Chapter 3. Installing A Disk Storage Module - IBM BladeCenter S 7779 User Manual

Chapter 3. Installing a disk storage module

You can install a disk storage module while the BladeCenter S system is powered
on. To install it, open the release handles on the disk storage module and slide the
disk storage module into the disk storage module bay. Then, you can install hard
disk drives into the disk storage module.
Note: Four power modules are required in the BladeCenter S chassis if two disk
storage modules are installed. If you are installing a disk storage module in disk
storage module bay 1, you must have power modules installed in power module
bays 1 and 2. If you are installing a disk storage module in disk storage module
bay 2, you must have power modules installed in power module bays 3 and 4.
Important: You can only install 12-disk storage modules in a BladeCenter S chassis
with SAS RAID controller modules installed. Please refer to the IBM BladeCenter
SAS RAID Controller Installation and User's Guide for additional steps that might
need to be performed.
1. Open the release handles on the disk storage module (rotate the top handle up
2. Slide the disk storage module into the disk storage module bay until it stops.
3. Close the release handles (rotate the top handle down and the bottom handle
4. Install hard disk drives:
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and the bottom handle down).
up).
a. Open the release handle on the hard disk drive (rotate the handle up).
b. Slide the hard disk drive into the disk storage module until it stops.
Important:
SAS RAID controller modules are installed in the BladeCenter S chassis.
Please make sure that you install SAS hard disk drives. SATA hard disk
drives are not supported.
c. Close the release handle (rotate the handle down).
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