Learn about the SCSI disk-drive enclosure and how to assemble it.
This SCSI disk-drive enclosure can hold up 24 disk drives. The enclosure
is organized into 4 groups, with each group containing 6 disk drive slots.
The enclosure can be used as a stand-alone tower or a rack-mounted drawer.
When connecting with your server, you can connect your SCSI cables to either
a single initiator repeater card or to a dual initiator repeater card on your
SCSI disk drive enclosure. The dual initiator repeater card allows for high
availability and combining groups of disk drive slots.
The SCSI disk-drive enclosure supports the following operating
systems:
To determine the level of software you need to support the
SCSI disk-drive enclosure, see the IBM Prerequisite.
Tip: Before you connect the enclosure you will need the following
information:
- If you are installing the enclosure into
a rack you will need to complete that task and return here. For instructions
see, Install
the SCSI disk-drive enclosure in a rack.
- You will want to install the SCSI adapter you will use to connect the
enclosure to your system. Either print this task or complete it and return
here. For instructions see, PCI adapter and
select instructions for your model and adapter type.
- For systems or partitions with AIX or Linux as the operating system you
will want to have the SCSI adapter information for your operating system.
This will be critical information for configuring the disks after you have
attached the enclosure you will want to print the information before you begin
the procedure. This guide is available from the SCSI PCI Adapters (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.pseries.doc/hardware_docs/scsipciadapters.htm)
web page.