Ids For Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives; Installing A Simple-Swap Sata Hard Disk Drive - IBM 436854u - System x3200 M2 5U Mini Tower Server User Manual

IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives

On some models, the hot-swap-drive backplane controls the IDs of the internal
hot-swap drive bays. The following table lists the IDs of the hard disk drives and
backplane that are connected to one channel in the hot-swap models. In the typical
configuration, the standard hard disk drives and backplane are connected to
channel A. This table applies only to server models that support four hard disk
drives.
If your server is the eight-bay, 2.5 inch hot-swap SAS model, the IDs of the hard
disk drives are shown in the following table.

Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive

Some server models support 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA hard disk drives, which
are accessible from the front of the server. You must disconnect all power from the
server before remove or install simple-swap drives. Before you install a simple-swap
SATA hard disk drive, read the following information:
v You can install four simple-swap SATA hard disk drives in the simple-swap
v Install the drives starting from the top bay to the bottom bay (bay 4, 5, 6, and
v The four simple-swap SATA hard disk drive connects to the SATA 0 through
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Table 8. IDs of the hot-swap drives (models with four drive bays)
Drive bay
4
5
6
7
Table 9. IDs of the hot-swap drives (models with eight drive bays)
Drive bay
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
models.
then 7).
SATA 3 connectors on the system board as follows:
– The drive in bay 4 connects to the SATA 0 connector on the system board.
– The drive in bay 5 connects to the SATA 1 connector on the system board.
– The drive in bay 6 connects to the SATA 2 connector on the system board.
– The drive in bay 7 connects to the SATA 3 connector on the system board.
–
ID
0
1
2
3
ID
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7