Drive Ids - IBM System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual

v The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the server are
protected by having all bays and PCIe slots covered or occupied.
Note: When you install a drive, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the
bay in the event that you later remove the device.

Drive IDs

This topic provides information about the drive IDs associated with the drive bays.
The hot-swap-drive ID that is assigned to each drive is printed on the front of the
server. The following illustrations show the locations of the IDs of the drives. The
ID numbers and the drive bay numbers are the same.
Note:
1. When you mix drive backplane configurations, IMM renumbers the drive bay
IDs automatically.
2. When mixing drive backplane configurations, you must install all 1.8-inch
solid-state drive backplanes above all 2.5-inch hard disk drive or 2.5-inch
solid-state drive backplanes.
3. If you install a 8x1.8-inch drive backplane assembly, the drive IDs that are
indicated on the server front bezel will no longer be valid. Use the drive labels
that come with the backplane to renumber the drive IDs on the bezel.
4. See the following examples and the illustrations in "Supported SAS/SATA
drive backplane configurations" on page 72 for more information.
The following illustration shows an example of the drive bay IDs in sequential
order with a 1.8-inch drive backplane and a 2.5-inch drive backplane installed.
11 1.8-inch SSD drive
10 1.8-inch SSD drive
9 1.8-inch SSD drive
8 1.8-inch SSD drive
7 1.8-inch SSD drive
6 1.8-inch SSD drive
5 1.8-inch SSD drive
4 1.8-inch SSD drive
3 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
2 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
1 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
0 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive
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