IBM HS40 manual Installing IDE drives

Installing IDE drives

Your blade server has two connectors on the I/O board for installing optional

2.5-inch IDE drives (either hard disk drives or flash drives). Each IDE connector is on a separate bus. Some models come with at least one IDE flash drive already installed.

Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the BladeCenter unit without either a blade server, expansion unit, or filler blade installed in each blade bay for more than 1 minute for the BladeCenter unit and 20 minutes for the BladeCenter T unit.

Important: Ensure that the storage capacities and speeds of the drives are identical when configuring or replacing drives in a mirrored configuration.

IDE drive

Tray

Riser card

Complete the following steps to install a 2.5-inch IDE drive.

Note: Do not install an IDE drive into IDE connector 2 if you intend to also install an optional I/O expansion card. The I/O expansion card occupies the same area as the second IDE drive.

1.Read the safety information beginning on page 109 and “Installation guidelines” on page 33.

2.Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See “Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit” on page 39 for instructions.

3.Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.

4.Open the blade server cover (see “Opening the blade server cover” on page 40 for instructions).

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