Installing and Removing an External USB Disk Drive, eSATA Drive, SATA Port Multiplier
Categories: Hard Drives/Storage
You can add external USB disk drives to any of the HP MediaSmart Server’s four USB ports. You can add either an eSATA drive or SATA port multiplier to the eSATA port.
| NOTE: | There are two parts to adding external drives: connect the drive to a USB port and then initialize the drive so it becomes part of the total server storage. |
To connect an external USB disk drive
If you use a USB disk drive, it is recommended that you use a drive that conforms to USB 2.0 or later.
- Plug in the USB cable into one of the USB ports on the server.
- To plug in and power up your external USB drive, see the documentation that came with your USB disk drive.
CAUTION: The addition of multiple USB disk drives through an external USB hub is neither recommended nor supported. Figure 1: Connecting a USB disk drive to HP MediaSmart Server
- Plug in the Serial ATA cable into the eSATA port on the back of the server, as shown in the following figure.
- To plug in and power up your eSATA disk drive or SATA port multiplier, see the documentation that came with your device.Figure 2: Location of eSATA connector
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