Removing A Sas Hard Disk Drive; Installing Memory Modules - IBM JS21 - BladeCenter - 8844 Installation And User Manual

4. Open the blade server cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 17
5. Locate SAS connector 0 (J500) or SAS connector 1 (J501).
6. If a standard-form-factor expansion card is installed in the SAS connector 1
7. Put the drive into the tray and push it into the connector until the drive moves
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 24.

Removing a SAS hard disk drive

To remove a SAS hard disk drive, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
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 17
5. Locate SAS connector 0 (J500) or SAS connector 1 (J501).
6. While you pull the blue lever at the front of the hard disk drive tray, slide the
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 24.

Installing memory modules

The following notes describe the types of dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) that
the blade server supports and other information that you must consider when you
install DIMMs:
v The system board contains four DIMM connectors and supports two-way memory
v As of the date of this publication, the DIMM options that are available for the
for instructions).
location, complete the following steps:
a. Remove the expansion card and its mounting bracket, and save the screws
that secure the tray to the system board. Store the screws in a safe place.
b. Install the SAS connector 1 drive tray. Secure the drive tray to the system
board with the screws from the option kit.
Attention: Do not press on the top of the drive. Pressing on the top might
damage the drive.
past the lever at the front of the tray.
on page 15.
blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from
the BladeCenter unit" on page 16 for instructions.
for instructions).
drive out of the SAS connector and disengage it from the drive tray.
interleaving.
blade server are 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB. Depending on the memory
configuration that is set in the blade server firmware code, the blade server
supports a minimum of 1 GB and a maximum of 16 GB of system memory.
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