Installing A Hard Disk Drive - IBM System x3650 Installation Manual

Installing a hard disk drive

Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
Important: Do not install a SCSI hard disk drive in this server; install only SAS hard
disk drives.
The following notes describe the type of hard disk drive that the server supports
and other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive:
v The server 3.5-inch models support six slim 3.5-inch hard disk drives installed on
v The server 2.5-inch models support eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives
v All hot-swap drives in the server should have the same throughput speed rating.
v The ID that is assigned to each bay is printed on the front of the server.
The following illustrations show how to install a hot-swap hard disk drive.
3.5-inch drives
Filler panel
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Ultra-Slim hard disk drive trays for 3.5-inch drives. For a list of supported 3.5-inch
hard disk drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/
us/.
installed on Ultra-Slim hard disk drive trays for 2.5-inch drives. For a list of
supported 2.5-inch hard disk drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/
serverproven/compat/us/.
Mixing hard disk drives with different speed ratings will cause all drives to
operate at the lower throughput speed.
Hard disk drive
Tray handle