The Dell PE1800 servers utilize the Intel ICH8 chipset, which will not do hot swap SATA. However, "cold plug" is supported. 1. Connect an ESATA to SATA connector inside the DELL PE1800 from SATA CON 0 to an external card cage bracket. KingWin makes such an adapter cheap. 2. Power up the PE1800. 3. To use the external ESATA drive: 1. Connect the drive to the PE1800 via an ESATA cable. 2. Power it up. 3. Run the script: sudo esata mount. 4. Perform the IO operations with the mounted filesystem @ /media/esata. 5. Run the script: sudo esata umount. 6. Power down the drive. 7. Disconnect the drive's ESATA cable from the PE1800. Prerequisites: - sudo apt-get install scsiadd