Connecting The 5887 Disk Drive Enclosure To Your System - IBM 5887 Installing

Figure 10. Installing a disk drive in the disk drive enclosure
Note: Do not hold the disk drive only by the handle.
4. Slide the disk unit into the disk drive enclosure until the drive stops.
5. Rotate the handle (A) to the locked position.
6. If you are installing more than one drive, repeat the steps in this procedure until all drives are
installed.
7. Review the following information that is related to connecting this device:
The SAS disk drive enclosure can hold up to 24 disk drives. The enclosure can be split logically into
one, two, or four independent groups.
The SAS disk drive enclosure supports the following operating systems:
v AIX
v IBM i
v Linux
v VIOS
If you are planning to configure RAID arrays, ensure that you have the minimum number of available
disks for each RAID level:
RAID 0
Minimum of one drive per array
RAID 5
Minimum of three drives per array
RAID 6
Minimum of four drives per array
RAID 10
Minimum of two drives per array

Connecting the 5887 disk drive enclosure to your system

Learn how to connect the 5887 disk drive enclosure to your system.
To connect the 5887 disk drive enclosure to a system with support for a serial-attached SCSI (SAS) disk
enclosure, complete the following steps.
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Power Systems: Installing the 5887 disk drive enclosure