Installing A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive In The 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, Or 9109-Rmd With The Aix System Or Logical Partition Power Turned On - IBM 8248-L4T Manual

Table 1. Solid-state drive rules for the IBM AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating system for a system, enclosure, or
expansion unit (continued)
System, enclosure, or expansion unit Adapter
EDR1 PCIe storage enclosure
Installing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, or
9109-RMD with the AIX system or logical partition power turned on
Learn how to install a disk drive or solid-state drive in a system, drive enclosure, or an expansion unit,
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with the AIX operating system or logical partition that controls the drive location is powered on.
If you are servicing a failing part, see the service procedures for "Replacing a disk drive or solid-state
drive in the 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD with the AIX system or logical partition power turned on"
on page 55.
Continue with this procedure for installing a new or upgraded drive.
Before installing or replacing a feature, ensure that the software required to support the feature is
installed on the system. For information about software prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website
(www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf). If the required software is not installed, go to Fix Central
(www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral) to download it, and install it before continuing.
If you are installing solid-state drives, review the configuration rules and then return here. For more
information, see "Solid-state drive configuration rules for the 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD" on page
3.
PCIe2 (3.1 GB Cache RAID SAS
Enclosure 6 Gb x8)
Mixing rules
v This enclosure is a 1-unit (1U) high
I/O drawer that provides 30
hot-swap SSD bays and a pair of
integrated SAS controllers. The
SAS controllers provide large write
cache and enhanced performance.
v The EXP30 does not support
HDDs.
v A maximum of 30 SSDs are
supported in this disk drive
enclosure.
v The EXP30 can be configured as
follows:
– One set of 30 bays and the set is
owned by both controllers that
are working together.
– Two logical sets and each of the
two controllers owns one of the
logical sets.
v The EXP30 is attached to the
system by a PCIe x8 cable that is
installed at the GX ++ slot in the
system.
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