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Installing the 5887 disk drive enclosure or setting up a

preinstalled 5887 disk drive enclosure

Learn how to install a 5887 disk drive enclosure (IBM EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer) and how to set up

a preinstalled 5887 disk drive enclosure (IBM EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer).

Select from the following options:

v To install a 5887 disk drive enclosure into a rack, go to “Installing the 5887 disk drive enclosure.”

v To complete the installation of a 5887 disk drive enclosure that was preinstalled in the rack, go to

“Setting up a preinstalled 5887 disk drive enclosure” on page 22.

Installing the 5887 disk drive enclosure

Learn how to install the 5887 disk drive enclosure (IBM EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer) into a rack and

learn how to cable it to a system or to an adapter in a system or an expansion unit.

Installing the disk drive enclosure into a rack is a customer task. You can complete this task yourself, or

contact a service provider to complete the task for you. You might be charged a fee by the service

provider for this service.

If your 5887 disk drive enclosure was preinstalled, refer to “Setting up a preinstalled 5887 disk drive

enclosure” on page 22.

Preparing to install your 5887 disk drive enclosure

Learn about the prerequisites for installing your 5887 disk drive enclosure and determine whether you

can install the enclosure concurrently

To prepare to set up your enclosure, complete the following steps:

1. Review the following information:

The SAS disk drive enclosure can hold up to 24 disk drives. The enclosure can be split logically into

one, two, or four independent groups. The SAS disk drive enclosure is supported by the following

operating systems:

v AIX

v IBM i

v Linux

v VIOS

2. Determine the level of software that you need to support the enclosure. For instructions, see the IBM

Prerequisite website (http://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf).

3. Ensure that you have the following items before you start your installation:

v Phillips screwdrivers

v Flat-head screwdriver

v Rack with two Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) units of contiguous space.

Note: If you do not have a rack that is installed, install the rack. For instructions, see Installing the

rack (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8hbf/p8hbf_8xx_kickoff.htm).

4. Determine whether you can add your 5887 disk drive enclosure concurrently by reviewing the

following information. You can add your expansion units concurrently (with the system powered on

and partitions active) if you have one of the following configurations:

IBM 5887 User Manual

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