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IBM-AUSTRIA - PC-HW-Support 30 Aug 1999 |
Internal Drive Installation
Internal Drive Installation
Different types of drives allow the system to read multiple
types of media and store more data. Several types of
drives are available, such as:
- Diskette
- Hard disk
- CD-ROM
- Tape
Internal Drive Bays: Internal drives are installed in
bays. The server comes with one 3.5-inch, 1.44 MB
diskette drive and one CD-ROM drive.
The server contains hardware that lets you replace a failed hard disk
drive without turning off the server
Therefore, you have the advantage of continuing to operate the system while
a hard disk drive is removed or installed.
These drivers are known as hot-swappable
drives. They are also referred to as hot-swap drives.
Each hot-swap drive bay has two indicator lights on the
front of the server (see Information LED Panel
8660 / 8661
/ 8662).
If the amber Hard Disk Status light for a drive
is lit continuously, that individual drive is faulty and needs
to be replaced. When the Hard Disk Status light indicates
a drive fault, you can replace a hot-swap drive without
turning off the server.
Each hot-swap drive that you plan to install must have a
hot-swap-drive tray attached. The drive must have a
single connector attachment (SCA) connector.
Hot-swap-drive trays come with the hot-swap drives.
- The server comes with a preinstalled 3.5-inch,
1.44 MB diskette drive and a preinstalled IDE
CD-ROM drive.
- Bays A and B come without a device installed. These
bays are for 5.25-inch, half-high, removable-media
drives, such as tape backup drives. Bays A and B
can be combined into a single full-high bay.
- The Netfinity 5500 supports only one diskette drive.
- The server does not support hard disk drives in bays
A and B because of cooling considerations.
Note:
The server's EMI integrity and cooling are both
protected by having the left front bays
(removable-media bays) covered or occupied.
When you install a drive, save the filler panel
from the bay, in case you later remove the drive
and do not replace it with another.
- If you are installing a device with a 50-pin connector
in one of the removable-media bays (bays A--B), you
need a 68-pin to 50-pin converter.
- The server supports six slim (1-inch) or three
half-high (1.6-inch), 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk
drives in the hot-swap bays.
- The hot-swap bays connect to a SCSI backplane.
This backplane is the printed circuit board behind the
bay. The backplane supports up to six hard disk
drives.
- The diskette drive uses 1 MB and 2 MB diskettes.
For optimum use, format 1 MB diskettes to 720 KB
and format 2 MB diskettes to 1.44 MB.
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