Chapter 2. Performing The 4939 Hardware Installation; Step 5. Preparing The Ibm Flex System Chassis - IBM Flex System V7000 Installation Manual

Chapter 2. Performing the 4939 hardware installation

You have completed the initial steps of verifying the shipping contents and
becoming familiar with the hardware components. You have verified that the
power and environmental requirements are met and have planned the location of
the enclosures. You are now ready to begin installing the 4939 hardware
components and connecting the SAS cables.
Attention: You might be required to install optional host interface card(s) or
drives before installing the enclosures in the IBM Flex System chassis. If your
shipment included either of these optional features, see the Installing optional
features topic in the IBM Flex System V7000 Information Center or in the IBM Flex
System V7000 Storage Node Troubleshooting, Recovery, and Maintenance Guide PDF on
the CD shipped with your system.

Step 5. Preparing the IBM Flex System chassis

It might be necessary to remove shelves and remove or add shelf supports from
the IBM Flex System chassis to accommodate installation of the enclosure.
Before you begin
The Flex System V7000 Storage Node enclosure requires 4 of the 14 bays in the
IBM Flex System chassis. Depending upon how the chassis is currently configured,
it might be necessary to remove shelves and add or remove shelf supports from
the IBM Flex System chassis. If necessary, use these instructions to remove a 1-bay
shelf and remove or add the shelf supports in the IBM Flex System chassis.
Procedure
1. To remove a shelf, grasp the blue touch points 1 on the shelf 2 and slide
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both touch points inward toward each other and then slide the shelf out of the
chassis. Save the shelf for future use.Figure 3 on page 10 shows the Flex system
chassis shelf removal.
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