A technician is refurbishing an older workstation which contains a motherboard with only legacy storage interface ports. In the storage archive, the technician identifies an array of newer storage devices, none of which directly match the motherboard's available connectors. What solution should the technician employ to integrate a new storage device into the system utilizing the available ports on the motherboard?
Perform a firmware upgrade on the older motherboard to natively accept the recent standard of the storage devices.
Purchasing a new workstation or motherboard with more modern connections is necessary.
Adjust the setting on the new storage devices to align with the communication protocols used by the legacy ports.
Procure a bridge adapter capable of converting from the legacy connection standard of the motherboard to the modern interface of the drives.
An adapter that bridges the connectivity between the current interface standard of the storage devices and the legacy interface available on the motherboard must be used. Since the new storage devices follow a different, more recent standard and the computer is equipped with a different, earlier specification, an adapter is needed to make the two compatible. The incorrect options suggest either using a direct substitute of cables, which does not address interface incompatibility, altering device configuration that is unrelated to interconnection, or a BIOS update which could not add absence physical connectivity.
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