FireChief™ User Manual
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“Drive
Racks”
are the part of the drive bay that mounts permanently inside
the system chassis.
The FireChief includes 2 SATA Drive Racks, 2 SATA Trays and 2 BRIDGE
Trays (for IDE hard drives). The Drive Racks are mounted in the FireChief
case.
The Drive Racks have a SATA interface and will only accept SATA
or BRIDGE Trays
. The Drive Racks will not accept older IDE trays used with
previous FireChiefs.
Identifying Drive Trays
Drive trays have two interfaces which identify how they may be used. One
interface specifies how the tray is connected to the rack and the other interface
specifies what type of drive it can accept. The tray/rack interface type is printed
on the bottom rear of the tray. The drive type interface is printed on the top
front of the tray
.
The FireChief ships with two types of trays. Bridge Trays
which accept IDE drives and SATA Trays which accept SATA drives.
Tray
Type
Rack Interface (Bottom Rear)
Drive Type (Top Front)
SATA
SATA
SATA
BRIDGE
SATA
IDE
Connecting the FireChief
Make sure the FireChief is powered off prior to connecting a hard drive.
1.
Connect the Hard Drive to the appropriate drive tray (IDE or SATA)
IDE:
Connect the short 80 conductor/40 pin ribbon cable to the IDE
connector on the back of the hard drive making sure the connector is
properly aligned and seated.
SATA:
Connect the small black connector to
the back of the hard drive making sure the connector is properly aligned
and seated.
2.
Connect Power Adapter: IDE:
Connect the power connector to the 4-pin
power connector on the hard drive again making sure the connector is
properly aligned and seated.
SATA:
Connect the large black connector to
the back of the hard drive making sure the connector is properly aligned
and seated.
3.
Inserting the drive tray into the FireChief:
Close the drive tray and insert
the drive tray back into the appropriate drive bay and lock in place.
4.
Connect FireChief to host computer:
Power on FireChief and connect
the FireWire cable to the host computer’s FireWire controller.
