IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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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
Riser card
Tray
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).
Chapter 4. Installing options
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