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1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
2. If you are installing drives in a tower model, remove the front cover (see
3. Remove the filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays.
4. Make sure that the tray handle is open; then, install the hard disk drive into the
Notes:
1. When you turn on the server, check the hard disk drive status LEDs to make
2. If the server will be configured for RAID operation using an optional ServeRAID
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 23.
Installing additional DIMMs
The following illustration shows how to install a dual inline memory module (DIMM)
on a memory card.
The following notes describe information that you must consider when installing
DIMMs:
v You can configure your server to use memory mirroring and memory scrubbing.
v To use the hot-add and hot-swap memory features, you must reconfigure your
v DIMMs can be hot-added to the server once without having to reconfigure the
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on page 7.
"Removing the front cover (tower model only)" on page 9).
hot-swap bay.
sure that the hard disk drive is operating correctly.
If the amber hard disk drive status LED for a drive is lit continuously, that drive
is faulty and must be replaced. If the green hard disk drive activity LED is
flashing, the drive is being accessed.
controller, you must configure the disk arrays before installing the operating
system. See the ServeRAID
CD for additional information about RAID operation and complete instructions
for using ServeRAID Manager.
For detailed information about configuring your server and using these features,
see the User's Guide on the IBM Documentation CD.
server using the Configuration/Setup Utility program. See the User's Guide on
the IBM Documentation CD for additional information.
server. If you hot-add additional DIMMs to the server, you must reconfigure your
server using the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
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documentation on the IBM ServeRAID Support
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