Installing the FlashSystem 9200R rack solution

Customers, an IBM® System Services Representative (SSR), and (optionally) IBM Lab Services locate, install, and initially configure the FlashSystem 9200R rack solution.

About this task

With partially populated control enclosures, we have some drive slot plugging rules that must be adhered to, ensuring the best possible operating conditions for the drives.

Figure 1 shows the logical NVMe drive placement, starting from the center of the enclosure (slot 12) on the upper 24 slots. Any slots that do not have an NVMe drive present must have a blank filler installed.

Figure 1. Logical NVMe drive placement

Figure 2 shows the actual drive population with numbering. This shows how the drives are populated from center out, and then distributing them from top and bottom, as the number of drives increase over time.

Note: The layout in Figure 16 has been split at slots 12 and 13 for better clarity on this page, but in reality slots 1 to 24 and slots 25 to 48 are contiguous.
Figure 2. NVMe drive population with numbering