RE: First time buying System i5

The drives are hot pluggable but to add 3 drive to an existing one and
build a raid-5 set will require restricted state.  That is boot to DST.
So you shut the system off, insert the raid enabler card, insert the 3
new disk drives and do a manual IPL to DST.

This is all tool less from the front of the unit.  This is a small metal
plate with two blue knobs under the front cover that covers the slot for
the raid enabler.  It can only go one place and one way.  It is very
easy to install.  BUT read the appropriate hardware manual for proper
instructions.  (That is my disclaimer.)  The drives will also slide in
from the front.

Once in DST, with disk drives and search around the menus, it is not
that difficult but I do it so often, note sarcasm, that I cannot tell
you the exact steps.

This is all dependant on a 520 as you were talking about.  If you go
with a different model, that disregard what I have said, except for
reading the appropriate hardware model.


Christopher Bipes
Information Services Director
CrossCheck, Inc.

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Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:51 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: First time buying System i5

Look at upgrading to 4 disk drives and the RAID controller.  You can do

this after market.  

In the past shops I have worked in I seem to remember an IBM guy coming
in whenever drives needed to be swapped or anything to do with hardware
had to be done.  I am guessing the company had some sort of top tier
<1hr response time contract with IBM.  Now that I am in a much smaller
shop I will most likely be involved in doing after market upgrades. So
here's my question.

How easy is it to put in a new HD, or change an existing one, or put in
more memory?  Do I void warranties if I do it myself?  Probably sound
like dumb questions, but I have to ask because I just don't know.