IBM JS20 - BladeCenter - 8842 Installation And User Manual page 35

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Attention:
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the BladeCenter
unit for more than 1 minute without a blade server or filler blade installed in each
blade bay.
IDE drive
Tray
Riser
card
IDE connector 2
(J2)
Short screws
Attention:
v Drives must be installed in the following order: IDE connector 1 (J1) first, then
IDE connector 2 (J2).
v Do not install a hard disk drive in 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 hard disk drive.
v Do not press on the top of the hard disk drive when installing it. Pressing the top
could damage the hard disk drive.
v IDE hard disk drives must be set to primary (master). See the documentation that
came with your hard disk drive for instructions.
Complete the following steps to install a 2.5-inch IDE hard disk drive:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 19.
2. If the blade server is operating, shut down the operating system by typing the
shutdown -h now command. If the blade server was not turned off, press the
power-control button (behind the blade-server control-panel door) to turn off
the blade server. See "The control panel buttons and LEDs" on page 13 for
more information about the location of the power-control button.
3. Remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit. (See "Removing the
blade server from the BladeCenter unit" on page 21 for instructions.) Carefully
place the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the blade server cover. See "Opening the blade server cover" on page
22 for instructions.
5. Insert the riser card from the option kit into an IDE connector on the blade
server system board.
IDE connector 1
(J1)
Chapter 4. Installing options
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