IBM RS/6000 7025 manual All Bays, Preinstallation Steps

Preinstallation Steps			(All Bays)
Note:	All	internal drives in this system are			mounted vertically.
Attention:		Caution	should	be used when handling	all hard drives. Drives are more
likely	to	be damaged		during installation and	service. Bumping or handling drives

roughly causes latent failures. Don't stack drives and always use appropriate ESD

practices.

A

drop

of as

little

as

a

1/4

inch

can

cause

latent failures. Media

30 seconds

to

spin

down,

so

ensure

at

least

a

30

second

delay

before

switching

the hot-swappable drives

for removal.

1. Touch the static-protective bag containing the drive to

any

unpainted

metal

surface

on

the

system;

then

remove

the drive

from the

bag.

DevicesStatic

2. Check the instructions that came with the drive to see if you need to set switches or jumpers on the drive, or if you need to attach a tray to the

Notes:

ŸAutomatic SCSI ID setting applies only to hot-swappable disk drives.

Therefore,

if you

install

a

SCSI media

drive

(in

bay

B),

you

must se

SCSI

ID

for

that

drive.

See

Table A-2

on page A-4 in

Appendix

A

for

SCSI

IDs.

Ÿ Remove

the

terminator from

the

media

drive

you

plan

to

install

in

bay

B.

The

cable

that

connects

to

bays

A

and

B

already

has

a

terminato

3. Choose the location in which you want to install the drive.

Ÿ	To	install	a	disk	drive, tape	drive,	or CD-ROM	in bay A or Bay B, go to pag
	5-44.
Ÿ	To	install	a	drive	in bank C,	D, or	E, go to	page 5-51.

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