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Question posted by rkumar90 on May 26th, 2012
This Sas Or Sata Hard Disk raid Card Installed Or Not
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User Guide - Page 5
... hard disk drives 42
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive 43
Power and signal cables for internal drives 44
Installing an adapter 46
Installing a microprocessor 48
Installing a hot-swap power supply 52
Installing a hot-swap fan 55
Installing the ServeRAID 8k-l adapter 56
Installing the ServeRAID-8k adapter 57
Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA...
User Guide - Page 22
...POST failures v Hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and hot-swap Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk
drives v Integrated Ethernet controller v Support for ...disks (RAID) configuration v Built-in monitoring for POST, basic input/output system (BIOS) code, and
read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over a LAN v Vital product data (VPD); may exclude holidays.
8 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975...
User Guide - Page 26
... removed, this LED also is visible on the SAS/SATA backplane, below the hot-swap hard disk drive activity LED.
12 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975, and 7976: User's Guide The backplane is ... hard disk drive has failed. If an optional ServeRAID adapter is installed in use . Hot-swap hard disk drive activity LED (some models) On some server models, each hot-swap drive has a hard disk ...
User Guide - Page 55
... rating; v The sequence for more than 10 minutes without either all SAS hard disk drives or all drives to install the drive. 6. v Make sure that contains the drive to the bottom bay (bay 11). v You do not mix SAS and SATA drives. v If you install the optional 4-drive backplane option kit to upgrade to stop, which you...
User Guide - Page 56
... the drive tray handle to "Completing the installation" on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD for additional information about RAID operation and complete instructions for using an optional ServeRAID adapter, you might have to a SAS/SATA backplane.
The hot-swap-drive backplane controls the IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives
Hot-swap server models have other...
User Guide - Page 57
... the bay (the connector end of the drive goes in first). 8. To install a simple-swap hard disk drive, complete the following information: v You can only install four simple-swap SATA hard disk drives in the server. Installing options 43 Align the drive assembly with simple-swap SATA hard disk drives that contains the drive to any unpainted metal surface on the...
User Guide - Page 58
... ServeRAID adapter, you have to reconfigure your disk arrays after installing hard disk drives. Device
ID
Drive bay 4
3
Drive bay 5
2
Drive bay 6
1
Drive bay 7
0
Power and signal cables for internal drives
The server uses cables to connect parallel IDE, simple-swap SATA, hot-swap SATA and hot-swap SAS devices to the power supply and to the...
User Guide - Page 60
...hard disk drives installed. Slot 1, PCI Express x8 (x4)
Important: The x8 (x4) designation for x4 and x8 adapters. Slot 2, PCI Express x8 (x8) - Slot 6, PCI 32-bit/33 MHz v You can downshift to operate at the x4 bandwidth. You can install the ServeRAID-MR10is SAS/SATA... in the
46 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975, and 7976: User's Guide Note: When you install the optional 4-drive backplane...
User Guide - Page 74
..., and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
60 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975, and 7976: User's Guide
Hot-swap SAS/SATA 1
SAS/SATA backplane 1 RAID level-5 enabler plug SAS/SATA backplane 2
11. Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA Controller
The optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA controller can be connected when you have other options to...
User Guide - Page 98
... a CD containing the ServeRAID Manager program, which you to configure multiple physical SAS or SATA hard disk drives to configure the ServeRAID 8k-l SAS Controller. Go to http://www.ibm.com/support/. Download and install any additional updates or interim fixes that you want to install. b. c. e. In the Search within results field, type director and click Search...
User Guide - Page 103
... controller. 2. Click Next. 5. Restart the server. v Restore a SAS or SATA hard disk drive to the factory-default settings, erasing all data from the disk
v View the RAID configuration and associated devices v Monitor the operation of the RAID controllers
To perform some tasks, you can configure the controller before you install the operating system. Using express configuration: To use...
User Guide - Page 128
...SAS/SATA configuring 86 using 85 Serial ATA, configuring 87 ServeRAID 89
controls and indicators 10, 11 cooling 3, 23 cover
installing 70 removing 26 creating a Serial ATA RAID...7975 and 7976 4 reliability, availability, and serviceability 7 server 6 ServerGuide 81 firmware code, updating 103
H
handling static-sensitive devices 24 hard disk drive
activity LED 11, 12 hot-swap 41 order of installation...
User Guide - Page 130
...array of installation hard disk drives 43 memory modules 30, 31 OSA SMBridge management utility program enabling and configuring 92 installing 101 overview...installing 53 installing 54 replacing 52 safety 52 specifications 3, 5 power-cord connector 14 power-cord safety xii
power-on LED 11 power-on password 80 power-on 24
SAS/SATA configuring RAID arrays 85
116 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975...
Installation Guide - Page 5
... bezel 13 Removing the front fan cage assembly 15 Installing a memory module 16 Installing a drive 21 Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive 23 IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives 25 Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive 25 Power and signal cables for internal drives 27 Installing an adapter 28 Completing the installation 31 Replacing the bezel 31 Replacing the side cover...
Installation Guide - Page 37
..., CD drives, CD-RW drives, and DVD/CD-RW combo drives are examples of the server are installing a SATA or SAS device, be either all SAS hard disk drives or all SATA hard
disk drives; Chapter 2.
v Make sure that the drive is correctly installed in bays 1, 2, and 3 only. v The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of removable-media drives. Before...
Installation Guide - Page 39
.... Note: If the server is configured for RAID operation using ServeRAID Manager.
7. See the ServeRAID documentation on page 9. The hot-swap-drive backplane controls the IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives
Hot-swap server models have to reconfigure your disk arrays after installing hard disk drives. If you install a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive, read the following steps: 1. This...
Installation Guide - Page 42
... on your adapter for the
28 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975, and 7976: Installation Guide v Hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA: Hot-swap SAS and hot-swap SATA models come with a single signal cable and a single power cable that are included in the ServerProven® list in server models with eight 3.5 inch hot-swap hard disk drives installed.
Installation Guide - Page 60
...SAS and hot-swap SATA models) enables you must type the administrator password to perform the following steps: 1.
If an
administrator password has been set, you to configure multiple physical SAS or SATA hard disk... a low-level format on a hard disk drive v View or change the RAID configuration and associated devices
46 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975, and 7976: Installation Guide
Installation Guide - Page 64
Select this choice to format a disk or verify the disk media. Starting the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program: To start the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program, complete the following steps: 1. Turn on the screen carefully before making a selection. When the prompt Press Select a device from the list and read the instructions on the server. 2.
Installation Guide - Page 96
... hard disk drives and cables; Symptom
Action
A problem occurs only occasionally and is turned on the IBM System x3400 Documentation CD).
82 System x3400 Types 7973, 7974, 7975, and 7976: Installation ...Problem Determination and Service Guide on servers that have RAID arrays that uses the onboard SAS/SATA controller or servers that have SATA hard disk drives that : v All cables and cords are...
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