IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Installing a SSA Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E

Installing a SSA Disk Drive in Bank C, D, or E.

Notes:

Ÿ Banks C, D, and E support hot-swappable disk drives only.

ŸSSA disk drive carriers and SCSI disk drive carriers are not interchangeable.

Ÿ

9.1 GB

drives

(1.6

inches high) require two bays for each drive.

Ÿ

Before

installing

disk

drives in bank D or E, you must

also order and

install

a

disk

drive

backplane at

the

rear

of

bank D

or E. You must als

order

and

install

an

SSA

adapter

and

an SSA

cable

that

connects the

disk drive backplane to the SSA adapters. (To order, contact your

authorized reseller

or

marketing

representative.)

ŸAfter the backplane is completely installed, you do not have to turn off

server	to install	additional	hot-swappable disk drives. However, you must
turn off the system when			performing the steps that involve installing or
removing	backplanes,	cables,	adapters, memory, and CPU cards

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