Preparing the 8408-44E or 8408-E8E system for operation after installing a disk drive or SSD with the power turned on in Linux

Learn to prepare the system for operation after you install a disk drive or solid-state drive (SSD) in the system with the Linux operating system or Linux logical partition that controls the drive location powered on.

1. Press Enter on the Complete Device Concurrent Add display to indicate that the disk drive or solid-state drive is installed. The service indicator stops flashing and turns off for that drive slot.
2. To verify that the new disk drive or solid-state drive is operational, complete the following steps:
   1. Log in as root user.
   2. Type iprconfig on the command line of the Linux session and press Enter. The IBM Power RAID Configuration Utility display is shown.
   3. Select Display hardware status. The Display Hardware Status display is shown, similar to the following figure.
      Figure 1. Example Display Hardware Status

                                   Display Hardware Status
      
      Type option, press Enter.
        1=Display hardware resource information details
      
      OPT Name   PCI/SCSI Location          Description               Status
      --- ------ -------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------
                 0000:01:00.0/0:            PCI-E SAS RAID Adapter    Operational
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:0:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:1:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:2:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:3:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:4:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:5:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:6:0       Advanced Function SSD     Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:8:0       Enclosure                 Active
                 0000:01:00.0/0:0:9:0       Enclosure                 Active
                 0001:01:00.0/1:            PCI-E SAS RAID Adapter    Operational
                 0001:01:00.0/1:0:3:0       Advanced Function SSD     Remote
                 0001:01:00.0/1:0:4:0       Advanced Function SSD     Remote
                 0001:01:00.0/1:0:5:0       Advanced Function SSD     Remote
                 More...
      
      e=Exit   q=Cancel   r=Refresh   t=Toggle   f=PageDn   b=PageUp
      

   4. Verify that the disk drive or solid-state drive that you installed is shown on this display.
3. Ensure that you have the electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap attached. If not, attach it now.
4. On the front of the system, verify that the power LED is ON (green) for the installed or replaced drive.
5. If applicable, replace the front cover. For instructions, see Replacing the front cover.
6. To configure the newly installed disk drive or solid-state drive, see Configuring a disk drive or solid-state drive for use in an Linux system or Linux logical partition.