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12. Connect all power cables and interface cables to the other hard drives in the drive bay.
13. Ensure that all cables are firmly connected and arranged so that they will not catch on the computer covers or block airflow inside the system.
14. If you removed the baffle in step11, replace the baffle now (see "Installing the Baffle" in "Troubleshooting Your System").
15. Stand the system upright.
16. Install the cover (see "Installing the Cover" in "Troubleshooting Your System").
17. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
18. Partition and logically format the hard drive (see the operating system documentation).
19. Test the drive:
l If you installed one or more IDE hard drives connected to the IDE controller on the system board, run the hard drive tests in the system
diagnostics to determine whether the drive operates properly (see "Running the System Diagnostics").
l If you installed a drive in an IDE RAID array, run the hard drive tests in the system diagnostics (see "Running the System Diagnostics"). Also, see
the RAID controller's documentation for information on testing the controller.
l If you installed one or more SCSI hard drives connected to the SCSI controller on the system board, run the SCSI controllers tests and the hard
drive tests in the system diagnostics (see "Running the System Diagnostics").
l If you installed a drive in a SCSI RAID array, run the SCSI controllers tests and the hard drive tests in the system diagnostics (see "Running the
System Diagnostics"). Also, see the RAID controller's documentation for information on testing the array.
Installing and Removing Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drives
The drive bays in a system with an optional SCSI backplane board provide space for up to six 1-inch hard drives. The hard drives plug into the SCSI backplane
board, which is connected to a controller on the system board (see Figure7-12) or to a RAID controller card (see Figure7-13).
Figure 7-12. Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drives Connected to the Integrated SCSI Controller
NOTICE: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive failure.