Hot-Swap Drives; Non-Hot-Swap Drives - IBM xSeries 230 6RY Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Hot-swap drives

Your server contains hardware that lets you continue to operate your system while
a hard disk drive is removed or installed. These drives are known as hot-swappable
drives. They are also referred to as hot-swap drives.
Each hot-swap drive that you plan to install must have a hot-swap-drive tray
attached. The drive must have a single connector attachment (SCA) connector.
Hot-swap-drive trays come with the hot-swap drives.
v Your server supports six slim (1-inch) or three half-high (1.6-inch), 3.5-inch
v The hot-swap bays connect to a SCSI backplane. This backplane is the printed
v The backplane controls the SCSI IDs for the hot swap drives.

Non-hot-swap drives

Diskette drives, tape drives, and CD-ROM drives are non-hot-swap drives. To
remove or install a non-hot swap drive, you must turn off the server first.
Non-hot-swap drives are installed in bays A, B, C, and D only.
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SCSI ID 9
2
Non-hot-swap bay B
3
Non-hot-swap bay C
4
Non-hot-swap bay A
5
Non-hot-swap bay D
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Hard disk activity light
7
Hard disk status light
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SCSI ID 5
9
SCSI ID 4
10
SCSI ID 3
11
SCSI ID 1
12
SCSI ID 0
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Hot swap bays
hot-swap hard disk drives in the hot-swap bays.
circuit board behind the bay.