Installing A Hot-Swap Drive; Installing A Microprocessor - IBM eServer 342 xSeries Installation Manual

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Installing a hot-swap drive

The hot-swap drive bays support hot-swap drives only. Refer to the following

illustration to install a hot-swap drive.

Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.

Drive handle

To install a drive in a hot-swap drive bay:

Attention:

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1. Remove the filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays.

2. Ensure the tray handle is open.

3. Gently push the drive-tray assembly into the bay until the drive touches the back-

4. Push the tray handle down until it locks.

5. If you have other options to install, install them now. Otherwise, install the cover

r o p r o c e s s o r

I n s t a l l i n g a m i c

Your server comes with one microprocessor installed on the system board. If you

install an additional microprocessor, your server can operate as a symmetric

multiprocessing (SMP) server. With SMP, certain operating systems and application

programs can distribute the processing load between the microprocessors.

Drive-tray assembly

To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two

minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed for each bay.

When you handle static-sensitive devices, take precautions to avoid damage from

static electricity.

plane.

Note: If your server has a RAID adapter installed, refer to the information pro-

vided with the RAID adapter for information about adding a drive.

and proceed to "Cabling the server" on page 19.

Filler panel

Chapter 2. Installing options

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