IBM 865511Y Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 113

Working with internal drives, Internal drives

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Working with internal drives Use the following information and instructions for installing and removing internal drives. When you are installing an internal drive, it is important to note what kind of drive you can install in each bay and the height restrictions imposed by each drive bay. Also, it is important to correctly connect the internal drive cables to the installed drive. For more information, see "Internal drives." Internal drives: Internal drives are devices that your server uses to read and store data. You can add drives to your server to increase storage capacity and to enable your server to read other types of media. Some of the different drives available for your server are: Diskette drives Hard disk drives Tape drives CD-ROM drives Internal drives are installed in bays. Within this book, the bays are referred to as bay 1, bay 2, and so on. Your server comes with the following IBM-installed drives: A CD-ROM drive in bay 1. A 3.5-inch diskette drive in bay 4. A 3.5-inch hard disk drive in bay 5 (in some models). The following illustration shows the location of the drive bays in your server. Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 6 Netfinity 8655 - Type 8655 105

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Working with internal drives
Use the following information and instructions for installing
and removing internal drives.
When you are installing an internal drive, it is important to
note what kind of drive you can install in each bay and the
height restrictions imposed by each drive bay.
Also, it is
important to correctly connect the internal drive cables to
the installed drive.
For more information, see “Internal
drives.”
Internal drives:
Internal drives are devices that your
server uses to read and store data.
You can add drives to
your server to increase storage capacity and to enable
your server to read other types of media.
Some of the
different drives available for your server are:
±
Diskette drives
±
Hard disk drives
±
Tape drives
±
CD-ROM drives
Internal drives are installed in
bays
.
Within this book, the
bays are referred to as bay
1, bay
2, and so on.
Your server comes with the following IBM-installed drives:
±
A CD-ROM drive in bay 1.
±
A 3.5-inch diskette drive in bay 4.
±
A 3.5-inch hard disk drive in bay 5 (in some models).
The following illustration shows the location of the drive
bays in your server.
Bay 1
Bay 2
Bay 3
Bay 4
Bay 6
Bay 5
Netfinity 8655 - Type 8655
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