Installing A Drive - IBM BladeCenter JS23 Installation And User Manual

Installing a drive

You can install a hard disk drive or a solid state drive (SSD) in the base unit and
another one in the expansion unit.
Figure 14 shows how to install the disk drive.
Figure 14. Installing a drive
All drive connectors are on the same bus. Depending on the blade server model, at
least one drive might already be installed. If the JS43 blade server is equipped with
one drive, you can install an additional drive in the expansion unit. If the two
drives are both SAS hard disk drives or both solid state drives, you can use them
to implement and manage a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) level-1
array. See Configuring a RAID array for information about RAID configuration.
To install a drive, complete the following steps.
1. Read "Safety" on page v and the "Installation guidelines" on page 23.
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover
4. Open and remove the blade server cover. See "Removing the blade server
5. Locate the connector for the drive.
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blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from a
BladeCenter unit" on page 25.
side up.
cover" on page 26.