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Intel Astor II Server Chassis Subassembly Product Guide
Installing a 5.25-inch Peripheral Device
Two 5.25-inch half-height bays provide space for tape backup, CD-ROM, or other removable
media drives.
CAUTION
For several reasons, we recommend that you do NOT install hard drives in
the 5.25-inch bays: the drives cannot be properly cooled in this location; a
hard drive generates EMI and is more susceptible to ESD in this location.
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NOTES
System EMI integrity and cooling are both protected by having drives
installed in the bays or filler panels and EMI shields covering the bays.
When you install a drive, save the panel and shield to reinstall in case you
should later remove the drive and not reinstall one in the same bay.
It is important that your cabling and connections meet the SCSI bus
specification. Otherwise, the bus could be unreliable and data corruption
could occur or devices may not work at all. The SCSI bus needs to be
terminated at the end of the cable, and this is usually provided by the last
SCSI device on the cable.
1.
Observe the safety and ESD precautions at the beginning of this chapter.
2.
Remove the side and front system covers. Place the front cover on a flat surface.
3.
Remove filler panel from the bay and set it aside.
4.
Push the tab on the left side of the EMI metal shield to the right to disengage it from the
chassis. Save the shield.
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Figure 18. Remove Filler Panels and EMI Shields
A.
EMI shield
B.
Filler panel
C.
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