User`s guide
User Guide
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NovaScale T830 E1 Specific Features
Peripheral Bays
The system supports a variety of standard PC AT-compatible peripheral devices. The
chassis includes these peripheral bays:
■ Two 5.25-inch file bays for installing half-height 5.25-inch peripheral devices such
as optional tape drives (An optical drive is factory-installed).
■ One 3.5-inch bay.
■ The hard disk drive cage in which S-ATA or SAS hard disk drives can be installed.
Expansion Slots
■ Two 32-bit/33MHz, 3V PCI connectors.
■ One x8 PCI Express connector (x4 lane).
■ One physical x8 PCI Express connector (x8 lane).
■ One physical x16 PCI Express connector (x8 lane).
These slots enable you to install additional LAN boards. Refer to “Optional Features”
on page 48 for details about the components that may be installed in the expansion
slots.
RAID Support
Although your motherboard features onboard RAID support, an additional controller
(factory-installed) is mandatory to take advantage of the hard disk drives hot-
swappability.
Refer to “
LSI 8708EM2 SAS/SATA RAID Controller” on page 58 for more
information.
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