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v You can install two additional 5.25-inch, half-high, removable-media drives or one
v You cannot install hot-swap drives in the removable-media or non-hot-swap drive
v Your server supports a maximum of six 1-inch (26 mm) slim-high, 3.5-inch,
Notes:
1. To minimize the possibility of damage to the hard disk drives when you are
2. You do not have to turn off the server to install hot-swap drives in the hot-swap
3. You can install three additional hot-swap hard disk drives in the server after you
4. Some filler panels might come with a slim filler.
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additional 5.25-inch, full-high, removable-media drive in the removable-media
drive bays (A and B). The server supports full-high and half-high DLT, SDLT, and
LTO drives. For a list of supported options for your server, go to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/ on the World Wide Web.
A three-drop power signal cable and a one-drop IDE cable come attached to the
CD-ROM drive. Use this power signal cable to connect the removable-media
drives. The one-drop SCSI signal cable that comes with your server will need to
be replaced with a two-drop SCSI signal cable to provide a signal connection to
the removable-media drives.
bays on the front side of the server, unless you install the 3-Pack Ultra320
Hot-Swap Expansion option.
hot-swap hard disk drives in the standard hot-swap bays. In the tower model, the
hot-swap bays are arranged vertically in the standard hard disk drive cage; the
bay numbers are 0 through 5 (from bottom to top). In the rack configuration, the
hot-swap bays are arranged horizontally in the standard hard disk drive cage; the
bay numbers are 0 through 5 (from left to right). In the tower model, bays 0
through 5 are below the removable-media drive bays. In the rack configuration,
bays 0 through 5 are to the left of the removable-media drive bays.
installing them in a rack configuration, install the server in the rack before
installing the hard disk drives.
drive bays. However, you must turn off the server when performing any steps
that involve installing or removing cables.
install the 3-Pack Ultra320 Hot-Swap Expansion option (see "Working with the
3-Pack Ultra320 Hot-Swap Expansion option" on page 32). These drives are in
the optional hard disk drive cage. The SCSI IDs are listed in Table 3 on
page 74.