IBM System x3550 M5 Type 5463 User Manual

6. Slide the DVD drive out of the server (see “Removing the DVD drive” on page
153).
7. From the rear of the DVD drive cage, press and hold the connector latch (on
the left of the cable connector) and grasp the cable connector and slide it to the
right; then, remove the DVD drive cable from the connector on the back of the
DVD drive and set it aside.
DVD drive
connector
Cable connector latch
DVD drive cable
Figure 78. DVD drive cable removal for 3.5-inch hard disk drive server models
Cable
connector
latch
Figure 79. DVD drive cable latch
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IBM System x3550 M5 Type 5463 Specifications

General

Form Factor	1U rack
Memory Slots	24 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4 product family
Memory	Up to 1.5TB DDR4
Storage	Up to 8x 2.5" HDD/SSD or 4x 3.5" HDD
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Network Interface	Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Expansion Slots	Up to 3 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Dual redundant hot-swap 550W, 750W, or 900W
Operating Systems Supported	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere