Installing An Optional Tape Drive; Installing A Sata Tape Drive In A 3.5-Inch Model Server - IBM x3655 - System - 7985 User Manual

Installing an optional tape drive

Prepare the drive according to the instructions that come with the drive, setting any
switches or jumpers; then, see "Installing a SATA tape drive in a 3.5-inch model
server" or "Installing a SATA tape drive in a 2.5-inch model server" on page 43.

Installing a SATA tape drive in a 3.5-inch model server

The SATA tape drive must be installed into the two bottom-left hard disk drive bays.
If you have hard disk drives in those bays, move the drives to other bays. The
cables for the tape drive come with the tape drive option.
To install a SATA tape drive in a 3.5-inch model server, complete the following
steps:
10. Push the tape drive assembly into the bays, gently pulling the cables farther
11. Push the tray handle to the closed (locked) position.
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 23.
2. If you have not attached the space filler from the tape drive option to the tape
drive assembly, do so now.
3. Remove the server cover.
4. Remove the riser-card assembly (see "Removing the riser-card assembly" on
page 26).
5. Remove the air baffle (see "Removing the air baffle" on page 29).
6. Remove the fan-bracket assembly (see "Removing the fan-bracket assembly"
on page 60).
7. Remove the filler panels from the two bottom-left hard disk drive bays.
8. From the inside of the server drive cage, thread the tape-drive connector end
of the cables through the slot in the left side of the hard disk drive cage and
out the front of the server.
9. Connect the cables to the back of the tape drive and route the cable through
the cable clamp .
into the server as you do so, until the tape drive assembly stops.
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