3 System upgrade40Configuring the four-bay HDD cageThis section explains how to install a four-bay hot-plug HDD cage aswell as procedures on how to install a hard disk into the cage’s harddisk carrier.Installing the four-bay HDD cageThe Altos G530 has two HDD cage bays that accept the following HDDcages:• Hot-plug SCSI HDD cage• Easy-swap SCSI HDD cage• Hot-plug SATA HDD cage• Easy-swap SATA HDD cageThe main difference between a hot-plug HDD cage and an easy-swapHDD cage is the presence of a backplane board on the rear side of thehot-plug HDD cage.The system ships out with only a single four-bay SCSI or SATA HDD cageleaving one bay empty. You have the option to purchase an extra cageto provide the system with additional storage capacity and scalability.Contact your local Acer representative for more information.Note: When installing a hot-plug or easy-swap SCSI or SATA HDDcage in the system, you can use either the onboard SCSI channel(LVD SCSI CH A) or SATA (SATA_A1 or A2) connectors, or you caninstall a SCSI/SATA RAID card. The SCSI/SATA RAID card should beAcer-qualified, compatible with the system and includeappropriate drivers. Refer to page 70 for intructions on how toinstall a RAID card.Refer to the “Mainboard layout” on page 14 for the location ofthe SCSI channel or SATA connectors.To purchase a SCSI or SATA RAID card, contact your local Acerrepresentative or order directly from http://www.acer.com/.
