Acer G530 Series Manual De Usuario

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Configuring the four-bay HDD cage

This section explains how to install a four-bay hot-plug HDD cage as 
well as procedures on how to install a hard disk into the cage’s hard 
disk carrier.

Installing the four-bay HDD cage

The Altos G530 has two HDD cage bays that accept the following HDD 
cages:

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Hot-plug SCSI HDD cage

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Easy-swap SCSI HDD cage

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Hot-plug SATA HDD cage

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Easy-swap SATA HDD cage

The main difference between a hot-plug HDD cage and an easy-swap 
HDD cage is the presence of a backplane board on the rear side of the 
hot-plug HDD cage. 

The system ships out with only a single four-bay SCSI or SATA HDD cage 
leaving one bay empty. You have the option to purchase an extra cage 
to provide the system with additional storage capacity and scalability. 
Contact your local Acer representative for more information. 

Note:  When installing a hot-plug or easy-swap SCSI or SATA HDD 
cage in the system, you can use either the onboard SCSI channel 
(LVD SCSI CH A) or SATA (SATA_A1 or A2) connectors, or you can  
install a SCSI/SATA RAID card. The SCSI/SATA RAID card should be 
Acer-qualified, compatible with the system and include 
appropriate drivers. Refer to page 70 for intructions on how to 
install a RAID card.

To purchase a SCSI or SATA RAID card, contact your local Acer 
representative or order directly from http://www.acer.com/.