IBM P 615 series User Manual

Media Bays and Media Backplane
Two slimline media bays and one full-height media bay are provided. The slimline media bays are for IDE
optical devices or diskette drives. The full-height bay is for a SCSI tape drive or DVD-RAM drive.
Note: The following restrictions apply to the media drives:
1. Media devices are not hot-swappable.
2. The first optical device such as a CD ROM or DVD ROM can only be plugged into bay #3 (bay
#3 is the top slimline bay in a rack configuration).
3. Bay #2, the bottom slimline bay in a rack configuration, will accept a second optical device or
the single supported floppy drive.
4. An error occurs if 2 diskette drives are installed in the slimline bays simultaneously.
The
media backplane plugs into the system backplane and provides connections for the operator panel as
well as the devices in the media bays.
v Media bay 1 is for the operator panel.
v Media bay 2 can accommodate an IDE CD-ROM, IDE DVD-ROM, or a diskette drive.
v Media bay 3 can accommodate an IDE CD-ROM or IDE DVD-ROM.
v Media bay 4 can accommodate a SCSI DVD-RAM or tape drive.
Note:
A built-in external SCSI port is not provided. Customers can use an optional SCSI adapter for
connections to an external SCSI subsystem.
For an updated listing of hot-swappable disk-drive sizes, contact your sales representative.
Disk Drives and Disk Drive Backplane
The system supports up to two DASD backplanes that support 4 hot-swappable disk drives each. The first
backplane is standard on the system and is located next to the media backplane. The second DASD
backplane is optional and is located next to the first. Supported hot-swap disk-drives are:
v 36.4 GB Ultra160 10K RPM
v 73.4 GB Ultra160 10K RPM
v 146.8 GB Ultra160 10K RPM
v 36.4 GB Ultra160 15K RPM
v 73.4 GB Ultra160 15K RPM
v 146.8 GB Ultra160 15K RPM
Power Supplies
Two power supplies maximum per system; the second power supply is for redundant power.
v AC input type 100-127VAC or 200-240VAC
v Single phase
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IBM P 615 series Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	P 615 series
Category	Server
Language	English