IBM System x3550 M5 Type 5463 User Manual

The following illustration shows a server with four 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk
drive bays.
The following illustration shows a server with eight 2.5-inch simple-swap hard
disk drive bays.
The following illustration shows a server with four 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk
drive bays.
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them
from the IBM website. The server might have features that are not described in the
documentation that comes with the server, and the documentation might be
updated occasionally to include information about those features, or technical
updates might be available to provide additional information that is not included
in the server documentation. To check for updates, go to http://www.ibm.com/
supportportal/.
Record information about the server in the following table.
Drive bay 12 Drive bay 13
Figure 4. Twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive model rear view
Drive bay 0 Drive bay 1 Drive bay 2 Drive bay 3
Figure 5. Four 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive model front view
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 0
Drive bay 1 Drive bay 3 Drive bay 5 Drive bay 7
Figure 6. Eight 2.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive model front view
Drive bay 0 Drive bay 1 Drive bay 2 Drive bay 3
Figure 7. Four 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive model front view
Chapter 1. The IBM System x3550 M5 server 3

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