Dell r710 poweredge server

Question

Good Day, I have a dell r710 poweredge server and I need to add a Blu ray drive to it.  The SATA port B on the board is available (port A is used by the slim line DVD Drive and I need to keep it in the system also). My issue is that I do not see a place to power the drive on the internal SATA port B.  Do I need to order a special cable?  if so, were does it plug in.  The Blu ray drive is a standard internal Blu ray drive (3.5) and it connects with standard SATA connector and SATA power.  I have tried to use the drive with a USB adapter but I am not able to get ESXi 6.0 to pass the USB Blu Ray to the Client VM's. Your help in this matter is appreciated.

DELL-Josh Cr · Answer

Hi, The bay is usually for a tape backup unit, so there is a power cable for it, part GP700.

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