC Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Configuring the EIDE Subsystem
Configuring the Boot Device
Connecting Drives
Removing and Reinstalling the Drive Cage
Adding or Replacing Hard Drives
Adding or Replacing Other Drives
Your system has six drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see
Figure 7 -1 ):
l The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the system consist of a 3.5-inch drive bay that accommodates one 3.5-inch diskette drive (standard)
and two 5.25-inch, half height drive bays that can accommodate two 5.25-inch devices— typically a CD drive and one other device, such as a tape drive.
l There are three internally accessible 3.5-inch bays that can hold up to three 1-inch EIDE hard drives.
Figure 7-1. Drive Bays
The following sections contain general information and information that you will need in several of the installation procedures. The remaining sections address
each type of drive removal and installation.
Configuring the EIDE Subsystem
The enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) subsystem includes two IDE interfaces (primary and secondary), each of which can support up to two IDE
devices such as high-capacity hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, and tape drives.
All IDE devices should be configured for the Cable Select jumper position, which assigns master and slave status to devices by their position on the interface
cable. In this configuration, the drive attached to the last connector on the interface cable is the master or boot drive (drive 0) and the drive attached to the
middle connector on the interface cable is the slave drive (drive 1). The drive jumpers are located on the back of each IDE drive. See the drive's documentation
for instructions on setting the Cable Select jumper position.
Configuring the Boot Device
If you plan to boot the system from a hard drive, the hard drive must be attached to the primary IDE controller. The device that the system boots from is
determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup program.
The System Setup program provides options that the system uses to scan for installed boot devices. Refer to the User's Guide for information about the
System Setup program.