Ids For Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives; Installing A Simple-Swap Sata Hard Disk Drive - IBM System x3400 Type 7975 Installation Manual

7. If you are installing additional hot-swap hard disk drives, do so now.
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise go to
"Completing the installation" on page 31.

IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives

Hot-swap server models have drive bays that are connected to a SAS/SATA
backplane. This backplane, also known as the hot-swap-drive backplane, is the
printed circuit board behind these bays.
The hot-swap-drive backplane controls the IDs for the internal hot-swap drive bays.
The following table lists the IDs for the hard disk drives and backplane that are
connected to hot-swap models.

Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive

Some server models come with simple-swap SATA hard disk drives that are
accessible from the front of the server. Before you install a simple-swap SATA hard
disk drive, read the following information:
v You must turn off the server before installing simple-swap drives in the server.
v You can install only four simple-swap SATA hard disk drives in the server.
v The sequence for installing the hard disk drives is to install the drives starting
To install a simple-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
drive is recognized.) If the amber hard disk drive status LED for a drive is lit
continuously, it indicates that the drive is faulty and must be replaced. If the
amber hard disk drive status LED for a drive is flashing slowly, this indicates
that the drive is being rebuilt. If the amber hard disk drive status LED for a
drive is flashing rapidly, this indicates that the controller is identifying the
drive. If the green hard disk drive activity LED is flashing, this indicates that
the drive is being accessed.
Note: If the server is configured for RAID operation using a ServeRAID
adapter, you might have to reconfigure your disk arrays after
installing hard disk drives. See the ServeRAID documentation on the
IBM ServeRAID Support CD for additional information about RAID
operation and complete instructions for using ServeRAID Manager.
Device
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 5
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 7
Drive bay 8
Drive bay 9
Drive bay 10
Drive bay 11
from the bottom bay (bay 7) and go up to the top bay (bay 4).
on page 9.
ID
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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