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Question posted by revolbunnyd on August 26th, 2014

Md1000 Do You Need The Interposer Board

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Answer #1: Posted by MWatDell on August 27th, 2014 2:55 AM

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Hi revolbunnyd

If you are using SATA hard drives in your MD1000, you will have to use the interposer board.

Please refer to this manual on Page 32 for more details:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_powervault/powervault-md1000_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf

Hope this helps.

MW@Dell

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