Non hot-swap drive installation - IBM eServer xSeries 340, Netfinity 4500R

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Before you install drives in the server, verify that you have all the cables and any other equipment specified in the documentation that comes with the internal drive. You might also need to perform certain preinstallation activities. Some of the steps are required only during the initial installation of an option.

1. Slide rails
2. Filler panel
3. Slide rail
4. Drive
5. Slide rail

1. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and then remove the cover.
2. Remove the trim bezel.
3. Remove the filler panel from the bay opening by pulling the filler panel away from the server. You do not need the filler panel when you have a drive installed in the bay.
   
   Note: The server's EMI integrity and cooling are protected by having the non-hot-swap 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.
   
   
4. Touch the static-protective bag containing the drive to any unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove the drive from the bag and place it on a static protective surface.
5. Set any jumpers or switches on the drive according to the documentation that comes with the drive.
6. Install rails on the drive.
   1. Installing a standard size drive
      1. Pull the blue slide rails off the back of the filler panel.
      2. Clip the rails onto the sides of the drive.
         
         
   2. If you are installing a digital linear tape (DLT) backup drive, use the metal slide rails and screws that are shipped in the box that contains the server documentation.
      
      
7. Place the drive so that the slide rails engage in the bay guide rails. Push the drive into the bay until it clicks into place.
8. If you are installing a SCSI device, continue with the next step.
9. If you are installing an IDE device, go to step 11.
   1. Installing a SCSI device
      1. Attach the connector on the 1-drop SCSI cable for the non-hot-swap drive bays to the back of the drive. The cable is shipped restrained in a cable clamp on the bottom of the server chassis near the bays. Connect the other end of the cable to SCSI channel A on the system board, if it is not already attached.
         
         Note: If you want to install more than one optional SCSI 5.25-inch device, install an optional SCSI adapter to control the device.
         
         
      2. Connect a power cable to the back of the drive. Power cables for non-hot-swap drives come installed in the server. The connectors are keyed and can be inserted only one way.
      3. Continue with step 11
         
         
10. Use the two-drop IDE cable that comes with IDE devices, such as a CD-ROM drive or a DVD-ROM drive option:
    1. Remove the cable connecting the CD-ROM drive to the IDE connector on the system board.
    2. Using the two-drop cable that came with the IDE option, connect the CD-ROM drive and the IDE device to the IDE connector on the system board.
    3. Set the jumper on the back of the new IDE device to slave.
       
       
11. Install any other options for the server.