Ids For Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives; Installing A Simple-Swap Sata Hard Disk Drive - IBM x3200 4362 User Manual

6. If you are installing additional hot-swap hard disk drives, do so now.
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 42.

IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives

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 one channel in the hot-swap models. In the typical configuration, the
standard hard disk drives and backplane are connected to channel A.

Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive

Some server models come with simple-swap SATA hard disk drives, which are
accessible from the front of the server. Before you install a simple-swap SATA hard
disk drive, read the following information:
v You can install four simple-swap SATA hard disk drives in the server.
v Install the drives in ascending order by bay number.
Attention:
power from the server before you remove or install a simple-swap hard disk drive.
Device
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 5
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 7
Simple-swap hard disk drives are not hot-swappable. Disconnect all
ID
0
1
2
3
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