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Installing a SCSI storage expansion unit
To use SCSI hard disk drives with your blade server, install a SCSI storage
expansion unit, such as the IBM HS20 SCSI Storage Expansion Unit, on the blade
server. You will then be able to install two 3.5-inch, hot-swap, SCSI, 1-inch (26 mm)
slim-high hard disk drives in the expansion unit, for use by the blade server. The
SCSI controller in the HS20 SCSI storage expansion unit supports RAID level-1
(embedded mirroring).
Important: To avoid potential performance and reliability problems when
Notes:
1. After you install the SCSI storage expansion unit on your blade server, the
2. To ensure proper cooling and system reliability, make sure that each of the
For a list of SCSI hard disk drives supported by your blade server, go to the
ServerProven list at http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/.
The following illustration shows how to install the SCSI storage expansion unit on
the blade server.
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configuring or replacing drives in a mirrored configuration, ensure that
the storage capacities and speeds of the drives are identical.
blade server and expansion unit become a single unit that occupies two blade
bays in the BladeCenter unit.
SCSI hard disk drive bays on the SCSI storage expansion unit contains either a
hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive or a filler panel.
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