Installing Internal Drives; Internal Drive Bays - IBM xSeries 230 6RY Hardware Maintenance Manual

10. Connect any needed cables to the adapter.
11. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to

Installing internal drives

Different types of drives allow your system to read multiple types of media and
store more data. Several types of drives are available, such as:
v Diskette (already installed)
v Hard disk
v CD-ROM (already installed)
v Tape, including DLT

Internal drive bays

Internal drives are installed in bays. The bays of the xSeries 230 are in the front of
the server, as shown in the following illustrations.
Attention:
you must install the power supply backplane option and additional power
supplies.
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b. Carefully grasp the adapter by its top edge or upper corners, and align it
with the expansion slot on the system board.
c. Press the adapter firmly into the expansion slot.
Attention: When you install an adapter in the server, be sure that it is
completely and correctly seated in the system-board connector before you
apply power. Incomplete insertion might cause damage to the system
board or the adapter.
d. Close the retaining flap on the adapter support bracket, if you opened it.
e. Align the bottom tabs of the adapter retention bracket with the holes at the
top of the expansion slots, and press the adapter retention bracket toward
the back of the server until it clicks into the locked position.
Attention: Route cables so that they do not block the flow of air from the
fans.
The following illustration shows the rerouting of the SCSI cable if you install a
ServeRAID adapter (remove the cable from SCSI connector A (J17) on the
system board and connect it to the RAID adapter).
"Installing the cover" on page 70.
If you are going to install additional drives in the non-hot-swap bays,