Technical Product Specification
Intel® Server System SR1690WB TPS Peripheral Drive Support
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Intel order number: E72797-009
5. Peripheral Drive Support
The system provides a slim-line drive bay that can populate with a SATA optical drive (CD-
ROM, DVD, and DVD/CD-R). The drive is mounted on a tool-less tray, which allows for easy
installation into and removal from the system. The slim-line device is not hot-swappable.
Recommended to use Intel
®
validated optical drive.
Figure 17. View of Slim-line Drive Bay (in Deep Black)
The drive is directly connected to a SATA cable and a SATA power cable. The other end of
the SATA cable is connected to one SATA port on the server board.
Table 24. Optical Drive SATA Connector Pin-out
Pin
Signal Name
Description
1 GND Ground
2 SATA_TX_P Positive side of transmit differential pair
3 SATA_TX_N Negative side of transmit differential pair
4 GND Ground
5
SATA_RX_N
Negative side of receive differential pair
6
SATA_RX_P
Positive side of receive differential pair
7
GND
Ground
Table 25. Optical Drive SATA Power Connector Pin-out
Pin
Signal Name
Description
P1
Not Used
-
P2
Not Used
-
P3
Not Used
-
P4
GND
Ground
P5
GND
Ground
P6
GND
Ground
P7
P5V
Power supply 5V
P8
P5V
Power supply 5V
P9
P5V
Power supply 5V
P10
GND
Ground
P11
Reserved
-
P12
GND
Ground
P13
P12V
Power supply 12V
P14
P12V
Power supply 12V
P15
P12V
Power supply 12V