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Figure 5. Enclosure support rails

2. Install a spring on the rail rail.

a) Push one looped end of a spring over one stud on the inside of the rail. (See Figure 6 on page 22.)

b) Stretch the spring slightly and push the other looped end of the spring onto the other stud on the

inside of the rail.

Figure 6. Installing the rail spring

3. Working at the front of the rack cabinet, identify the two standard rack units (2U) of space in the rack

into which you want to install the support rails.

Figure 7 on page 23 shows two rack units with the front mounting holes identied.

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IBM FlashSystem 5000 Series Specifications

General

Model	IBM FlashSystem 5000 Series
Storage Type	Flash
Management Software	IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Form Factor	2U
Drive Types	SAS
RAID Support	RAID 5, RAID 6
Host Interface	16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 25 Gbps iSCSI, 12 Gbps SAS
Data Reduction	Yes (compression, deduplication)
Encryption	Yes
Replication	Yes, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror
Operating System Support	Windows, Linux, AIX, IBM i
Cache	64GB