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Use this overview as a guide to the tasks required for installing the 5888 PCI Express (PCIe) storage enclosure (EXP30 Ultra SSD I/O Drawer) into a rack and cabling it to a server.
| Task | Where to find associated information |
|---|---|
| Preinstalled enclosures only Remove the front and rear shipping brackets. After you have removed the shipping brackets, go to the task If you have solid-state drive units that require installation to the PCIe storage enclosure, install them now. |
To remove the front and rear shipping brackets, see Removing the shipping brackets. |
| Perform inventory. Ensure that you have the rails. Ensure that you have both a Philips-head and flat-head screwdriver. |
Locate the inventory list for your disk drive
enclosure, and verify that you received all of the parts that you
ordered. Each order contains, at a minimum, the following items:
If your shipment contains parts that are not required to complete the installation procedure, store those parts until they are required to be used. If you have incorrect, missing, or damaged parts, consult any of the following resources:
You can also obtain order information from your marketing representative or IBM Business Partner. |
| Verify that you have a rack. | You must have a rack installed. If you do not have a rack installed, see Installing the rack. |
| Prepare to install the disk drive enclosure. | To ensure that you have taken all other preparatory steps to install this disk drive enclosure, see Installing the 5888 in a rack. |
| Power off the system, if required, to install the disk drive enclosure. | For requirements and procedures related to shutting down and powering off the system, see Overview for I/O expansion units. |
| Determine where to install the disk drive enclosure in the rack. | For suggestions about how to organize the hardware in your rack and to assign a location for the disk drive enclosure, see Determining the location. |
| Mark the location on the rack where the PCIe storage enclosure will be installed. | To mark the rack location where you will install the PCIe storage enclosure, see Marking the location. |
| Install the rail assembly in the rack. | To install the mounting hardware in the rack, see Attaching the mounting hardware to the rack. |
| Install the PCIe storage enclosure on the rail assembly. | To install the PCIe storage enclosure on the rail assembly, see Installing the 5888 on the rail assembly. |
| If you have solid-state drive units that require installation to the PCIe storage enclosure, install them now. | To install solid-state drives (SSDs) to the PCIe storage enclosure, see Removing and installing a solid-state drive for a 5888 PCIe storage enclosure and select the topic that supports the server to which you are installing this PCIe storage enclosure. |
| Review the configuration options for adding the PCIe storage enclosure to the server. | To identify the configuration option that you will use from a list of example configurations, see Connecting PCIe storage enclosures with PCIe cables. |
| Cable the PCIe storage enclosure to the server. | To add the PCIe storage enclosure to the system configuration, see Connecting your PCIe storage enclosures. |
| Configure the solid state drives of the PCIe storage enclosure. | To review serial-attached SCSI (SAS) Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) information and configure the enclosure to the specifications of your operating system and system configuration, see Configuring the 5888 PCIe storage enclosure. |
