Installing An Ide Hard Disk Drive For Storage - IBM 8672-26x Manual

Figure 5. Installing the hard drive as RAID
6. If you have other options to install, install them now.
Continue with "Installing memory" on page 14, or "Replacing the cover" on
page 16.

Installing an IDE hard disk drive for storage

Complete the following steps to install an IDE hard disk drive in the xSeries
Hosting Appliance for storage purposes:
1. Review the information in "Safety" on page iii.
2. Turn off the xSeries Hosting Appliance and disconnect all external cables and
3. Set the drive to primary (master). Refer to the documentation that comes with
4. Remove the filler panel from the available hard disk drive bay.
5. Install the new hard disk drive in the drive bay:
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Note: You might have to hold the drive up and in place to carefully align
the drive with the screw holes in the chassis.
Connect as RAID
c. Attach the signal cable to the available interface tab of the RAID adapter
card. Connect signal and power cables to the rear of the drive. Be sure to
keep the signal cable and power cable clear of the path of the fan behind
the drive bay.
power cords.
the drive for instructions.
a. Slide the drive into the bay, with the screw holes in the drive facing up, and
align the screw holes in the drive with the screw holes in the xSeries
Hosting Appliance chassis.
b. Use a screwdriver to drive the screws into the drive and secure it to the
xSeries Hosting Appliance chassis.
Note: You might have to hold the drive up and in place to carefully align
the drive with the screw holes in the chassis.
Second disk drive
Filler panel