INSTALLING YOUR DISK DRIVES
The instructions below apply to all types of drive carriers intended for use with the Vess R2600 or
Vess J2600. Note that SATA drives require additional SAS-to-SATA adapters to work properly in a
dual RAID controller models. If you intend to use SATA hard drives, make sure the drive carriers
shipped with the unit are appropriate for your SATA drive. See Figures 13 and 14 for examples of
drive carriers for SATA hard drives.
1. Remove a disk drive carrier.
2. Carefully lay the disk drive into the drive carrier at the front, so that the screw holes on the
sides line up.
3. Insert the screws through the holes in the drive carrier and into the sides of the disk drive.
Install only the counter-sink screws supplied with the Vess J2600.
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Install four
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Snug each screw. Be careful not to over-tighten.
4. Reinstall the drive carrier into the Vess J2600 enclosure.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 until all of your disk drives are installed.
Figure 13: SAS disk drive mounted in a drive carrier
screws
per drive.
Caution
The Vess R2600 and Vess J2600 support disk drive hot-swapping. To
avoid hand contact with an electrical hazard, do not remove more than
one drive carrier a time.
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