User`s manual

26 27MAXDATA PLATINUM 7200 IR M6Platform Description

Peripherals

Hot-Swap SCSI Hard Disk Drive Support

The hot-swap hard disk drive carrier accommodates 15,000-RPM or slower Ultra320 SCSI SCA-type

hard disk drives.

The SCSI Backplane Board supports Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI disk drives only. Single-

Ended (SE) SCSI devices are not supported internally. SE drives are only supported on the external

SCSI connector.

Figure 7. Hard Disk Drive Carrier

Table 10. Hard Disk Drive Carrier

Item Description

A Latch

B Dual-color activity LED:

• Green flashing: Indicates hard drive is active.

• Amber and green alternating flashing: Indicates hard drive is powered

on and is rebuilding RAID, or it is powered on and has a fault condition.

• Amber flashing: Indicates hard drive is not powered on and has a fault

condition.

• Unlit: Indicates no hard drive is installed in that location or a drive is

installed, but no drive activity is taking place.

Removable Media Drive Bay Support

The DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive is installed in a sheetmetal carrier and is inserted from the front of the

chassis. The tape back-up drive is also installed from the front of the chassis. You must power down

the platform and remove the top cover to remove or install these devices.

5 ¼-inch Half-height Drive Bay

The system supports a single 5 ¼” half height device mounted in the front of the chassis. A SCSI

tape backup device could be used and cabled to the SCSI Channel B on the Main Board.