IBM RS/6000 manual Drives into, Bays, Cpu

Installing Disk		Drives into the		Hot-Swap	Bays
This	procedure		describes	how	to install a disk drive into a hot-swap bay
CPU	Drawer	is	powered on.

Attention: Do not open the drive; no user adjustments or serviceable parts inside.

Note:

Ÿ	SCSI	disk drives and	SSA disk drives	are	not interchangeable.
Ÿ	Banks	C and D support	hot-swappable	disk	drives only.

ŸThis procedure is similar to any hot-swappable disk drive that is

ported by this drawer.

ŸSCSI disk drive carriers and SSA disk drive carriers are not inter able.

ŸFor additional information regarding the operation of the hot-swap

drives see the installation and users guide that came with the

Ÿ

Remember

that each

1.6 inch disk drive takes

two

bays.

Ÿ

To

run

SSA

drives

in

banks

C and

D,

a

SCSI

disk

drive

must

be

inst

on a media tray in

bank

B2, to

serve

as

a

boot

drive.

Ÿ

Before

installing

SSA

disk

drives

in

banks

C

and

D,

order

and

insta

SSA disk drive backplane at the

rear

of

banks

C and D. You must

order and have install a SSA adapter. To order, contact

your

auth

reseller or

marketing

representative.

Ÿ

After

the

backplanes

are

completely

installed,

you

do

not

have to

the

server

to

install additional

hot-swappable disk

drives.

5-6RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model H Series User's Guide