How to Use a USB Floppy With an IBM BladeCenter H
A blade server is a networking computer device. Within a typical scenario in which a blade server is present, multiple blades are usually within a a blade enclosure. Although blades are considered to be "stripped down" computers, a blade enclosure in which there are multiple blade servers provides a powerful server computing platform. The IBM BladeCenter family of products are market leaders within this area of computing.
A floppy diskette drive is an obsolete storage device for which 3.5-inch 1.44 MB floppy diskettes are designed. They have been superseded by storage mediums such as CD-RW, DVD-RW and the USB flash drive.
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Things You'll Need
- USB 3.5-inch floppy drive
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008
- Floppy diskette
Instructions
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Connect the USB floppy drive to the IBM BladeCenter H. The USB ports in the blade are located at the rear of the system. Please note that the USB port in the blade is a female connection. Also note that the USB cable connected to the floppy drive is a male connection. The best way to identify a USB port is to analyze the size of the female port in the blade and by checking the male connection at the end of the USB cable.
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Go into your Windows Server operating system and confirm that the floppy drive has been installed. On your Windows desktop, double-click "My Computer." A window appears, and you should be able to see your newly installed floppy drive. It is displayed as drive "A:." A USB floppy drive is a plug-and-play device and should be instantly recognized by the operating system.
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Insert a floppy diskette into the drive and copy a small file, smaller than or equal to 1.44MB in terms of file size. This can be achieved by double-clicking the "A:" drive in the My Computer window. Then click on the file and drag it into the "A:" drive. This copies the file to your floppy diskette and confirms that your floppy drive is working as expected.
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