Installing A Ssd Storage Drive - IBM BladeCenter HS22V Installation And User Manual

Installing a SSD storage drive

Use these instructions to install an SSD storage drive into the blade server.
The blade server has two SSD storage bays for installing SSD storage drives. One
storage drive might already be installed in the blade server in storage bay 0. If the
blade server is equipped with one storage drive, you can install an additional drive
in storage bay 1. The blade server supports using RAID 0 or RAID 1 when two
storage drives of the same interface type are installed. See "Configuring a RAID
array" on page 63 for information about RAID configuration.
To install an SSD storage drive, complete the following steps.
10. If an expansion was installed, install the expansion unit (see "Installing an
1. Before you begin, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
page 19.
2. Remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit (see "Removing the blade
server from the BladeCenter unit" on page 21).
3. Remove the cover from the blade server (see "Removing the blade server
cover" on page 22).
4. If an expansion unit is installed, remove the expansion unit (see "Removing
an optional expansion unit" on page 24).
5. Remove the front bezel from the blade server (see "Removing the bezel
assembly" on page 28).
6. Identify the SSD storage bay (storage bay 0 or storage bay 1) in which the
storage drive will be installed (see "Blade server connectors" on page 18).
Attention: To maintain a RAID array, an SSD storage drive must be installed
into the same SSD connector it was removed from.
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the storage drive to any
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface
on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the hard disk drive
from the package.
8. Slide the SSD storage drive into the storage bay until it is firmly seated in the
connector.
9. Install the front bezel onto the blade server (see "Installing the bezel
assembly" on page 27).
optional expansion unit" on page 23).
SSD Storage drive
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