Chapter 2: Installation
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Parallel ATA Disk Drives
In order to use Parallel ATA disk drives in VTrak, you must first install a PATA-to-
SATA adapter available from Promise Technology.
Figure 6. PATA Disk Drives require a PATA-to-SATA adapter
1.
Obtain the needed quantity of PATA-to-SATA adapters from your Promise
distributor.
2.
Carefully lay the converter into the drive carrier, with the SATA connection
facing forward (see Figure 5), so that the screw holes on the bottom line up
(see Figure 3).
3.
Install the four screws that came with the adapter.
4.
Lay the carrier on a flat surface. Hold a disk drive in one hand and connect
the power and data cables with the other.
5.
Carefully lay the drive into the carrier so that the screw holes on the bottom
line up (see Figure 4).
6.
Insert Promise-supplied screws through the holes in the drive carrier and
into the bottom of the disk drive.
7.
Slide the assembled drive carrier back into the chassis and press the handle
forward to secure the Drive Carrier.
8.
Repeat these steps until all of your disk drives are installed.
Parallel ATA
Disk Drive
PATA-to-SATA
Adapter
