IBM System x3550 M5 Type 5463 User Manual

a. Carefully lift the backplane out of the chassis by pulling outwards and
lifting it up.
Steps for removinga4x3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane.
a. Lift the release latches that secures the backplane to the chassis.
b. Carefully lift the backplane out of the chassis by pulling outwards and
lifting it up.
10 x 2.5-inch hard disk drive backplane
Figure 118. 10 x 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive backplane removal
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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