Storing removable disk drives
Store removable disk drives in their protective containers, on a flat surface with the top side up. The
storage area must be clean and dry, must have normal room temperature, and must be away from any
magnetic fields. For best storage life, use the removable disk drives every six months.
Supported USB adapters and cables
Attention: The docking station only supports the USB cable that is provided as part of the feature code.
The docking station does not support attachment by using USB hubs, add-on USB cables, or USB cable
extenders.
The internal docking station can be connected to the internal USB media device connector on the system
backplane of POWER7
®
processor-based systems.
Note: When the internal USB media device port on the system backplane is used for the docking station,
the port is disabled for any other use. This information does not apply to an 8231-E2B, 8231-E1C,
8231-E1D, 8231-E2C, 8231-E2D, or 8268-E1D system.
Specifications
Interface
USB 2.0
Mksysb
Yes
Bootable
Yes
Physical form factor (internal docking station)
5.25 inch half high
3.5 inch half high for an 8231-E2B, 8231-E1C, 8231-E1D, 8231-E2C, 8231-E2D, or 8268-E1D system
(FC 1123)
Environmental
USB Removable Disk Drive Operating conditions Non-operating conditions
Temperature 5⁰Cto55⁰C –40⁰Cto65⁰C
Relative humidity 8 - 90% noncondensing 5 - 95% noncondensing
Maximum wet bulb temperature 29.4⁰C noncondensing 40⁰C noncondensing
Maximum temperature gradient 20⁰C per hour 20⁰C per hour
Altitude –300 m to 3048 m (10,000 ft) –300 m to 12,192 m (40,000 ft)
Supported operating systems
USB Removable Disk Drive is supported on the following versions of operating systems:
v AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-11 Technology Level, or later
v IBM i 7.1 with the Technology Refresh PTF Group Level 5, or later
v AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-04 Technology Level, or later
v Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 Update 7, or later
v SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, or later
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