IBM BladeCenter S 7779, User Manual

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Chapter 1. BladeCenter S Types 7779 and 8886 disk storage
module
Disk storage modules can be installed in storage module bay 1 and storage module
bay 2 of the BladeCenter S chassis.
Disk storage modules
You can install a maximum of two disk storage modules in the BladeCenter S
chassis and each disk storage module contains hot-swap hard disk drives. A disk
storage module and the hard disk drives installed in that disk storage module are
commonly referred to as
integrated shared storage because this storage is integrated
in the BladeCenter S chassis and shared among the blade servers in the
BladeCenter S system.
Each disk storage module can support up to twelve hot-swap, 2.5-inch hard disk
drives. Please note that only SAS hard disk drives are supported. Thus, only SAS
RAID controller modules can be used.
Within each disk storage module, the hard disk drives are numbered 1 through 12
from top to bottom for the 2.5-inch hard disk drive configuration.
Note:
Each hard disk drive bay must contain either a hard disk drive or a
drive-bay filler.
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